Black Music In America: From Then Till Now

Duration: 28 38 min

Genre: Educational

Creator: Screen Gems Inc.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 15Jul71 · LP43881 (Jul-Dec 1974) Copyright holder: Learning Company of America, a division of Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc

Description: Traces the history of the black man's contribution to American music. Includes performances by great black entertainers. , Introduces renowned black musicians and the contribution black music has made to America in the forms of jazz, blues, spirituals, protest songs, swing, and rock and roll. Gives a history of black music, from the time of the introduction of slavery in America to the present day, using old engravings and film clips. Includes Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Bessie Smith, Count Bassie, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, and others., Traces the history of the contribution of African Americans to American music from beginnings in 1619 of slave ship days to present featuring famous personalities as Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, Mahalia Jackson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, and others.

Complete Record: Traces the history of the black man's contribution to American music. Includes performances by great black entertainers. , Introduces renowned black musicians and the contribution black music has made to America in the forms of jazz, blues, spirituals, protest songs, swing, and rock and roll. Gives a history of black music, from the time of the introduction of slavery in America to the present day, using old engravings and film clips. Includes Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Bessie Smith, Count Bassie, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, and others., A history of Black music including filmed performances of Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, Leadbelly, Count Basie, Nina Simone. Includes a sequence from an early film of Bessie Smith, and a rare television appearance by Billie Holiday with Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins and others. , , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.