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Classic Jazz Drummers: Swing & Beyond
 
Classic Jazz Drummers: Swing & Beyond

  Year: 2001
Running Time: 60 minutes
Other: HD-Z-CJ01 - HI-FI - Color & B/W
Category: Documentary
Produced by: Rob Wallis & Paul Seigel
Associate & Series Producer: Dr. Bruce Klauber
Edited by: Phil Fallo
Performances by:
Sid Catlett
Ray Bauduc
Gene Krupa
Buddy Rich
Gus Johnson
Joe Harris
Panama Francis
Lionel Hampton
Philly Joe Jones
Stan Levey
Kenny Clarke
Warren "Baby" Dodds
 
Classic Jazz Drummers: Swing and Beyond spans over five decades of music - covering the eras of Dixieland, Swing, Bop, Big Band and Hard Bop - in rarely seen film clips from live concerts, feature films and television shows. Highlights include Sid Catlett with Louis Armstrong, Ray Bauduc with Jack Teagarden, Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich with their own orchestras, Gus Johnson with the rarely-heard Count Basie small group, Joe Harris with the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, Panama Francis with Cab Calloway, Lionel Hampton's Band, never-before-seen solo footage of Philly Joe Jones, a small-group example of Stan Levey, the groundbreaking bop of Kenny Clarke and many others. Also as a bonus track: The only existing film of that influential New Orleans' pioneer, the one and only Warren "Baby" Dodds.

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