Hinton, Milt

Bass line : the stories and photographs of Milt Hinton by Milt Hinton ( Book )
5 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 527 libraries worldwide

Jazz. Episode seven, Dedicated to chaos ( Visual )
5 editions published between 2000 and 2010 in English and held by 268 libraries worldwide
When America enters WWII in 1941, swing becomes a symbol of democracy and entertainers like Dave Brubeck, Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw take their music to the armed forces overseas. In Nazi-occupied Europe, gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt blends jazz with his own musical traditions. In New York Billie Holiday is unofficial queen despite a growing addiction to narcotics. Duke Ellington, assisted by the gifted young arranger, Billy Strayhorn, brings his music to ever-greater heights. After dark a small underground of gifted young musicians led by the trumpet virtuoso Dizzy Gillespie and saxophonists Charlie Parker and Ben Webster begin to develop a new fast and intricate way of playing, developing a new music called bebop. Meanwhile in 1945, black soldiers return home to the same racism they fought against, and a growing unrest sets the seeds for future rebellions.

Jazz. Episode five, Swing, pure pleasure ( Visual )
5 editions published between 2000 and 2010 in English and held by 261 libraries worldwide
In the mid 1930s, as the Great Depression refuses to lift, Benny Goodman finds himself hailed as the "King of Swing" and becomes the first white bandleader to hire black musicians. He has a host or rivals among them, Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmie Lunceford, Glen Miller and Artie Shaw. Louis Armstrong heads a big band of his own, while Duke Ellington continues his independent course, but great black artists still can't eat or sleep in many of the hotels where they perform. Billie Holiday emerges from a childhood of tragedy to begin her career as the greatest of all female jazz singers.

Trio Jeepy by Branford Marsalis ( Recording )
6 editions published in 1989 in 3 languages and held by 253 libraries worldwide

Playing the changes : Milt Hinton's life in stories and photographs by Milt Hinton ( Book )
6 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 236 libraries worldwide
"Legendary African American jazz bassist and photographer Milt Hinton (1910-2000) tells his life story and illustrates it with more than 260 of his photographs, reproduced in this collectors' edition." "Hinton's stories - witnessing a lynching as a child in Mississippi, working for Al Capone, breaking the color line in the recording studio - are equal to his celebrated photographs: capturing life on the road with Cab Calloway, Billie Holiday at her last recording date, and personal and professional views of icons such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, Dizzy Gillespie, and Barbra Streisand."--BOOK JACKET.

1969 all-star White House tribute to Duke Ellington ( Recording )
1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 166 libraries worldwide

I just dropped by to say hello by Johnny Hartman ( Recording )
12 editions published between 1963 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 135 libraries worldwide

Weary blues by Langston Hughes ( Recording )
3 editions published between 1958 and 1990 in English and held by 131 libraries worldwide
Bittersweet poems of protest and joy by Langston Hughes read to a surging cadence of jazz composed in part by Leonard Feather and in part by Chales Mingus and played by Horace Parlan Trio and an All-Star Sextet.

A great day in Harlem ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1999 in English and held by 131 libraries worldwide
A great day in Harlem tells the story of Art Kane's famous 1958 group photograph of the jazz greats of the period. Includes home movie footage of that day of the musicians arriving and greeting each other the morning of the shoot. Also includes conversations with musicians and archival performance footage.

OverTime : the jazz photographs of Milt Hinton by Milt Hinton ( Book )
2 editions published between 1991 and 1997 in English and held by 130 libraries worldwide