Jammin' the Blues

10m

Documentary Music

6.9

In this short film, prominent jazz musicians of the 1940s gather for a rare filming of a jam session. This highly stylized chronicle features tenor sax legend Lester Young.

Cast

Lester Young

Self - on Tenor Sax

George 'Red' Callender

Self - on Bass

Harry Edison

Self - on Trumpet

Marlowe Morris

Self - on Piano

Sidney Catlett

Self - on Drums

Barney Kessel

Self - on Guitar

Jo Jones

Self - on Drums

John Simmons

Self - on Bass

Illinois Jacquet

Self - on Tenor Sax

Marie Bryant

Self - Singer and Dancer

Archie Savage

Self - Dancer

Garland Finney

Self (uncredited)

Knox Manning

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

Gjon Mili

Director

Everett Dodd

Editor

Robert Burks

Director of Photography

Gordon Hollingshead

Producer

Charles David Forrest

Sound

Roland E. Hill Sr.

Art Direction