Film clip from Feather on Jazz: Jazz in the Concert Hall
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1967
name: label: Created by
content: Leonard Feather, British American, 1914 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Leonard Feather, British American, 1914 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Duke Ellington, American, 1899 - 1974
label: Subject of
content: Lionel Hampton, American, 1908 - 2002
label: Subject of
content: Billie Holiday, American, 1915 - 1959
label: Subject of
content: Benny Goodman, American, 1909 - 1986
label: Owned by
content: Ernie Smith, American, ca. 1925 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: A 16mm motion picture film of an episode entitled “Jazz in the Concert Hall,” from the television program Feather on Jazz. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with bilateral variable-area optical sound. It opens with jazz expert Leonard Feather introducing himself. He then talks about "jazz and the concert hall" and Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington's contributions to the acceptance of jazz music, especially through their performances at Carnegie Hall. The film also features Lionel Hampton performing on the vibraphone. Feather then describes the contributions of Norman Granz, the jazz producer and promoter, and his concerts at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium as a slideshow depicting both Granz and the Philharmonic plays on the screen. The slideshow then segues into Billie Holiday performing "Now or Never" in the 1950 film Count Basie and his Sextet. There is also a scene of Duke Ellington and his orchestra performing at a 1949 event. The film ends with Feather seated at a desk and remarking, "So today, thanks to pioneer work of artists like Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, the jazz concert is an accepted musical event all over the world.”
place: label: Place depicted
content: New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Feather on Jazz
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Anonymous Gift in memory of Ernest (Ernie) R. Smith, Jazz Historian
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.275.18.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (digital file): 00:08:10
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film): 300 ft