Play your own thing : a story of jazz in Europe / Julian Benedikt, director ; Benedikt Pictures, ZDF-ARTE, SFDRS, NRK, YLE.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Benedikt, Julian, film director.

Benedikt Pictures (Firm), production company.

ZDF/Arte (Firm), production company.

SFDRS (Firm), production company.

Norsk rikskringkasting, production company.

Yleisradio Oy, production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz--Europe.

Jazz.

Jazz--History and criticism.

Europe.

Genre:

Internet videos.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 30 min.)) : sound, color

polychrome

Other Title:

Story of jazz in Europe

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Benedikt Pictures : ZDF-ARTE : SFDRS : NRK : YLE, [2007]

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

Traditional Jazz has never been associated with Europe. Miles, Dizzy and Charlie Parker stand for the great era in Jazz, but who knows Miroslav Vitous, Pierre Michelot, Krzysztof Komeda, Palle Mikkelborg, Tomasz Stanko, or René Urtreger? Play Your Own Thing is a tribute to these champion performers, who, after World War II, were infected by the Jazz "virus" from overseas, but were able to create paths of their own. Containing myriad distinctive qualities traditional to each country and their musical heritage, they invented a totally new form of musical expression, a sort of European identity in Jazz. These artists became true musical pioneers, opening the door for the socalled European avant-garde up until today. Play Your Own Thing traces back through the encounters and musical interchanges of cultures, which are different, but have always nourished each other. The film describes musically, visually, spiritually, but never theoretically the development process of Jazz in Europe with its emancipation and expertise, the development of numerous styles and variations, the specifically European influences and the productive differences with American ways of playing from the beginning of the Jazz Age up until today.

Notes:

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OCLC:

956370273

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.