Count Basie
2) Count Basie
Author
Publisher
LaserLight Digital
Pub. Date
[1954]
Physical Desc
1 CD (48 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
4 blu-rays (600 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Soundies has been called the music videos of the 1940s, but that doesn't begin to describe their cultural importance. It's true that they feature a remarkable range of talent, from big-band luminaries like Duke Ellington and Count Basie to then-emerging stars like Doris Day and Ricardo Montalban, and lesser-known artists of the American nightclub circuit. But Soundies are also a rich, largely overlooked chronicle of American popular culture during...