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Jam Session (1942 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Jam Session' is a 1942 short film, directed by Josef Berne, which shows Duke Ellington and his orchestra performing "C Jam Blues".
In 2001, the United States Library of Congress deemed the 3-minute, black-and-white film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
The short 16 mm film was a Soundie, distributed by the Soundie Distributing Corporation
for playback in the Panoram film jukebox. 'Jam Session' is included on the DVD 'Duke Ellington: Early Tracks from the Master of Swing' (2006).
The orchestra
In order of appearance:Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/KESlF_upk_Y Ghostarchive] and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190802060019/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KESlF_upk_Y&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]:
* Duke Ellington
* Ray Nance
* Rex Stewart
* Ben Webster
* Joe Nanton
* Barney Bigard
* Sonny Greer
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