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Jam Session
Directed byJosef Berne
Produced bySam Coslow
StarringDuke Ellington and His Orchestra
Music byDuke Ellington
Production
company
R.C.M. Productions
Distributed bySoundie Distributing Corporation
Release date
  • 1942 (1942) (United States)
Running time
3 minutes
CountryUnited States

Jam Session is a 1942 short film, directed by Josef Berne, which shows Duke Ellington and his orchestra performing "C Jam Blues".

In 2001, the United States Library of Congress deemed the 3-minute, black-and-white film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.[1][2][3]

The short 16 mm film was a Soundie,[4][5] distributed by the Soundie Distributing Corporation[6] for playback in the Panoram film jukebox. Jam Session is included on the DVD Duke Ellington: Early Tracks from the Master of Swing (2006).

The orchestra

In order of appearance:[7]

References

  1. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  2. ^ Cantor, Mark (2015-12-01). "Duke Ellington on the National Film Registry: Jam Session (1942) | Now See Hear!". blogs.loc.gov. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  3. ^ "Librarian of Congress Names 25 More Films to National Film Registry". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  4. ^ MacGillivray, Scott, 1957- (2007). The soundies book : a revised and expanded guide. Okuda, Ted, 1953-, Terenzio, Maurice, 1954-. New York: iUniverse. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-595-67969-0. OCLC 180852174.((cite book)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Terenzio, Maurice, 1954- (1991). The Soundies Distributing Corporation of America : a history and filmography of their "jukebox" musical films of the 1940s. MacGillivray, Scott, 1957-, Okuda, Ted, 1953-. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. p. 66. ISBN 0-89950-578-3. OCLC 22543173.((cite book)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Eagan, Daniel (2010-01-01). America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry. A&C Black. p. 347. ISBN 978-0-8264-2977-3.
  7. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Jam Session, retrieved 2020-02-04

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