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Jammin' the Blues (1944)

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.

Documentary Music

Jammin' the Blues

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as Self - on Tenor Sax

George 'Red' Callender

George 'Red' Callender

as Self - on Bass

as Self - on Trumpet

as Self - on Piano

as Self - on Drums

as Self - on Guitar

as Self - on Drums

as Self - on Bass

Illinois Jacquet

Illinois Jacquet

as Self - on Tenor Sax

as Self - Singer and Dancer

as Self - Dancer

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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Director of Photography

Gordon Hollingshead

Gordon Hollingshead

Roland E. Hill Sr.

Roland E. Hill Sr.

Charles David Forrest

Charles David Forrest

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