Film clip from Feather on Jazz: Jazz in the Concert Hall

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A 16mm motion picture film of an episode entitled “Jazz in the Concert Hall,” from the television program Feather on Jazz. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with bilateral variable-area optical sound. It opens with jazz expert Leonard Feather introducing himself. He then talks about "jazz and the concert hall" and Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington's contributions to the acceptance of jazz music, especially through their performances at Carnegie Hall. The film also features Lionel Hampton performing on the vibraphone. Feather then describes the contributions of Norman Granz, the jazz producer and promoter, and his concerts at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium as a slideshow depicting both Granz and the Philharmonic plays on the screen. The slideshow then segues into Billie Holiday performing "Now or Never" in the 1950 film Count Basie and his Sextet.

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