John Hammond: From Bessie Smith to Bruce Springsteen
Brief Synopsis
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A documentary chronicling fifty years of popular music with the late veteran music producer John Hammond, who is credited with discovering and promoting Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, and Count Basie. Features interviews with popular artists Hammond discovered and recorded as well as other friends an
Cast & Crew
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Hart Perry
Director
Mitch Miller
Rachel Breck
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Aretha Franklin
Allen Ginsberg
Film Details
Also Known As
American Masters (08/20/90), Fifty Years of Music With John Hammond
Genre
Documentary
Music
Release Date
1990
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
A documentary chronicling fifty years of popular music with the late veteran music producer John Hammond, who is credited with discovering and promoting Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, and Count Basie. Features interviews with popular artists Hammond discovered and recorded as well as other friends and associates. A presentation of "American Masters."
Director
Hart Perry
Director
Cast
Mitch Miller
Rachel Breck
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Aretha Franklin
Allen Ginsberg
Bob Dylan
Milt Hinton
Ossie Davis
Narrator
George Benson
John Hammond
Pete Seeger
Bruce Springsteen
Nat Hentoff
Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
Rachel Hammond Breck
Lionel Hampton
Alberta Hunter
Buck Clayton
Count Basie
Crew
Charles Benante
Producer
Emmett Connolly
Assistant Editor
Emmett Connolly
Camera
Diane Dufault
Producer
Jerry Durkin
Executive Producer
Mary Feaster
Assistant Editor
Barbara Flyntz-bradley
Sound Mixer
Harlene Freezer
Producer
Gary Giddins
Writer
Jason Hammond
Production Consultant
Mikie Harris
Consultant
Ken Kobland
Camera
Nick Kopple-perry
Best Boy
Meg Kruizenga
Production Associate
Susan Lacy
Executive Producer
Joseph Lauro
Consultant
Kati Meister
Researcher
Alan Miller
On-Line Editor
Kevin Miller
Editor
Debbie Newman
Executive Producer
Dana Heinz Perry
Sound
Dana Heinz Perry
Researcher
Dana Heinz Perry
Production Manager
Evan Perry
Best Boy
Hart Perry
Camera
Hart Perry
Producer
Anna Pivarnik Walker
Assistant On-Line Editor
Holly Cara Price
Production Coordinator
Alan Ramer
Producer
Rosita Sarnoff
Production Consultant
Peter Shelton
Editor
Rosalind P Walter
Producer
Dean Zingus
Researcher
Film Details
Also Known As
American Masters (08/20/90), Fifty Years of Music With John Hammond
Genre
Documentary
Music
Release Date
1990
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
