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Geechy Joe

Geechy Joe Cab Calloway The Cotton Club Cab Calloway was an immensely popular singer and bandleader who got his big break where he took over the leadership of a brilliant, but failing band called “The Missourians” in...

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Twice As Nice As Paradise

Twice As Nice As Paradise Pee Wee Russell & Friends After Hours at Eddie Condon’s Filmed in New York City on December 17th 1963 at Eddie Condon’s jazz club for a TV broadcast featuring Wild Bill Davison cornet,...

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The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties Jeff Clayton & Dr. Ray Briggs 30sJazz Overview Saxophonist, Jeff Clayton is joined by special guest Dr. Ray Briggs from the California State University Long Beach music department for a summarized...

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Jumpin’ Jive

Jumpin’ Jive Cab Calloway and his Orchesta featuring the Nicholas Brothers 1943 Click here if you have a memory of this artist that you’d like to share This clip from the 1943 film “Stormy Weather”...

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Jumpin’ at the Woodside

Jumpin’ at the Woodside Count Basie Orchestra 1965 footage In another scene from Bruce Ricker’s 1979 jazz documentary “The Last of the Blue Devils” tenor saxophonists Eric Dixon and Jimmy Forrest tear it...

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