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Martin Scorsese presents The Blues. Red, white & blues / Vulcan/Road Films in association with Cappa Productions and Jigsaw Productions ; a film by Mike Figgis.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center Music DVD 173 disc 6
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Figgis, Mike, author of dialog, director, production personnel, interviewer, performer.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blues (Music).
- Blues (Music)--Great Britain.
- Blues (Music)--Criticism and interpretation.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Television mini-series.
- Documentary television programs.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Blues
- Red, white & blues
- Red, white and blues
- Place of Publication:
- [Seattle, WA] : Vulcan Productions, Inc. ; [Berlin] : Road Movies Filmproduktion Gmbh, [2003]
- System Details:
- DVD; NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- During the 1960s the United Kingdom was the location for a vibrant social revolution. The post-war traditional jazz and folk revival movements sewed the seeds for a new kind of blues music, entirely influenced by the black blues of the USA. Mike Figgis' film mixes interviews with dozens of the key players of the British blues movement with new music from an all-star jam session at the famous Abbey Road studios.
- Participant:
- Interviews: Humphrey Lyttelton, Lonnie Donegan, Eric Clapton, John Mayall, B.B. King, Albert Lee, Chris Farlowe, Bert Jansch, Eric Burdon, Ramblin Jack Elliott, Steve Winwood, Davey Graham, Georgie Fame, Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green.
- Performers: Tom Jones, Jeff Beck, Van Morrison, Humphrey Lyttelton, Lonnie Donegan, B.B. King, Albert Lee, Chris Farlowe, Georgie Fame, Lulu. Archival performances: Rolling Stones, John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band , Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, Cream, Alexis Korner, Big Bill Broonzy, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee.
- Credits:
- Executive producer, Martin Scorsese ; director, Mike Figgis ; producers, Mike Figgis, Louise Hammer, Shirani Sabratnam.
- Notes:
- Issued in slipcase as the sixth of seven DVDs, with accompanying booklet.
- Contains 7 full-length performances not seen in the film: Lulu with Jeff Beck "Cry me a River" -- Pete King "Lush life" -- Jeff Beck "Nadia" -- Jon Cleary (Piano improvisation) -- Band Rehearsal (Blues jamm) -- Band rehearsal "Who's sorry now?" -- Mike Figgis (piano jam) ; interview with Mike Figgis ; director commentary ; director biography and filmography.
- Series originally produced for PBS and The Corporation for Public Broadcasting ; presented by WGBH Boston to PBS.
- ISBN:
- 0738903876
- OCLC:
- 63604028
- Publisher Number:
- CVD 55937 Columbia Music Video
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