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Summary:

A collection of early film clips featuring song, dance, and instrumental performances of some of the giants of the Jazz Age.

Table of Contents:

• Get out and get under the moon / Dorsey Brothers Band (1929)
• Old man blues / Duke Ellington (1930)
• Heebie jeebies / Boswell Sisters (1931)
• Sweet Sue ; Tiger rag (Dance contest 1929)
• I cover the waterfront ; Dinah ; Tiger rag / Louis Armstrong (1933)
• My Ohio home / Paul Whiteman with Bix Beiderbecke (1928)
• Swanee River / Bill Robinson in his step dance (1932)
• Medley: The Duke steps out, Black beauty, Cotton Club stomp / Duke Ellington (1929)
• Alabamy snow / Charlie Wellman (1930)
• Chinatown, my Chinatown ; High society / Louis Armstrong (1931)
• St. Louis blues / Bessie Smith (1929)
• Someday sweetheart / Tessie Maize (1930)
• Who is it? Who? ; Tommy Christian stomp / Tommy Christian (1928)
• Whistle and blow your blues away ; Mandy (1931)
• Sweet Georgia Brown / Ben Bernie (1925)
• Tell the world he's mine / Ruby Darby (1930).

Contributors:

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971

Whiteman, Paul, 1890-1967

Beiderbecke, Bix, 1903-1931

Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949

Wellman, Charlie

Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937

Maize, Tessie

Christian, Tommy

Bernie, Ben, 1891-1943

Darby, Ruby

Dorsey Brothers Orchestra

Boswell Sisters

Yazoo Video

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Subjects:

Jazz — 1921-1930

Jazz — 1931-1940

Jazz vocals

Big band music

1921-1940

Jazz

System Details:

DVD.

Production Credits:

Editor, Dana Heinz.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video

Call Numbers:

MDVD 00557

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 016351051493
Publisher Number, Yazoo: 514

OCLC Numbers:

1053092638
45544758 [Invalid]