Classic Jazz Drummers: Swing Era and Beyond
- Media type
- Film
Classic Jazz Drummers: Swing Era and Beyond · Classic Jazz Drummers: Swing Era and Beyond · MOVIE
2002
About this title
This collection of vintage performance clips captures 20 of the greatest jazz drumming talents to ever hit the stage, spanning a range of styles from bop to hard bop, big band to Dixieland and swing. Highlights include footage of Sid Catlett performing with Louis Armstrong, Gus Johnson in a Count Basie small-group session, Panama Francis with Cab Calloway and Joe Harris drumming with the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra.