At the Jazz Band Ball DVD

"At the Jazz Band Ball" is a delightful compilation of the greatest hot music, song and dance captured at the height of the jazz age and in the early days of sound film. The video includes performances by jazz greats such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith and the Dorsey Brothers. There are outstanding tap and jazz dance productions with Ellington's numbers, as well as theoriginal staircase dance of Bill Bojangles Robinson. This video is a treat!

Of particular interest to Lindy Hoppers is the only known film footage of"Shorty George" Snowden, who was the first great Lindy Hopper of the Savoy Ballroom and is the one who gave the dance its name, inspired by aviator Lindbergh's "hop" across the Atlantic. The film short called "After Seben" shows Snowden and his partner and two other couples from the Savoy Ballroom in the late 1920's.

1.DORSEY BROTHERS BAND (1829) Get Out and Get Under the Moon

2. DUKE ELLINGTON and his Orchestra (1930) Old Man Blues featuring Tap Dance

3. BOSWELL SISTERS (1931) Heebie Jeebies

4. SHORTY GEORGE SNOWDEN Dance contest with James Barton, the Harlem Lindy Hoppers, and Chick Webb's band (1929)Sweet sue / Tiger Rag

5. LOUIS ARMSTRONG and his Orchestra (1933) I Cover the Waterfront / Dinah / Tiger Rag

6. PAUL WHITEMAN and his Orchestra with BIX BEIDERBECKE (1928) My Ohio Home (2 Transfers: 1st normal; 2nd with close ups)

7. BILL ROBINSON in his famous step dance (1932) Swanee River

8. DUKE ELLINGTON and his Orchestra with Fredi Washington and Tap Dancers (1929) Medley: The Duke Steps Out, Black Beauty, Cotton Club Stomp

9. CHARLIE WELLMAN (1930) Chinatown, My Chinatown/ High Society

11. BESSIE SMITH (1929) St. Louis Blues

12. TESSIE MAIZE and her Darktown Strutters (1930) Someday Sweethart

13. TOMMY CHRISTIAN and his Orchestra (1928) Who Is It? Who? / Tommy Christian Stomp

14. Unknown tap duet with band (1931) Whistle and Blow your Blues Away / Mandy

15. BEN BERNIE and his Orchestra (1925) Sweet Georgia Brown

16. RUBY DARBY (1930) Tell the World He's Mine

This DVD is in NTSC format. It is not coded for any particular country.