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• [Woodstock Jazz Festival]

  Nancy Cain

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  Jazz legend Von Freeman improvising with Studs Terkel

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  Chicago jazz legend Von Freeman died yesterday at the age of 88. We present some truly special footage of the tenor saxophonist improvising live with Studs Terkel in 1997.

• A Great Day In Harlem

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  A documentary about the day in 1958 when Art Kane, then an aspiring photographer and art director for Esquire magazine, arranged for a group photo (which was titled “A Great Day In Harlem”) of almost every prominent jazz musician in New York City to be taken in Harlem; among the many musicians are many jazz giants, including Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Charles Mingus, and Gene Krupa.

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  [Chicago Slices raw: Oscar Brown, Jr. And Family]

  Andrew Jones, Black, Chicago, Chicago Slices, Communities, GDDF, NHPRC-2, Tom Weinberg

  OSCAR BROWN JR. AND FAMILY perform their hits such as “Watermelon Man” and “Africa” at Spices Jazz Bar. Interviews with OSCAR BROWN JR., his new wife JEAN PACE BROWN, and children OSCAR III (BO BO), MAGGIE, CALVIN BRUNSON (KOCO), and AFRICA PACE BROWN about their cultural identity and history.

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  [Veeck: A Man For Any Season raw #41]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  Raw footage for Veeck: A Man for Any Season. This tape features Veeck at home talking about jazz and tells a story about playing rummy in the hospital.

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  Image Union, episode 0510

  Image Union

  Compilation episode of Image Union featuring music videos. Music by the Talking Heads, Phil ‘N The Blanks, and others.

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  [Chicago Slices raw : Marc Smith]

  Chicago, Chicago Slices, Outside Agitators

  Raw footage for Chicago Slices, featuring Marc Smith, founder of the Poetry Slam, at the Green Mill. Brigid Murphy interviews Smith inside the Green Mill, followed by Smith performing two poems.