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African
Jazz:
Australian travelogue with the Michaels family offering stereotypical
notions about blacks and music ("natural sense of rhythm")—program argues that jazz
originated in Africa in tribal music with emphasis on drum and vocal
rhythm—convincing thesis
I'll
Sing Not Cry:
gorgeous Kodachrome color exploration of what makes the African
culture—stresses the singing of Africans—filmed among the Umbundu
people of Angola 12-25D
Discovering
the Music of Africa: re West African
rhythm—especially Ghana—drums, bells, and rattles excellent color
BFA 8-1A
Yonder
Come Day:
from Yale University classroom a Black woman performs and traces roots
of Afro-American folk music forms 12-4C
African
Rhythms:
Firestone Rubber film re Liberian music and dance 8-5B
Yes
Sir, Mr. Bones:
nostalgic old white men in blackface put on a minstrel show—feature
film from 1951
Minstrel
Days:
two copies of this 400' short—one with brown tint—from Olympic
Pictures in 1939 features Nina Mae McKinney with Delose Somers and his
band, the Eight Black Streaks, plus Scott & Whaley 8-7A
Minstrel
Days:
Warners Bros. short from 1940 features story of "Jump Jim
Crow"—with Willie Best, scenes with Eddie Cantor, Al Jolson 8-7A
When
Grandpa Was a Boy: white boys and girls put on a minstrel
show—much in blackface—in remembrance of the Hit parade of the gay
Nineties—racist 1950 Renewed 4-18B
Minstrel
Melodies:
Benny Fields and Judy Clarke in blackface song and dance
short—1940s—has bizarre scene in which beautiful blonde woman and
white man in blackface touch and cuddle in love song 4-17D
Hurdy
Gurdy:
traditional Dixieland music from Pete Lofthouse and His Second Story
Men—guest are Nappy Lamare, Bill Campbell, Paula Kelly—local KABC-TV
Los Angeles show in excellent color (1967) 12-25B
New
Orleans Jazz:
host Vernon Cook takes viewers on an impressionistic tour of sites in
New Orleans where jazz was born, beginning in Storeyville in 1896
kinescope (1960s) 12-25B
Swing
Into Spring:
NBC swing music festival aired 4/9/58—features Benny Goodman, Ella
Fitzgerald, Harry James, Red Norvo, Teddy Wilson, McGuire Sisters, Jo
Stafford. and others—First half is "best" songs from the
show compilation—including duped Goodman performance from feature film
Hollywood Hotel—Benny, Jo, Ella (scat version) sing "Gotta
Be This or That"—Second half is "not so great" portions
of the show including Texaco commercials—hosted by Dave Garroway good
dupe 20-9B
The
Billy Daniels Show: premier telecast (10/5/52)
The
Billy Daniels Show II: local Los Angeles program from late 1950s with
Benny Payne Trio—guests include George Jessel
Duke Ellington/Ella
Fitzgerald: their appearance together on The Ed Sullivan Show
3/7/65 (dupe) 600'
John Gunther's High Road III:
Benny Goodman in Holland
Gunther film of BG concert performance in Blokker in the Netherlands in
1959 12-25D
The 20th Century: The
Jazz of Dave Brubeck (NEWS 118)
Omnibus: "Dave
Brubeck" color/British TV (c. 1976) 20-3A
March Of Dimes: Dave Brubeck
Quartet with Paul Desmond play jazz version of "Brother, Can You
Spare a Dime?" in pitch for March of Dimes—see 8.12 Public
Service Announcements
Dave Brubeck: dupe of the two
tunes Brubeck Quartet provided for March of Dimes in 1951: 4-24B
—Improvisational "The
Duke'
—"Brother, Can You
Spare a Dime?"
GOODYEAR
JAZZ CONCERT: British series from late 1950s offers jazz bands
in performances in color
1.
Louis Armstrong 2 Copies 12-25B and 12-4C
2.
Mike
Bryan—with Doc Severinsen, Georgie Auld
3.
Bobby Hackett
4.
Duke Ellington
5.
Eddie
Condon—with Wild Bill Davidson
American Life Styles: "Louis
Armstrong" 12-7E
Louis Armstrong: compilation
of various performances—titles as follows: 8-9B
—"I'll Be Glad When
You're Dead" Soundie
—"When It's Sleepy
Time Down South" Soundie
—"Swinging or
Nothing"
—"Shine" Soundie
from appearance on The Perry Como Show
—"Mack the Knife"
—"Kokomo," duet
with Perry Como
Lionel Hampton: dupe of TV
kinescoped appearance by Hamp in 1960s 4-24C
Judy Garland - Count Basie:
dupe of kinescoped segment from TV appearance in which Judy sings with
the Basie band—
—"The Sweet
Sound" Judy
—"Strike Up the
Band" Judy
—"One O'Clock
Jump" instrumental
—"I Can't Stop Loving
You" instrumental
—"I've Got My Love to
Keep Me Warm" Judy
Stars
on Parade:
Dumont network musical featuring the U.S. military with special guest
Sarah Vaughan (from the 1953-54 season)
Alcoa Premiere VII: "Blues
for a Hanging" w/ Fred Astaire, Shelly Mann, Janis Paige,
Lurene Tuttle (12/27/62)
Black Journal: "The
Black Cop" re New York City black policeman/a Kent Garrett
film from 1968 with jazz music soundtrack by John Coltrane Quartet
Rhythm
and Blues Songs: dupes of mostly Blacks singing taken from
Official Films shorts and the feature film, Mr. Rock and Roll
with Alan Freed— 12-8E
1)
The Ink Spots, "The Gypsy" (1946)
2)
The Mills Brothers, "You Always Hurt the One
You Love" (1944)
3)
Nat King Cole Trio with Ida James, "Is You
Is, or Is You Ain't My Baby" (1944)
4)
Nat King Cole Trio, "Errand Boy for
Rhythm" (1946)
5)
11) Nat King Cole Trio: "This Is My Night to
Dream" Snader Telescription 1951
Count Basie:
BBC concert aired 9/8/66—Basie announces the tunes—the following
tunes are performed:
—All of Me
—Flight of the Floo Birds
—Midnight Sun Never Sets
—Blues for Eileen
—Jumpin' a Woodside
—I Needs to Be Be'd With
—April in Paris
—'Lil Darlin
—Whirly Bird
—One O'Clock Jump
NEWS 370:
The Twentieth Century: "Duke Ellington Swings
through Japan" all jazz performance on U.S. State
Department Goodwill Tour (12/20/64) 12-25C
The Round Table: Tribute
to Bix—color kinescope of WNET (New York City) local TV show
discussing last night's Carneige Hall concert in honor of Bix
Biederbecke—jazz ensemble in studio recreates Bix's sound (1975)
12-25C
Rodgers
and Hart Today: program of the ABC Stage '67 series, this is a
musical salute to the compositions of Lorenz Hart and Richard
Rodgers-performers are Bobby Darin, Petula Clark, Diana Ross and The
Supremes, Mamas and the Papas, Count Basie and His Orchestra, Doddletown
Pipers, Peter Gennaro—musical director is Quincy Jones—runs gamut
from showtunes to rock and roll to jazz [song list in can] 3/2/67 20-9C
Stage Show II:
Morey Amsterdam is guest comedic host—with Sister Rosetta Tharpe (Down
by the River Side"), flat Dick Haymes ("Let's Get Away from It
All" and "Carioca"), and medley with solos by Jimmy
Dorsey and Tommy Dorsey (1955) 8-9B
Tonight Show X:
Ray McKinley and the Glenn Miller Orchestra perform 20 minute segment
from 1960s—Miller classics, but ends with smash version of "Mack
the Knife" 8-9B
The
Swing' Singin' Years: Ronald Reagan hosts this swing music
retrospective sponsored by Ford Motors in 1960—performers as follows:
20-9C
—Woody Herman, "Your
Father's Mustache" [Kansas City]
—Ella Mae Morse with
Freddie Slack, "Cow Cow Boogie"
—Freddie Martin,
"Tonight We Love" and with pianist Jack Fina"Bumble
Boogie" [Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles]
—Jo Stafford, "The
Gentleman Is a Dope" and comedic hillbilly song "Timtayshun"
with Red Ingles' Natural Seven [done as radio broadcast with Ken
Carpenter announcing]
—Eddy Howard,
"Helpless," "To Each His Own" [Aragon Ballroom,
Chicago]
—Dinah Washington,
"What a Difference a Day Makes" and "Makin' Whoopee"
—Louis Jordan and Tympany
Five, "Choo, Choo Ch'Boogie"
—Charlie Barnet,
"Blues"
—Vaughan Monroe and His
Orchestra, "Racing with the Moon" and "There, I've Said
It Again"
—Stan Kenton, "Malaguena"
Music
of the 60s:
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra in a television concert—opens with
"Artistry in Rhythm"—followed by "Tico Tico" 1
hour kinescope V Room
International
Jazz Festival: musical extravaganza in small village in Belgium
features Benny Goodman—from Bell Telephone Hour series color faded
20-8B
The
World of Benny Goodman [NEWS 369]: NBC documentary re BG's goodwill trip
to bring American jazz and swing music to Moscow in 1961 20-8B
On
the Road with Duke Ellington: gorgeous Technicolor print
of Bell Telephone Hour program from 1967 20-8B
[The
Sights and Sounds of] New Orleans: jazz scene of Louisiana
city—Dixieland sounds from Al Hirt, Pete Fountain, Preservation Hall
Jazz Band—interviews and music—Bell Telephone Hour series 1960s
color turned
Bassey
and Basie:
Shirley Bassey sings with Count Basie and His orchestra in this 1967
musical hour from Four Star International 20-8B
Operation
Entertainment: ABC television program
hosted by Dick Cavett at Fort Hood, Texas in 1967—segment features
Louis Armstrong All Stars—Louis sings and plays: 4-24C
—"Sleepy Time Down
South"
—"What a Wonderful
World"
—"Hello, Dolly"
THE
NEGRO IN ENTERTAINMENT:
hosted by Claude A. Barnett, Etta Moten Barnett, and Pittsburgh
Courier managing editor Bill Nunn—produced for Chesterfield
cigarettes —short musical excerpts include the following:
—W.C. Handy (S)
—Ethel Waters
—Sugar Chile Robinson
—Una Mae Carlisle
—Duke Ellington
—Louis Armstrong (S)
—Bill Robinson
—Fats Waller
Electric
Showcase:
B&W kinescope segments from this TV show highlighting happenings at
the 1964 World's Fair—Gordon and Sheila McCray host—film includes:
8-9B
—Africa pavillion dancers
from Guinea
—Auto Thrill Show with men
standing atop automobiles and other car stunts
—Al Hirt jazz
segment—plays in quartet outside on narrow bandstand above main
concourse
Jazz
on a Summer's Day: Michelob sponsors this abbreviated version of
the Bert Stern's 86-minute-long and tasteless (too much audience
reaction, too much locale trivialities, not enough focus on
performers—music too often used as background for festival
incidentals!) 1960 documentary re the 1958 Newport Jazz
Festival—performers on this film include the following: 20-9B
—Thelonious Monk
—Commercial: Michelob
—George Shearing Quintet in
Afro-Cuban instrumental
—Dinah Washington sings
"All of Me"
—Gerry Mulligan Quartet
with Art Farmer—instrumental
—Chuck Berry, "Sweet
Little 16"
—CommerciaL: Irish female
folk singer sings, then segue to beer pitch
—Louis Armstrong, "Up
a Lazy River"
—Armstrong with Jack
Teagarden, "Old Rockin' Chair"
—Armstrong with Teagarden,
"When the Saints Go Marchin' In"
—Mahalia Jackson, several
spirituals
Garry
Moore Show VII:
Errol Garner appearance of Moore's evening show—he plays the
following: 4-24C
—"Misty" (Moore
introduces Garner over this tune)
—"Fly Me to the
Moon"
—"Green Dolphin
Street"
Dixieland
Jazz:
excerpted from You Asked For It program, this is reunion of
Dixieland greats (all white men!) who include Jack and Charlie Teagarden
1950s 4-24C
The
Sound of Jazz:
from CBS Seven Lively Arts series in 1957—all stars gathering with
emphasis on the blues— performers are— [very good dupe] 12/8/57
16-1B
—Henry "Red"
Allen Rex Stewart
—Vic Dickenson Pee Wee
Russell
—Coleman Hawkins Billie
Holiday
—Jimmy Rushing Thelonius
Monk
—Lester Young Gerry
Mulligan
—Roy Eldridge Ben Webster
—Milt Hinton Count Basie
—etc., etc.
Art
Ford Jazz Party:
Billie Holiday appears and sings the following songs: 8-8E
—"Moaning Low"
—"Don't Explain"
—"When Your Lover Has
Gone"
—"I'm Foolin'
Myself"
—"Easy to
Remember"
—"What a Little
Moonlight Can Do"
Stars
of Jazz:
Charlie Barnet and Mel Torme appear on this jazz show originally aired
on ABC-TV—numbers include Torme: "Cross Your Fingers" and
"Looking at You"
Barnet:
"Cherokee," "Bakiff," "Redskin Rhumba,"
"Lemon Twist," "Skyliner" very good dupe (5/5/58)
12-25C
After
Hours:
William B. Williams' romanticized visit to late-night/early-morning New
York City jazz clubs—made for US television in 1961—performers are:
12-25C
—Cozy Cole
—Coleman Hawkins
—Milt Hinton
—Roy Eldridge
—Johnny Guarnieri
—Barry Galbraith
Jazzboree:
Benny Carter in TV kinescope—entire film is a 10-minute jam on the
song "Honeysuckle Rose" 1950s
Louis
Armstrong:
obituary newsreel footage and lengthy memories of Louis from Dixieland
jazzmen Teddy Buckner and Barney Bigard, plus critic Leonard Feather
Louis
Armstrong 1:
Dixieland jazzman Teddy Buckner speaks about Louis—plays music too
(7/71)
Louis
Armstrong 2:
trims of interviews with Teddy Buckner and Barney Bigard re Louis—reel
of stills (7/71)
Louis
Armstrong 3:
inserts in which Buckner, Bigard, and critic Leonard Feather (?) explain
Louis Armstrong's place in the history of jazz
Jazz
Alley:
NET jazz series features Art Hodes, Tony Parenti, J.C. Higgenbotham,
Eddie Condon—recreate Chicago jazz scene of 1920s
The
Benny Goodman Show: presented live from Disneyland as installment of
Westinghouse Preview Theater—Goodman band plays "Let's
Dance," "Ridin' High," Stealing Apples," "You
Turned the Tables on Me," "That's a-Plenty," medley
(September Song, All the Things You Are, and Avalon), "Roll
'em," and "Good-Bye" —good dupe (9/15/61) 12-25C
Chicago
And All That Jazz: installment of DuPont
Show Of The Week features salute to Chicago Jazz of the 1920s—with
the following jazz and blues stars: (11/26/61) 20-9C
—Gene Krupa Bud Freeman Kid
Orey
—Lil Armstrong Red Allen
Eddie Condon
—PeeWee Russell Zutty
Singleton Joe Sullivan
—Jimmy McPartland Meade Lux
Lewis Mae Barnes
—Johnny St. Cyr Blossom
Seeley Milt Hilton
—Buster Bailey Jack
Teagarden etc.
Showtime
at the Apollo:
12-13C
6)
Sarah Vaughan, "These Things I'll Feel for a
Lifetime" (probably a Snader Tele-scription edited into this
program)
7)
Herb
Jeffries, "A Woman Is a Worrisome Thing" this is a Snader
Tele-scription from 1950—see Black Soundies in Non-TV Music listing
8)
Cab
Calloway, "The Calloway Boogie" (another Snader Telescription)
Showtime
at the Apollo II: 12-25B
1)
Lionel Hampton, "Air Mail Special" jazz
performance flows into rhythm & blues saxophone battle
2)
Jonah Jones sings and plays trumpet with Cab
Calloway quintet, "I Can't Give You Anything but Love"
3)
Lionel Hampton, big band jazz arrangement
Look
Up And Live:
CBS News religious series
VI: "Jazz at the
Half Note" with Lennie Tristano Quintet featuring Lee
Konitz and Warne Marsh (8/9/64)
Jazz
Usa:
NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL: modern jazz performances by Cannonball Adderley,
Dakota Staton, Horace Silver Wyllis Conover hosts this USIS series of
films 12-25C
Jazz:
TV show with Earl "Fatha" Hines and Coleman Hawkins—from
1965 with no other information available—excellent print 12-25C
Jazz
625:
British jazz series from 1964-1965 12-25C
1.Buck
Clayton and Humphrey Lyttelton band
2.Art
Farmer Quartet
3.
Henry "Red' Allen 8-9B
THE
BIG BANDS:
from 20th Century-Fox, this 1966 series offers half-hour big band
performances of 1940s swing as well as modern jazz of 1950s and 1960s
12-25B
1.
Duke Ellington I V-Room
2.
Duke Ellington II
3.
Si Zentner II
4.
Stan Kenton
5.
Claude Thornhill
6.
Ralph Marterie
7.
Lionel Hampton
8.
Tex Beneke
9.
Vaughan Monroe
10.
Ralph Flanagan
11.
Art Mooney
12.
Jimmy Dorsey with Lee Castle
13.
Tommy Dorsey with Sam Donohue
14.
Harry James I
15.
Harry James II
16.
Ray McKinley with the Glenn Miller Band (good
dupe)
IN
THE MOOD:
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation series from 1960s features swing bands
now in 1971-1972 CBC
1: Woody Herman 12-25B
2: Les Brown 12-25B
9)
Count Basie 12-25B
10)
Charlie Barnet 12-25B
11)
Jack Leonard (Tribute to Tommy Dorsey) 12-25B
12)
Stan Kenton conducts Guido Basso Orchestra (a
Canadian ensemble)—June Christie sings 2 songs 12-25B
JAZZ
SCENE USA:
Oscar Brown Jr. hosts this modern jazz series filmed in Los Angeles for
Westinghouse Broadcasting in 1963—performance and conversation with
host Brown 12-25C
1.
Teddy Buckner and his Dixieland All-Stars
2.
Mark Murphy
3.
Vi Redd Septet (woman saxophonist)
4.
Big Miller
5.
Oscar Brown, Jr. as guest
6.
The Jazz Crusaders
7.
Sounds of Synanon (sextet composed of men who have
beaten their narcotics addiction at Synanon)
8.
Cal Tjader
9.
Frank Rosolino
10. Lou Rawls
10.
Shelly
Manne
11.
Nancy Wilson
12.
Pete Fountain
13.
Curtis Amy and Paul Bryant
14.
Shorty Rodgers
15.
Harold
Land-Red Mitchell Quintet (West Coast jazz group out to break the
"cool jazz" stereotype of such regional music
16.
Cannonball Adderley
17.
Stan Kenton
18.
Jimmy Smith Trio (opens with "Walk on the
Wild Side") dupe 8-9B
19.
Teddy Edwards
THE SUBJECT IS JAZZ:
limited series on NET explaining the history of jazz—each half hour is
dedicated to an aspect of that history with musical performances that
illustrate each program's theme—for specifics see David Meeker book,
Jazz In The Movies, entry 3128
1.
Introduction
2.
Ragtime
3.
Swing
4.
Blues
STUDIO
61:
Robert Herridge produced this series of modern jazz in 1957
1. "Sound of Miles
Davis," Miles Davis with John Coltrane (good dupe) Jazz from Studio
61: Ahmad Jamal with Ben Webster (1959)
Timex
All-Star Jazz Show: third such musical special sponsored by Timex
Watches—this one hosted by Hoagy Carmichael and Bob Crosby, with guest
that include Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day,
Chico Hamilton Quintet, Les Brown—fair dupe with all the Timex
commercials with John Cameron Swayze (11/10/58) 20-9B
Benny Goodman Sextet: in
segment from TV special entitled, A Tribute To John Hammond—BG
group with George Benson on guitar salutes Charlie Christian in
performance of "7 Come 11"—includes Milt Hinton, Red Norvo
color 4-24B
Timex:
Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden perform "Old Rockin' Chair's Got
Me" from Timex All-Star Jazz Show —good dupe of TV kinescope
4-24B
Duke Ellington/Ella
Fitzgerald: their appearance together on The Ed Sullivan Show (dupe)
3/7/65 600'
Solo:
Louis Armstrong and His All Stars in a TV concert from 1965—half-hour
of Louis' jazz 12-25B
Music
of the 60s:
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra in a television concert—opens with
"Artistry in Rhythm"—followed by "Tico Tico" 1
hour kinescope V Room
CAMERA 3 XIV:
jazz pianist Bill Evans circa 1967 12-25D
The Lawrence Welk Show: Pete
Fountain performs in various programs from the 1950s and 1960s
The
Story of Lucky Strike: has segment from Kay Kyser, Ginny Simms, Harry
Babbitt on radio show, Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical
Knowledge (1940)
Panamericana:
musical clip of "Babalu" from the 1945 film 4-18C
Boogie
Woogie Dream:
Lena Horne, Pete Johnson, Teddy Wilson, Albert Ammons, Benny Morton,
J.C. Heard—songs are "Boogie Woogie Dream", "Unlucky
Woman," and "Brand New Evening Gown," later released
separately as Soundies (1941) 2 Copies 8-8D (superior) and 8-8A (no op)
Lena
Horne:
"Brand New Evening Gown," Lena Horne (with Teddy Wilson,
Albert Ammons) 1942 400' V-Room
Radio
Melodies:
Universal—features Stan Kenton and others—1943 2 Copies (superior)
8-8D and 4-17D
—Kenton, "Artistry in
Rhythm"
—Dolly Mitchell, "Ride
On"
—Kenton, "Reed
Rapture"
—Lillian Cornell,
"Spell of the Moon"
—Leo Diamond Quintet,
"Harmonica Concerto"
Dizzy Gillespie:
Les Blank film in which modern jazz performance of Dizzy Gillespie
Quartet (includes James Moody) and interviews with Diz re his life and
work (1965) 8-9B
Jimmy
Dorsey's Varieties: Universal short with JD's band in 1952 8-8D
The
Jazz Singer:
talkie promotional short for the feature film from 1927
Sensations
[aka Sensations of 1945]: feature film stars Eleanor Powell, Dennis
O'Keefe, C. Aubrey Smith— featuring Sophie Tucker and W.C. Fields,
dancing bears and circus acts—plus swing bands of Cab Calloway and
Woody Herman, boogie woogie piano of Dorothy Donegan (1944)
Dixie Jamboree:
feature film from 1944 with Ben Carter jazz music—with Louise Beavers,
Guy Kibbee, Frances Langford—features Cab Calloway and Adelaide Hall (PRC)
Make
Believe Ballroom:
Universal feature film contains disk jockey Al Jarvis, plus performances
by Toni Harper, Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra, Nat King Cole, Pee Wee
Hunt and His Band, Charlie Barnet, Jan Garber, Gene Krupa, Kay Starr
(1949)
Hi-De-Ho:
feature film from 1947 stars Cab Calloway with Dusty
Fletcher—musicians in film include Ben Webster, Milt Hinton, and Doc
Cheatham (All-American news film)
Sepia
Cinderella:
all-black feature film stars Billy Daniels with music by John Kirby's
band (1947)
Killer
Diller:
all-black feature film from 1947 stars Dusty Fletcher, Jackie
"Moms" Mabley, Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy, Nat King Cole
Trio, Katherine Dunham Dancers
Reet,
Petite and Gone: Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five in musical
feature film from 1946
War Bond Musicals: 4-18B
—"I Don't Want to
Change the Subject"
—"We've Got Another
Bond to Buy" Bing Crosby
—"Ten Years from
Now"
Lucille Ball clip:
sings "Who Knows?" from the film The Big Street
(1942) 4-17B
Jupiter's
Darling:
Esther Williams in aquatic production number from the film (30 minutes)
1955
Carnival
Show:
1937 barker at side show introduces acts a) The Three DeLovelies (tap
dance trio of young women)—b) Jan Peerce (ex-opera star selling hot
dogs on the midway while singing arias), Cotton Club Tramp Band (same
black scat group is in 1943 movie Stormy Weather), Clyde Hager,
Pictoreel 4-17D
Pan
Americana:
Eve Arden, Robert Benchley, and musical production numbers, "Babalu"
and "Cuban Rhythm" (1945) 10 minutes
Golddiggers
of 1935:
musical production clip
Golddiggers
of 1937:
opening 30 minutes 12-12A
Caribbean
Romance:
Olga San Juan and Jimmy Lydon in 2-reel musical romance color red 1950s
8-11A
The
Mother:
musical depiction of motherhood based on the painting by James McNeill
Whistler 1930s Astor Pictures
Dick Powell in "DAMES":
musical numbers from this Busby Berkeley film 8-1A
Kid
Millions Clip:
Eddie Cantor production number "Mandy" from Kid Millions
w/ Ethel Merman, George Murphy, Nicholas Brothers, Ann Sothern 4-18C
The
Ink Spots:
w/ Georgie Auld and his Orchestra, Bary Sisters (1955) 8-4A
Woody
Herman's Varities: Universal short with Herman band performing
"99 Guys" and other pieces (1951)
Woody Herman: contains jazz
productions from two Hermann shorts for Universal—as follows
WOODY
HERMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA: 1948—music is:
—"The Sabre
Dance"
—"Caldonia, Herman
vocal with Stan Getz on tenor saxophone
—"Northwest
Passage," solos by Herman, Getz and Shorty Rogers on trumpet
HERMAN'S
HERD: 1949—music
is:
—"Jamaica Rhumba"
—"I've Got News for
You"
—"Lollypop"
Woody
Herman and His Orchestra: complete Universal short from 1948 features
Herman's Herd, The Modernaires, The Woodchoppers—music as follows:
8-8E
—"The Sabre
Dance"
—"I Can't Get Up on My
Horse," Modernaires
—"Jingle Bell
Polka"
—"Caldonia, Herman
vocal with Stan Getz on tenor `` saxophone
—"Cane Walk"
—"Northwest
Passage," solos by Herman, Getz and Shorty Rogers on trumpet
Herman's
Herd:
reel contains the non-jazz productions from this 1949 Universal short
8-8E
Harry
James:
cuts from movies and elsewhere 8-9C
from Private Buckaroo
—opening credits
—"You Made Me Love
You," Helen Forrest sings
—"Private
Buckaroo," Dick Foran sings
—"Concerto for
H," Harry James virtuoso instrumental
—"Don't Sit under the
Apple Tree," Donald O'Connor
—James Session," James
instrumental with teenage tap dancers—very Yiddishe riffs by James
show heritage of Jewish Klezmer music
Lionel
Hampton
[and Herb Jeffries]: Universal short from 1955 8-9C
Les
Brown Goes to Town: Universal short from 1965 8-8E
We
the People:
kinescope of first regularly-scheduled simulcast in TV
history—includes Fred Allen, Nat King Cole Trio with author of
"Nature Boy"—Trio performs the song) CBS-TV network to four
cities (with Gulf ads) 6/1/48
Nat King Cole
[and Joe Adam's Orchestra]: Universal short from 1953—originally
filmed in 3-D 8-9C
Nat
King Cole Musical Story: Universal biographical
short— in Cinemascope and reddish color—Jeff Chandler
narrates—Cole sings the following songs: 8-8E
—"Sweet Lorraine"
—"Route 66"
—"Straighten Up and
Fly Right"
—"That's My Girl"
—"Pretend"
King
Cole Trio:
Universal short features Benny Carter and other jazzmen plus the Trio
from 1950 8-8E
Jazzoo:
mix jazz soundtrack with scenes of St. Louis Zoo in 1968—red 8-8E
Shadows
in Swing:
Jan Garber and His Orchestra in this Universal short from 1951—songs
include "Cow Cow Boogie" 8-8E
Eddy
Howard and His Orchestra: Universal short from 1955 features the following
songs:
—"Careless"
—"Kay Brown vocal
—"To Each His
Own"
—"I'm Sittin' on Top
of the World"
Jazz
Dance:
New York City nightclub jazz and dancing filmed in 1954—released in
1964—among musicians is Pee Wee Russell 8-9B
Les
Brown:
reel contains three Soundies featuring singer Doris Day with the 1941
band: 4-24B
—"My Lost
Horizon"
—"Is It Love, Or Is It
Conscription?"
—"Once over
Lightly"
Buddy
Rich:
Castle Melody Masters series from castle— features Louis De Pron, The
Mello-Larks, and jazz vibraphonist Terry Gibbs—songs are: 8-8D
—One O'Clock Boogie
—So Long, Joe
—Let's Get Away from it All
—John Had the Number
—But No Nickle
—Not So Quiet, Please
BOB
CROSBY:
Musical performances 16-1C
1)
"Panama Blues," The Bob Cats Snader
2)
"March of the Bob Cats," Snader
3)
"Complainin'" Snader
4)
"Savoy Blues," Snader
5)
“Muskrat Ramble" Snader
6)
"Big Noise from Winnetka Snader
7)
"Lazy Mood" Snader
8)
"Who's Sorry Now?" Snader
From feature film SIS HOPKINS
9)
"That's the USA," Judy Canova sings with
Bob Crosby band
10)
"I Went and Fell for You," Bob Crosby
sings with Judy Canova
11)
short musical bites from another feature film
Lionel Hampton:
collection of his 11 films made as Snader Telescriptions in 1950-51
16-1B
1)
Ding Dong, Baby
2)
Vibe Boogie
3)
Bongo Interlude
4)
Love You Like Mad, Love You Like Crazy
5)
Who Cares
6)
TV Special
7)
Airmail Special (dupe)
8)
Cobb's Idea (dupe)
9)
Slide, Hamp, Slide (dupe)
10)
Beulah's Boogie
11)
Midnight Sun (dupe—replaced title)
John
Bubbles:
dupe from France of his 1950s appearance on the Perry Como Show—sings
"A Dixie Vagabond"—the with Como he reprises part of the
Buck and Bubbles vaudeville song and tap dance act 4-24B
Jazz
Women
[my title]: 4-24B
—Presenting Hazel Scott:
with her trio (Charlie Mingus on bass), "A Foggy Day" and
"Falling Leaves" (sung in French)
—Valaida Snow,
"Patience and Fortitude" she sings then plays jazz trumpet
1946
Don
Redman and His Orchestra: Viatphone short from 1934— Harlan Lattimore
vocals—"Nagasaki" is one of the songs performed 4-24B
After
Sebben:
Paramount short from 1929 with Chick Webb and his Band—blackface
comedian James Barton is the featured star 4-24B
Yamekraw,
James P. Johnson tone poem expressing in music the moods of Negro life
Vitaphone (1930) 4-24B
Sidney
Bechet:
Bechet with his soprano saxophone plays two numbers with French jazz
band—"St. Louis Blues" and "Royal Garden Blues"
4-24B
French Films: musical
excerpts from two French films:
—La Route De Bonheur:
musical performances from this feature film—Sidney Bechet
performance—segue to Louis Armstrong with Cozy Cole performance—then
Django Reinhardt group playing in railway car
—Tribute To Django:
Stephane Grappelli and Joe Reinhardt and The Hot Club combo
performing—no Django performance
Charlie Barnet: Columbia
"Thrills of Music" short hosted by swing disk
jockey Fred C. Robbins—songs are: "Pompton Turnpike,"
"Stormy Weather" with Jean Louise, and
"Civilization" with Jimmy Brown (1947) 4-24B
Ina Rae Hutton: another in
the Columbia "Thrills of Music" series—disk
jockey is Barry Gray—Ina Rae is with male band singing
"Angry" and "The Story of Three Bears"—dances to
"Chachita" (1947) 4-24B
Cootie Williams and His
Orchestra:
short from 1944 features the "hot trumpet" of Williams, plus
Eddie Vinson 4-24B
Charlie
Barnet Snaders: contains four Snader Telescriptions filmed by
Barnet in 1951 8-8D
—Caravan
—Andy's Boogie
—My Old Flame
—Skyliner
Claude
Hopkins:
reel contains two shorts featuring Claude Hopkins and His Orchestra:
8-9B
1)
The Barber Shop Blues: w/ dancers The Four Step
Brothers (1933)
2)
By Request: w/ dancers Tip, Tap and Toe (1935)
Hi-De-Ho:
feature film from 1947 stars Cab Calloway with Dusty
Fletcher—musicians in film include Ben Webster, Milt Hinton, and Doc
Cheatham (All-American film) 2 x 16B
Date
with Dizzy:
short from 1956 features Dizzy Gillespie Quartet trying humorously and
unsuccessfully to score the music for a TV commercial—from John and
Faith Hubley 4-24B
Bobby
Troupe:
collection of his Snaders from 1951 8-9B
—"Daddy"
—"I's Such a Hungry
Man"
—"Smoothie Little
Cutie"
—"Baby, Baby All the
Time"
—"Lonely Girl"
—"Heidi"
Basie-Billie-Sugar
Chile [Sugar Chile Robinson—Billie Holiday—Count
Basie]: Universal short from 1950 with peformances from three jazz
stars: 8-9B
—"God Bless the
Child" Billie Holiday
—"Now Baby, or
Never," Billie Holiday
—"Numbers
Boogie," Sugar Chile Robinson
—"After School
Boogie," Sugar Chile Robinson
—"One O'Clock
Jump," Count Basie Sextet
J.A.P.T.:
six-minute segment features Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge in a modern
jazz jam 1950 4-24B
Music
Man:
two unimpressive musical cuts from this feature film performed by Jimmy
Dorsey and His orchestra 1948 4-24B
Benny in Brussels:
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra perform as part of the U.S. exhibit at
the World's Fair in October 1958—one hour 20-8B
Jivin'
in Be-Bop:
Dizzy Gillispie in the days before his trumpet bell was turned
upward—one hour of modern jazz performances includes Charlie Parker,
Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, James Moody, singer Helen Humes 20-9B
Nat
King Cole
[and Russ Morgan's Orchetra]: Universal short from 1953—originally
filmed in 3-D—Cole sings "Pretend" and "It's
Crazy" 8-9D
Leave
It to Harry:
a day in the life of bandleader James—includes performance of
"Don't Be That Way"—from Universal in 1954 8-9B
Beat
Me Daddy
[Eight To Bar]: Wingy Manone featurette from Universal in 1940—good
boogie woogie 8-9B
Mr.
Black Magic:
Billy Daniels ("The There Eyes," "Melancoly Baby,"
"That Old Black Magic") in Universal short with Eileen Barton
("You're Learning the Blues" in 1956 PD 8-9B
Salute
to Duke Ellington: Universal short from 1950 features Johnny Hodges
and other stars of Ellington's orchestras 8-8D
Scandals
of 1945:
clips from feature film highlighting Gene Krupa and His orchestra with
Charlie Ventura on saxophone 8-9D
Salute
to Louis Armstrong: Schlitz beer presents Newport Jazz Festival
honoring of Louis Armstrong by the great jazz trumpet players—Dizzy
Gillespie, Bobby Hackett, Ray Nance—also Mahalia Jackson—occasion is
Louis' 70th birthday—this was one of his last public
appearances—reddish color—see also Tribute To Louis Armstrong 12-25D
Tribute
to Louis Armstrong: four films offer the anatomy of Louis Armstrong
performance at 1970 Newport Jazz Festival very good color 16-1C
NEWPORT 1970
[my title]: reel contains several piece re the 1970 Newport jazz
Festival: 8-8E
1)
Charles Osgood's CBS NEws report on the move of
Festival to New York City in July 1970—many jazz stars
perform—including Eubie Blake ("Stars and Stripes Forever")
at 90 years of age
2)
400' of miscellaneous performance footage
Toronto
Jazz:
workaday world of jazz musicians in Toronto in mid-1960s—stress
improvisation in the music (1965) 12-25B
Midnight
Melodies:
Matty Malneck and His Orchestra with Connie Haines as girl singer dance
band 8-9B
Sweet
Serenade:
Tex Beneke and His Orchestra in Universal short from 1950 8-8D
Dance
Demons:
Les Brown and His Band of renown short from Universal in 1958 8-8D
Jimmy
Dorsey and His Orchestra: Universal short from 1948—features The
Mello-Larks, Bill Lawrence—songs include "Am I Blue?," and
":We Hate Cowboy Songs" 8-9B
The
Sportsmen:
with Ziggy Elman and His orchestra in 1952 short from Universal 8-8D
Woody
Herman I:
cuts from two feature films: 8-9B
Castle Music Album—from WHAT'S
COOKIN'with The Andrews Sisters, Gloria Jean
What's Cookin' with The
Andrews Sisters
Wintertime: "Later
Tonight"
Woody
Herman II:
more cuts from feature films 8-9B
Wintertime:
"Wintertime"
Earl Carroll's Vanities
(1945)
Hit Parade Of 1945
Lionel
Hampton and His Orchestra: one of the best Universal
shorts—includes Wes Montgomery on guitar—vocal by Betty Carter 1949
8-9B
A
Miracle Can Happen
[aka On Our Merry Way]: segment from 1948 feature film with James
Stewart and Henry Fonda as itinerate dance band musicians—with
Paulette Goddard and Harry James in non-playing 12-25A
Smoke
Rings:
Glen Gray and His Casa Loma Orchestra with Pee Wee Hunt and the Pied
Pipers 8-8D
Drummer
Man:
dupe of Universal short from 1947 with only Gene Krupa peformances—songs
are the following: 8-8D
—"Lover"
—"Boogie Blues"
vocal by Carolyn Grey (white scat!)
—"Stompin' at the
Savoy" Krupa Jazz Trio
—"Leave Us Leap"
Red
Nichols:
Snader shorts from 1950 as follows: 8-8D
—"Back Room
Blues"
—"Battle Hymn of the
Republic"
—"Three Blind
Mice"
—"American
Patrol"
—"Entrance of the
Gladiators"
Skyline
Serenade:
Ted Fio-Rito and His Orchestra w/ June Haver, Candy Candido in a
Universal dance band short from 1941 8-8D
Pete
Daily:
Snader Telescriptions from this Dixieland group in 1951—as follows:
—"Over the Waves"
—"Goat Blues"
—"Please Don't Talk
about Me When I'm Gone"
—"Daily Double"
—"O, Tannenbaum"
Artie
Shaw and His Orchestra: Warner short drom 1939 with Buddy Rich on
drums—songs are: PD 4-24B
—"Beguin the
Beguine"
Jazz
Films:
famous jazz sequences from various features:
from HELLZAPOPPIN' (1941):
8-9B
—jam session with Slim
Gaillard, Slam Stewart, and Rex Stewart and great jitterbug Harlem
Congaroo Dancers
from TOP MAN (1943):
—"Basie Boogie,"
Count Basie and His Orchestra
from CRAZY HOUSE (1943):
—"Wrap Your Troubles
in Dreams," sung by Delta Rhythm Boys as imitation Ink Spots
from GALS, INC.
—"Take It and
Give" big band swing number
from CRIMSON CANARY (1946)
—"Jazz," ensemble
includes Coleman Hawkins and Oscar Pettiford—but the music is
performed by others —"Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho,"
Josh White folk song
Matty
Malneck:
dance band music—with yodel song, magic act, dance act—ends with g
violin-accordion song—no opening Universal short from 1939 8-8E
Tommy
Dorsey and His Orchestra: Universal short from 1951 feature solo by
Charlie Shavers—songs include: 8-8E
—"You Left Your
Brown-Eyed Baby"
The
Singing Kid:
compilation of the songs from this Warner Bros. feature film from
1936—opens with Al Jolson in montage of his hit songs to date—then
new tunes also featuring Cab Calloway and His Band including: 12-25A
—"I Love to Sing"
duet with Cab 12-25A
The
Happiness Remedy:
Ted Lewis and his band in Depression- era short re
Dr. Lewis' cure for the blues—music (1930) 4-24B
Harris
in the Spring: Phil Harris sings "I Want It Sweet Like
You" and other songs in this RKO comedy short from 1937 8-8E PD
Swing
Vacation:
Buddy Rogers and His orchestra in this RKO comedy short from 1939 8-9B
PD
A
Band Is Born:
Columbia short from 1942 opens with shot of Glen Island Casino then
teenagers speculate about new band headed by Hal McIntyre 4-24C
Ray
McKinley:
Columbia "Thrills of Music" short in 1946— McKinley sings
his own opening introducing members of the band and vocalists in musical
verse 4-24C
Breakin'
It Down:
Universal short featuring Del Courtney and His orchestra from 1946 4-24C
Sensations:
Woody Herman music and tap dance clips from this feature film—poor
dupe "Spin Little Pinball" with Eleanor Powell, plus big dance
finale number 4-24C
Love
in Tune:
Paramount Pacemaker series features the dance band of Hal McIntyre and
His Orchestra 1946 PD 4-24C
Swing's
the Thing:
Universal short with Del Courtney and His orchestra in 1942—songs
include: 8-8E
—"Hawaiian War
Chant"
Jack
Teagarden 1959:
three short films with jazz highlights of his State Department Tour of
the Far East in 1958- 1959—films are: 12-25C
1) Cambodia with Prince
Sihanouk
Martin
Block's Musical Merry-Go-Round: MGM short features Ray
Noble and His orchestra with vocals by Buddy Clark songs include: 4-24C
—"I'll Dance at Your
Wedding"
Jimmie
Lunceford and His Orchestra: Vitaphone short from 1936
features songs and music: 4-24C
—"It's Rhythm Coming
to Life Again"
The
Fleet's In:
several musical numbers from this feature film from 1942: 4-24C
—"I Love You,"
Dorothy Lamour vocal
—"Mousetrap," Bob
Eberly and Helen O'Connell
Billy
Daniels Songs:
songs from the feature film Ranbow 'Round My Shoulder include:
4-24C ''She's Funny That Way"
San
Francisco Music
[my title[: 400' film segment features two musical ensembles: 4-24C
a) the jazz of John Handy
Quintet "Spanish Lady" (a mix of Bartok, Stravinsky plus
Mingus and Parker) in concert August 7, 1966
Jazz
Clips:
reel contains the following songs from 1943 feature film I Dood It
with Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra—directed by Vincent Minnelli 4-24C
—"One O'Clock
Jump" with opening credits
Dorsey
Brothers Films: performance clips from feature films:
from GIRL CRAZY
(1943): 4-24C
—"Fascinating
Rhythm" Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Mickey Rooney on piano
from LOST IN A HAREM
(1944):
—"Long John
Silver," Jimmy Dorsey and His orchestra
Hi,
Good Lookin':
jazz cuts of Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra from this 1944 feature
film—also spotlights black tap-dance trio Tip, Tap and Toe 4-24C
The
Big Beat:
musical scenes from the 1956 feature film— color is reddish: 4-24C
—"You're Being
Followed," Mills Brothers with Charlie Barnet andf his Orchestra
Jerry
Wald/Jamboree:
Wald and His Orchestra: from RKO-Pathe Jamboree series
Ted Heath and His Music:
British short featuring popular dance band from 1961—"Britain's
King of Jazz"—songs include "Cherokee" 4-24C
Carl
Hoff and His Orchestra: Vitaphone short from 1936 features
run-of-the-mill dance band—plays "Vienna, City of My Dreams"
waltz, also novelty song "Kadoddle"- -plus "Vieni Vieni
Vieni," and "Chinatown" 4-24C
Gabe
Garland Band:
Asian film of a minor U.S. band managed out of Philadelphia and playing
in Memphis in 1958—two Latin songs plus "Night Train" 4-24C
Reflections
of a Music Maker: in 1960s Quincy Jones
speaks about leaving music and making movies—presently making
McKenna's Gold reddish 4-24C
Red
Hot Heat:
elaborate song and dance productiuon number with black dancers and
Maurice Rocco and his hot jazz piano—from feature film VOGUES OF 1938
4-24C
Shorty
Sherlock:
Columbia "Thrills of Music Series" from 1947 4-24C
Have
You Met Yvette?:
Paul Baron and His orchestra introduce Louisiana French singer, Yvette,
already popular on radio and records PD 1940 4-24C
The Dipsy Doodler: Larry
Clinton and His Orchestra with Bea Wain singer—and Gower [Champion]
and Jeanne as dancers (1940) PD 4-24C
Claude
Thornhill and His Orchestra: Columbia "Thrills of
Music" short hosted by Fred Robbins in 1948—girl singer is Fran
Warren—songs include: 4-24C
—"Oh, You Beautiful
Doll"
Ray
Anthony and His Orchestra: Columbia "Thrills of
Music" short hosted by Fred Robbins in 1947—songs include
"Let's Go Back and Kiss the Boys Goodnight Again" and ballade
from Johnny Desmond 4-24C
Jerry
Wald and His Orchestra: Columbia "Thrills of
Music" short—first in series has no disk jockey host 1946—
songs include harmonica number 4-24C
Eddie
Condon's:
Danton Walker, Broadway newspaper columnist, takes us to Eddie Condon's
jazz club on Third Street in Greenwich Village—interview Condon and
his Dixieland jazz band peforms "Eccentric Blues" and
others—from Columbia's CAVALCADE OF BROADWAY series (1951) 4-24C
Catalina
Interlude:
Richard Webb is a private investigator in this two-reel short that
features Jimmy Dorsey and His orchestra B&W originally Technicolor
(1948) PD 8-9B
Red Nichols and His World
Famous Pennies: Warners short from 1936 features swing and vocals of the
following: 4-24C
—"Wail of the
Winds"
Swing and Sing: Will Osborne
and his band plus vocals by Martha Tilton—songs include
"Dixie" Castle 4-24C
Beware:
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five songs from feature film Beware 4-24C
Mal
Hallett and His Orchestra: swing band short from Vitaphone in 1937—one
song is "That's Where Swing Began" 4-24C
Murder
in Swingtime:
Les Hite and His orchestra with June Richmond in all-black musical short
Blind
Gary Davis: 1964 short re this famous blues guitarist 4-24C
Dick
Jurgens:
originally a Universal 2-reeler, the Jurgens band numbers (except for
opening theme song) have been clipped, leaving only the specialty acts
1952 4-24C
Mills
Blue Ribbon Band: Irving Mills talent pool produced this Vitaphone
short in 1933—stars Hamtree Herrington, Fredi Washington tap dancing,
jazz, blues all set in Harlem nightclub—even a rent party 4-24C
The
Blackbyrds:
Fantasy records film of black rock-jazz group in performance at local
park 1970s faded color 4-24C
Boyd
Raeburn:
Columbia "Thrills of Music" short hosted by Fred Robbins in
1947—features ballerina in first song, "Dance, Ballerina,
Dance" 4-24C
Movie
Music:
reel contains dupes from two features films with songs as follows:
GLAMOUR GIRL—Gene Krupa
TIME
OUT FOR RHYTHM—Glen
Gray and His Casa Loma Orchestra
—"Boogie Woogie
Man"
Lights,
Action, Lucas: dance band musical features Clyde Lucas and His
Orchestra 4-24B
A
Song Is Born:
Larry Clinton and his band short from 1939—features Hoagy Carmichael
singing "Heart and Soul"— plus vocal by Bea Wain 4-24B
Listen
to Larry:
features Larry Clinton and His orchestra and vocalists (1940) 4-24B
Music
in the Morgan Manner: 1930s short with Russ Morgan and His Orchestra
dance band music V Room
Eddy
Howard:
dance band music short with Red Nichols performance 4-24B
Parade
of the Maestroes: three radio bandleaders conduct songs in their
individual genres: 1930s 4-24B
Red Nichols, "The
Dixieland Band" (introduced by Harry Von Zell)
Emery Deutsch, "When
a Gypsy Makes His Violin Cry" (introduced by Norman Ross)
Ferde Grofe, "Mardi
Gras Suite" (introduced by Bert Parks)
Busse
Rhythm:
Paramount short from 1938 features Henry Busse and His Orchestra 4-24B
Frankie
Masters:
dance band music from Frankie MAsters and His orchestra 1930s 4-24B
Ted
Fio-Rito and His Orchestra: dance band music from popular band leader of
1930s 4-24B
From the Minute to the Big
Apple: swing dance band music from the Will Hudson and Eddie DeLange
Orchestra —songs include "Moonglow"—has wonderful montage
of gvarious youth dances of the swing era: Shag, Lindy Hop, Black
Bottom, Truckin', etc. late 1930s 4-24B
Louis
Armstrong:
compilation of various performances—titles as follows: 8-9B
—"I'll Be Glad When
You're Dead" Soundie
—"Mack the Knife"
Is
Everybody Happy?:
Universal short feature Ted Lewis and His Orchestra with black dancer
Charles "Snowball" Whittier (1941) 8-8D
Gimme
That New Time Religion: color film from B'hai religion featuring
prominent musicians in performance and confession about their new
religion—Dizzy Gillespie, Seals and Croft, Linda Marshall, Geraldine
Jones (1970s) 8-9B
Benny
Goodman in the Movies
[my title]: excellent dupe—has many feature film
scenes in which Benny Goodman and his various assemblages perform in
1930s and 1940s 12-25D
Sweet
and Low:
musical-comedy short from Paramount in 1947 stars Richard Webb—but is
highlighted by early appearance of Will Mastin Trio with Sammy Davis,
Jr. ("Boogie Woogie Piggy") PD 8-9B
Dial
M for Music:
spotlights Della Reese who sings all her hit songs—half-hour local
music show hosted by a priest (recorded 4/29/67) 12-25C
Celebration:
documentary celebrates the 100th birthday of the Canada—Oscar Peterson
soundtrack color faded 12-25A
The
Black Network:
Vitaphone musical-comedy short features crooner Babe Wallace, Nina Mae
McKinney, Nicholas Brothers, Amanda Randolph, Washboard Serenaders 8-9B
Born
to Swing:
British documentary is a history of the Swing Era told through film
clips and interviews with Andy Kirk, Basie, Gene Krupa, John Hammond,
and others— traces Swing from Harlem and 52nd Street—also good
jitterbug dancers footage (1973) 20-8B
Newport
Jazz Festival 1962: features Oscar Peterson,
Clara Ward Singers, Newport All Stars w/ PeeWee Russell, Duke Ellington
with Johnny Hodges, Roland Kirk, Count Basie with Jimmy Rushing, Joe
Williams 20-9C
Jazz
Festival:
Universal reissue in 1968 of two previous Dixieland jazz shorts: Pete's
Place (1966) with Pete Fountain and Four Hits and a Mister (1962) with
Acker Bilk color faded 12-25A
Sepian
Stars on Parade: Official Films musical shorts as
follows: 2 Copies 4-18C and
4-24B
Trailer
Paradise:
Cabin Kids with Bob Howard—Kids sing two songs—Howard plays and
sings "She's Tall, Tan, and Terrific" 1937 PD
Sepia
Sizzlers:
black men in drag dance 4-17D
Harlem
Syncopation:
Official Films musical shorts 2 Copies 4-17D and 4-24B
—Nat King Cole Trio,
"Come to Baby, Do" (1946)
Jazz
and Jive:
Official Films compilation of the following three jazz pieces: 4-24B
—"Take the 'A'
Train," The Delta Rhythm Boys
Benny
Goodman Trio:
Goodman, Teddy Wilson and Gene Krupa play together for March of Dimes
1955 campaign—songs are as follows: PD 4-24B
—"Stompin' at the
Savoy" (short segment)
Buddy
Rich and His Orchestra: Columbia "Thrills of Music" short
hosted by Chicago disk jockey Jack Eigen—songs are: 4-24B
—"Kicks with
Sticks"
That's
My Desire:
French short from 1950 offers Louis Armstrong with Sid Catlett, Barney
Bigard, Earl Hines and others—fair dupe with low sound—performances
are:
—"That's My
Desire" 4-24B
Jimmy
Dorsey and His Orchestra: Warners short from 1938
features Bob Eberly—songs include "I Love You in
Technicolor," and "It's the Dreamer in Me," and
"Dusk in Upper Sandusky" 4-24B
Autour
d'une Trompette: French documentary re the trumpet—this is last
half of film in which Roy Eldridge and French jazz musicians perform
1952 4-24B
Swingin'
and Singin':
Universal comedy short features Maynard Ferguson and His Orchestra with
the DeCastro Sisters (1957) 8-8D
Sepian
Swing:
compilation of three jazz shorts in Mint shape—as follows:
—"The Skunk
Song," Cab Calloway
Rocco
Blues:
Louis Jordan and His Orchestra in SACKS short editing together SOUNDIES
with Louis Jordan intros and outros (circa 1943) 4-24C
—"Rocco Blues,"
is same as Soundie with Maurice Rocco singing "Molly Malone"
The
Ration Blues:
Louis Jordan and His Orchestra in SACKS short editing together SOUNDIES
with Louis Jordan intros and outros (1944) 4-24C
—"Every Night Us
Saturday in Harlem," Hilda Rogers
Vincent
Lopez and His Orchestra: Betty Hutton and others
(including a whistler-singer) revolt against Lopez and corny piano theme
"Nola"—they demand swing music—dupe (1938) 4-24C
Duke
Ellington/Jamboree: from the RKO Jamboree
series—features Duke Ellington and His Orchestra in several of his hit
songs: 4-24C
—"Mood Indigo"
MARCH
OF DIMES:
Dave Brubeck Quartet with Paul Desmond play jazz version of
"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" in pitch for March of
Dimes—see 8.12 Public Service Announcements for
Dave
Brubeck:
dupe
of the two tunes Brubeck Quartet provided for March of Dimes in
1951—see 8.12 Public Service Announcements for print of "Brother,
Acn You Spare a Dime?" 4-24B
—improvisation on "The
Duke'
Harlem
Dynamite:
Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra in 1947 play modern jazz be-bop: 4-24B
—"One Bass Hit"
Elliot
Lawrence and His Orchestra: Columbia "Thrills of
Music" short hosted by Fred Robbins in 1948—songs are as follows:
4-24B
—"The Gypsy in My
Soul," Mindy Carson
Louis Prima: Columbia "Thrills
of Music" short hosted by Jack Eigen—songs are: 1948
4-24B
—"The Lip," Keely
Smith vocal
Swing
Cats Jamboree:
Louis Prima and his orchestra perform five songs in this short from 1937
4-24B
Cinderfella:
musical cuts from the Jerry Lewis feature film here performed by Count
Basie and His Orchestra (1960) 4-24B
Stan
Kenton and His Orchestra: Warners Bros. short is a musical biography of
the dance band leader—songs include "Somebody Loves Me"—in
1941 he introduced his Artistry in Rhythm with singer June Christy who
sings a blues and scat song 1946 4-24B
L'homme
de Nouvelle Orleans: French language documentary re the history of
New Orleans jazz—music spotlights Kid Ory and His Creole band 8-8E
Let's
Make Rhythm:
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra—June Christy vocal—Pete Rugolo
arrangements RKO (1947) PD 8-9B
Rainbow
Rhythms:
Al Donahue and His Orchestra features
The
Sportsmen,
Jimmy Wakeley Trio (Country-Western group sings "Deep in the Heart
of Texas"), Jimmie Dodd sings racist song "Jig in the
Jungle" (1952) 8-8E
Ralph
Martiere:
Universal short from 1950s feature Edie Gorme, Steve Lawrence, The
Hi-Los 8-8E
Alvino
Rey:
compilation of Snaders by Alvino Rey and His Orchestra as follows: 8-9B
—Love Is Just Around the
Corner
Glory
Alley:
Jack Teagarden and Louis Armstrong musical performances from this
feature film from 1952 8-9B
Sweet
Jan:
Universal short features Jan Garber and his Orchestra with the Delta
Rhythm Boys (1943) 8-9B
Cool
and Groovy:
Universal short from 1956 features the following performers: Conley
Graves Trio, The Hi-Los, Chico Hamilton Quintet, Buddy DeFranco Quartet,
The Tune Jesters, Anita O'Day 8-9B
Swing
Hotel:
UNiversal short from 1939 features Duke Daly and His orchestra with
other acts 8-9B
Buddy
Murrow and His orchestra: Universal short from 1952
features vocalist Giselle McKenzie, the Ewing Sisters, Betty Riley
("Kiss of Fire") 8-9B
Crazy
Frolic:
Universal
short features Les Brown and His Band of Renown 1953 8-9B
It's
the Top:
British 2-reel musical stars bandleader-singer Jack Hylton, "the
Singing Mill Boy from Bolton"—on his way to America he broadcasts
live over CBS microphone from S.S. Normandie—ends with montage
of American traditional songs—good opoening montage of London street
scenes—and entry of ship into New York harbor 1930s 8-8E
Billy
Ekstine:
reel contains various performances from Rhythm in a Riff: 4-24C
1) "Lonesome, Lover
Blues" 1946 Soundie
Best
Foot Forward:
Harry James clips from this Technicolor feature film from 1943: 8-8E
—"Two O'Clock
Jump," Harry James and his Melody Makers
Harlem
Hot Shots:
film presents four obscure jazz acts from 1945—produced by Sack
pictures 4-24B
Symphony
in Black:
Duke Ellington (w/ Billie Holiday) 1935 2 Copies 4-17D and 4-24B
Black
and Tan:
Duke Ellington and Freddi Washington star in musical from 1929 8-4B
Paramount
Shorts
[my title]: short from 1933 offers two different stories as follows:
4-24B
—convertible evening gown
fashions—zippers and jackets allow for rapid conversion—risqué
nudity
Bundle
of Blues:
short from 1933 features Duke Ellington— includes vocalist Ivie
Anderson and tap-dasnce routine from Florence Mills 4-24B
It
Happened in Harlem: Chris Columbus and His Swing Crew in a
three-reel short from All American re Harlem and swing craze—has shots
of Harlem (1945) 12-25D
The
Benny Goodman Story: musical extracts from the 1955 feature film
starring Steve Allen 20-9B
Will
Bradley:
compilation of swing and boogie woogie films by Will Bradley and His Six
Texas Hot Dogs: 8-9B
—"Basin Street
Boogie"
Jimmy
Dorsey:
JD's and His Orchestra in Paramount short from 1940—w/ 19-year old
Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly— songs are: 4-25B
—"Bebe," Dorsey
solo instrumental
Sonny Ford, Delta Artist:
film re Mississippi blues singer Sonny Ford—produced
by Bill and Josette Ferris—has wonderful scenes of black rural social
life circa 1965 16-2C
Hit
Parade of 1943:
Count Basie and His Orchestra with singer Dorothy Dandridge in excerpt
from this musical feature film—song is "Harlem
Sandman"—"he makes you Count Basie instead of count
sheep"—good fantasy song and dance routine 4-24B
Jive Busters: Sonny Dunham
and His Orchestra perform in this Universal short from 1944—songs
include "Don't Blame Me" 8-8D
Meet
the Maestroes:
musical selections from Isham Jones, Phil Spitalny, Cab Calloway,
("Zah Zhu Zah"), Russ Morgan, (1937) 4-24B
Cab
Calloway's Hi De Ho: from 1934 features Calloway and his band playing
several tunes 4-24B
Bob
Crosby and His Orchestra: short from 1938 songs
include
"How d'ja Like to Love
me?,"
The
Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes: moody poem and drama about a jazzy Faustian
type—narrated by William Conrad and music from Teddy Buckner and his
All Stars—color is shot (1964) 8-9B
Riot
in Rhythm:
Harry James and His Music Makers with The deCastro Sisters in a
Universal short from 1957 with "Teach Me Tonight" and
"Heartbreak Hotel" 8-8D
In
the Groove:
Universal short from 1941 features Freddie Slack and His Eight
Beats—lot of boogie woogie piano 8-8D
George
Shearing Quintet: two cool jazz Snaders from 1951 4-24B
Harlem
Rhythm:
Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra in 1947 play modern jazz be-bop: 4-24B
—"One Bass Hit"
Broadway
Highlights:
trio of black entertainers in this short from 1935—they are: 4-24B
—Claude Hopkins and His
Orchestra rehearsing at the Cotton Club
Charlie
Barnet Snaders: contains four Snader Telescriptions filmed by
Barnet in 1951 8-8D
—Caravan
Louis
Armstrong Film Clips: performances from many different films—as
follows: 20-9B
1) "Skeleton in the
Closet," from PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
from ATLANTIC CITY
8) sequence from GOING PLACES
Jazzboree:
Benny Carter in TV kinescope—entire film is a 10-minute jam on the
song "Honeysuckle Rose" 1950s 4-24B
A
Night at the Biltmore Bowl: Betty Grable stars in
2-reel comedy with much dance band music from Jimmy Grier and his
Orchestra with singer Joy Hodges—much dance and music actuality
footage shot at Biltmore Bowl at Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles 1935 PD
8-4C
Black
Music in America
[From Then til Now]: LCA educational short offers
history of African-American music with historical films and new
performaces from Nina Simone,
Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King,
Billie Holliday, Bessie Smith, etc. (1971) reddish color 12-25C
Follow
the Boys:
musical scenes from this feature film—inlcude: 4-24C
—Ted Lewis sings with band
On
with the Show:
poor dupe of Ethel Waters singing in this 1929 feature film with music
by Chick Webb—songs are as follows: 4-24C
—"Am I Blue?"
A
Day at the Races:
Ivey
Anderson and Harpo Marx scene in which he is a piccolo-playing Pied
Piper leading blacks in singing "Tomorrow Is Another Day" and
Anderson sings "All God's Chillun Got Wings" 4-24C
Twilight
on the Prairie: musical cuts from this corny Western feature
film are as follows:
—"Little Brown
Jug," Connie Haines sings
Manhattan
Merry-Go-Round: musical acts from this
feature film from 1937—songs are: 8-8E
—"I'm a Musical
Magical Man," Ted Lewis and His Orchestra
Hit
the Ice:
Castle short [here called SHOWTIME JUBILEE] is musical excerpts from
this 1943 feature film—music from Ginny Sims, Gene Williams, Johnny
Long and His Orchestra, Abbott and Costello 4-24C
St.
Louis Blues:
musical excerpts from 1939 feature film highlights Maxine Sullivan [with
the Hall Johnson Choir] singing title song—music is from Matty Melneck
and His Orchestra 4-24C
The
McFarland Twins:
Paramount short from 1941 features Irish jig music and swing dance tunes
4-24C
Musical
Novelties
[?]:
NMT Warners short from 1945 featuring a salute to Negro music
makers—clips include: 4-24C
—Eunice Wilson sings with
The Five racketeers
—Cab Calloway scat singing
with jazz orchestra piece
[Miss Universe Contest
Winners of 1955 in] A World of Beauty: beauty contest
film from Universal features Tony Curtis as host—plus previous
winners—new winner is Miriam Stevenson Miss USA—music by Pete Rugolo
and His Orchestra with vocal by June Christy and dancers (dancing to
jazz arrangement of "Jingle Bells") Technicolor 8-9B
Glenn
Miller Story:
jam session segment with Louis Armstrong, Gene Krupa and
others—reddish color 4-24C
Beauty
and the Beach:
beach scenes as Johnny Long and His Orchestra perform (1941) 4-24C
Swingtime
Holiday:
Gus Arnheim and His Orchestra ("Pagan Love Song") with The
Delta Rhythm Boys ("Do Nothing 'til You Hear from Me"), Jimmie
Dodd, Kirby Grant as radio MC (1944) 8-8E
Buddy
Rich Movies:
clips from two feature films with Buddy Rich and the Andrews Sisters in
1943: 4-24B
—"Take It and
Get" instrumental from HOW ABOUT IT
Howard
House Party:
Bob Howard with Noble Sissel and His Orchestra—from Century Films in
1947 8-8E
Cabin
in the Sky:
musical scenbes from this 1944 feature film includes Duke Ellington,
Louis Armstrong, Ethel Waters, Lena Horne 4-24B
Bob
Chester and His Orchestra: Paramount Headliner short contains the following
songs from 1941: 4-24B
—Octave Jump
Ellington
Movies:
reel contains clips from two feature films with Duke Ellington and His
orchestra: BELLE OF THE NINETIES and MURDER AT THE VANITIES ("Ebony
Rhapsody") 4-24B
Leo
Reisman Orchestra: Warner short from 1941 feature the Leo Reisman
band playing the foillowing songs: 4-24B
—"St. Louis
Blues"
Some
Like It Hot:
Gene Krupa excerpts from this Bob Hope feature film from 1938
Artie
Shaw's Class in Swing: Shaw explains and demonstrates the arrangement
of the band in swing music (1939) PD 2 Copies 4-18C and V-Room
(better copy)
Sweet
Moments:
Russ Morgan and his orchestra in a Paramount short from 1939—four new
songs introduced: 4-16E
1) "Sweet Memories"
2) "Old Heart of Mine"
Deviled
Ham:
musical short features comedian Gus Van and black Erskine Hawkins and
his orchestra jazz 1937 2 Copies 4-17D and 4-24B
Bubbling
Over:
stereotyped black comedy is excellent print with Ethel Waters who sings
"Taking Your Time," "Darkies Never Cry" plus male
quartet sings "When You Hang Your Hat in a Harlem Flat" plus
entire cast sings "Company's Comin' Tonight" and "I Can
See St. Peter Standin' by the Barn" (1934) 2 Copies 8-9B (better
copy) and 8-4A PD
Harlem
Wednesday:
animation by Gregorio Prestopino and jazz score by Benny Carter (1958)
19-24B
Time
of the Horn:
Russell Merritt artistic short in which black boy finds a cornet and
wanders about playing it— some shots at UCLA campus ca. 1959 4-16D
Will
Bradley and Orchestra: Basin Street Boogie (soundie 1941)
Old
Black Joe:
color film short of this song with all-Black heaven
Trumpet
Serenade:
Harry James and Orchestra featuring Helen Forrest and others (1942) 2 Copies
8-8D and 8-9B
Melody
Parade:
Charlie Barnet and Orchestra featuring Kay Starr, Pied Pipers, and others
(1944) 2 Copies 2 X 8-9B
Charlie
Barnet:
Movietone Melodies short from 1949 features Frances Lynn ("My Old
Flame") and dancer Bunny Briggs (black) PD 4-17D
Louis Prima: Castle
Band Parade short—"That Old Black Magic", harmonica
trio, "I Got a Guy" (vocal), WASP version of "Get on
Board Little Chillen"—ends with smashing version of "Sing
Sing Sing" with frenzied drum soloist 2 Copies 4-17D and 4-24C
Jammin'
the Blues:
Warner Bros. short from 1954 features modern jazz performers: Lester
Young, Red Callender,
Harry Edison, Marlowe Morris,
Sid Catlett, Joe Jones, Barney Kessel, John Simmons, Illinois Jacquet,
Marie Bryant, Archie Savage 2 Copies 4-17D Copy 2 is superior 4-24B
Count
Basie:
Castle Band parade series with Basie and his band in late 1940s—with
The Delta Rhythm Boys 2 Copies 4-17D and 4-24C (for improved third copy
see Count Basie reel below)
COUNT
BASIE:
reel contains several Basie performances as noted below: 16-1C
—Castle Film: 3 songs
Artistry in Rhythm: Stan
Kenton short for Universal highlighted by the following numbers: 1945
8-9D (for abbreviated version see 4-17A)
—Eager Beaver
Radio Melodies:
Universal—features Stan Kenton and others— 1943 4-17D
—Kenton, "Artistry in
Rhythm"
Woody Herman and His
Orchestra: Warner Bros. short from 1938 features the following songs:
4-24B
—"Carolina in the
Morning" Woody Herman vocal
Gene Krupa: Columbia
"Thrills of Music" short hosted by swing disk jockey Fred C.
Robbins—songs are
—"The Bop Boogie
Woogie"
Symphony of Swing: Artie Shaw
and His Orchestra short from Warner Bros. in 1939 4-24B
Dorsey Brothers: reel
contains various musical performances of the Dorsey brothers (unless
noted) as follows: 8-9B
1) "Let's Have a
Party," vocal [Stage Show 7/28/56]
Jack Teagarden: collection of
his Snaders 8-9B
1) Blacksmith Blues
Jack Teagarden II: more
Snaders 12-25C
1) Lover
The Five Pennies: Louis
Armstrong jazz scenes from the feature film The Five Pennies 1959 8-9B
Duke Ellington at the White
House: 70th birthday reception for Ellington given by President
Nixon—musicians appear including Cab Calloway, Benny Goodman, Dizzy
Gillespie, Louis Bellson, Joe Williams, Dave Brubeck, etc. 1969 color
8-9B
Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the
Bar: Wingy Manone short for Universal with lots of boogie woogie 1940
8-9B
Rhythm in a Riff: Billy
Eckstine, Babe Wallace in musical drama from 1946 with the following
songs: 12-25B
—Theme
Symphony in Swing: Duke
Ellington in Universal short—from 1949 includes Delta Rhythm
Boys—songs are: 8-8D
—Take the A Train
Americans
All:
short documentary from 1974 re "black women, big mamas of
song"—color short features performance clips of the following:
Sarah Vaughan, Della Reese, Roberta Flack, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday,
Mahalia Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald, Maxine Sullivan 8-8D
Red
Nichols and His Five Pennies: Universal short from 1950
features semi-jazz style of Red Nichols—The Skylarks sing, too 8-8D
Slim
Gaillard Trio:
Castle short features this jive jazz group dupe 1945 8-9B
Billy
May and His Orchestra: Universal short from 1952 features dance band
numbers include "Don't Blame Me"—some corny songs, too 8-8D
Birth
of a Band:
Universal
featurette from 1955 features singer Connie Haines 8-8D
Platina:
story of new Russian immigrants to Israel who form jazz combo with
Israeli musicians color 1970s 8-9B
The
Dorsey Brothers Encore: Universal from 1956 reunites the Tommy and Jimmy
Dorsey 8-9B
Wingy
Manone
[and
the Climax Jazz Band]: Canadian short by Joe Showler filmed in Toronto
tavern in 1976—good Dixieland style jazz color 8-8D
Romancing
Along:
1938 short from RKO features Phil Harris— songs are: 8-9B
—Constantly
Harry
James and His Music Makers: Universal from 1943
spotlights James and his swing band—songs are: 8-9B
—Charmaine
Mirth
and Melody:
jazzy Jerry Gray and His Orchestra in mid-1950s pop music short from
Universal with Guy Mitchell and The Four Freshmen 8-8D
—instrumental
—"Day by Day,"
The Four Freshmen
Rhythm
and Rhyme:
Universal
short from 1955 features dance band of Ike Carpenter and His Orchestra
8-8D
Campus Capers: Universal
short from 1941 features Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra—songs
include: 8-9B
—Walk with Me
Follow
That Music:
Gene Krupa and His orchestra highlighted here in the following numbers:
8-9B
—Boogie Blues
Stars
and Violins:
Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra perform several tunes in 1944 short:
8-9B
—opening instrumental
March
of Time:
"Music in America" (1943) traces history of jazz from Original
Dixieland jazz Band, up through Perry Como and the dance band era
March
of Time:
"It's in the Groove" (1949) performers include Ella
Fitzgerald, Eddie Condon, Perry Como
Swing
It:
RKO from 1936 features Louis Prima and Pee Wee Russell—songs include:
8-9B
—Way Down Yonder in New
Orleans
Harmony
Highway:
Al Donahue and His Orchestra in Universal short offer big band dance
music: ca. 1944 8-9B
—Temptation
Mississippi
Jazz Boat: from "Disneyland After Dark" this is a
Walt Disney short featuring Louis Armstrong, Johnny St. Cyr, Kid Ory,
blues singer Monette Moore—plus Bobby Rydell, Annette Funicello, Bobby
Burgess—color is red 8-9B
Louis Armstrong: USIS
biography of Satchmo involves narration and music by Armstrong from
later in his career 4-24B
Deep
Purple:
Uniuversal short from 1949 features Gene Krupa and His orchestra 8-9B
Keep
It Cool:
Universal
short features Tony Pastor and His Orchestra—Barbara Ruick is
vocalist—Red Norvo Trio performs 1954
Record
Hop:
Universal short features Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra 1957 8-8D
Mark:
U.S. Naval Academy film spotlights the sights of Annapolis as camera
follows little boy running around the town—soundtrack scored by Marian
McPartland 1962 (color fading) 12-25D
Bright
and Breezy:
Charlie Barnet short from Universal features the King Sisters 1956 8-8D
Polymoog:
promotion for Polymoog keyboard musical instrument—uses Herbie Hancock
and Chick Corea to demonstrate its performance capabilities 1970s 8-9B
Jimmie Dorsey: miscellaneous
songs from varied 1940s sources
—"King Porter
Stomp," from feature HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN 1944
Red
Allen:
five Soundies from the 1940s 8-8D
—Drink Hearty
Woman's
a Fool:
black feature film stars blue singer Ida Cox, Red Calhoun and His Royal
Swing Band, Alabama Blossom, The Hollywood Jitterbugs, tap dancer Billy
Fuller, and others—reel begins with theatrical trailer for the
movie—then the musical numbers from the film 8-8D
Woman's
a Fool II:
performances from this 1940s black feature film—they are: 4-24B see
also 8-8D
—"The Kentucky Blues,
" Ida Cox
Woman's
a Fool III:
more performances from this 1940s black feature film—they are: 4-24C
see also 8-8D
Doin'
the Town:
Universal short feature Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra 1941 8-8D
Reveille
with Beverly: musical numbers from this Columbia feature film
1943 8-9B
—The Mills Brothers,
"Sweet Lucy Brown"
Freddie
Steps Out:
musical clips from feature film in 1946 featuring Charlie Barnet and his
band plus Freddy Slack—features crooner (spoof of frankie Sinatra)
with screaming, fainting girls in the audience—songs in the film are:
4-24B
—"Don't Blame Me"
Second
Chorus:
segments from feature film with Artie Shaw and His orchestra—with Fred
Astaire (Bobby Hackett) and Burgess Meredith (Billy Butterfield) as
trumpet players 1940 4-24B
Of
Men and Demons:
fable film by John and Faith Hubley—jazz music score by Quincy
Jones—color from IBM and for Expo '70 exhhibition in Osaka, Japan in
1970 4-17A
Himber
Harmonies:
short from 1938 features Richard Himber and his Ritz Carleton
Orchestra—with Adrian Rollini Trio—songs include "St. Louis
Blues" 4-24C
Shep
Fields and His New Music: dramatization of how he discovered"
rippling rhythm—followed by his band with no trumpets or
trombone—Ken Curtis vocals 4-24C
—"Long May We
Love"
Mexican
Rhythm:
RKO Screenliner features Luis Alcaraz, the Jazz King of Mexico who is
really a dance band leader—songs include "La virgen de la
Macarena" and dance piece, "Be Careful" sung in English (1952) 4-24C
Ray
McKinley/Jamboree: RKO short from 1949—songs
are as follows:
—"St. Louis
Blues"
Teresa Brewer
[and The Firehouse Five Plus Two: Dixieland music—also performing are
Joe Venuti and Leo Diamond—songs include (1951) 8-8E
—"Music, Music,
Music," Brewer vocal
Swing'
Down the Scales: Universal short features Alvino Rey and his
orchestra—plus the King Sisters 1956 8-8D
—"Should I"
instrumental
Les
Brown and the Band of Renown: Universal short from 1949
features such tunes as: 8-8D
—"I've Got My Love to
Keep Me Warm"
The Strip: musical cuts from
this 1951 feature film starring Mickey Rooney—features Earl Hines,
Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Louis Armstrong 8-9B
Benny Goodman Quintet:
rehearsal in 1973 before Carneigie Hall concert—ensemble consists of
Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson, Gene Krupa, Slam Stewart 4-24B
—"Sing, Sing,
Sing"
George
Olsen and His Music: musical short from 1940 4-24B songs include:
—"Horses"
George
Olson and His Band: Castle Band Parade film from late 1940s features
4-24C
—"Woodchopper's
Ball"
Smash
Your Baggage:
Small's Paradise Entertainers (Elmer Snowden band) portray porters in
railroad station—lots of tap dancing, blues singing and jazz
music—some in band are Sid Catlett, Roy Eldridge (1933) Vitaphone
4-14C
Harlem
Jam Session:
features all-girl black jazz band of Ann Mae Winburn and Her
International Sweethearts of Rhythm in 1946—performances include:
4-24B
—hot jazz number
Jittering
Jitter-Bugs:
comedian Hamtree Harrington stars in this SACK musical-comedy
short—features Big Apple dance contest—opening montage of Harlem
1930s 4-24B
Adventures
in Sharps and Flats: Selmer band instrument
company promotional film features Benny Goodman 1963 12-25D
Introduction
to Jazz:
educational short from England (1952) 4-17D
Mantania:
from Astor Pictures w/ all-black cast with musical numbers and Mantan
Moreland as standup comedian star—also features Butterbeans 1946 8-4D
Musical
Cruise:
black trio Brown Sisters sings "Underneath the Harlem
Moon"—with the line "that's why darkies were
born"—then with Thelma Brown on piano black William Powers sings
"Can't You Hear Me Callin', Caroline?" mid-1930s PD film 4-17D
St.
Louis Blues:
Bessie Smith (1929) THREE Copies— 8-5B 8-3E 8-9B (best copy)
Louis
Jordan—College
Days: shortened musical version of feature film, Beware (1946) 8-3E (for
reel with poorer copies of songs from Beware see 4-24C)
Louis
Jordan—Caldonia:
musical short from 1946 2 Copies 8-4B and 8-9B
Pie,
Pie Blackbird:
Eubie Blake, Nina Mae McKinney, the Nicholas Brothers (Paramount short
from 1932) 2 Copies 4-17D and 4-24B
Rufus Jones for President:
Sammy Davis Jr. is 7 years old—stars with Ethel Waters in two-reel
musical comedy 8-5C
Cab
Calloway's Jitterbug Party: musical short from 1935 2 Copies 4-17D and 4-24B
(better copy)
Rooftop
Frolics:
features black band (Al Cooper and his Hot Shots), tap dancers, and
night club dancing in 1930s 2 Copies 4-18C and 4-24C
Teddy
Powell and His Band: Official Films short with three songs performed
by Allan Courtney, Peggy Mann, and Tommy Taylor (1942) 4-18C
1) "San Culottes"
Tony
Pastor:
Pastor band plays the following— 2 Copies 4-16A and 4-24B
1) "Hawaiian War
Chant" w/ Rosemary Clooney 1941
Listen/Mandrell:
Polydor records shows how an album is conceived and produced (w/
Mandrell in performance) 12-12C
Melody
Masters No. 5:
Desi Arnaz and his Orchestra 8-3E
2-reeler from
Castle—originally a Warner Viatphone short (w/ Dulcina and Judy Clark)
October 1946
—"El Cumpanchero"
Tropical
Swing:
Castle Music Book 4-18C
1) Ethel Smith plays
"The Breeze and I" organ
Sugar
Chile Robinson:
400 film clip from 1946 from All American News V-room
Audition for August: Jan
August and Kitty Kallen—he plays "Besame Mucho" and
"Jan's Boogie"—she sings "Stardust" RKO
Screenliner 1951 4-17C
Every
Sunday:
musical short with Judy Garland and Deanna Durbin 4-16E
Jazz
Greats:
Pete Daily and His Chicagoans—two songs 4-18C
Shoe
Shine Boy:
MGM patriotic piece re black young man who wants to get his trumpet out
of pawnshop—he plays great trumpet musical piece—but turns down
career to enter the US Army in World War II—good scenes where white
man pats him on the back and calls him "a good American" 1942
6-8D
Blues and Boogie: Official
Films contains:
—"Some of These Days,
Maxine Sullivan (1942)
Blake
and Sissel:
Blackhawk print of 1924 Eubie Blake and Noble Sissel sound film 4-17D
San
Fernando Valley:
Benay Venuta sings "I'll Make the San Fernando Valley My Home"
dedicated to the 5th Amphibious Force—produced by Armed Forces Screen
Magazine in 1944—with new lyrics to reflect G.I.'s and war morale (5
minutes) 4-15B
Harlem
Medley:
400' Official Films 4-18C
1) "Tuxedo
Junction," Edna Mae Harris
Tommy
Tucker:
The Band Parade short with Tucker and his orchestra
Carnival
in Brazil:
much samba and other Brazilian musical performance—with filler shots
of carnival and Rio de Janiero street scenes 1941 4-19C
Jazz
Ball—dupe
with low sound of 52-minute film tracing history of jazz
performance—all stars include Peggy Lee, Buddy Rich, Benny Goodman,
etc. 20-2A
SND
Satchmo:
memorializing jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong—excellent color—Peggy
Lee sings Lord's Prayer at funeral—biographical
Latin
Nightclubs 1:
men and women dancing in nightclub— interview with nightclub owner and
customers and performance in club—interview with singer later—
"Guantanamera" 8-9C
Latin
Nightclubs 2:
cores—outtakes from night clubs 20-4A
Latin
Nightclubs 3:
cores—more outtakes with good Latino music 16-1B
Mills
Brothers:
presentation of star on Hollywood Boulevard —interview in
studio—fiftieth anniversary 12-1D
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