Jammin' the Blues

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.

Release Date: 1944-05-05

DocumentaryMusic
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Casts

Harry Edison

Self - on Trumpet

Jo Jones

Self - on Drums

Illinois Jacquet

Self - on Tenor Sax

Archie Savage

Self - Dancer

Knox Manning

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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