The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz artists to travel the world as cultural ambassadors, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and their mixed-race band members, faced a painful dilemma: how could they represent a country that still practiced Jim Crow segregation?

This biography of musical legend Benny Goodman contains testimonials from various contemporaries and scholars, and offers several clips of the man in performance. Nearly two-dozen songs can be heard including "California, Here I Come," "A Fine Romance," "Why Don't You Do Right," "I've Got a Heart Full of Music," and "Bugle Cal Rag."

A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Williams traces the struggles and triumphs of the superstars of music and film. Among the many artists featured are: Whitney Houston, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Cab Calloway, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Ella Fitzgerald, and Little Richard, Also included are today's contemporary superstars: Snoop Dogg, Ice T, Quincy Jones, Spike Lee, Russell Simmons, and many, more! 80 minutes plus DVD bonus features.

1934 film by Ludvig Brandstrup

Taking a look at Disneyland following nightfall, including nighttime entertainment and appearances by many celebrities of the day.

A playboy helps a young woman turn her father's Nevada ranch into a haven for divorcees.

A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for.

A husband who listens to jazz instead of mopping the floor is brained with a mop by his wife; he dreams he's King of Jazzmania, a land of soapsuds where Louis Armstrong performs 'I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You' and 'Shine'.

In 1915, Atlantic City is a sleepy seaside resort, but Brad Taylor, son of a small hotel and vaudeville house proprietor, has big plans: he thinks it can be "the playground of the world." Brad's wheeling and dealing proves remarkably successful in attracting big enterprises and big shows, but brings him little success in personal relationships. Full of nostalgic songs and acts, some with the original artists. Reissued in 1950 as "Atlantic City Honeymoon".

Betty Boop and friends meet Louis Armstrong on a jungle safari.

A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life.

In 1960, United Nations: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe denouncing America’s color bar, while the U.S. dispatches jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to the Congo to deflect attention from its first African post-colonial coup.

介绍美国从上世纪初到80年代的Jazz音乐发展﹐一连十集﹐1200分钟.节目是各位响当当的爵士乐手/歌手的珍贵演出片断及照片﹐还有大量的访问，种族隔离，各种审查制度的影响十集.1200分锺由Ken Burns 操刀﹐集合了75个珍贵访问.500段音乐选段2400张照片加上2000条影片﹐以6年时间制作。使到笔者接触爵士乐多年来首次欣赏到 Artie Shaw﹑Benny Goodman﹑Glen Miller﹑Billie Holiday 等的演出片段.

Experience the jaw-dropping spectacle of Coldplay's World Tour, Music Of The Spheres, as it broadcasts worldwide to your live cinema at the River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires.