American Music: From Folk to Jazz and Pop part 1 of 2

Duration: 12:00

Year Published: 1967

Complete Record: Introduces development of jazz and pop music from folk music origins and features original performances of prominent musicians. Effects of cultural and historical developments on courses of musical trends. Features commentary and analyses by Duke Ellington, Richard Rodgers, Billy Taylor. Tony Bennett recording in a studio. Shot of a couple singing country. A ferryboat is plowing through a river. Eureka Brass Band marching. Dave Clark Five sings “Do you Love me?” Girls screaming their heads off. Young people dancing to rock and roll music. CU of cash registers. People are buying records. Shots inside of a record making factory. The Supremes are recording in a Detroit studio. Motown Record’s president talks about the Detroit sound. Dave Clark Five, a British band. plays. Crowds of girls scream. Shots of skyscrapers in Nashville. Waylon Jennings recording a song. WABC radio station and its disc jockey. Head shots of Richard Rodgers interview. CU guitar strumming. The Temptations singing in studio. CU of banjo strumming. Shot of Earl Scruggs playing the banjo. Shots of people playing the trumpet. Shots of Bourbon Street, New Orleans. A Gray line sightseeing bus drives by a place called Guys and Dolls. Shots of bar signs. Preservation Hall is where blacks played jazz and blues. George Louis plays the clarinet. Shots of stills of six piece bands. Billie Pierce plays the piano without looking at the keys. Black women in their Sunday outfits sits in church. Funeral parade is where marching band and people dance in the streets. Shot of a huge ferryboat. CU of piano playing. Bands performing at the Grand Ole Opry.