05 May 1944 Factual, Music 10 mins
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.
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Lester Young as Self - on Tenor Sax
George 'Red' Callender as Self - on Bass
Harry Edison as Self - on Trumpet
Marlowe Morris as Self - on Piano
Sidney Catlett as Self - on Drums
Barney Kessel as Self - on Guitar
Jo Jones as Self - on Drums
John Simmons as Self - on Bass
Illinois Jacquet as Self - on Tenor Sax
Marie Bryant as Self - Singer and Dancer
Archie Savage as Self - Dancer
Knox Manning as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Gjon Mili Director
Robert Burks Director of Photography
Gordon Hollingshead Producer
Everett Dodd Editor
Roland E. Hill Sr. Art Direction
Charles David Forrest Sound
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United States 17 April 1954
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