Research Catalog

Title

[Billy Wilson] [videorecording]

Publication

[196-? and later]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Wilson, Billy, 1935-1994
• Van Beers, Sonja
• Brown, Annette
• Garnett, Chip.
• Irwin, Syrena
• Swyningan, Quincella
• Wesley, L. Edmond
• Williams, Derek
• Wilson, Alexis Holliday
• Wilson, Parker
• Rodriguez, Raymond
• Shihab, Lorenzo
• Bassey, Shirley
• Cole, Natalie, 1950-2015
• Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
• Hopkins, Linda, 1924-2017
• Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
• Atwood, David.
• Barrow-Murray, Barbara.
• Ross, John (Musician)
• Heitman, Clint.
• Meade, Terri.
• Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
• Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
• WGBH Educational Foundation.
• DHCA.

Description

3 videodisc (NTSC) (98 min.) : si. and sd., b&w and col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Compilation of three recordings featuring performances or choreography by Billy Wilson.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Alexis Wilson.

Uniform Title

Concerto in F (Choreographic work : Wilson)

Subjects

• Television > Blues and gone
• Dance, Black > United States
• Dance
• Television > Say brother
• Child dancers

Genre/Form

Dance.

Note

• Titles on frame only for the second segment, Blues and gone.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Contents

• Disc 1. [Two duets] (ca. 10 min., si., b&w) / recorded for television, probably in the Netherlands, 196-?; danced by Billy Wilson and Sonja van Beers.
• Disc 2. Blues and gone [beginning] (c1980 ; ca. 46 min., sd., col.) / WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, Mass.; telecast on the series Say brother (Show #1113) on January 1, 1981; director, David Atwood; producer, Barbara Barrow-Murray; concept, Billy Wilson, Chip Garnett; written and choreographed by Billy Wilson; musical direction, John Ross; recorded music performed by Shirley Bassey, Natalie Cole, Duke Ellington, and Linda Hopkins; poetry, Langston Hughes; scenic design, Clint Heitman, Ciene Moffett; costumes, Terri Meade; danced by Annette Brown, Chip Garnett, Syrena Irwin, Quincella Swyningan, L. Edmond Wesley, Derek Williams, Alexis Holliday Wilson, and Parker Wilson, with extras Leon Duval, Augustin Gutierrez Jr., Robyn Hall, Antonio D. Martin, Naima Wade Rodriguez, Raymond Rodriguez, Lorenzo Shihab, Cheryl Wilkins; music played by John Ross (piano), Hakim Jami (bass), Artie Levinowitz (saxophone), Frank Derrick III (drums).
• Disc 3. Blues and gone [continued] (ca. 13 min.).
• Concerto in F (ca. 29 min., sd., b&w) / recorded in rehearsal onstage, in rehearsal clothes, location not identified, ca. 1981; choreography, Billy Wilson; music, George Gershwin; danced by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4188

OCLC

NYPY97-F545

Title

[Billy Wilson] [videorecording]

Imprint

[196-? and later]

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

System Details

DVD.

Local Note

Former classmark: *MGZIA 4-7670.

Local Subject

Television. Blues and gone.

Television. Say brother.

Added Author

Wilson, Billy, 1935-1994, choreographer. Conceptor. aut, dancer.

Van Beers, Sonja, dancer.

Brown, Annette, dancer.

Garnett, Chip. ccp, dancer.

Irwin, Syrena, dancer.

Swyningan, Quincella, dancer.

Wesley, L. Edmond, dancer.

Williams, Derek, dancer.

Wilson, Alexis Holliday, dancer.

Wilson, Parker, dancer.

Rodriguez, Raymond, dancer.

Shihab, Lorenzo, dancer.

Bassey, Shirley, performer.

Cole, Natalie, 1950-2015, performer.

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Instrumentalist

Hopkins, Linda, 1924-2017, performer.

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Author in quotations or text abstracts

Atwood, David. Director

Barrow-Murray, Barbara. Producer

Ross, John (Musician) Conductor. Instrumentalist

Heitman, Clint. Set designer

Meade, Terri. Costume designer

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Composer

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

WGBH Educational Foundation.

DHCA.

Added Title

Concerto in F (Choreographic work : Wilson)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4188