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Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Jubilee: Strictly G.I. (1944)












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Jubilee is an AFRS radio program that featured African-American musicians and singers. It was broadcast to servicemen via AFRS from 1942 to 1953. Jubilee was conceived at least in part as a morale-building service for African-American troops overseas. The wartime host was Ernie "Bubbles" Whitman. Most of the shows were recorded before live audiences in Los Angeles. The series emerged as an important piece of black heritage. Its War Department status exempted the performing artists from the union-mandated recording bans of 1942-43 and 1947–48 and many of the shows contain unique performances. -wiki-

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Low, Short and Squatty (1946, Soundie)












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Soundie featuring Vanita Smythe performing "Low, Short, and Squatty" (1946).

Take Me Back, Baby (1941, Soundie)










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Count Basie and His Orchestra perform "Take Me Back, Baby" with vocals by Jimmy Rushing. Winnie Johnson is the lady playing Jimmy's girl. 

Monday, May 20, 2019

All Ruzzit Buzzit (1945, Soundie)











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  • Dallas Bartley and his Band


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Soundie featuring Dallas Bartley and his Band performing "All Ruzzit Buzzit."

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Paris Blues (1961)

















































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Despite being far from home, American jazz musicians Ram Bowen (Paul Newman) and Eddie Cook (Sidney Poitier) are content living and working in Paris. Ram knows it's the best place for him to develop his musical reputation, and Eddie is far away from the racism that once greeted him on a regular basis. But after meeting and falling in love with American tourists Lillian (Joanne Woodward) and Connie (Diahann Carroll), the pair must decide whether their artistic integrity is worth abandoning.