Descriptive Summary: 770f., b&w, a composite reel created by Ernie Smith
1. A UM & M Pictorial, March 1933, featuring three numbers: a. "Stardust" & "Echoes of the Jungle", performed by Baron Lee and His Blue Rhythm Band b. "Sophisticated Lady" excerpt, "Creole Rhapsody" excerpt, performed by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. Personnel: Hardwick, Hodges, Bigard, Carney (reeds), Whetsol, Williams, Jenkins (trumpet), Nanton, Tizol, Brown (trombones), Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer (rhythm) c. Cab Calloway and His Orchestra performing an unidentified number
2. Murder at the Vanities, excerpt
Copyright: 1934
Corporate Creator: Paramount Pictures
Producer: E. Lloyd Sheldon
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Performer(s): Duke Ellington and His Orchestra and an unidentified female vocalist. Personnel: Hardwick, Hodges, Bigard, Carney (reeds), Whetsol, Williams, Jenkins (trumpet), Nanton, Tizol, Brown (trombones), Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer (rhythm)
Song Title(s): "Ebony Rapsody"
3. An RKO Pathe Jamboree
Copyright: 1943 Performance Date: June, 1943
Corporate Creator: UM & M TV Corp. Producer Frederick Ullman, Jr.
Director: Jany Bonafield
Performer(s): Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Personnel: Hamilton, Hodges, Nat Jones, Webster, Carney (reeds), Nance, Jordan, Wallace Jones, Baker, (trumpet), Nanton, Tizol, Sandy Williams (trombones), Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer (rhythm)
Song Title(s): a. "Mood Indigo" b. "Sophisticated Lady", piano solo by Ellington c. "It Don't Mean a Thing", vocals by Ray Nance and Taft Jordan, instrumental solos by Nance and Webster d. "Never No Lament", instrumental solos by Ellington, Hodges and Nanton
4. "Dancers in Love", from The Perfume Suite (excerpt from 491.20), Ellington, Wendall Marshall, Greer
Video reference copy
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Collection Citation:
Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.
