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Film, Video CHOO CHOO SWING

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Title

  • CHOO CHOO SWING

Names

  • Josef Berne (director)

Created / Published

  • USA.

Notes

  • -  Information from: "Jazz on the Screen" by David Meeker. Used with permission. (Source)
  • -  Short film (under 30 minutes).
  • -  "Choo choo swing"; "Swingin' the blues" by Count Basie, Eddie Durham; "Sent for you yesterday" by Count Basie, Eddie Durham, Jimmy Rushing, performed by Jimmy Rushing; "Someone's rocking my dreamboat" by Leon René, Otis René, Emerson Scott; "St. Louis blues" by W. C. Handy; "Knock me a kiss" by Mike Jackson. (Songs)
  • -  Count Basie and his Orchestra (including Buck Clayton, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Snooky Young, trumpet; Dicky Wells, trombone; Earle Warren, Buddy Tate, Don Byas, Jack Washington, saxes; Freddie Green, guitar; Jo Jones, drums; Jimmy Rushing, voc), the Delta Rhythm Boys, Bobby Brooks Quartet, Layson Brothers. (Personnel on Camera)
  • -  Reossued in 1949 as THE BAND PARADE.
  • -  Jazz on the Screen is a reference work of filmographic information and does not point to digitized versions of the items described. The Library of Congress may or may not own a copy of a particular film or video. To request additional information Ask a Librarian (https://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/ask-record.html).

Form

  • motion picture

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Chicago citation style:

Josef Berne. CHOO CHOO SWING. USA, 1943.

APA citation style:

Josef Berne. (1943) CHOO CHOO SWING. USA.

MLA citation style:

Josef Berne. CHOO CHOO SWING. USA, 1943.