The Blue 4 Trio performs “It Don’t Mean A Thing” at Ryan and Jenny’s Camp Savoy 2007. Casey MacGill, ukulele. Matt Weiner, bass. Mike Daugherty, Drums. Special guest Pete Long, Clarinet.
This years camp was great and we will never forget how Norma Miller challenged us like hell in her “performance” class!! 😀
Vaudeville Act 1993
Singin’ and tappin’ and entertainin’
1936 Yeah, man!
“Max Hansen, mit Orchesterbegleitung
Polydor 21347 mx.128 br
Berlin, 1928
Foxtrot aus der Revue „Gruß und Kuß” ”
“Jammin’ the Blues is a 1944 short film in which several prominent jazz musicians got together for a rare filmed jam session. It features Lester Young, Red Callender, Harry Edison, Marlowe Morris, Sid Catlett, Barney Kessel, Joe Jones, John Simmons, Illinois Jacquet, Marie Bryant, Archie Savage and Garland Finney. For some, this is their only known appearance in a theatrical film. Barney Kessel is the only white performer in the film. He was seated in the shadows to shade his skin, and for closeups, his hands were stained with berry juice. Lindy Hop legends Archie Savage and Marie Bryant do the Lindy Hop (Jitterbug) on this footage. Directed by Gjon Mili and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry” (ziegfeldgrrl, youtube).
Not characteristically a swing song, but played with so much swing and soul… exactly what you need to see pennies from heaven in the raindrops of a stormy Summer´s day!