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Film, Video JAMMIN' THE BLUES

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Title

  • JAMMIN' THE BLUES

Names

  • Gjon Mili (director)

Created / Published

  • USA.

Notes

  • -  Information from: "Jazz on the Screen" by David Meeker. Used with permission. (Source)
  • -  Short film (under 30 minutes).
  • -  "The midnight symphony"; "On the sunny side of the street" by Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh; "Jammin' the blues". (Songs)
  • -  Harry "Sweets" Edison, trumpet; Lester Young, Illinois Jacquet, tenor sax; Barney Kessel, guitar; Marlowe Morris, Garland Finney, piano; John Simmons, Red Callender, acoustic double bass; Sidney Catlett, Jo Jones, drums; Mary Bryant, vocal; Archie Savage, dancer. (Personnel on Camera)
  • -  Technical director: Norman Granz. As he was the only white player on screen Barney Kessel had his hands suitably blacked up and was placed mostly in shadow.
  • -  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).

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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.

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Chicago citation style:

Gjon Mili. JAMMIN' THE BLUES. USA, 1944.

APA citation style:

Gjon Mili. (1944) JAMMIN' THE BLUES. USA.

MLA citation style:

Gjon Mili. JAMMIN' THE BLUES. USA, 1944.