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Description: The life and music of Benny Goodman come alive in this documentary about the
highly influential bandleader dubbed the 'King of Swing'. The film details the birth of the
swing genre, Goodman's effect on racial borders, his family, and his storied career.
Included are raw performance and studio rehearsal footage, home movies, rare audio tracks,
commentary from Goodman's contemporaries, and interviews with Goodman.

Produced by WNET's Emmy Award-winning American Masters series, this is a story of a man who,
with clarinet in hand, rose to become one of our country's cultural icons. This biography
includes rare, never-before-seen performance footage from the '20s and '30s, studio
rehearsal footage from the '50s, home movies, rare audio tracks, and video footage of
Goodman recounting his own life. In addition to interviews with family and friends, this
documentary features appearances from Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton,
Gene Krupa, Teddy Wilson, Harry James, Peggy Lee, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie.

It also features clips from movies and television appearances, and classic Goodman hits
including: Sing Sing Sing, A Fine Romance, Don't Be That Way, Bugle Call Rag, Avalon,
What a Little Moonlight Can Do, Let's Dance, California Here I Come, You Turned the Tables
on Me, The World Is Waiting for a Sunrise, I've Got a Heart Full of Music, Where or When,
Clarinetitis, Tiger Rag, Vibraphone Blues, Roll 'Em, Why Don't You Do Right, Hot House,
Gotta Be This or That.

DVD Format: NTSC

DVD5: 3.82 GiB - Exact Copy (No Redux)

Color: Black & White / Color

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

Language: English

Subtitle: None

Closed Captioned: No

Commentary: None

Extras: None

Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0

Time: 01:01

DVD Studio: Sony / Columbia Music Video

Release Date: 2000-11-07

ASIN: B000050IKZ

UPC: 074644918694

Posting Date: 27 March 2010

Posting Group: alt.binaries.dvd