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Counterpoint : with Billy Taylor and Andre Watts.

Title
  1. Counterpoint : with Billy Taylor and Andre Watts.
Published by
  1. 1984.

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Details

Additional authors
  1. Watts, Andre
  2. Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010
  3. Bravo Cable Network
Found in
  1. Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Description
  1. 1 streaming video file (25 min.) : sound, color.
Summary
  1. Filmed at Steinway & Sons in New York City, Billy Taylor, a jazz musician and host of the TV series, interviews Watts, a prominent classical music pianist. The assessment of various instruments with commentary as to the quality of the sound is followed by a discussion of the differences and similarities between performing classical music and jazz, Watts's repertoire of choice (preference to play European classical composers and the reason for avoiding playing American contemporary composers), improvisation essential in jazz and not in classical music, some composers that Watts plays, and other aspects related to classical and jazz music.
Uniform title
  1. Jazz counterpoint (Television program)
Alternative title
  1. Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Subject
  1. Watts, Andre -- Interviews
  2. Pianists -- United States -- Interviews
  3. Popular music and art music
  4. Music appreciation
Genre/Form
  1. Video.
  2. Interviews.
  3. Television series.
  4. Nonfiction television programs.
Call number
  1. *LVH 2760
Note
  1. Title and date from the title screen..
Access (note)
  1. Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Source (note)
  1. Margaret Carson
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.
Title
  1. Counterpoint : with Billy Taylor and Andre Watts.
Production
  1. 1984.
Country of producing entity
  1. United States.
Type of content
  1. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. video
  2. computer
Type of carrier
  1. online resource
Restricted access
  1. Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Performer
  1. Billy Taylor, host ; Andre Watts, interviewee.
Event
  1. Broadcast on "Jazz counterpoint" series on Bravo TV in New York City 1984 April 2.
Original version
  1. Original format: 1 videocassette (VHS) ; 1/2 in.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.
Source
  1. Gift; Margaret Carson, 1992.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. Watts, Andre, interviewee.
  2. Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010, host.
  3. Bravo Cable Network.
  4. Carson, Margaret, 1911-2007, donor.
Added title
  1. Jazz counterpoint (Television program)
  2. Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Found in:
  1. Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Research call number
  1. *LVH 2760
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