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ERNIE SMITH JAZZ FILM COLLECTION,
1894 - 1979
#491
(30 cubic feet: 352 reels of 16mm motion picture film)
by: Ben Pubols, Franklin A. Robinson, Jr., Wendy Shay, 2/2001
History
Ernest (Ernie) Smith began collecting jazz and jazz dance films during the
mid-1950s. An Art Director for a New York advertising agency, Smith had a
long-standing interest in jazz and jazz dance that began during his youth in
Pittsburgh, Pa. Early on, Smith discovered that jazz music was best appreciated
while dancing. He became an accomplished Lindy Hopper, frequenting both white
and African American ballrooms.
His job at the advertising agency supported Smith's two passions - painting
and jazz dance and music. Smith was also a film enthusiast so, in 1954, after
taking a jazz class at the New School taught by Marshall Stearns, a leading jazz
scholar, he began collecting examples of jazz and jazz dance on film. In the
process of creating his film collection, Smith became one of the leading
authorities on jazz and jazz dance films. He collaborated with Stearns on the
1964 book Jazz Dance, compiling the book's jazz dance film listing. He
also wrote the extensive entry on jazz film for the 1988 edition of New Grove
Dictionary of Jazz .
Smith built his film collection by identifying films of potential interest
and acquiring them through trade and purchase. He created lecture reels on
specific topics -- the history of jazz, social dance, tap dance, Duke Ellington,
Lindy Hop -- and presented lecture/screenings nationally and internationally. He
also provided footage for numerous documentaries and maintained active
relationships with filmmakers, other film collectors, jazz scholars, the swing
dance community, and musicians.
Ernie Smith donated his film collection to the Archives Center in 1993. He
continues to lecture and participate in swing dance activities, but he devotes
the majority of his time to painting and related artistic pursuits.
Scope and Content Note
The ERNIE SMITH JAZZ FILM COLLECTION, 1894-1979 consists of 352 reels of 16mm
motion picture film. Most of the film is 16mm black and white and sound
(composite optical track print), although a few titles are silent or in color.
The collection is comprised of compilation reels created by Ernie Smith to
accompany his lectures, topical compilation reels created by Ernie Smith,
compilation reels created by the Archives Center, and single title reels. The
Archives Center produced master and reference video copies using a wet-gate
telecine film-to-tape transfer system. Titles were often combined to allow for
increased ease of handling, storage, and duplication.
The ERNIE SMITH JAZZ FILM COLLECTION, 1894-1979 is strongest in the areas of
jazz dance styles including Lindy Hop and tap, overviews of jazz musical
performers and styles; specific jazz musicians and performers including Duke
Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Woody Herman, Artie Shaw, Bob Crosby,
Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Jack Teagarden as well as a wide range of female
vocalists; and documentation of the New York jazz and club scene. The collection
includes feature films and excerpts from feature films, Soundies and other film
shorts, television kinescopes, and documentary films.
The collection is not arranged in accordance with standard archival
procedures. The breadth of the collection and the existence of so many multiple
topic and/or performer compilation reels made it impossible to impose
traditional archival series order. Therefore, each reel is described at the item
level in the container list.
Provenance
The Archives Center acquired the collection from Ernie Smith in 1993.
America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's
Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the
funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.
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ERNIE SMITH LECTURE REELS |
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OF491.1 |
Social Dance, 1903-1961
Descriptive Summary: b&w, a compilation reel created by Ernie Smith
1. Dance du Ventre (two parts)
Copyright: 1894
Corporate Creator: American Mutoscope and Biograph Co., Edison Mfg.
2. Cakewalk
Descriptive Summary: silent
Copyright: 1903
3. Uncle Tom's Cabin,
Descriptive Summary: silent, Tom and Little Eva in the Garden
Copyright: 1903
4. Ballyhoo Cakewalk
Descriptive Summary: silent
Copyright: 1903
Corporate Creator: Biograph
5. Country Cakewalk
Copyright: 1929
Song Title(s): "At a Georgia Camp Meeting"
6. The Whirl of Life, excerpt
Copyright: 1915
Corporate Creator: Cort Film Corp.
Director: Oliver D. Bailey
Performer(s): Vernon and Irene Castle
7. Untitled, silent, ca. 1920s
8. Charleston demonstration,
Corporate Creator: Pathe
9. New Orleans Jazz Funeral, excerpt
Copyright: ca. 1961
Producer: New Orleans Jazz Club
Performer(s): The Eureka Brass Band
10. Unidentified guitarist with a female dancer
11. "It's Easy to Shuffle Along", excerpt
Copyright: 1929
Performer(s): Nina Mae McKinney
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OF491.2-1 |
History of Jazz, 1929-1943
Descriptive Summary: b&w, a compilation reel created by Ernie Smith
1. St. Louis Blues, excerpt
Copyright: 1929
Corporate Creator: Gramercy Studios, RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
Producer: W.C. Handy
Director: Dudley Murphy
Performer(s): Bessie Smith and James P. Johnson
Song Title(s): "St. Louis Blues"
2. Black and Tan, excerpt
Copyright: 1929
Corporate Creator: RKO Radio Pictures
Director: Dudley Murphy
Performer(s): Duke Ellington, Arthur Whetsol, Otto Hardwick, Joe Nanton, Barney Bigard,
Fredi Washington and the Ellington Orchestra
Song Title(s): "Black and Tan Fantasy"
3. "Rhythm is Our Business"
Copyright: 1937
Performer(s): Jimmy Lunceford and His Orchestra
4. "Reefer Man"
Copyright: 1933
Performer(s): Cab Calloway and His Harlemanics
5. Hollywood Hotel, excerpt
Copyright: 1937
Corporate Creator: Warner Brothers
Director: Busby Berkeley
Performer(s): Harry James, Benny Goodman Quartet with Teddy Wilson, Gene Krupa and
Lionel Hampton
Song Title(s):
a. "Sing, Sing, Sing", Goodman Quartet, solos by Krupa, James and Goodman
b. "I Got Rhythm"
6. Reveille with Beverly, excerpt
Copyright: 1943
Corporate Creator: Columbia Pictures
Producer: Sam White
Director: Charles Barton
Performer(s): Ann Miller, Count Basie and His Orchestra
Song Title(s): "One O'clock Jump"
7. "Honeysuckle Rose"
Copyright: 1941
Corporate Creator: Official Films
Performer(s): Fats Waller
8. Hit Parade of 1937, excerpt
Copyright: 1937
Corporate Creator: Republic Films
Director: Gus Meins
Performer(s): Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Hardwick, Hodges, Bigard, Carney
(reeds), Stewart, Williams, Whetsol (trumpets), Nanton, Tizol, Brown (trombones),
Ellington, Guy, Alvis, Taylor, Greer (rhythm), vocals by Ivie Anderson, Hayes Alvis, Rex
Stewart and Harry Carney
Song Title(s): "I've Got to be a Rug Cutter"
9. Reveille with Beverly, excerpt
Copyright: 1943
Performance Date: October 8th, 1942
Corporate Creator: Columbia Pictures
Producer: Sam White
Director: Charles Barton
Performer(s): Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, (incl: Toby Hardwick, Rex Stewart,
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OF491.2-2 |
History of Jazz, ca 1940s-1961
Descriptive Summary: b&w, a compilation reel created by Ernie Smith
1. Music in America, An amalgam of snippets, including: behind the scenes at Tin Pan
Alley; Perry Como singing "Now"; "Your Hit Parade" excerpt; George Gershwin at the
piano playing "I Got Rhythm"; Benny Goodman Orchestra; Dixieland Jass Band playing
"Livery Stable Blues"; comments by narrator, "jazz is synonymous with cheap music"; a
shot of some early books on jazz including Jazzmen and The Hot Discography; Benny
Goodman as guest lecturer at Juilliard; Art Tatum at The Three Dueces; a scene at Eddie
Condon's with Wild Bill Davison, Davie Tough and Brad Gowans.
2. "Honky Tonk Train"
Copyright: 1961
Performer(s): Meade Lux Lewis
3. "Things to Come"
Copyright: 1946
Performer(s): Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, Milt Jackson on vibes
4. "Back O'Town Blues"
Copyright: ca. early 1950s
Performer(s): Louis Armstrong All-Stars, vocal by Armstrong, Teagarden absent
5. The Sound of Jazz, excerpt
Copyright: 1957
Corporate Creator: CBS, The Seven Lively Arts (Studio 58)
Producer: Robert Herridge
Director: Jack Smight
Performer(s): Jimmy Rushing vocals, the Count Basie Orchestra, narration by John Crosby
Song Title(s): "I Left My Baby"
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History of Jazz, 1946-1957
Descriptive Summary: b&w, a compilation reel created by Ernie Smith
1. "Tacata"
Performance Date: 1946
Performer(s): Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, incl: Leo Wright, flute and Lalo Schifrin, piano
2. The Sound of Jazz, excerpt
Copyright: 1957
Corporate Creator: CBS, The Seven Lively Arts (Studio 58)
Producer: Robert Herridge
Director: Jack Smight
Performer(s): Thelonious Monk
Song Title(s): "Blue Monk"
3. "God Bless the Child"
Performance Date: 1950
Performer(s): vocals by Billie Holiday with the Count Basie Sextet
4. The Sound of Jazz, excerpt
Copyright: 1957
Corporate Creator: CBS, The Seven Lively Arts (Studio 58)
Producer: Robert Herridge
Director: Jack Smight
Performer(s): Billie Holiday vocals, the Count Basie Orchestra incl: Lester Young,
Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster
Song Title(s): "Fine and Mellow"
5. The Sound of Miles Davis
Performance Date: 1957
Producer: Robert Herridge
Director Jack Smight
Performer(s): Miles Davis
Song Title(s): "So What"
6. "Rockin' Chair"
Performance Date: 1950
Performer(s): Louis Armstrong-Jack Teagarden All Stars incl: Cozy Cole, Peanuts Hucko,
Bobby Hackett, and others, vocals by Armstrong and Teagarden
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Spreading Rhythm Around, 1903-1945
Descriptive Summary: 840f., b&w, a compilation reel created by Ernie Smith
1. Dance in Pajamas, silent
Copyright: 1903
Corporate Creator: American Mutoscope and Biograph Co.
2. 42nd St., excerpt
Copyright: 1933
Corporate Creator: Warner Brothers
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Performer(s): Ruby Keeler
3. Turn On the Red Hot Heat [probably from 52nd Street]
Performance Date: 1937
Performer(s): Dorothy Salter, Maurice Rocco and dance company
4. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, excerpt
Copyright: 1938
Corporate Creator: 20th Century Fox
Producer: 20th Century Fox
Director: Allan Dwan
Performer(s): Bill Robinson and Shirley Temple
Song Title(s): "The Toy Trumpet"
5. Unidentified musical number and "Anchors Aweigh"
Copyright: 1945
Performer(s): Jean Aloise
6. Unidentified movie excerpt
Copyright: 1941
Performer(s): unidentified female dancer, Louis DaPron with Bill Wills and His Texas
Playboys
7. "Truckin'"
Copyright: 1936
Performer(s): Ina Ray Hutton and Her All Girl Orchestra
8. "La Cucaracha"
Copyright: 1941
Performer(s): Rita Rio and Her All Girl Orchestra, vocals and dance by Rio
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OF491.3-2 |
Spreading Rhythm Around, 1935-1944
Descriptive Summary: 918f., b&w, a compilation reel created by Ernie Smith
1. George White's Scandals of 1935, excerpt
Copyright: 1935
Corporate Creator: 20th Century Fox
Producer: George White
Director: Harry Lachman and George White
Performer(s): Eleanor Powell
Song Title(s): "It's An Old Southern Custom"
2. Born to Dance, excerpt
Copyright: 1936
Corporate Creator: MGM
Producer: Jack Cummings
Director: Roy del Ruth
Performer(s): sung by Frances Langford, Buddy Ebsen and the Foursome, danced by
Eleanor Powell and Buddy Ebsen
Song Title(s): "Swingin' the Jinx Away"
3. King of Burlesque, excerpt
Copyright: 1935
Corporate Creator: 20th Century Fox
Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Performer(s): Dixie Dunbar and Fats Waller
Song Title(s): "I've Got My Fingers Crossed"
4. Hey, Rookie, excerpt
Copyright: 1944
Corporate Creator: Columbia Pictures
Producer: Irving Briskin
Director: Charles Barton
Performer(s): Ann Miller
Song Title(s): "Streamlined Sheik"
5. Broadway Melody of 1940, excerpt
Copyright: 1940
Corporate Creator: MGM
Producer: Jack Cummings
Director: Norman Taurog
Performer(s): Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell and George Murphy
Song Title(s): "Begin the Beguine"
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OF491.4 |
Crazy Feet, 1903-1964
Descriptive Summary: 1718f., b&w, a compilation reel created by Ernie Smith
1. Three teen-age "street boys"
Descriptive Summary: silent
Copyright: 1903
2. Cakewalk
Descriptive Summary: silent
Copyright: 1903 (see also 491.1(2))
3. "Tiger Rag"
Copyright: 1929
Performer(s): James Barton
4. Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life, (excerpt from 491.29)
Copyright: 1935
Corporate Creator: Paramount Pictures
Producer: Adolph Zukor
Director: Fred Waller
Performer(s): Snake Hips Tucker, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra incl. Greer, Hodges,
Whetsol and Jenkins
Song Title(s): "Merry-Go-Round", part Four-Harlem Rhythm
5. "Harlem Harmony"
Copyright: 1932
Performer(s): Cab Calloway, introduction by James Wallington
Song Title(s): "Harlem Harmony"
6. Snow White (see also 491.187)
Copyright: 1933
Corporate Creator: Fleischer Studios, distributed by Paramount Pictures
Producer: Max Fleischer
Director: Dave Fleischer
Performer(s): Cab Calloway, voice of Betty Boop is Mae Questel
Song Title(s): "St. James Infirmary Blues", vocals by Calloway and Questel
7. "Christopher Columbus"
Copyright: 1937
Performer(s): Stringbean, Jimmy Lunceford and His Orchestra, (Willie Smith on alto sax)
8. "Nagasaki"
Copyright: 1934
Performer(s): Red and Struggie, Lucky Millinder's Orchestra
9. unidentified clip
Copyright: ca. early 1940s
Performer(s): Slick and Slack, (bass drum reads Chris and Crew)
10. "Solid Sending Soft Shoe Specialist"
Copyright: 1944
Performer(s): Rubberneck Holmes
11. Stump and Stumpy
Copyright: 1948
12. "Ain't Misbehaven"
Copyright: 1948
Performer(s) Patterson and Jackson
13. Raymond Kaylund
Copyright: 1941
Performer(s): Jimmy Lunceford and His Orchestra
Descriptive Summary: Same setting as #7, but noted as 1941
14. A Bundle of Blues, excerpt
Copyright: 1933
Corporate Creator: Paramount Pictures
Performer(s): Bessie Dudley and Florence Hill, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
personnel: Hardwick, Hodges, Bigard, Carney (reeds), Whetsol, Williams, Jenkins
(trumpets), Nanton, Tizol, Brown (trombones), Ellington, Guy, Broad, Greer (rhythm)
Song Title(s): "Bugle Call Rag"
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15. "Bugle Call Rag"
Copyright: 1938
Performer(s): Miss Harris
16. "It Don't Mean A Thing" and an unidentified musical number
Copyright: 1939
Performer(s): Miller and Rhodes, unidentified young female
17. Follow the Boys, excerpt
Descriptive Summary: An excerpt from a George Raft film.
Copyright: 1944
Corporate Creator: Universal Films
Producer(s): Charles K. Feldman, Albert L. Rockett
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Performer(s):
Song Title(s): "Sweet Georgia Brown"
18. Al Minns and Leon James; Playboy Club Show, excerpt
Descriptive Summary: an excerpt from 491.5
Copyright: 1964
Corporate Creator: Playboy Magazine/Enterprises
Producer: Dan Schuffman
Director: Dan Schuffman
Performer(s): Al Minns and Leon James
Song Title(s): Camptown Races, "Charleston", "Stompin' at the Savoy", "One O'Clock
Jump", "How High the Moon"
19. The Berry Brothers
Copyright: ca. late 1940s, early 1950s
Performer(s): Introduced by Phil Silvers, The Berry Brothers
20. Three scat-singing unidentified male dancers
21. Two unidentified male dancers
22. Jump rope dancer
Corporate Creator: Vitaphone, Warner Brothers
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OF491.7 |
Lindy Hop - George Snowden 1929 to Hellzapoppin', 1929-1964
Descriptive Summary: b&w, a compilation reel created by Ernie Smith
1. "Sweet Sue"
Copyright: 1929
Performer(s): George "Shorty" Snowden and dancers; Hotfoot Bennett and Lizzie Highfly,
Albert Hemingway and Buzz Saw Mamie, Shorty Stump and Liza Underdunk, George
Snowden, Chick Webb Orchestra
2. Dance contest at Savoy Ballroom
Descriptive Summary: silent
Copyright: 1938
Corporate Creator: Paramount News Feature
Performer(s): Leon James and the Roy Eldridge Orchestra
3. Life in Harlem-A Documentary Film of American's Negro Metropolis
Descriptive Summary: Savoy ballroom scene, excerpt from 491.13
Copyright: 1940
Corporate Creator: Harry M. Popkin
Producer: Edward W. Lewis
4. A Day at the Races, excerpt
Descriptive Summary: Barn dance scene
Copyright: 1937
Corporate Creator: MGM
Producer: Sam Wood
Director: Sam Wood
Performer(s): The Marx Brothers
5. "The Shag"
Copyright: 1937
Descriptive Summary: Arthur Murray and four couples demonstrate the Shag
6. Eight Raggle Taggles
Copyright: 1939
Corporate Creator: Pictoreel
7. "Broome Street"
Copyright: 1941
Performer(s): Glen Gray, Casa Loma Orchestra and the Broome Street Dancers
8. "The Arts - Swing King Gives Benefit Concert"
Descriptive Summary: described by Andre Baruch, silent
9. "Jive - The dance of the Rising Generation"
Performer(s): British Lindy Hoppers
10. "Hot Chocolate" (REVERSE IMAGE)
Copyright: 1941
Corporate Creator: Soundie
Producer: Sam Coslow
Director: Josef Berne
Performer(s): Whitey's Lindy Hoppers including Frank Manning, Al Minns, Billy Ricker,
Norma Miller, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with solos by Ben Webster and Harry
Carney, "Cottontail"
11. "Sugar Hill Masquerade" (REVERSE IMAGE)
Copyright: 1942
Performance Date:
Corporate Creator: Soundie, Monoco Productions
Performer(s): Hot Lips Fuller and Rubber Arms Marshall, Walter Fuller and Whitey's
Lindy Hoppers, Gene Krupa Orchestra with Roy Eldridge
Song Title(s): "After You've Gone"
12. Lindy Hoppers
Copyright: 1943
Performer(s): Leon James and others, Cootie Williams Orchestra
13. The Big Apple
Copyright: 1943
Performer(s): Whitey's Lindy Hoppers incl. Frank Manning, Norma Miller, Al Minns
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14. Jammin' the Blues, excerpt
Descriptive Summary: excerpt from the movie
Copyright: 1944
Corporate Creator: Warner Brothers
Producer: Gordan Hollingshead
Director: Gjon Mili
Performer(s): dancers: Marie Bryant, Archie Savage, musicians: Lester Young, Ilinois
Jacquet, Harry Edison, Jo Jones, Barney Kessel, Marlowe Morris, Gene Ramey
15. "Twelfth Street Rag", excerpt
Copyright: 1964
Performer(s): Al Minns and Leon James
16. "I'm Gonna Rock It Up at the Ball Tonight"
Copyright: 1950
Performer(s): Billy Haley and His Comets
17. The Sensational Congaroos
Copyright: 1948
Performer(s): Frank Manning and others introduced by Andy Kirk
18. Hellzapoppin', excerpt
Copyright: 1941
Corporate Creator: Universal
Producer: Jules Levy
Director: H.C. Potter
Performer(s): choreographed by Nick Castle and Frank Manning
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History of Tap (Fascinating Rhythms), 1893-ca. early 1950s
Descriptive Summary: 1162f., b&w, a compilation reel created by Ernie Smith
1. Small boy dancing on a barge
Descriptive Summary: silent
Copyright: 1893
2. Two young boys dancing on a flat-bed truck
Copyright: 1929
3. The Buck Dance
Copyright: early 1950s
Performer(s): Horace Sprott
4. Stair dance
Copyright: 1932
Performer(s): Bill Robinson
5. King for a Day, excerpt
Copyright: 1934
Corporate Creator: The Vitaphone Corporation
Director: Roy Mack
Performer(s): Bill Robinson
Song Title(s): "Old Folks at Home", "Old Black Joe", etc.
6. Tip, Tap, and Toe
Copyright: 1936
Performer(s): Sammy Green, Teddy Frazier and Raymond Winfield
7. Tip, Tap, and Toe
Copyright: 1944
Performer(s): Sammy Green, Teddy Frazier and Raymond Winfield with the Jack
Teagarden Orchestra
Song Title(s): "Stompin' at the Savoy"
8. Ace Gibson and Eddie Thompson
Copyright: 1933
9. Varsity Show, excerpt
Copyright: 1937
Corporate Creator: Warner Brothers
Producer: Louis F. Edelman
Director: William Keighley
Performer(s): Dick Powell, John Bubbles and Buck Washington
10. Unidentified
Copyright: early 1960s
Performer(s): John Bubbles, dance and song later joined by Perry Como
11. Unidentified
Copyright: 1933
Performer(s): Sammy Davis, Jr., as a young boy
12. An All Colored Vaudeville Show
Copyright: 1935
Corporate Creator: The Vitaphone Company
Director: Roy Mack
Performer(s): The Nicholas Brothers
13. Stormy Weather, excerpt
Copyright: 1943
Corporate Creator: 20th Century Fox
Producer: William LeBaron
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Performer(s): The Nicholas Brothers, Cab Calloway Orchestra
Song Title(s): "The Jumpin' Jive"
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History of Tap (Fascinating Rhythms), 1939-1965
Descriptive Summary: 1068f., b&w, a compilation reel created by Ernie Smith
1. Steve Condos dancing with the Buddy Rich Orchestra, 1939
2. Movie excerpt featuring the Berry Brothers, 1950
3. "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise", Bill Bailey, 1952
4. Carolina Blues, excerpt
Descriptive Summary: a production number from the motion-picture
Copyright: 1944
Corporate Creator: Columbia Pictures
Producer: Samuel Bischoff
Director: Leigh Jason
Performer(s): Kay Kyser and His Orchestra with Harold Nicholas
Song Title(s): "Mr. Beebe"
5. Bunny Briggs, 1950
6. Jimmy Slyde, 1959
7. "The Lawrence Welk Show"
Copyright: 1964
Performer(s): Arthur Duncan sings and dances accompanied by The Lawrence Welk
Orchestra
Song Title(s): "Happy Feet"
8. Camera Three
Copyright: 1965
Corporate Creator: WCBS-TV, New York State Education Dept.
Performer(s): Honi Coles and Cholly Atkins
Song Title(s): "Doin the New Lowdown"
Descriptive Summary: an excerpt from 491.9
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History of Tap
Descriptive Summary: 650f., b&w, an Ernie Smith compilation reel (short version):
1. Rufus Jones for President, excerpt
Descriptive Summary:
Copyright: 1933
Performance Date:
Corporate Creator: Vitaphone Corporation
Producer:
Director: Roy Mack
Performer(s): Sammy Davis, Jr., Ethel Waters, Hamtree Harrington, Dusty Fletcher, Edgar
O'Connor
Song Title(s):
2. Kid Millions, excerpt
Descriptive Summary:
Copyright: 1934
Corporate Creator: Howard Productions, Samuel Goldwyn Co.
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Director: Roy del Ruth
Performer(s): The Nicholas Brothers
Song Title(s):
3. "Sheik of Araby", 1940?, production number from Tin Pan Alley? with the Berry
Brothers or the Nicholas Brothers
4. Jimmy Slyde, ca. 1959
5. Bunny Briggs, ca.. 1954, with a Frank Sinatra introduction from the Rudy Vallee tv
show
6. Coles and Atkins, Camera Three
Descriptive Summary: b&w, an excerpt, see 491.9
Copyright: 1965
Corporate Creator: WCBS-TV/New York State Education Program
Producer: Dan Gallagher
Director: Nick Havings
Performer(s): Honi Coles and Cholly Atkins
Song Title(s):
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OF491.5 |
Al Minns & Leon James, Playboy Club
Descriptive Summary: 676f., b&w, demonstration of several dances, performed to the
compositions below, respectively: Cakwalk, Charleston, Lindy Hop, Big Apple, How to
Ask a Girl to Dance in 1935 and ditto 1945
Corporate Creator: Playboy Magazine/Enterprises
Producer: Dan Schuffman
Director: Dan Schuffman
Performer(s): Al Minns & Leon James with the Mae Barnes Trio and commentary by Hugh
Hefner and Marshall Stearns
Song Title(s):
1. "Camptown Races"
2. "Charleston"
3. "Stompin' at the Savoy"
4. "One O'Clock Jump"
5. "Stompin' at the Savoy"
6. "How High the Moon"
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OF491.6-1 |
Tapdancin'
Descriptive Summary: 1596f., b&w, series of demonstrations and interviews including:
children's tap dance class taught by Phil Black; The Capasetics; Third Generation Step;
Maceo Anderson of the Four Step Brothers; Four Step Brothers dance routine; Maceo
Anderson demo of Buck Dance; film clip of Bojangles; interview with John Bubbles; clip
of Buck and Bubbles; Nicholas Brothers; Harold Nicholas and the Four Step Brothers;
Nicholas Brothers film clips and dressing room interview; interview with Camden Richman;
Honi Coles; Coles and Atkins dance to "Doin' the New Lowdown"; Cholly Atkins; Tap
Jazz Percussion Ensemble
Copyright: 1980
Corporate Creator: Blackwood Films
Producer: Christian Blackwood
Director: Christian Blackwood
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OF491.6-2 |
Tapdancin'
Descriptive Summary: 1134f., b&w, series of demonstrations and interviews including: Tap
Jazz Percussion Ensemble; Tommy Tune practicing at home; Jerry Ames interview; Lon
Chaney interview and dance to "Perdido"; Buster Brown interview and dance; Ralph
Brown; Chuck Greene; The Hoofers; Honi Coles; Phil Black and his tap dance class
Copyright: 1980
Corporate Creator: Blackwood Films
Producer: Christian Blackwood
Director: Christian Blackwood
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OF491.9 |
Camera Three, Coles & Atkins - Over the Top to Bebop
Descriptive Summary: 1020f., b&w, a brief history of tap with the steps being demonstrated
by Coles and Atkins; tributes paid to Bojangles and Bubbles
Copyright: 1965
Corporate Creator: WCBS-TV/New York State Education Program
Producer: Dan Gallagher
Director: Nick Havings
Performer(s): Honi Coles and Cholly Atkins, commentary by Marshall Stearns
Song Title(s):
1. "Doin' the New Lowdown"
2. "Takin' a Chance on Love"
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OF491.10-1 |
The Sound of Jazz
Descriptive Summary: 1003f., b&w
Copyright: 1957
Corporate Creator: CBS: The Seven Lively Arts (Studio 58)
Producer: Robert Herridge
Director: Jack Smight
Performer(s): Count Basie Orchestra: Count Basie, Roy Eldridge, Freddy Greene, Eddie
Jones, Jo Jones, Emmett Berry, Doc Cheatham, Joe Newman, Joe Wilder, trumpets: Benny
Morton, Vic Dickinson, Dickie Wells, trombones; Earle Warren, Bene Webster, Coleman
Hawkins, Gerry Mulligan, saxes. Red Allen Group, Nat Pierce, Danny Barker, Milton
Hinton, Jo Jones, Red Allen, Rex Stewart, Vic Dickinson, Pee Wee Russell, Coleman
Hawkins. Thelonius Monk, Ahmed Abdul Malik and Ossie Johnson Trio
Song Title(s):
1. "A Blues"
2. "Wild Man Blues"
3. "Rosetta" vocals by Red Allen
4. "Blue Monk"
5. "I Left My Baby (Standing at the Back Door)" vocals by Jimmy Rushing
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OF491.10-2 |
The Sound of Jazz
Descriptive Summary: 1042f., b&w, a continuation of 491.10-1
Copyright: 1957
Corporate Creator: CBS: The Seven Lively Arts (Studio 58)
Producer: Robert Herridge
Director: Jack Smight
Performer(s): Count Basie Orchestra: Count Basie, Roy Eldridge, Freddy Greene, Eddie
Jones, Jo Jones, Emmett Berry, Doc Cheatham, Joe Newman, Joe Wilder, trumpets: Benny
Morton, Vic Dickinson, Dickie Wells, trombones; Earle Warren, Bene Webster, Coleman
Hawkins, Gerry Mulligan, saxes. Billie Holiday with Pick Up Group: Mal Waldron, Danny
Barker, Milton Hinton, Ossie Johnson, Roy Eldridge, Doc Cheatham, Vic Dickinson, Gerry
Mulligan. Jimmy Guiffre Three: Jimmy Guiffre, Jim Hall and Jim Atlas. Pick Up Group,
Jo Jones, Milton Hinton, Danny Barker, Jimmy Guiffre and Pee Wee Russell
Song Title(s):
1. "Dickie's Dream", Count Basie and His Orchestra
2. "Fine and Mellow", vocals by Holiday with Pick Up Group
3. "The Train and the River", Jimmy Guiffre Three
4. Unidentified title, Pick Up Group
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OF491.11 |
Jazz Dance
Descriptive Summary: b&w, Filmed "live" at Central Plaza Dance Hall, New York City.
An evening in a night club, the main visual focus is on dancing by the audience.
Copyright: 1954
Performance Date: 1954
Corporate Creator: dist. by Rhapsody Films
Producer: Roger Tilton
Director(s): Roger Tilton and Richard Leacock
Performer(s): Jimmy McPartland, Jimmy Archey, Pee Wee Russell, Willie "The Lion"
Smith, Pops Foster, George Wettling, dancing by Leon James and Al Minns
Song Title(s):
1. "A Very Lovely Blues"
2. "Ballin' the Jack" vocals by Willie Smith
3. "Royal Garden Blues"
4. "When the Saints Go Marching In"
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OF491.12 |
Harlem
Descriptive Summary: b&w, silent, includes scenes from Harlem and from The Cotton Club
featuring Duke Ellington and the floor show
Copyright: 1930
Corporate Creator: Pathe, a Pathe Audio Review
Director: Tom Hogan and Beverly Jones
Performer(s): Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
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OF491.13 |
Life in Harlem - A Documentary Film of America's Negro
Metropolis
Descriptive Summary: b&w, a short documentary on Harlem including scenes of Lenox
Avenue, 17th Avenue, 125th Street, Harlem night life, Savoy ballroom, Small's Paradise,
distributed by Sack Amusement Enterprises
Copyright: 1940
Corporate Creator: Harry M. Popkin
Producer: Edward W. Lewis
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OF491.14 |
Black and Tan
Descriptive Summary: 686f., b&w, a musical short featuring various performers
Copyright: 1929
Performance Date:
Corporate Creator: RKO Productions, by arrangement with Irving Mills
Director: Dudley Murphy
Performer(s): Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra; Hodges, Bigard, Carney
(reeds), Whetsol, Williams, Jenkins (trumpets), Nanton, Tizol, (trombones), Ellington, Guy,
Braud, Greer (rhythm), with Fredi Washington, Hall Johnson Choir and The Five Hot Shots
(male dancers)
Song Title(s):
1. "Black and Tan Fantasy", Whetsol on trumpet
2. "The Duke Steps Out", Five Hot Shots
3. "Black Beauty", Five Hot Shots
4. "The Duke Steps Out", Five Hot Shots
5. "Black Beauty", Five Hot Shots
6. "Cotton Club Stomp", dance by Fredi Washington
7. "Hot Feet", dance by the Cotton Club Chorus Girls
8. "Same Train", vocals Hall Johnson Choir
9. "Black and Tan Fantasy", vocals Hall Johnson Choir
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OF491.15-1 |
Showtime at the Apollo
Descriptive Summary: 935f., b&w
Copyright: 1955
Corporate Creator: Studio Films, Inc.
Director: Joseph Kohn
Descriptive Summary: a series of Apollo performances, billed as the "Harlem Variety
Review", hosted and introduced by Willie Bryant consisting of:
1. "She's My Ding Dong Baby (And She Knows How to Ring My Bell)", played and sung
by Lionel Hampton and orchestra
2. "You're Not the Kind of Boy for a Girl Like Me", sung by Sarah Vaughan
3. "My Love is True", vocals by Jimmy Brown with Paul Williams and his Hucklebuck
Band
4. "We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye", vocals and piano by Martha Davis
5. A comedy routine with Nippsy Russell and Mantan Moreland
6. "Danny Boy", vocals by The Larks
7. "Route Sixty-Six", vocals by the King Cole Trio
8. "Slide Hamp, Slide", with Lionel Hampton and the orchestra with a trumpet solo by the
young Quincy Jones
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OF491.15-2 |
Showtime at the Apollo
Descriptive Summary: 880f., b&w
Copyright: 1955
Corporate Creator: Studio Films, Inc.
Director: Joseph Kohn
Descriptive Summary: a series of Apollo performances, billed as the "Harlem Variety
Review", hosted and introduced by Willie Bryant consisting of:
1. "Jam Session", with Lionel Hampton and the orchestra
2. "Ev'ry Day", vocals by Fay Adams (not the Joe Williams song)
3. "In My Heart", vocals by Herb Jeffries
4. "Bad, Bad, Whiskey", with Amos Milburn and his combo
5. "Without a Song", vocals by The Larks
6. A comedy routine with Flo and Freddie
7. An unidentified piece performed by Lionel Hampton and the orchestra
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OF491.15-3 |
Showtime at the Apollo
Descriptive Summary: 830f., b&w
Copyright: 1955
Corporate Creator: Studio Films, Inc.
Director: Joseph Kohn
Descriptive Summary: a series of Apollo performances, billed as the "Harlem Variety
Review", hosted and introduced by Willie Bryant consisting of:
1. A comedy routine with Nippsy Russell and Mantan Moreland
2. "Caravan", Duke Ellington and the orchestra, solos by Cat Anderson, Juan Tizol, Jimmy
Hamilton, Ray Nance (violin)
3. "Shadrack", vocals by The Larks
4. "The Nearness of You", vocals by Sarah Vaughan
5. "It's the Same Old Blues", vocals by Herb Jeffries
6. "VIPs Boogie", Duke Ellington and the orchestra, solos by Carney, Hamilton, Willie
Cook, Gonsalves, Woodman, Procope, Anderson, Quentin Jackson and Willie Smith
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OF491.16 |
About Tap
Descriptive Summary: 990f., color, reminiscences and demonstrations by Gregory Hines,
Steve Condos, Chuck Green, and Jimmy Slyde
Copyright: 1985
Corporate Creator: George T. Nierenberg (GTN) Productions
Producer: George T. Nierenberg
Director: George T. Nierenberg
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OF491.17 |
Ben Webster - Ahmad Jamal
Descriptive Summary: 956f., b&w
Copyright: 1959
Corporate Creator: The Robert Herridge Theatre, Studio 61
Producer: Robert Herridge
Director: Karl Genus
Performer(s): Ben Webster, tenor; Buck Clayton, tp; Vic Dickinson, tb; Hank Jones, piano;
George Duvivier, bass; Jo Jones, drums; Ahmad Jamal, piano; Israel Crosby, bass; Vernel
Fornier, drums
Song Title(s):
1. "Mop Mop", Webster Group
2. Unidentified number by the Ahmad Jamal Trio
3. "Excerpts from the Blues", Ahmad Jamal Trio
4. "Chelsea Bridge", Webster Group
5. "C Jam Blues", Webster Group
6. "Jim Loves Sue", Ahmad Jamal Trio
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OF491.18 |
Minstrel Days
Descriptive Summary: 754f., b&w, A movie short depicting a glamorized view of white
minstrelsy ending with "an old time minstrel show". The tributes include:
1. Daddy Rice, the first burnt cork minstrel, who appeared in Louisville, KY in 1832
singing, "Jump Jim Crow"
2. George Primrose, a soft shoe dancer
3. Honey Boy Evans, singer
4. McIntyre and Heath a comedy team
5. Eddie Leonard, "the original crooner"
6. Bert Williams, "a credit to his race"
7. Eddie Cantor
8. Al Jolson
Copyright: 1941
Corporate Creator: Warner Brothers and Vitaphone
Director: Bobby Connolly
Performer(s): Bud Jamison, Willie Best, Al Herman, Billy Elliott, Songfellows Quarette,
Three Hi Hatters, narration by Knox Manning
Song Title(s):
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OF491.19-1 |
Art Ford Jazz Party
Descriptive Summary: 965f., b&w, A "live" jazz program produced for television.
Copyright: ca. 1950s
Corporate Creator: Westinghouse
Producer: Art Ford
Director: Don Luftig
Performer(s): Buck Clayton, tp; Roy Eldridge, tp; Urbie Green, tb; George Auld, tenor;
Ossie Johnson, drums; Stuff Smith, violin; Buster Bailey, clarinet; Harry Sheppard, vibes;
Johnny Guarnieri, piano; Bill Henderson on vocals
Song Title(s):
1. "C-Jam Blues"
2. "Rose Room" featuring Buster Bailey
3. "In a Mellotone"
4. "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home", vocals by Henderson
5. "Stompin' at the Savoy", featuring Ossie Johnson on drums
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OF491.19-2 |
Art Ford Jazz Party
Descriptive Summary: 945f., b&w, A "live" jazz program produced for television.
Copyright: ca. 1950s
Corporate Creator: Westinghouse
Producer: Art Ford
Director: Don Luftig
Performer(s): This program features Down Beat, Metronome and Esquire award winners,
including Willie "The Lion" Smith.
Song Title(s):
1. "Indian Summer", Coleman Hawkins
2. Pee Wee Russell
3. "Undecided", Dick Thompson on guitar and Harry Sheppard
4. Unidentified selection, vocals by Mae Barnes
5. "Avalon", Sonny Greer
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OF491.19-3 |
Art Ford Jazz Party
Descriptive Summary: 955f., b&w, This program features old-timers and new-comers on
the same instrument, "Champs and Contenders".
Copyright: ca. 1950s
Corporate Creator Westinghouse
Producer: Art Ford
Director: Don Luftig
Song Title(s):
1. Rex Stewart and Nick Travis on trumpets
2. "Greensleeves", Ray Bryant on piano
3. "Bei Mir Bist Du Schon", Bob McGarry and Rolf Kuehn on clarinets
4. "Blues in the Night", Sylvia Simms
5. "Mop Mop", Johnny Pirella and Barry Miles (the ten year old milk drinker) on drums
6. Harry Shepherd introduced but tape ends
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OF491.19-4 |
Art Ford Jazz Party
Descriptive Summary: 945f., b&w, A "live" jazz program filmed for television.
Copyright: ca. 1950s
Corporate Creator: Westinghouse
Producer: Art Ford
Director: Don Luftig
Song Title(s):
1. "These Foolish Things" featuring George Auld
2. Johnny Guarnieri
3. "I Can't Get Started" featuring Roy Eldridge
4. "Roll 'Em-Jump for Joy", vocals by Bill Henderson
5. "Perdido" featuring everyone
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OF491.20 |
Symphony in Swing
Descriptive Summary: 498f., b&w a short
Copyright: 1949
Corporate Creator: Universal International
Producer: Will Cowan
Director: Will Cowan
Performer(s): Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, personnel: Hodges, Hamilton, Procope,
Webster, Charlie Rouse, Carney (reeds), Nance, Baker, Hemphill, Francis Williams, Al
Killian (trumpets), Ellington, Marshall, Greer (rhythm - no guitar), Delta Rhythm Boys,
Kay Davis, Edward Sisters
Song Title(s):
1. "Take the A Train"
2. "Suddenly it Jumped", danced by the Edward Sisters
3. "On a Turquoise Cloud", Kay Davis, Jimmy Hamilton, Lawrence Brown
4. "Dancers in Love", with the Finger Snappers
5. "Knock Me a Kiss", Delta Rhythm Boys
6. "Frankie and Johnny", solo by Tyree Glenn
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OF491.21-1 |
No Maps on My Taps
Descriptive Summary: 1100f., b&w, Reminiscences and dancing by Chuck Green, Sandman
Sims, and Bunny Briggs, with music by Lionel Hampton and orchestra. Filmed in part at
Small's Paradise and includes film clips and stills.
Copyright: 1979
Corporate Creator: George T. Nierenberg (GTN Productions)
Producer: George T. Nierenberg
Director: George T. Nierenberg
Performer(s): Chuck Green, Sandman Sims, Bunny Briggs
Song Title(s):
1. "Doin' the New Lowdown", vocals by Lionel Hampton, danced by Green, Sims and
Briggs
2. "Slow Poke", danced by Briggs
3. "Caravan", danced by Green
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OF491.21-2 |
No Maps on My Taps, Part II
Descriptive Summary: 1015f., b&w, A continuation of 491.21-2 includes reminiscences and
dancing by Chuck Green, Sandman Sims, and Bunny Briggs, with music by Lionel
Hampton and orchestra. Filmed in part at Small's Paradise and includes film clips and
stills.
Copyright: 1979
Corporate Creator: George T. Nierenberg (GTN Productions)
Producer: George T. Nierenberg
Director: George T. Nierenberg
Performer(s): Chuck Green, Sandman Sims, Bunny Briggs
Song Title(s):
1. "sand dance", Sims
2. "Take the A Train", Lionel Hampton and orchestra, danced by Sims, Briggs, and Green
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OF491.22 |
Count Basie
Descriptive Summary: 1220f., b&w, a composite reel created by Ernie Smith
Performer(s): Count Basie and His Orchestra
Song Title(s):
1. "Take Me Back Baby", vocals by Jimmy Rushing, Official Films
2. "Air Mail Special", Official Films, 1941
3. "Sent for You Yesterday", vocals by Jimmy Rushing from the short musical film Choo
Choo Swing, 1942
4. "One O'Clock Jump", from the film Revielle With Beverly, Columbia Pictures, 1943,
the band includes Don Byas and Buck Clayton
5. "Sunny Side of the Street", with Lester Young, Harry Edison, Marie Bryant from the
musical short, Jammin' the Blues, 1944
6. A dance number from Jammin' the Blues, 1944, danced by Marie Bryant and Archie
Savage
7. "If I Could be With You", vocals by Helen Humes
8. "You're Not the Only Girl in Town/I Don't Like You No More", vocals by Joe Williams
9. "I Left My Baby", vocals by Jimmy Rushing with an introduction by John Crosby
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OF491.23-1 |
Satchmo the Great
Descriptive Summary: 1151f., b&w, A CBS Television production about Louis Armstrong
and His All-Stars tour of several European cities which took place in 1956. The film
includes music and some informal chatter between Edward R. Murrow and Armstrong.
Narrated by Edward R. Murrow
Copyright: 1956
Corporate Creator: A CBS Television production, a United Artists release
Producer: Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly
Performer(s): Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars, personnel include: Louis Armstrong,
trumpet, Ed Hall, clarinet, Trummy Young, trombone, Velma Middleton, vocals, Billy
Kyle, piano, Arville Shaw, bass, Barrett Deems, drums
Song Title(s):
1. "Sleepy Time Down South"
2. "When the Saints Go Marching In"
3. "That's My Desire"
4. "Blueberry Hill"
5. "C'est Ci Bon"
6. "Struttin' With Some Barbeque", Claude Luter
7. "Mack the Knife"
8. "My Bucket's Got a Hole In It"
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OF491.23-2 |
Satchmo the Great - II
Descriptive Summary: 1149f., b&w, A CBS Television production about Louis Armstrong
and His All-Stars tour of the African Gold Coast which took place in 1956. The film
includes music and some informal chatter between Edward R. Murrow and Armstrong.
Copyright: 1956
Corporate Creator: A CBS Television production, a United Artists release
Producer: Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly
Performer(s): Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars, personnel include: Louis Armstrong,
trumpet, Ed Hall, clarinet, Trummy Young, trombone, Velma Middleton, vocals, Billy
Kyle, piano, Jack Lesberg, bass, Barrett Deems, drums
Song Title(s):
1. "Royal Garden Blues"
2. "Black and Blue"
3. "St. Louis Blues"
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OF491.24 |
The Sounds of Miles Davis
Descriptive Summary: 932f., b&w, Studio performances by the Miles Davis band.
Copyright: 1959
Corporate Creator: The Robert Herridge Theatre, Studio 61
Producer: Robert Herridge
Director: Jack Smight
Performer(s): Miles Davis, Ernie Royal, Jimmy Cleveland, Bill Barber, John Coltrane,
Cannonball Adderly, Wynton Kelly, piano, Paul Chambers, bass, Jimmy Cobb, drums and
others
Song Title(s):
1. "So What"
2. "The Duke"
3. "Blues for Pablo"
4. "New Rhumba"
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OF491.25-1 |
Ben Pollack and His Orchestra, with Miss Doris Robbins
Descriptive Summary: 312f., b&w
Copyright: 1934
Corporate Creator: Vitaphone (#1696)
Director: Joseph Henabery
Performer(s): Ben Pollack, Doris Robbins and unidentified others
Song Title(s):
1. "Got the Jitters", unidentified male vocalist
2. "The Beat of My Heart", vocals by Doris Robbins
3. "Sweethearts?", unidentified male/female dance couple perform a waltz number
4. "Mimi", vocals by Ben Pollack and Doris Robbins
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OF491.25-2 |
Freddie Rich and His Orchestra in 'Mirrors' with Vera Van -
Eton Boys
Descriptive Summary: 412f., b&w
Copyright: 1934
Corporate Creator: Vitaphone
Director: Roy Mack
Performer(s): Freddie Rich and His Orchestra, Vera Van, the Eton Boys, Johnny Noble,
clarinet solo by Jimmy Dorsey
Song Title(s):
1. "China Boy"
2. "I Wanna be Loved", vocals by Van
3. "Aloha, Oe", Rich and His Orchestra
4. "I Wanna Go Back to My Little Grass Shack in Hawaii", vocals by the Eton Boys
5. "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans", vocals by the Eton Boys
6. "I've Got to Go Where You Are", vocals by Van
7. Unidentified number
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OF491.26 |
St. Louis Blues
Descriptive Summary: b&w, an excerpt from the short film of the same name featuring a
brief scripted vignette
Copyright: 1929
Corporate Creator: Gramercy Studios, RKO Radio Pictures, Dudley Murphy's Jazz
Classics, Warner Brothers
Producer: W.C. Handy
Director: Dudley Murphy
Performer(s): Bessie Smith, Jimmy Mordecai, Isabel Washington, James P. Johnson and
Orchestra: Joe Smith, Russell Smith (tp); Charlie Green (tb); Buster Bailey (cl, as); Happy
Valdwell (ts); Charlie Dixon or Bernard Addison (bj & g); Harry Hall (bs); Kaiser Marshall
(dm)
Song Title(s):
1. "St. Louis Blues
2. "Rhapsody in Blue", excerpt
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OF491.27-1 |
Ellington Program I, 1933-1949
Descriptive Summary: 770f., b&w, a composite reel created by Ernie Smith
1. A UM & M Pictorial, March 1933, featuring three numbers:
a. "Stardust" & "Echoes of the Jungle", performed by Baron Lee and His Blue Rhythm
Band
b. "Sophisticated Lady" excerpt, "Creole Rhapsody" excerpt, performed by Duke
Ellington and His Orchestra. Personnel: Hardwick, Hodges, Bigard, Carney (reeds),
Whetsol, Williams, Jenkins (trumpet), Nanton, Tizol, Brown (trombones), Ellington, Guy,
Braud, Greer (rhythm)
c. Cab Calloway and His Orchestra performing an unidentified number
2. Murder at the Vanities, excerpt
Copyright: 1934
Corporate Creator: Paramount Pictures
Producer: E. Lloyd Sheldon
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Performer(s): Duke Ellington and His Orchestra and an unidentified female vocalist.
Personnel: Hardwick, Hodges, Bigard, Carney (reeds), Whetsol, Williams, Jenkins
(trumpet), Nanton, Tizol, Brown (trombones), Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer (rhythm)
Song Title(s): "Ebony Rapsody"
3. An RKO Pathe Jamboree
Copyright: 1943
Performance Date: June, 1943
Corporate Creator: UM & M TV Corp.
Producer Frederick Ullman, Jr.
Director: Jany Bonafield
Performer(s): Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Personnel: Hamilton, Hodges, Nat Jones,
Webster, Carney (reeds), Nance, Jordan, Wallace Jones, Baker, (trumpet), Nanton, Tizol,
Sandy Williams (trombones), Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer (rhythm)
Song Title(s):
a. "Mood Indigo"
b. "Sophisticated Lady", piano solo by Ellington
c. "It Don't Mean a Thing", vocals by Ray Nance and Taft Jordan, instrumental solos by
Nance and Webster
d. "Never No Lament", instrumental solos by Ellington, Hodges and Nanton
4. "Dancers in Love", from The Perfume Suite (excerpt from 491.20), Ellington, Wendall
Marshall, Greer
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OF491.27-2 |
Ellington Program II, 1949-ca. early 1970s
Descriptive Summary: 1617f., b&w, a composite reel created by Ernie Smith
1. Salute to Duke Ellington
Copyright: 1949
Performance Date: February/March 1949
Corporate Creator: Universal International
Producer: Will Cowan
Director: Will Cowan
Performer(s): Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Personnel: Hodges, Hamilton, Procope,
Sears, Webster, Carney (reeds) Nance, Hemphill, Baker, Killian, Francis Williams
(trumpets), Lawrence Brown, Tyree Glenn, Quentin Jackson (trombones), Ellington,
Marshall, Greer (rhythm - no guitar)
Song Title(s):
a. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be"
b. "Hello Little Boy, Don't You Remember Me", vocals by Chubby Kemp
c. "The History of Jazz in Three Minutes"
d. "She Wouldn't be Moved"
e. "Violet Blue", vocals by Kay Davis, solo by Hodges
f. "Take the A Train"
2. "The Mooch", early 1950s, Studio Films, Inc., personnel includes: Hamilton, Procope,
Carney (clarinet trio), Willie Smith, Gonsalves, Wendell Marshall, Louie Bellson
3. Live recording, musical numbers include:
a. "Satin Doll", personnel include: Mercer Ellington, Cat Anderson (trumpets), Rufus
Jones (drums)
b. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be", featuring Johnny Hodges
c. "Take the A Train", featuring Cat Anderson
4. 70th Birthday Party at the White House, ca. early 1970s, USIA, narrated by Willis
Conover, a party for and presentation of the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Duke
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OF491.28 |
A Bundle of Blues
Descriptive Summary: 330f., b&w, an excerpt from the short film of the same name
Copyright: 1933
Corporate Creator: Paramount Pictures, distributed by UM & M TV Corp.
Producer:
Director:
Performer(s): Duke Ellington and His Orchestra; personnell; Hardwick, Hodges, Bigard,
Carney (reeds), Whetsol, Williams, Jenkins (trumpets), Nanton, Tizol, Brown (trombones),
Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, (rhythm), vocals by Ivie Anderson, dances by Florence Hill
and Bessie Dudley
Song Title(s):
1. "Lightnin'" excerpt
2. "Rockin' in Rhythm"
3. "Stormy Weather", vocals by Anderson
4. "Bugle Call Rag"
5. Reprise of "Lightin'"
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OF491.29 |
Symphony in Black
Descriptive Summary: 345f., b&w
Copyright: 1935
Corporate Creator: Paramount Pictures, distributed by UM&M TV Corp.
Producer: Adolph Zukor
Director: Fred Waller
Performer(s): Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, personnel: aumented orchestra includng:
Hardwick, Hodges, Bigard, Carney;, Whetsol, Williams, Jenkins; Nanton, Tizol, Brown;
Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, vocals by Billie Holiday, dances featuring Snake Hips Tucker
and Bessie Dudley
Song Title(s): "Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life"
1. The Laborers - solos by Brown, Hodges
2. A Triangle: Dance, Jealousy, Blues - solos by Brown, Cootie, Barney, Nanton; Tucker
and Dudley, vocals by Billie Holliday
3. A Hymn of Sorrow - solo possibly by Cootie Williams
4. Harlem Rhythm - Merry-Go-Round, solo by Jenkins, dancing by Snake Hips Tucker
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OF491.30 |
Benny Goodman in Brussels
Descriptive Summary: 470f., b&w, Informal shots of Benny Goodman and the orchestra
during a visit to Brussels, Belgium for a concert appearance.
Performer(s): Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
Song Title(s):
1. "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise"
2. "The Monk Swings"
3. "Tuxedo Junction"
4. "Bugle Call Rag"
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OF491.31 |
Born to Swing
Descriptive Summary: 1785f., color, A series of interviews, reminiscences, tributes with
members of the Count Basie Band and related individuals including: Gene Krupa, Snub
Mosley, and Count Basie as well as others
Copyright: 1973
Corporate Creator: Silverscreen Productions, Ltd.
Producer: John Jeremy
Director: John Jeremy
Performer(s): narrated by Humphrey Lyttelton
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OF491.32 |
Check and Double Check
Descriptive Summary: 135f., b&w, An excerpt from the RKO Radio Picture of the same
name.
Copyright: 1930
Corporate Creator: RKO
Producer: William LeBaron
Director: Melville W. Brown
Performer(s): Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra, personnel: Hardwick, hodges,
Bigard, Carney; Whetsol, Williams, Jenkins; Nanton, Tizol; Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer;
Bing Crosby, Harry Barris, Al Rinker
Song Title(s):
1. "Three Little Words", vocals by Crosby, Barris and Rinker
2. "Old Man Blues", instrumental solos by Carney, Hodges, and Jenkins
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OF491.33 |
Chicago and All That Jazz
Descriptive Summary: 1565f., b&w
Copyright: 1961
Corporate Creator: NBC Television
Producer: Donald B. Hyatt
Director: James Elson
Performer(s): Red Allen, Lil Armstrong, Buster Bailey, Mae Barnes, Eddie Condon, Bud
Freeman, Johnny Guarnieri, Bob Haggart, Milt Hinton, Gene Krupa, Meade Lux Lewis,
Jimmy McPartland, Minns & James, Kid Ory, Pee Wee Russell, Blossom Seeley, Johnny
St. Cyr, Zutty Singleton, Joe Sullivan and Jack Teagarden
Song Title(s):
1. "Sensation"
2. "Jazz Me Blues"
3. "Hello Central, Give Me Dr. Jazz", vocals by Barnes
4. "In a Mist", Joe Sullivan
5. "Honky Tonk Train Blues", Meade Lux Lewis
6. "Chicago", Blossom Seeley and Lil Armstrong, with solos by Teagarden, Freeman,
McPartland, and others
7. "China Boy", Austin High Gang, McPartland, Freeman, Russell, Krupa, Condon,
Teagarden, Sullivan, Haggart
8. "A Chicago Free-For-All" including;
a. "After You've Gone" with Teagarden vocals
b. Piano solo by Armstrong
c. "Heebie Jeebies", vocal duet by Armstrong and Barnes
d. "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans", vocals by Seeley
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OF491.35 |
Ella Fitzgerald with the Duke Ellington Orchestra In Concert
Descriptive Summary: 708f., b&w
Copyright: 1966
Corporate Creator: Screen Gems
Producer: Jackie Barnett
Director: Toni Char
Performer(s): Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, personnel: Hodges,
Hamilton, Gonzalves, Mercer, Rufus Jones, strings
Song Title(s):
1. "I Can't Stop Lovin' You"
2. "Summertime"
3. "Sweet Georgia Brown"
4. "Lover Man"
5. "Mack the Knife"
6. "People"
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OF491.36
OF491.37 |
Swing!
Descriptive Summary: reel 1: 360f., reel 2: 592f., b&w, an excerpt from the film of the
same name
Copyright: 1938
Corporate Creator: Micheaux Pictures Corporation
Producer: Oscar Micheaux
Director: Oscar Micheaux
Performer(s): Leon Gross Orchestra
Song Title(s):
1. "China Boy"
2. "Bugle Call Rag"
3. "Dear Old Southland"
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OF491.38 |
Stan Kenton, "Southern Scandal"
Descriptive Summary: 710f., b&w, a compilation reel created by Ernie Smith
Copyright: 1946
Corporate Creator: Soundies
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