I hesitated between posting this here or over at MorePop, but I decided, what the heck, it’s a short film, even if it is all music. Released in 1944, it’s a jazz jam session with Lester Young, Red Callender, Harry Edison, Marlowe Morris, Sid Catlett, Barney Kessel, Jo Jones, John Simmons, Illinois Jacquet, Marie Bryant, Archie Savage and Garland Finney, and it’s things like this that remind me how much I like jazz and how I need to listen to it more. It’s also well-done as a film, interestingly shot and edited despite its limited focus. Apparently the Academy agrees with me; it was nominated for best one-reel short subject that year. But it’s the music that remains.
Found via Looker.
Love it. Some stunning playing and some gorgeous photography. I’m quite a jazz lover, but I listen mainly to 50′s/60′s era bebop/hard-bop so I don’t recognise many of these guys (and girls). I’m going to have to check them out now.
Nice find!
I didn’t recognize any of them either, to be honest – I copied the list of names from the YouTube description. But it’s some really good stuff.
And forgive the cheeky self-publicity, but on the topic of shorts, I just posted the trailer for our company’s latest short Scent if anyone fancies a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMPyN6tts_o
The full short is doing the festival rounds at the moment, so if anyone catches it let us know what you think.