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Jammin' the Blues 

  Directed by Gjon Mili
  10 minutes
  1944
MOVIES
 After Seben
The Big Apple
Call Of The Jitterbug
Can't Top the Lindy H
Cootie Williams 
Cottontail
Day At The Races
Chicago &
All That Jazz 
Frankie Manning 
 Instructional Videos 
Hellzapoppin'
Hot Chocolates 
Jammin'the Blues
Jittering Jitterbugs
 Killer Diller 
Malcolm X 
Manhattan 
Merry-Go-Round
Outline Jitterbug Hist
The Policy Man
Radio City Revels 
The Spirit Moves 
Stompin' at the Savoy 
Swing Kids 
Swingin'at the Savoy 
Symphony in Black
This film of  top jazz musicians is beautiful to the ears and the eyes. The photographer Gjon Mili, who is responsible for the 1943 LIFE Magazine cover story on Lindy Hop, shot this film as though it were a series of photographs. 

There are some short scenes with beautifully executed choreographed  Lindy Hop.

 
Musicians
Lester Young 
Illinois Jacquet 
Coleman Hawkins Harry"Sweets" Edison 
Jonah "Jo" Jones 
Dancers
Marie Bryant -
     Singer and Dancer 
Archie Savage -
     (a Katherine Dunham  dancer) 
  Currently available on Jammin' with the Greats DVD 

Written and researched by Judy Pritchett with Frankie Manning (C)1995,1996,1997.May be reproduced only with explicit written permission. Last updated:2 October 2004. Send your suggestions, corrections or comments to judyp@mcn.org