Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

With over a dozen of his classic performances ranging from 1932 to the late sixties, Satchmo includes excerpts from Pennies from Heaven, Betty Boop cartoon, Going places, Jam session, New Orleans with Billie Holiday, High Society with Bing Crosby, and Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand. Also included are live concerts with Dizzy Gillespie, and Jack Teagarden and the All Stars. The film also presents on-camera interviews with Arvell Shaw, Tony Bennett,...

Provides an overview of the music of colonial and revolutionary America by outlining the influence of various countries of the old world--Spain, England, Ireland, Germany--on the emerging music culture of early America.

Alphabetically arranged entries cover classical music performers, orchestras, composers, institutions, and works relating to America.

Explores the characteristics and importance of each of these types of music and its history and evolution.

Explores the history of blues music, describing key figures in its evolution such as Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter, Bessie Smith, and Robert Johnson; its different forms; and its influence on rock artists such as Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, and the White Stripes.

Chronicles the history of country music from its origins in the Appalachian Mountains in the 1800s into the twenty-first century, and looks at the careers of artists who have influenced the direction of the genre.

Chronicles the origin and development of the American jazz movement describing the instruments, sounds, and techniques that characterize jazz music; as well as profiles of jazz legends including Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, and John Coltrane.

Traces the history and development of soul and rhythm and blues music in America, discusses the social, economic, and regional influences, and includes a look at characteristic instruments, sounds, principle artists, and more.