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,
Video reference copy
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Collection Citation:
Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
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.
