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List Price: $19.98 Our Price: $17.99 You Save: $1.99 Features • Black & White • DVD-Video • NTSC In Theaters : 30 October, 2001 |
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The Ladies Sing the Blues description Culled from rare black-and-white footage from the early to mid-20th century, this excellent anthology showcases a number of gems from the best and brightest female vocalists in America. There's the radiant "Empress of the Blues" Bessie Smith in her only recorded film appearance singing "St. Louis Blues." The gospel great Sister Rosetta Tharpe deliv ... review details |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Good additional material for class |
| I have to agree with one of the earlier reviewers: the complete "videos" on this tape are fantastic, but the narrated voice-over (delivered in a near-monotone) during the opening bits isn't of much use. Still, I use portions of this tape in my Jazz History class, and at least the narration backs up the info that students are given in their textbooks. In all, I like certain clips in here better than the Burns "Jazz" anthology simply because they ARE complete. | |
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