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On the road with Duke Ellington / produced by Drew Associates ; producer, Mike Jackson ; directed by Robert Drew.
LIBRA DVD 002 877
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
- Ellington, Duke.
- African American composers--Biography.
- African American composers.
- African American jazz musicians--Biography.
- African American jazz musicians.
- Genre:
- Biographical films.
- Documentary films.
- Biographies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Subtitle on container: Rare visit behind the scenes with an American Jazz legend
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : Docurama : Distributed by New Video, [2002]
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC; Dolby digital, stereo.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Filmed at the peak of his career, this serves as perhaps the most revealing and intimate portrait of the artist ever recorded. Gives an unobtrusive look inside the colorful and transient world of the American Jazz legend, exposing the key elements that characterize and define him. Ellington as the artist performing, composing and ruminating about his life and career.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Don Morrow.
- Credits:
- Photographers, Abbot Mills, Darwin Deen ; editors, Anne Gilbert, Naomi Mankowitz.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974.
- Special features: Duke Ellington biography; Ellington photo gallery; filmmaker biography; catalog/trailers for Docurama.
- ISBN:
- 0767045548
- 9780767045544
- OCLC:
- 49896252
- Publisher Number:
- 767685950234
- NVG-9502 Docurama
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