Swingtime Collection: Half-Past Jump Time!

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DVD Details

Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 2 hours, 19 minutes
Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
Released: August 3, 2009
Originally Released: 2009
Label: Charly

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring

Louis Jordan, Cab Calloway, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton & Gene Krupa

Entertainment Reviews:

Description by OLDIES.com:

Meticulously restored from the best available prints, these priceless and ground-breaking jazz, jive and jump performances have never looked or sounded better. Featuring Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Jordan, Cab Calloway + more!

Description:

HALF-PAST JUMP TIME! is the first volume in 'The Swingtime Collection', a new DVD series dedicated to highlights from The Swing Era. Contrary to popular belief, the history of the popular music promo video did not begin with Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' in 1975; as long ago as 1941 America's Soundie film company began making promotional music featurettes for the newly-arrived video jukebox. Compiled from those 'Soundies' and other promotional short films from the Forties, along with the rival Snader Telescriptions from the early Fifties, 'Half-Past Jump Time!' is an exhilarating collection of jump and jive classics from those halcyon years. In addition to such well-known names as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Jordan and Cab Calloway, just as importantly this collection features a host of memorable performances from several of the music's unsung heroes, some of whom were never recorded commercially for phonograph records. The Swingtime Collection will be featuring many rare and sought-after performances, not only from those lesser-known artists but will also boast alternative soundtrack versions of the big hits from the major artists, as well as numbers not available in any other form by performers big and small.

Track Listing/Features:

Vanita Smythe: Low, Short & Squatty; Back Door Man;
Skeets Tolbert & His Orchestra: Blitzkrieg Bombardier; 'Tis You Baby; Corn Pone; No, No Baby
Meade Lux Lewis: Low Down Dog; Boogie Woogie
Cab Calloway & His Cabaliers: Calloway Boogie
The Lionel Hampton Orchestra: Ding Dong Baby
Mabel Lee With Deryck Sampson'S Band: The Cat Can Dance; Baby Don'T Go Away From Me; Half Past Jump Time
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five: Fuzzy Wuzzy; Five Guys Named Moe; Old Man Mose
The Count Basie Sextet: Basie Boogie
Helen Humes With The Count Basie Sextet: I Cried For You
Red Allen & His Band: Count Me Out; Drink Hearty; House On 52nd Street
Maurice Rocco: Rocco Blues; Rhumboogie
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: V.I.P.'S Boogie
Pat Flowers: Scotch Boogie
Will Bradley & His Orchestra: Barnyard Bounce (Chicken Gumboog);
June Richmond With Roy Milton'S Band: 47th Street Jive; Ride On, Ride On; Hey Lawdy Mama
Mabel Lee And Harris & Hunt: Rhythmania; Lynn Albritton: Backstage Blues
Dallas Bartley & His Band: Sandin' Joe; Ya Fine And Healthy Thing; All Ruzzit Buzzit; Cryin' And Singin' The Blues
Dorothy Dandridge & Paul White: A Zoot Suit (For My Sunday Girl)
Dorothy Dandridge: Cow Cow Boogie
Cook & Brown: Chatter; Toot That Trumpet

Bonus Materials:

'Follow That Music' A short film from 1946 starring Gene Krupa and featuring him and his orchestra playing four numbers.
Audio CD of Highlights

Product Description:

This musical release offers a collection of highlights from the height of swing music, in the 1940's. Some of the clips are from performances, and others are from promotional films - like early music videos. Some of the tracks featured include Tis You Baby, Boogie Woogie, and many more.

Tracks:

1.Low, Short & Squatty - Vanita Smythe
2.Back Door Man - Vanita Smythe
3.Blitzkrieg Bombardier - Skeets Tolbert
4.'Tis You Baby - Skeets Tolbert
5.Corn Pone - Skeets Tolbert
6.No, No Baby - Skeets Tolbert
7.Boogie Woogie - Meade "Lux" Lewis
8.Low Down Dog - Meade "Lux" Lewis
9.Calloway Boogie - Cab Calloway
10.Ding Dong Baby - Lionel Hampton
11.Cat Can Dance, The - Deryck Sampson / Mabel Lee
12.Don't Go Away From Me - Deryck Sampson / Mabel Lee
13.Half-Past Jump Time - Deryck Sampson / Mabel Lee
14.Fuzzy Wuzzy - Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5
15.Five Guys Named Moe - Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5
16.Old Man Mose - Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5
17.Basie Boogie - Count Basie
18.I Cried For You - Count Basie / Helen Humes
19.Count Me Out - Red Allen
20.Drink Hearty - Red Allen
21.House On 52nd Street - Red Allen
22.Rocco Blues - Mauricio Rocco
23.Rhumboogie - Mauricio Rocco
24.V.I.P.'S Boogie - Duke Ellington
25.Scotch Boogie - Pat Flowers
26.Barnyard Bounce (Chicken Gumboog) - Will Bradley
27.47th Street Jive - June Richmond / Roy Milton
28.Ride On, Ride On - June Richmond / Roy Milton
29.Hey, Lawdy Mama (Meet Me In the Bottom) - June Richmond / Roy Milton
30.Rhythmania - Harris & Hunt / Mabel Lee
31.Backstage Blues - Lynn Albritton
32.Sandin' Joe - Dallas Bartley
33.Ya Fine and Healthy Thing - Dallas Bartley
34.All Ruzzit Buzzit - Dallas Bartley
35.Cryin' and Singin' the Blues - Dallas Bartley
36.Zoot Suit, A (For My Sunday Girl) - Dorothy Dandridge / Paul White
37.Cow Cow Boogie - Dorothy Dandridge
38.Chatter - Cook & Brown
39.Toot That Trumpet - Cook & Brown