Jammin' the Blues

10m

Documentary Music

6.9

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.

Cast

Self - on Tenor Sax

George 'Red' Callender

Self - on Trumpet

Self - on Piano

Self - on Drums

Self - on Guitar

Self - on Drums

Illinois Jacquet

Self - on Tenor Sax

Self - Singer and Dancer

Self (uncredited)

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

Director of Photography

Gordon Hollingshead

Charles David Forrest

Roland E. Hill Sr.