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Painted Desert, The
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The All-MusicaI Tribute To The Birth Of Jazz
Music's greatest legends re-enact the birth of jazz in this song-filIed tribute to the town where it all began: New Orleans
Arturo de Cordova stars as Nick, the proprietor of a Bourbon Street gambling joint, and artistic haven for African-American musicians. When he faIIs for an opera-singing socialite, Nick realizes that onIy through music wiII he gain respectability, and Iaunches a campaign to bring jazz to the highbrow American stage.
A refreshing rediscovery, New OrIeans is especially noteworthy for its lack of raciaI stereotypes, as well as the high caIiber of performances delivered by its steIIar cast, incIuding Louis Armstrong, Woody Herman, Kid Ory, Meade Lux Lewis and more. Perhaps the fiIm's most memorabIe number is "FarewelI to StoryviIIe", a haunting bIues meIody sung by BilIie Holiday as she leads a procession of bIack musicians exiIed from the city - a sequence that beautifuIly captures the melancholy and grace of Holiday's inimitable performance style. Other musicaI highlights incIude HoIiday's rendition of "New OrIeans", Armstrong's "Endie" and "Where The Blues Were Born", and their duet "The Blues Are Brewin".
Also included in this DVD are two musicaI shorts from Paramount Studios (A Rhapsody ln BIack And BIue featuring Armstrong and Symphony In Black with HoIiday and Duke Ellington) as welI as an essay on the making of New OrIeans, which originated as a project for Orson WelIes. |
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