Stanley Crouch
Birthday: Born in in
Deathday: Alive
TV Credits
The Chris Rock Show
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The Chris Rock Show is a late night comedy talk show featured on HBO. It was created by Chris Rock and featured various guests. The show won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program in 1999. It ran for five seasons from 1997 to 2000....
Slang Hunters
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A fun and educational look at language...
Jazz
Character: Self
Jazz is a ten part series that explores the evolution – and the genius – of America’s greatest original art form, focusing on the extraordinary men and women who could do something remarkable – create art on the spot. Jazz celebrates their profoundly enduring, endlessly varied, and infinitely alluring music in the context of the complicated country that gave birth to and influenced it, and was in turn transformed by it....
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Character: Self - writer
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American boxer to win a title and his struggle to live as a free man....
Movie Credits
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Character: Self
Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of African American comedy in America, from the earliest minstrel shows to the latest HBO special. Featuring interviews with cultural critics and loads of comedic clips, this program features appearances by a who's-who of black comedians including Chris Rock, Bill Cosby, Whoopi Goldberg and many more....
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Character: Self
Jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams was a genius ahead of her time. From child prodigy to "Boogie-Woogie Queen" to groundbreaking composer to mentoring some of the greatest musicians of all time, she never ceased to astound those who heard her play. But for a Black woman in the early 1900s, life as a star did not come easy....
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Character: Self - Writer
An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991)....
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Character: Himself
The film chronicles Nina Simone's journey from child piano prodigy to iconic musician and passionate activist, told in her own words....
Sonny Rollins: Beyond the Notes
Character: Self
Sonny Rollins: Beyond the Notes uses his 80th birthday concert to look into the man and his music....
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
Character: Self
Louis Armstrong is one of the most recognizable figures in jazz, with his incomparable trumpet playing and beaming smile. This video profiles Armstrong from his humble beginnings in New Orleans through his career as America's Ambassador of Good Will. Film clips, vintage photographs and interviews with family, friends, fellow musicians and Armstrong himself are woven together to tell the story of this legendary personality....