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19 3:13 29, NYC., Chick Webb(d) & his Band: Edwin Swayze, Ward Pinkett (t) BennyMorton (tb) Beverley Elmer Williams, Bobby Holmes, Hilton Jefferson (reeds) DonKirkpatrick (p) Peer (bb) John Trueheart (bj) dance James Barton & Harlem LindyHoppers: Sweet Sue -1/-2/-3/ Tiger Rag20 2:15 31, very probably clip from THE EXILE, Oscar Micheaux(fdir), unknowntap duet with Donald Heywood(p) & his band: cl, sax,bj,d: Whistle and Blow Your BluesAway / Mandy / (Don Heywood´s band acc. Butterbeans & Susie at the Apollo Theatre theweek starting at 31/12/31)21 8:42 32, SMASH YOUR BAGGAGE, Elmer Snowden Band (as Small’s ParadiseEntertainers): Leonard Davis, Roy Eldridge, Red Harlan(t) Dicky Wells, George Washington(tb)Otto Hardwick, Al Sears, Wayman Carver(reeds) Don Kirkpatrick(p) ElmerSnowden(bj) Dick Fulbright(b) Sid Catlett (d) Mabel Scott(v) Rubberlegs Williams(dance):intro-credit-Black Marie / Bugle Call Rag(SR12) / Tiger rag part-1 &-2 (SR18) / Stop thesun, stop the moon / Concentratin' On You-King Porter stomp / Plantation capers /22 2:43 33, Johnny Dunn(t) & THE CHOCOLATE KIDDIES, unknown line-up:unident.item23 10:39 32, PIE, PIE, BLACKBIRD; Eubie Blake & his Band: Alfred Brown,Clarence Bre-reton Frank Belt, (t) Calvin Jones(tb) Harold Scott, Ralph Brown(as)James(Bob)Robinson (ts,cl) Eubie Blake, George Rickson(p) Leroy Vanderveer(bj) FredPeters(b) Freddie Moore(d) Nina Mae Mc Kinney(v) Nicholas Brothers(taps): BlackMaria; Blackbird pie; Everything I’ve got belongs to you -Nina Mae McKinney;Memories of you; You rascal you; China boy;24 10:58 32, THAT’S THE SPIRIT; Noble Sissle Band: Wendell Culley, ClarenceBrereton(t) Wilbur De Paris(tb) Buster Bailey(cl) Edward"Jelly"Coles(bb) TheWashboard Serenaders (WBS), Cora La Redd, Miller & Moreland: intro tune / scetch/ (1) St. Louis blues –vJackCarter / Stomp –WBS / Jig time –vCLR / Tiger rag –WS //(1) in this arrangement incorporates strains from Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen -and;closes with: Rhapsody in Blue /25 9:41 33, BARBER SHOP BLUES, Claude Hopkins & his Orchestra: Albert Snaer,Sylvester Lewis, Ovie Alston(t) Fernando Arbello, Fred Norman(tb) Gene Johnson,Edmond Hall, Bobby Sands (reeds) Claude Hopkins(p) Walter‘Joe’Jones(g) HenryTurner(b,bb) Pete Jacobs(d) Orlando Robinson(v) The Four Step Brothers: Trees; St.Louis blues; Nagasaki; Loveless love;26 10:22 35, BY REQUEST , Claude Hopkins & his Orchestra: Albert Snaer,Sylvester Lewis, Ovie Alston(t) Henry Wells, Fred Norman(tb) Gene Johnson, EdmondHall, Hilton Jefferson, Bobby Sands(reeds) Claude Hopkins(p) Walter Jones(g) HenryTurner(b) Pete Jacobs(d) Orlando Roberson(v) dancers Tip, Tap and Toe: I would doanything for you; 1:50 Chasing my blues away; 1:33 California, here I come; To call youmy own; 2:02 Medley Of Rhythm incl. Shine & A Quarter To Nine -dance Tip Tap Toe(SR17) 1:57 Chinatown, my Chinatown; (on Neuert)27 1:46 33, Astoria, L.I., "EMPEROR JONES", members of Fletcher Henderson´sOrch.; Red Allen(t), + members of a studio band of James P.Johnson;H.Nicholas(dance); J:Hammond reported the presence of Henderson´s orch.,confirmed by Red Allen, who regretted the missing influence of Henderson & theband on directives , posing and music: credit + unident.tunes incl. Casa Loma Stompbehind dial (complete film DVD-03, 12:42 excerpt on DVD-42)28 2:59 34mid (other sources say 33), USA, Harlem After Midnight (c) 3/12/35 dirOscar Micheaux ; Lorenzo Tucker, Dorothy Van Engle, Bee Freeman, Alfred ”Slick” Chester,Rex Ingram, Lawrence Chenault, A.B. Comathiere, Count LeShine; Ralph Brown (tapdance)Lionel Monagas, Clarence Brooks, Charles ”Chas” Turner(b,ld) & His Royal Arcadians:Jack Butler(t) prob. Fred Robinson (tb) Emmett Matthews (co-ld,frontman) GarvinBushell (as to the left) bottom right prob. Al Washington (cl) prob. Hank Duncan(p)possibly nicknamed "Abe Lincoln"(g) poss. Slick Jones (d): I got rhythm -unknownfemale (v+dance) above line-up by Mark Cantor; (according Kl.Stratemann: not available:Dinah / Sweet Georgia Brown ) on Harddisc at the beginning 0:41 dialogue is in cluded fortotal 3:41)29 15:52 excerpt from 21:16 33 RUFUS JONES FOR PRESIDENT, Ethel Waters,Sammy Davis Jr., Hamtree Harrington, Dusty Fletcher, Edgar Connor, The WillVodery Girls, Russell Wooding’s Jubilee Singers. Lullaby (Stay on your side of thefence); All Gods Children; Rufus Jones for president-1; You rascal you; Rufus Jones-2; Take an oath; Oh, the great day’s come; Am I blue?; Underneath the Harlem moon;Puttin’ it on; leave out (complete on DVD-44a)===============================================================DVD-40 blackbands & singers part-2: 1929-194301 2:44 from 5:46 29/12/21 NYC., , JACK JOHNSON'S JAN BAND, Cliff Bryant (t)Odell Williams, Bobby Sands, Harold Blanchard (reeds) Charlie Dixon(bj) HerbieCowens (d) "Tiger Rag" takes-3 &-4 (takes -1 & -2 G on other DVD-39)02 4:06 33, PARAMOUNT PICTORIAL No 837 THE WORLD AT LARGE;Irving Mills(narr) Mills Blue Rhythm Band:- WardellJones, Shelton Hemphill, EdAnderson, EddieMallory(t) George Washington, HenryHicks (tb) Crawford Wethington,Gene Mikell,Joe Garland (reeds) Edgar Hayes (p) BennyJames (g) Hayes Alvis (b)O’Neil Spencer (d) Baron Lee(md) / Stardust / Ridin’ in rhythm / Duke Ellington(p) &his Orch.: Arthur Whetsol, Cootie Williams, Freddie Jenkins(t) Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol,Lawrence Brown(tb) Barney Bigard, Otto Hardwick, JohnnyHodges, Harry Carney(reeds) Fred Guy (bj) Wellman Braud (b) Sonny Greer(perc): Sophisticated lady / Creolerhapsody / Call of the jitterbug / Cab Calloway(v) & his Orch.: LammarWright, DocCheatham, Edwin Swayze (t) DePriest Wheeler, Harry White (tb) EddieBarefield,Andrew Brown, Arville Harris, Walter Thomas (reeds) Bennie Payne (p) MorrisWhite(g) Al Morgan (b) Leroy Maxey (d):Minnie the moocher / The scat song /.03 26:01 33 SCANDAL; (SCANDALS OF 1933| GIG AND SADDLE), Lincoln Pict.orp.,released Apr.33, Jack Goldberg (fdir) Irving Yates(prod); Lucky Millinder &his Orch.prob. led by “Doc” Crawford, Gallie DeGaston; George Williams, GertrudeShort, Jackie Young, Lionel Monagas plus “Three Big Bands and Twelve Harlem Steppers”;Johnny Vigal, Jacquel Godfrey: 0:19 intro announce-ment LM / Putney Dandridge(p,v) & unknown girl ?Miss Carningham?(v): 2:17 scetch & unident. scat number /Putney Dandridge (v,cond) & band: 1: 18 It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got thatswing / same to dancers: 1:11 ?Dinah? / same: 0:46 slow unident. tune / L.Millinder(v,cond., dance) & Clara Townsend(/Thompson) (v,dance) for P.D.& unknown girlnow white dressed orch. on other stage at Star Theatre, Richmond show “HappyGo Lucky”: announced by Billy Higgins & Joe Byrd: 1:32 speech / 2:27 unident tune tostage dancers (good trumpet work) onto leave out encore / 0:19 intermission scetch /with stage girls: 2:23 unident tune –vCT / 0:38 intermission scetch by Higgins & Byrd &L.M. / 1:05 I ain’t got nobody –vB.Higgins acc.by band / 0:10 intermission / 0:18unident. short dance number –CT&LM / 2:10 scetch by Higgins & Byrd / 0:56 slowunident number (??Please??) to stage girls / onto: 2:01 quicker unident number / onto0:38 ´vocal scat number by L.M&band members / .1:39 scetch w. LM &CT / 0:34 Itdon’t mean a thing -v&step-solo by LM / 0:55 intermission CT called for N.Y.C. / Itdon’t mean a thing –vCT / 1:25 leave out scenes without music / (Stratemann lists alsofollowing numbers: Dinah / Please / Nagasaki / (members of Millinder´s Cotton Clubband Chicago in Oct.31: George Thigpen, Raymond Valentine, Leon Scott (t) WillBradley Bullet(tb) Irby Gage, Wilson Underwood, George”Scoops”Carry (reeds) HenryGordon (p) Ed Carry (bj,g) Bill Winston (d) without (bassist); the band of “Doc”Crawford is unknown; an unknown bassist is to be seen /04 10:13 33, MillsBlueRhythmBand “Rent Party”, Shelton Hemphill, Wardell Jones,Ed Ander-son (t) George Washington, Henry Hicks(tb) Crawford Wethington, GeneMikell, Joe Garland (reeds) Edgar Hayes(p) Benny Jame(g) Hayes Alvis(b) O´NeilSpencer(d) Sally Gooding, Fredie Washing-ton (v): Underneath The Harlem Blues /Iwould Do Anything For You / There Goes My Headache / Tony´s Wife / The PeanutVendor / Love Is The Thing / Blue Rhythm (t24)05 8:45 32, cartoon Fleischer Screen Song: Boswell Sisters(v,p): Sleepy Time Down South /06 7:16 32, cartoon Fleischer Screen Song: Mills Brothers : Dinah07 10:05 34, DON REDMAN & HIS ORCHESTRA: Langston Curl, Sidney De Paris,Shirley Clay(t) Gene Simon, Benny Morton, Quentin Jackson(tb) Edward Inge, RupertCole, Bob Carrol (reeds) Don Kirkpatrick(p) Talcott Reeves(g) Bob Ysaguirre(b)Manzie Johnson(d) Don Redman (v) Harlan Lattimore(v) Red & Struggie(taps): Yeah,man / I´ll wind / Nagasaki / Why Should I Be Tall Man,08 6:57 33, Betty Boop Cartoon "I Heard"; Dave Fleischer(fdir), Don Redman &hisOrch. line-up as above, played at Betty Boop´s Saloon; Chant of the weed / IHeard / A gal named Betty Boop / How’m I doin’, hey, hey / (youtube: This is predecencycode of 1934, censorship at it's finest. This is great. The (not your gardenvariety either) ;-). Redman later became Pearl Bailey's musical director. He was calledthe "Little Giant" of the Big Band. He could make a 9 piece band sound like 18. How?Redman wrote his arrangements in Keys like Db (5 flats),C# (6 sharps), B (5 sharps)because of the overtone series in those keys which made ensembles "sound" bigger.09 7:45 32,/3/2, (c)-date; Betty Boop – “Minnie the Moocher”, Dave Fleischer (s dir),Art Turkisher (music-dir.,cond) Cab Calloway (v) & his Orch.: Edwin Swayzee,Lammar Wright, Reuben Reeves (t) DePriest Wheeler (tb) Arville Harris, AndrewBrown, Walter Thomas (reeds) Bennie Payne (p) Morris White (bj,g) Jimmy Smith (b)Leroy Maxey (d) Betty Boop, Bimbo: St. James Infirmary / Minnie the moocher / Tigerrag / I know what I’ll do / Mean to me /10 7:35 36, THE OLD MILL POND ; Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising (sdir) cartoon, TheFour Blackbirds (v), several caricatures w.scenes of Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway,L.Armstrong, Fats Waller, Mills Brothers, /11 7:55 37, cartoon, SWING WEDDING/MINNIE THE MOOCHER’S WEDDINGDAY, Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising (sdir); Scott Bradley(comp); The Four Blackbirds(v): Mississippi mud / Minnie the moocher’swedding day / Sweethearts on parade /Runnin’ wild! / with: Caricatures (as frogs) of Cab Calloway,Bill Robinson, Fats Waller,Louis Armstrong.12 6:33 43, puppetoon, Walter Lantz; unknown big band: Boogie Woogie Man (40s:cartoon-Scrub Me Mama-DVD-65)13 4:21(from 7:37) 30- Betty Boop(Bimbo) - Barnacle Bill The Sailor. This is anearly Fleischer cartoon from 1930 starring Bimbo and featuring the character who wouldsoon become Betty Boop; (compare it with H.Carmichael & His Orch.: Barnacle Bill,The Sailor.14 2:04 35, Coleman Hawkins(ts,speech) & unkown white(p): I Wish I Were Twins (onDVD-54a)15 5:55 clips without music behind dial; 35, MURDER IN HARLEM / LEMHAWKINS’ CONFESSION / BRAND OF CAIN ; (Meeker): ClarenceWilliams Orch.:Cecil Scott (cl,ts) unknown (ts) Jimmy Mc Linn(g) Lion Smith & Hank Duncan (p)Eunice Wilson (v,d): Harlem Rhythm Dance / Ants In My Pants / (longer clip 13:19 onHarddisc)16 02:06 fragments without music behind dial from 15:32 39, MOON OVER HARLEM,Sidney Bechet(cl) & his Trio(1) & Christopher Columbus & his Swing Crew(2):Blues Request (1) / Save Some Of Your Kisses To Me(2) (look on the other DVD-30scomplete films)17 10:15 36; JIMMIE LUNCEFORD & HIS DANCE ORCHESTRA: Eddie Thomkins,Paul Webster, Sy Oliver(t) Elmer Crumbly, Russell Bowles, Eddie Durham(tb)Willie Smith, Laforet Dent, Joe Thomas, Earl Carruthers, Dan Grissom(saxes) EdWilcox(p) Al Norris(g) Moses Allen (b) Jimmie Crawford(d) the Three Brown Jacks,Myra Johnson: theme-Westside Blues / Rhythm coming to life again / Rhythm is ourbusiness / You can’t pull the wool over my eyes / Moonlight on the Ganges / Nagasaki /18 1:47 41, "Blues In The Night" Jimmy Lunceford & his Band: Snooky Young, GeraldWilson, Paul Webster(t) Elmer Crumbley, Russel Bowles, TrummyYoung (tb) WillieSmith, Earl Carru-thers, Teddy Buckner, Dan Grissom, John Thomas (reeds) EddieWilcox (p) Al Norris (g) Moses Allen (b) Jimmy Crawford (d): Hang on toyour lids,kids / (Blues in the night / This time thedream’s on me / Says who? says you says I / Igot rhythm /), Snooky Young(t)& Stan Wrights-man(p) ghost for actors Jack Carson,Richard Whorf; SantoPecora (tb).19 10:59 35, AN ALL-COLORED VAUDEVILLE SHOW , Adelaide Hall(v)Nicholas Bro-thers (dance) The 3 Whippets; The 5 Racketeers with Eunice Wilson:Nagasaki; Puttin’ it on; To have you to hold it; Idon’t know why; Tiger rag; (one clipfrom above with Nicholas Bros brought in Cotton Club At Ritz; another clip in very poorquality -46, DIXIELAND JAMBOREE)20 14:29 excerpt from 20:59, 36 , “Black Network”, 25min.; Harlem big band: intro /Bill ”Basement” Brown(v): 0:46 Am I Dreaming / Washboard Serenaders 1:37 DarkEyes / 2:08 unident. / Babe Wallace: 2:29 uniten.tune / Nina Mae McKinney: 2:11Something Must Be Wrong With Me / Nicholas Bros.: 2:16 Lucky Number / male-v:1:25 Walking With Sugar On Sugar Hill /21 3:18 37, CALLING ALL STARS; unknown orch. w.Nicholas Brothers (v&dance)Zah zu zah / (not included: St. Louis blues -hcaLarry Adler; Nightfall -vElizabeth Welch;The rhythm’s OK in Harlem -dancersBuck and Bubbles; Ambrose & his Orchestra, SamBrowne, Max Bacon; Carroll Gibbons & his Savoy Hotel Orchestra: Organ grinder’s swing;Body and soul; The peanut vendor –vEvelyn Dall; Stardust; These foolish things -vTurnerLayton;)