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More Jazz And Big Band Classics review by from London

A valuable foot-tapping archive of Big Band in its heyday 25 January 2006
...s, some of which will be familiar to many people. My favourites were numbers by Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington and Count Basie - especially Cab Calloway's 'Minnie The Moocher... Read customer review

Stormy Weather review by A customer from London

Historically significant, dazzling dancing displays 18 January 2006
...biopic of Bill Robinson, Mr Bojangles, with an amazing all black cast including Cab Calloway, Fats Waller and the Nicholas Brothers. The Nicholas Brothers have been cit... Read customer review

The Big Bands Vol. 2 - The Soundies on DVD (2007)
Starring: Cab Calloway, Charlie Spivak & Orchestra, Jimmy Dorsey
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Features a collection of performances from Big Bands in the 1940s. Includes Jimmy Dorsey, Gene Krupa, Victor Young, and Al Donahue.

64% from 5 members

American Pop Treasures - Classic Songs F... on DVD (2007)
Starring: Cab Calloway, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller
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Features clips of some of America's finest music moments from the 1920s through to the 1960s. Tracklist includes: Cab Calloway - 'Virginia, Georgia And Caroline', Frank Sinatra - 'There Will Be A Hot Time' and Glenn Miller Modernaires - 'Coffee Shop Rhythm'. Features seventeen tracks in total.

42% from 23 members

The Boys Are Back In Town on DVD (2005)
Starring: Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Artie Shaw
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Features thirty classics from the men of jazz. Includes performances by Cab Calloway, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Artie Shaw, and more.

43% from 21 members

More Jazz And Big Band Classics on DVD (2005)
Starring: Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Dizzy Gillespie
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Features twenty seven tracks from the golden era of Jazz. Includes performances by Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Dizzy Gillespie, and more.

55% from 23 members

Jazz Legends - The Golden Age Of Jazz on DVD (2004)
Starring: Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, The Mills Brothers
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The tracklist features Cab Calloway - 'Smokey Joe', Duke Ellington - 'Stormy Weather', Louis Armstrong - 'That's Why They Call Me Shine', The Mills Brothers - 'I Ain't Got Nobody', The Dorsey Brothers - 'John Silver' and many more.

48% from 58 members

Cab Calloway - the Swing Era (2003)
Starring: Cab Calloway
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One of the great showmen of the past century and a flamboyant, enthusiastic personality, Cabell 'Cab' Calloway was a superior jazz singer: his vast range from a booming bass to a shrieking falsetto has not been surpassed by any other male jazz vocalist. The irrepressible Calloway first made it big ..read more »

30% from 2 members
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Hi-De-Ho on DVD (1947)
Starring: Dusty Fletcher, Jeni Le Gon, The Peters Sisters
Director: Josh Binney
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The legendary Cab Calloway stars in this musical about a band leader caught between two women and under pressure to take his band to a gangster-run establishment.

56% from 11 members

Stormy Weather on DVD (1943)
Starring: Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway
Director: Andrew L. Stone
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Built around the premise of a Big Stage Show, Stormy Weather affords rare mainstream leading roles to some of the era's greatest African-American entertainers Lena Horne, Bill Bojangles Robinson, Dooley Wilson, Cab Calloway, Katherine Dunham, Fats Waller, and the Nicholas Brothers. The thinnish ..read more »

67% from 202 members

Lullaby Of Harlem on DVD
Starring: Count Basie, Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington
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This vintage compilation features 60 minutes of classic footage as it takes you on a mythic night out on the town, with stops at the Cotton Club, the Apollo Theatre and the Savoy Ballroom in New York. It features performances by Count Basie, Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Billie ..read more »

61% from 30 members

Jumpin' and Jiving on DVD
Starring: Cab Calloway, Louis Jordan, Fats Waller
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A Collection of 27 short films from 1940's and 1950's offering a rare oppertunity to see as well as hear legendary performances as jazz greats perform their greatest hits.

60% from 22 members

Half Past Jump Time on DVD
Starring: Vanita Smythe, Cab Calloway, Louis Jordan
Director: William Forest Crouch
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Watch now: £2.49
Featuring classic performances from the stars of The Swing Era, this DVD comprises the first volume of the new 'Swingtime Collection'.

41% from 9 members

Rhapsody in Black on DVD
Starring: Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald
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A collection of rare remastered recordings and film clips from the 1950s and 60s from Canada's CBC who were welcoming black musicians who were facing racism at home. Includes performances of classic songs from the likes of Ella Fitzgerald ("Oh Lady Be Good"), Duke Ellington ("Sophisticated Lady") ..read more »

59% from 48 members

That Old Black Magic on DVD
Starring: Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald
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The tracklist features Duke Ellington - 'I'm Beginning To See The Light', Cab Calloway - 'Minnie The Moocher', Ella Fitzgerald - 'Imagination', Billy Eckstine - 'September Song', Sarah Vaughan - 'Misty' and many more.

56% from 40 members

Duke Ellington - 8 times - show films
Count Basie - 7 times - show films
Louis Jordan - 3 times - show films
Louis Armstrong - 3 times - show films
Billy Eckstine - 2 times - show films

none - 3 times - show films
Josh Binney - 2 times - show films
William Forest Crouch - 2 times - show films
Andrew L. Stone - 1 times - show films