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Mary Lou Williams : music on my mind

Title
  1. Mary Lou Williams : music on my mind / directed and edited by Joanne Burke ; produced by Joanne Burke and the Film and Video Workshop, Inc.
Published by
  1. New York, NY : Distributed by Women Make Movies, 1990.

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Additional authors
  1. Burke, Joanne (Film producer, director and editor)
  2. Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981
  3. Flack, Roberta
  4. Litwak, Howard
  5. Pearson, Nathan W., 1951-
  6. Film and Video Workshop, production company.
  7. Women Make Movies (Firm), distributor.
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. Life of Mary Lou Williams is traced through performances, interviews, spoken tributes (Buddy Tate, Dizzy Gillespie, et al), film footage and photos of her life. Demonstrates how the Kansas City style and swing era gave way to modern jazz.
Alternative title
  1. Music on my mind
Subject
  1. Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981
  2. Women jazz musicians > United States > Biography
  3. Jazz musicians > United States > Biography
  4. African Americans > Music > History and criticism
  5. Big band music
  6. Jazz > History and criticism
  7. Piano music (Jazz)
  8. Women jazz musicians
  9. United States
Genre/Form
  1. Biography.
Call number
  1. Sc Visual DVD-1578
Note
  1. Jazz piano music and ensembles.
  2. Selections principally by Mary Lou Williams.
  3. Original production: ©1989.
Credits (note)
  1. Screenwriter, David Burke ; editor, Joanne Burke ; produced by Joanne Burke and The Film and Video Workshop, Inc. ; a film by Joanne Burke.
System details (note)
  1. VHS format.
Title
  1. Mary Lou Williams : music on my mind / directed and edited by Joanne Burke ; produced by Joanne Burke and the Film and Video Workshop, Inc.
Imprint
  1. New York, NY : Distributed by Women Make Movies, 1990.
Type of content
  1. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. video
Type of carrier
  1. videocassette
System details
  1. VHS format.
Credits
  1. Screenwriter, David Burke ; editor, Joanne Burke ; produced by Joanne Burke and The Film and Video Workshop, Inc. ; a film by Joanne Burke.
Performer
  1. Mary Lou Williams, piano, with assisting musicians ; narrator, Roberta Flack ; interviewers, Howard Litwak, Nathan Pearson.
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Added author
  1. Burke, Joanne (Film producer, director and editor), film producer, film director, editor of moving image work.
  2. Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981, performer.
  3. Flack, Roberta, narrator.
  4. Litwak, Howard, interviewer.
  5. Pearson, Nathan W., 1951- interviewer.
  6. Film and Video Workshop, production company.
  7. Women Make Movies (Firm), distributor.
Publisher no.
  1. 207 Blue Lion Films
Research call number
  1. Sc Visual DVD-1578 Service copy
  2. Sc Visual VRA-749 VHS
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