Jumpin' & Jivin' - trailer

Rare performances by the legends of jazz

From the hidee-hidee-hidee-hi of Cab Calloway to the swingin' sounds of Artie Shaw, see and hear performances of timeless classics by the jazz greats of the 1940s and '50s. Culled from an archive of rare short films called the first music videos—many made for Soundie machines, the visual jukeboxes of the era—this collection allows you to experience jazz as it was performed in the nightclubs and music halls where it was born. You'll be jumpin' and jivin' to the sounds of Louis Jordan ("Honey Chile"), Fats Waller ("Ain't Misbehavin'"), "Honeysuckle Rose," "Your Feet's Too Big"), the Count Basie Orchestra ("Take Me Back Baby"), Gene Krupa ("Let Me Off Uptown"), the Delta Rhythm Boys ("Take the 'A' Train"), the Treniers ("It's Rock, It's Roll, It's Swing"), Dizzy Gillespie ("Oop Bob Sh Bam"), Lena Horne ("Unlucky Woman"), Billy Eckstein ("Rhythm in a Riff"), Duke Ellington ("Sophisticated Lady"), and many more.

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Category:

Music

Tags:

• jazz
• Cab
• Calloway
• Artie
• Shaw
• Louis
• Jordan
• Fats
• Waller
• Lena
• Horne
• Dizzy
• Gillespie
• Duke
• Ellington

[59cadcoupe]

Everyone should have this DVD in their collection! A crowd pleaser!

[Koshka42]

I caught this when it aired on A&E over 15 years ago and was so happy to see it come out on DVD this year, I bought it immediately and I'm not sorry!

[DanaBart1]

I have this vid. Fantastic. Waited for years to find it. Best Treniers gig ever!