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Gathering material from early in her career, this film offers a fascinating portrait of the young Dinah Washington. Having just been discovered by bandleader Lionel Hampton, she was then focused mainly on jazzy, torrid R&B numbers. Featuring a range of clips and appearances from such legendary venues as Harlem's Apollo Theater, this essential document will surprise and delight today's many fans of the beloved Dinah Washington. The video has been completed...
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Jazz is a uniquely American art form, one of America's great contributions to not only musical culture, but world culture, with each generation of musicians applying new levels of creativity that take the music in unexpected directions that defy definition, category, and stagnation. Now you can learn the basics and history of this intoxicating genre in an eight-lecture series that is as free-flowing and original as the art form itself. You'll follow
...12) Pokey LaFarge
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Pokey LaFarge and his band bring a focus and energy to the American roots genre with infectious original material that sits at the crossroads of early jazz, country blues, and western swing.--Midwest Tape.