Jazz on film : the complete story of the musicians & music onscreen (Book, 2004) [WorldCat.org]
skip to content
Jazz on film : the complete story of the musicians & music onscreen Preview this item
ClosePreview this item
Checking...

Jazz on film : the complete story of the musicians & music onscreen

Author: Scott Yanow
Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Backbeat Books, [2004] ©2004
Edition/Format:   Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
"Scott Yanow reviews and rates over 1,300 Hollywood movies, DVDs, videos, documentaries, shorts, and available TV specials - films that include at least a brief appearance onscreen of a jazz musician or singer. Whether you're curious about rarities from the late 1920s, Hollywood musicals that have cameos by swing big-bandleaders, fictional jazz biographies, or recent performances, you'll find information in this  Read more...
Rating:

(not yet rated) 0 with reviews - Be the first.

Subjects
More like this

Find a copy in the library

&AllPage.SpinnerRetrieving; Finding libraries that hold this item...

Details

Genre/Form: Catalogs
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Reviews
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Scott Yanow
ISBN: 0879307838 9780879307837
OCLC Number: 55886358
Description: vi, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents: Introduction --
A brief history of jazz on film, 1917-1960 --
Soundies --
Snader telescriptions --
Jazz on television --
Movies: 1960 to the present day --
Ruth Etting --
The film careers of Hoagy Carmichael, Harris Barris, Cliff Edwards, Kay Kyser, and Svend Asmussen --
Introduction to the review sections --
About the reviews and ratings --
A listing of the key artists --
What is purposely missing from the first three sections --
Review section one: Videos and DVDs --
Review section two: Hollywood movies --
Review section three: Shorts, television specials, and more documentaries --
Review section four: Miscellaneous items of interest --
Interviews: Three jazz film collectors: Mark Cantor, Ken Poston, John Altman --
Top rated films: Films that received a perfect 10 rating --
Films that received a 9 rating --
Addresses of film labels.
Responsibility: by Scott Yanow.
More information:

Abstract:

"Scott Yanow reviews and rates over 1,300 Hollywood movies, DVDs, videos, documentaries, shorts, and available TV specials - films that include at least a brief appearance onscreen of a jazz musician or singer. Whether you're curious about rarities from the late 1920s, Hollywood musicals that have cameos by swing big-bandleaders, fictional jazz biographies, or recent performances, you'll find information in this book. This comprehensive volume also includes an essay on the history of jazz on film."--Jacket.

Reviews

User-contributed reviews
Retrieving GoodReads reviews...
Retrieving DOGObooks reviews...

Tags

Be the first.

Similar Items

Related Subjects:(7)

User lists with this item (1)

Confirm this request

You may have already requested this item. Please select Ok if you would like to proceed with this request anyway.

Close Window

Please sign in to WorldCat 

Don't have an account? You can easily create a free account.