Jumpin’ Jive
Jumpin’ Jive The Nicholas Brothers and Cab Calloway Arguably the greatest dance routine ever captured on film The Nicholas Brothers, Fayard (1914-2006) and Harold (1921-2000) came to fame at the Cotton Club in the 1930s...
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Twelfth Year
Twelfth Year Le Quintette du Hot Club de France March 22, 1939 This recording was mae by the Quintette du Hot Club de France in Paris, France on March 22, 1939 with Stephane Grappelli, violin; Django Reinhardt, guitar; Joseph...
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Sophisticated Lady Duke Ellington Copenhagen, 1967 Duke Ellington composed “Sophisticated Lady” in 1932. Ellington based the song on memories of his Washington, D.C. grade school teachers who, in his words,...
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