The Friendly Invasion From Jazz to Swing (Original title)
Date: 23 November 1975 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Geoffrey Haydon
Synopsis: A look at the influence of American Jazz on British Music. It includes: a look at the 1919 British tour by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, and the wave of British imitators that followed the groups success; an examination of the anglicisation of the US jazz sound, with British dance bands appropriating elements of the style; a British song factory set up on American lines on London's Charing Cross Road; how the rise of the Hollywood musical made things difficult for British composers; and 1930s move towards a `Swing' style.Synopsis: TV documentary on popular song and dance in the 1920s. Second of three programmes about the transatlantic take-over this century of Britain's popular song and dance.
Genre: Performance
Subjects: Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Jazz music (pre 1950), Dance band music, American film industry, Musicals, Songs
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TV Transmissions
Date: 23 November 1975Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:25-23:40Runtime: 75 mins Network - Language: English - Colour and Black and White - Sound
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Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteTX date: 1975-11-23BFI identifier: C-791487
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Date: 23 November 1975 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Geoffrey Haydon
Synopsis: A look at the influence of American Jazz on British Music. It includes: a look at the 1919 British tour by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, and the wave of British imitators that followed the groups success; an examination of the anglicisation of the US jazz sound, with British dance bands appropriating elements of the style; a British song factory set up on American lines on London's Charing Cross Road; how the rise of the Hollywood musical made things difficult for British composers; and 1930s move towards a `Swing' style.Synopsis: TV documentary on popular song and dance in the 1920s. Second of three programmes about the transatlantic take-over this century of Britain's popular song and dance.
Genre: Performance
Subjects: Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Jazz music (pre 1950), Dance band music, American film industry, Musicals, Songs
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 23 November 1975Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:25-23:40Runtime: 75 mins Network - Language: English - Colour and Black and White - Sound
Credits
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Production Company: BBC, Executive Producer: Mike Wooller, Producer: Geoffrey Haydon, Script: Geoffrey Haydon, Film editor: Peter West
Cast
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Ronald Pickup, Eubie Blake, Irving Caesar, Tolchard Evans, Victor Sylvester, Ambrose, Duke Ellington, Gracie Fields, Roy Fox, Henry Hall, Jack Hylton, Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler, Jack Payne, Harry Roy, Paul Whiteman (Archive footage)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteTX date: 1975-11-23BFI identifier: C-791487
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status