Size1 videocassette (VHS)

Collection Description This short documentary sequence (ca. 12 minutes, in color), produced by Al Clarke for First Run Features, is an excerpt from the television series "Brick City" (Sundance Channel, 2009). It features host Lisa Durden. The subject is the early history of the Newark-based Savoy Record Company, one of the most important labels in the history of jazz and gospel music recording. The title used above is derived from the closing credits. NOTE: The date of the Brick City series is 2009; the catalogue record for this item gives a date of 1998.

FormatMoving images

SubjectsAfrican-American History / Civil Rights; Business / Commerce; Music

Time Period20th Century

LanguageEnglish

Access policyOpen for research