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Artie Shaw - Everything is Jumpin' (1940)
This number is probably best remembered as one of the standout performances from the classic RCA Victor "Artie Shaw at the Blue Room/Cafe Rouge" aircheck set, capturing the 1938-39 Shaw band at its apex. The short "Second Chorus" performance featured here gives us a sense of what the chart sounded like when played by Artie's post-"Frenesi" group. (The little dialogue coda is a reminder that in the film, Fred Astaire and Burgess Meredith were in "The Perennials" - a college band whose students never graduated!)
Etiketler:[artie] [shaw] [swing] [jazz] [clarinet] [big] [band]
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Hoagy Carmichael and Jack Teagarden (1939)
Still relatively new to movies ("Topper" was in '37; "To Have and Have Not" wouldn't be filmed till '44), Hoagy is slightly uncomfortable but game here, as he introduces Jack Teagarden's first big band (trumpeter Charlie Spivak solos on "Stardust"; future Glenn Miller reedman Ernie Caceres is also present). The short features several of Hoagy's best known songs, sung by Hoagy, Big Tea or Meredith Blake, one of the better but underrated big band "girl singers."
Etiketler:[hoagy] [carmichael] [jack] [teagarden]
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Louis Armstrong - A Rhapsody in Black and Blue (1932)
In prime early form, Satch sings "(I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You," "Shine," and plays "Chinatown, My Chinatown." Another plus is that Louis' generally sorry-sounding OKeh-era big band seems to be having a particularly good day. (On the minus side, everything else about this short - from its "plot" to the settings - is stuffed with stereotypes that may offend 21st-century sensibilities.) Regardless how one feels about the trappings of the day, Louis - as always - rises far above the nonsense surrounding him below.
Etiketler:[louis] [armstrong] [satchmo] [jazz] [swing] [musical]
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Bobby Troup Trio - Daddy (1951)
From Sammy Kaye to Kristin Chenoweth, hundreds of artists have made recordings of this pop classic, which first came to Sammy's attention via its composer, Bobby Troup. Although Bobby is best known to later generations for his mid-70s acting stint on TV's "Emergency!" (co-starring with his hubbalicious missus, torch chanteuse Julie London), Troup had jazz credentials to spare - both as performer and songwriter. Here, with his Nat King Cole-styled trio, Bobby is joined by Ginny Maxey (perhaps best remembered for her stint with Ziggy Elman's postwar big band).
Etiketler:[bobby] [troup] [virginia] [maxey] [swing] [jazz] [big] [band]
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Cab Calloway - Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934)
While traveling to New York City, Cab "instantly" creates an all-new number for his opening at the Cotton Club; touts a console radio to a porter on the train; rattles the CC's rafters with "Zah Zuh Zaz" and "The Lady With the Fan"; has a torrid time with the porter's wife, till her pistol packin' papa walks in - and discovers the Mrs. has been stashing Cab *and his entire band* in her bedchamber! The Hi-De-Ho Romeo rides again!
Etiketler:[cab] [calloway] [swing] [jazz] [big] [band]
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Record Making With Duke Ellington (1937)
This promotional short for Irving Mills' short-lived Master and Variety labels not only gives us a glimpse of Ellington and his band in the actual Master/Variety studios (as opposed to a soundstage set), but is one of the very few film accounts of how records were recorded, plated and pressed in the long-ago age of analog, shellac and 78 rpm. Narration is provided by pioneer radio announcer Alois Havrilla.
Etiketler:[duke] [ellington] [recording] [swing] [jazz]
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Billie Holiday - Fine and Mellow (1957)
Reunited after many years with tenor saxophonist Lester Young, Billie's visual reaction to his moving solo remains as eloquent as anything she ever sang; a touching finale to their historic musical partnership. Introduced by Robert Herridge (producer/host of CBS' "The Sound of Jazz"), this is perhaps the single most famous "live jazz" performance in TV history. Other members of the all-star band seen here: Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Gerry Mulligan, Roy Eldridge, Doc Cheatham, Vic Dickenson, Danny Barker, Milt Hinton, Mal Waldron..."We shall not see their likes again."
Etiketler:[billie] [holiday] [swing] [jazz] [blues] [tv] [hawkins] [webster] [mulligan] [eldridge] [cheatham] [dickenson]
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Benny Goodman - Roll 'Em (1942)
This clip comes from "The Powers Girl" (1942). The arrangement appears to be the Jimmy Mundy revision Benny commissioned in 1941 of the Mary Lou Williams classic, originally immortalized by BG's '37 band. Decimated by the WWII draft, this transitional ensemble was trashed by critics as one of Goodman's weakest...but six decades later, Benny and the band sound awfully good indeed! Bonus: Watch for George Murphy and Dennis Day. ("The Powers Girl" also gave moviegoers a relatively rare opportunity to see Benny sans specs.)
Etiketler:[benny] [goodman] [swing] [big] [band] [jazz] [jitterbug] [clarinet]
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