Accent on the offbeat / a Peter Gelb/Maysles Films-Froemke production ; a Sony Classical Film & Video production ; director [of ballet sequence], Peter Martins ; [directed by Deborah Dickson]
Jubilo -- Tick tock -- Trail of tears -- Express crossing -- "D" in the key of "F" -- Ragtime -- Fiddle bowl real
Summary
In 1992, Jazz at Lincoln Center and New York City Ballet commissioned the famous jazz musician Wynton Marsalis to compose music for a new ballet by choreographer Peter Martins, Ballet Master in Chief of the NYCB. The film shows the preparation and the performance of the ballet
Notes
Title from title screen (viewed February 23, 2022)