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Chicago blues

Title
  1. Chicago blues / produced and directed by Harley Cokliss.
Published by
  1. NY [i.e. New York], NY : Rhapsody Films, 1986, ©1970.

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Additional authors
  1. Cokeliss, Harley.
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (49 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in. VHS.
Summary
  1. Traces the evolution of blues music from its origins in the rural South to the contemporary electric sound shaped in the ghettos of Chicago. Shows examples of the harsh experiences of Blacks in America and the liberation they found through music by showing archival footage, interviews, and performances of such people as Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Floyd Jones, J.B. Hutto, Dick Gregory, and many others.
Subject
  1. African American musicians > Illinois > Chicago
  2. Blues (Music) > Illinois > Chicago > History and criticism
  3. Blues musicians > Illinois > Chicago
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Note
  1. Cataloged from credits and cassette container.
Audience (note)
  1. High school through college and adult.