The best of jazz & blues /

Musicals shorts, originally produced to merely fill out the film program, have in many cases acquired more value than the features they once supported. Filmed at the Paramount Studios in Astoria, Queens, these twelve shorts offer unparalleled opportunities to see and hear early great jazz and blues...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Kino International Corporation, Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927)
Other Authors:	Wood, Bret, Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971, Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974, Teagarden, Jack, 1905-1964, Anderson, Ivie, Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994, Waller, Fats, 1904-1943, Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959, Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937, Washington, George Dewey, Washington, Fredi, 1903-1994, Whetsol, Arthur, Lopez, Vincent, 1894-1975, Azpiazu, Don
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Kino on Video, [2001]
Series:	Hollywood rhythm. Paramount musical shorts ; v. 1.
Subjects:	Jazz > 1931-1940. Blues (Music) > 1931-1940. Popular music > United States > 1931-1940. Musical films. Short films.

Table of Contents:

Rhapsody in black and blue / Louis Armstrong (1932)
Bundle of blues / Duke Ellington, Ivie Anderson (1933)
Hi-de-ho / Cab Calloway (1933)
Ain't misbehavin' / Fats Waller (1941)
Symphony in black / Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday (1935)
Jitterbug party / Cab Calloway (1934)
St. Louis Blues / Bessie Smith (1929)
Hoagy Carmichael / Jack Teagarden (1939)
Ol' king cotton / George Dewey Washington (1930)
Black and tan fantasy / Duke Ellington, Fredi Washington, Arthur Whetsol (1929)
Those blues / Vincent Lopez (1932)
Jazz a la Cuba / Don Aspiazu and His Famous Cuban Orchestra (1933)