Jammin' The Blues (1944)

Film details

Featuring

Archie Savage Lester Young Edison, Harry "Sweets"
Director

Gjon Mili
Country

USA
Year

1944
Genre

Performance
Type

Film
Category

Non Fiction

Synopsis

Jam session in which a group of musicians perform 'The midnight symphony', 'On the sunny side of the street' and 'Jammin' the blues', supported by dancer Archie Savage.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - dancer
    
    Archie Savage
  - music performance
    
    Lester Young
  - music performance
    
    Edison, Harry "Sweets"
  - music performance
    
    Red Callender
  - music performance
    
    Marlowe Morris
  - music performance
    
    Sidney Catlett
  - music performance
    
    Barney Kessel
  - music performance
    
    Joe Jones
  - music performance
    
    John Simmons
  - music performance
    
    Illinois Jacquet
  - music performance
    
    Marie Bryant
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Gjon Mili
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Vitaphone Corporation
  - Production Company
    
    Warner Bros.
  - Producer
    
    Gordon Hollingshead
  - Technical director
    
    Norman Granz
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Robert Burks
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Everett Dodd
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Roland Hill
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    Forrest, Charles David