DVDS
select list chosen by Christopher Popa
NOTE: Unfortunately, there is some duplication of contents among titles from different companies. Also, I have not included CDs which have, as a "bonus," a DVD (such as the BMG "Centennial Collection" series). Those titles would more appropriately be listed under CDs.
RAY ANTHONY
"Best of the Ray Anthony Show, The" Movies Unlimited
"Club Anthony," Aerospace AERO1004
"Daddy Long Legs," 20th Century Fox Marquee Musicals
"Dream Dancing: Featuring the Mellow Music of Ray Anthony and His Orchestra,"
TMG 17920, Oct. 2007 [ DVD has "extensive interviews and vintage footage"; with 3 CDs of Capitol recordings ]
"Story of the Big Band Era," Aerospace AERO1001
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
"Cabin in the Sky," Warner Home Video 67678, 2006 [ also with Ellington ]
"Live At Stockholm," Impro-Jazz IJ 521, 2007
"Louis Armstrong and Friends 1962," Idem 1141
"Pennies From Heaven" (1936), Columbia Tristar Home Video, 2003
"Portrait Collection, The," Hip-O 1036509, Jan. 2008
"Satchmo: Louis Armstrong," CMV Legacy CVD 49024, 2000
DESI ARNAZ
"CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years," Image Entertainment, 2001
"'I Love Lucy': The Complete First Season On DVD," Paramount Home Video, 2004
[ 7 discs ]
"'I Love Lucy': The Complete Second Season On DVD," Paramount Home Video, 2004
[ 5 discs ]
"'I Love Lucy': The Complete Third Season On DVD," Paramount Home Video, 2005
[ 5 discs ]
"'I Love Lucy': The Complete Fourth Season On DVD," Paramount Home Video, 2005
[ 5 discs ]
"I Love Lucy': The Complete Fifth Season On DVD," Paramount Home Video, 2005
[ 4 discs ]
"'I Love Lucy': The Complete Sixth Season On DVD," Paramount Home Video, 2006
[ 4 discs ]
"Lucy & Desi Collection, The: 'Too Many Girls' (1940) / 'The Long, Long Trailer'
(1954) / 'Forever, Darling' (1955)," Warner Home Video [ 3 discs; latter two titles available seperately ]
"Lucy Mania: Lucy and Desi Visit Ed Sullivan (1956)," Goodtimes
GEORGIE AULD
"New York, New York," MGM
COUNT BASIE
"Count Basie At Carnegie Hall," Kultur D2810
"Count Basie: Swinging At His Best," Passport 1603, 2005
"Jerry Lewis As Cinderfella," Paramount Home Video
"The Last of the Blue Devils," Kino Video K168, 2001 [ also with Jay McShann ]
"Norman Granz' Jazz in Montreux: Count Bsie Big Band '77," Eagle Eye Media
EE 39062-9, 2006
"Norman Granz' Jazz in Montreux: Count Basie Jam '75," Eagle Eye Media EE 39055-9,
2004
"Norman Granz' Jazz in Montreux: Ella & Basie '79," Eagle Eye Media EE 39057-9
The Count Basie Orchestra. "Diane Schuur & The Count Basie Orchestra,"
Image Entertainment, 2004
Billie Holiday. "The Life and Artistry of Lady Day," Idem 1115
Joe Williams. "Jazz Masters Series" Joe Williams," Shanachie 6325
---. "Joe Williams: A Song Is Born," View 2333
LOUIS BELLSON
"Louis Bellson and His Big Band," View, 2003
LES BROWN
"Jerry Lewis As The Nutty Professor," Warner Home Video, 2000
HENRY BUSSE
"Henry Busse and His Orchestra" film short included as "special feature" with 1940 Edward
G. Robinson film "Brother Orchid" (available separately or as part of the set "Warner
Brothers Pictures Gangsters Collection Vol. 3"), Warner Home Video, Mar. 2008
CAB CALLOWAY
"Blues Brothers, The: Collector's Edition," Universal Studios, 2003
"Cab Calloway: Swinging At His Best," Passport 1605, 2005
"Hi-De-Ho" film short included as "special feature" with 1937 Humphrey Bogart film "Black
Legion" (available separately or as part of the set "Warner Brothers Pictures Gangsters
Collection Vol. 3"), Warner Home Video, Mar. 2008
"Hi-De-Ho" [ feature film ], Storyville 16053, 2004
"Littlest Angel, The" (1969), Westlake Entertainment Group, 2004
"Swing Era: Cab Calloway: Hi-De-Ho and Other Movies," Idem 1119
see also WALLER, FATS
BENNY CARTER
"Benny Carter '77," Eagle Eye Media, 2004
"Jazz Masters Series: Benny Carter," Shanachie 6319, 2005
"Symphony in Riffs," Rhapsody Films, Oct. 2007
BOB CROSBY
"Presenting Lily Mars," Warner Home Video, 2006 [ also with T. Dorsey ]
XAVIER CUGAT
"Bathing Beauty," included as part of the set "TCM Spotlight: Esther Williams, Volume1,"
Warner Home Video, Jul. 2007 [ also with James ]
"You Were Never Lovelier," Columbia Tristar Home Video, 2004
JIMMY DORSEY
"Lost in a Harem," Warner Home Video, 2006
see also DORSEY, TOMMY
TOMMY DORSEY
"Du Barry Was a Lady," Warner Home Video 79631, June 2007
"Fabulous Dorseys, The" Critics' Choice Video [ also incl. a "Stage Show" telecast ]
"Girl Crazy" film included in "Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland Collection," Warner Home
Video, Sept. 2007
see also CROSBY, BOB
see also VARIOUS ARTISTS
EDDY DUCHIN
"Eddy Duchin Story, The" Columbia Pictures 07867, 2002
BILLY ECKSTINE
"Billy Eckstine Sings... Dizzy Gillespie Swings," Koch Entertainment, 2004
"Jojo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)," Columbia Tristar, 2004
"Let's Do It Again (1975)," Warner Home Video, 2004
DUKE ELLINGTON
"Belle of the Nineties (1934)," Image Entertainment, 2000
"Berlin Concert 1964," Impro-Jazz IJ 510, 2006
"Berlin Concert 1969," Impro-Jazz IJ 509, 2006
"Check and Double Check," WEA Corp, 2002 / Alpha Video ALP5232D, 2006
"Duke Ellington: In Hollywood," Idem 1129
"Duke Ellington-Live At the Tivoli Gardens," Image Entertainment, 2003
"Duke Ellington: Live in '58," Jazz Icons, Sept. 2007 [ recorded in Holland ]
"Duke Ellington: Rare Video Footage," Legacy Entertainment LEG5004D, 2005
"Duke Ellington: Swinging At His Best," Passport 1602, 2005
"Duke Ellington: The Classics Hollywood Years," Efor Films, 2004
"Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts," Image Entertainment, 2000
"Intimate Duke Ellington, The" Image Entertainment, 2003
"Lou Rawls Show, The: with Duke Ellington," View 2319D, 2005
"Memories of Duke," Music Video Distributors DJ-855, 2002
"On the Road with Duke Ellington," Docu Rama NVG-9502, 2002
"Swing Era: Duke Ellington [and] Lionel Hampton," Idem 1123
The Duke Ellington Orchestra. "Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies," Kultur, 2005
---. "Michael Feinstein & Friends in Concert," Kultur, 2005
see also ARMSTRONG, LOUIS
MAYNARD FERGUSON
"Live from Seattle: Diane Schuur with Maynard Ferguson and his Big Bop Nouveau Band
Live from the King Cat Theatre," 2007
"Live from Seattle: Maynard Ferguson Live from the King Cat Theatre"
"Maynard Ferguson: Live - At the Top"
"Maynard Ferguson: Tribute," 2007
SHEP FIELDS
"Bob Hope: The Tribute Collection: The Big Broadcast of 1938," Universal 21462, 2002
DIZZY GILLESPIE
"Dizzy Gillespie: A Night in Chicago," View 2334
"Dizzy Gillespie Live At the Royal Festival Hall, London," Pioneer Video, 2001
"Dizzy Gillespie: Live in Montreal," Image Entertainment, 2002
"Dizzy's Dream Band," Fox Lorbor, 2001
"Norman Granz Jazz in Montreux: Dizzy Gillespie Sextet '77," Eagle Eye Media, 2005
Various. "A Great Day in Harlem: The Story and Sounds Behind the Most Famous Photo
in the History of Jazz!," Image Entertainment 3035, 2006
see also JORDAN, LOUIS
BENNY GOODMAN
"Benny Goodman: Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing," CMV Legacy
CVD 49186, 2000
"Benny Goodman: Farewell," Navarre Entertainment, 2003
"Gang's All Here, The," 20th Century Fox, Feb. 2007
Peggy Lee. "Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee," Capitol 99365
---. "Peggy Lee: Singing At Her Best," Passport 1566, 2005
Various. "Benny Goodman Story, The" Universal 22636, 2003
---. "Make Mine Music" (1946), Walt Disney Home Video, 2000
---. "Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV," Goldhil Home Media, 2000
[ "Sid Plays Sax with Benny Goodman" ]
JOHNNY GREEN
"Johnny Green and His Orchestra" 1935 film short included as "special feature" with 1935
Errol Flynn film "Captain Blood" (available separately or as part of the set "Errol Flynn:
The Signature Collection"), Warner Home Video, Apr. 2005
LIONEL HAMPTON
"Lionel Hampton and the Golden Men of Jazz," Geneon Entertainment, 2005
"Lionel Hampton: Jazz Legend: King of the Vibes," Hudson Music HD-DVD-LH21, 2005
"Lionel Hampton: Swinging At His Best," Passport 1604, 2005
COLEMAN HAWKINS
"Coleman Hawkins - Sweets Edison Quintet: London Concert 1964," Impro-Jazz IJ 508,
2006
HORACE HEIDT
"Pot O'Gold," Image Entertainment ID5387DSDVD, 2000
WOODY HERMAN
"20th Century Jazz Masters: Woody Herman and His Swingin' Herd," Idem 1145
"Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual: Thad Jones & Mel Lewis and Woody Herman," 2003
"Woody Herman: Woodchopper's Ball," Image Entertainment IDO900GZDVD, 2001
HARRY JAMES
"Best Foot Forward," Warner Home Video, 2006
"Jerry Lewis as The Ladies' Man" (1961), Paramount Home Video, 2004
"Private Buckaroo," Madacy Entertainment DVD9 9258, 2001
Various. "Mario Lanza," Bel Canto Society #D129 [ incl. Betty Grable and Harry James from Sept. 30, 1954 ]
see also CUGAT, XAVIER
see also MONROE, VAUGHN
SPIKE JONES
"Jazz Documentary, A: The Spike Jones Story," Navarre Entertainment, 2004
"Spike Jones: The Legend," SJ2 Entertainment / Infinity, Oct. 2007 [ 3 DVDs with bonus music CD;
includes two "Colgate Comedy Hour" programs from 1951, two "All Star Revue" shows from 1952, a 1961 "Ed Sullivan Show"
appearance, etc. ]
LOUIS JORDAN
"Harlem Double Feature: Jivin' in Be Bop / Beware," Alpha Video ALP5494D [ Jordan in
"Beware," Gillespie in "Jivin' in Be Bop" ]
"Juke Joint / Reet, Petite, and Gone," Alpha Video ALP5091D [ Jordan in "Reet, Petite, and Gone" ]
"Look-Out Sister! / Big Timers," Alpha Video ALP5025D [ Jordan in "Look-Out Sister!" ]
"Platinum Performances: Louis Jordan and the Tympany Five," BMG Special Products
72333-80008-9, 2000
"Swing Era: Louis Jordan: Films and Soundies," Idem 1124
see also OSBORNE, WILL
HAL KEMP
Skinnay Ennis. "Bob Hope: The Tribute Collection: College Swing," Universal 21462, 2002
STAN KENTON
"Jazz Scene USA: Frank Rosolino / Stan Kenton," Shanachie, 2001
"Stan Kenton: Artistry in Rhythm," Aerospace AERO 1002
ANDY KIRK
"Killer Diller," Alpha Video ALP5227D, 2006
Mary Lou Williams. "Mary Lou Williams '78," Eagle Eye Media
EE 39053-9, 2004
GENE KRUPA
"Gene Krupa: Jazz Legend 1909-1973," Warner Brothers Publishing, 2004
"Gene Krupa Story, The" (1959), Columbia Tristar Home Video, 2004
"Tribute to the Legendary Gene Krupa, A: Swing, Swing, Swing!," Hudson Music
HD-DVD-GK21, 2002
Anita O'Day. "Live at Ronnie Scott's London," Image Entertainment ID3495NBDVD,
2006.
JIMMIE LUNCEFORD
"Melody Master: Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra" [ short ], Warner Home Video,
Aug. 2005 [ included as a "special feature" with "Follow the Fleet" individual DVD or "Astaire & Rogers Collection, Volume 1 ]
FREDDY MARTIN
"Melody Time" (1948), Walt Disney Home Video, 2000
JAY McSHANN
see also BASIE, COUNT
GLENN MILLER
"Dead Men's Secrets: Whatever Happened to Glenn Miller?,"
The History Channel AAE-72445, 2002
"Orchestra Wives," 20th Century Fox Studio Classics 35, 2005
The Glenn Miller Orchestra directed by Larry O'Brien. "The Glenn Miller Spectacular:
All the Greatest Hits!," MPI, 2004
Various. "The Glenn Miller Story" (1954), Universal 22635, 2003
LUCKY MILLINDER
"Boarding House Blues," Alpha Video ALP4652D
"Harlem Double Feature: Paradise in Harlem / Burlesque in Harlem," Alpha Video
ALP5276D, Feb. 2007 [ Millinder in "Paradise in Harlem" ]
VAUGHN MONROE
"Carnegie Hall," Bel Canto Society #D791 / Kino Video, 2001 [ also with Harry James ]
OZZIE NELSON
"Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The: Volume 1," Alpha Video
"Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The: Volume 2," Alpha Video
"Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The: Volume 3," Alpha Video
"Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The: Volume 4," Alpha Video
"Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The: Volume 5," Alpha Video, 2007
"Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra" film short included as "special feature" with film "Torrid
Zone" (available separately or as part of set "James Cagney: The Signature Collection"),
Warner Home Video, Apr. 2007
RED NORVO
"Jazz Masters Series: Red Norvo," Shanachie 6321, 2005
WILL OSBORNE
"Swing Parade of 1946," GoodTimes Video 05-81124, 2000 [ also with Louis Jordan ]
TONY PASTOR
Rosemary Clooney. "Rosemary Clooney: Singing At Her Best," Passport 1560, 2005
LOUIS PRIMA
"Jungle Book, The" (1967), Walt Disney Home Video, 1999
"Louis Prima: The Wildest!," Image Entertainment IDO535BUDVD, 1999
"That Old Magic," Koch Entertainment, 2005
DON REDMAN
"Don Redman and His Orchestra" Melody Master film short included in 6-DVD set "The
Busby Berkeley Collection," Warner Brothers 67846, 2006
BUDDY RICH
"Buddy Rich At the Top," Hudson Music
"Buddy Rich Big Band Live 1986 & 1973," Impro-Jazz IJ532
"Buddy Rich Collector's Edition, The [ "Buddy Rich and His Band: Channel One Suite"
and "Buddy Rich and His Band: The Lost West Side Story Tapes" ], Hudson Music
titles also available separately
"Buddy Rich: Jazz Legend 1917-1987," Warner Brothers Publishing
"Buddy Rich Live At the 1982 Montreal Jazz Festival," Hudson Music, Feb. 2004
"Buddy Rich: Live in '78," Jazz Icons
Various artists. "Buddy Rich Scholarship Memorial Concert," Alfred Music Publishing
ALF908125
FREDDIE RICH
"Freddie Rich and His Orchestra" 1938 film short included as "special feature" with 2-disc
Errol Flynn "The Adventures of Robin Hood," Warner Home Video, Sept. 2003
JAN SAVITT
"Jan Savitt and His Band" Warner Bros. film short included as "special feature" with film
"My Reputation" (available separately or as part of set "Barbara Stanwyck Signature
Collection"), Warner Home Video, Oct. 2007
ARTIE SHAW
"Second Chorus" (1940), Critics' Choice Video [ also incl. "Symphony of Swing" (1939) short ]
"Second Chorus" (1940), Image Entertainment HRS 9455DVD [ HRS = Hal Roach Studios series ]
"Soul Cinema: Across 110th Street" (1972), MGM/UA Video, 2001
[ cameo by Shaw and Evelyn Keyes ]
The Artie Shaw Orchestra directed by Dick Johnson. "Artie Shaw: The Band Keeps
Swinging," Planet Song 8604, 2004 [ PAL format ]
NOBLE SISSLE
"Harlem Double Feature: Junction 88 / The Black King," Alpha Video ALP5168D
[ Sissle in "Junction 88" ]
CHARLIE SPIVAK
"Pin-Up Girl," 20th Century Fox Marquee Musicals, 2005
FATS WALLER
"Stormy Weather," Warner Home Video 2232184 [ also with Calloway ]
LAWRENCE WELK
"From Lawrence Welk to America with Love," Welk Music Group, 2003
"Lawrence Welk Family Christmas, A," Welk Music Group, 2003
"Lawrence Welk: God Bless America," Welk Music Group, 2003
"Lawrence Welk: Precious Memories," Welk Music Group
PAUL WHITEMAN
"Strike Up the Band" film included in "Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland Collection," Warner
Home Video, Sept. 2007
Various. "Bix: 'Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet,'" Playboy Jazz PBV 9043
VARIOUS ARTISTS
"20th Century Jazz Masters: Count Basie Plus Earl Hines, Jimmy Rushing & Louis Armstrong,"
Idem 1149
"Alan Freed in Rock, Rock, Rock!," Alpha Video ALP5238D, 2006 [ disc includes "bonus" feature
"Rhythm & Blues Review" incl. Basie, Calloway, Hampton ]
"All Star Swing Festival," Delta 82328
incl. Basie, Goodman, Ellington, Wilson
"At the Jazz Band Ball," Yahoo 514
incl. Ellington, Armstrong, Dorsey Bros., Bernie, Whiteman
"Big Band," Request Records 38043, 2006
incl. Basie, Ellington, James
"Big Band," Request Records 38044, 2006
incl. Calloway, Ellington, Raeburn, Shaw, Teagarden
"The Big Bands Vol.1," Storyville Films 16004, 2003
incl. Ellington, Hampton
"The Big Bands Vol.1: The Soundies," Storyville Films 16011, 2004
incl. Kenton, Brown, Pastor, Thornhill, Dunham, Clinton, Chester, G. Gray, Rey, Rogers
"The Big Bands Vol.2: The Snader Telescriptions," Storyville Films 16005, 2004
incl. Barnet, Brown, Flanagan, Pastor
"The Black Big Bands," Storyville Films 16051, 2003
incl. Calloway, Millinder, Kirk, Eckstine
"Classic Drum Solos and Drum Battles Volume 1," Hudson Music
incl. Rich, Krupa, Hampton
"Classic Drum Solos and Drum Battles Volume 2," Hudson Music
incl. Rich, Hampton, Krupa
"Classic Jazz Drummers: Swing and Beyond," Hudson Music
incl. Armstrong, Teagarden, Krupa, Rich, Calloway, Hampton
"Harlem Renaissance: The Music & Rhythms That Started a Cultural Revolution," Kultur
incl. Calloway, Ellington, Basie
"Harlem Roots Vol.1: The Big Bands," Storyville Films 16000, 2004
incl. Ellington, Calloway, Basie, Millinder
"Hollywood Rhythm, Vol.1: The Best of Jazz and Blues," Kino Video, 2001
incl. Armstrong, Ellington, Calloway
"Hollywood Rhythm, Vol.2: The Best of the Big Bands & Swing," Kino Video K198, 2001
incl. Vallee, Shaw
"Jazz: A Film By Ken Burns," PBS DVD GoldB8262, 2000
incl. Shaw
"Jazz Festival Vol.2," Storyville 16074, 2003
incl. Ellington, Hackett
"Jazz Shots: East Coast, Volume 2," Eforfilms 9053, 2005
incl. Armstrong, Basie, Hackett
"Jazz Shots: East Coast, Volume 3," Eforfilms 9054, 2005
incl. Ellington, Herman
"Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual: Instrumentals Vol.1," Rhino Home Video R2 976664, 2000
incl. Basie, Gillespie
"Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual: Vocals Vol.1," Rhino Home Video R2 976017, 2000
incl. Mel Torme, Jimmy Rushing
"The Small Black Groups," Storyville Films 16052, 2003
incl. Kirby, Jordan
"The Sound of Jazz: Complete Edition," Idem 1158
incl. Basie, Jimmy Rushing, Billie Holiday
"Swing Era: Dinah Washington" (i.e., "Female Swing Era Vocalists, Volume 1"), Idem 1120
incl. Dinah Washington, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, June Richmond
"Swing Era: Peggy Lee" (i.e., "Female Swing Era Vocalists, Volume 2"), Idem 1121
incl. Peggy Lee, June Christy, Ina Ray Hutton
"Swing Era: Sarah Vaughan" (i.e., "Female Swing Era Vocalists, Volume 3"), Idem 1122
incl. Sarah Vaughan, lena Horne, Ethel Waters
"Swing Era: Stan Kenton" (i.e., "Bands, Volume 1"), Idem 1125
incl. Kenton, Barnet, Brown, Thornhill
"Swing Era: Count Basie" (i.e., "Bands, Volume 2"), Idem 1126
incl. Basie, Waller, Armstrong, Krupa, Millinder
"Swing Era: George Shearing" (i.e., "Bands, Volume 3"), Idem 1127
incl. The Bob Cats, Flanagan, Pastor
"Swing Era: Benny Goodman" (i.e., "Bands, Volume 4"), Idem 1128
incl. Goodman, Shaw, J. Dorsey, Teagarden
"Swing Era: Big Band Legends," Idem 1153
incl. Shaw, T. Dorsey, J. Dorsey, G. Gray, Clinton, Hutton, Cugat
"Swing Era: Rhythm in a Riff," Idem 1154
incl. Eckstine, Kirk, Kirby, Beneke, Long, Nelson, Messner
"Swing Era: Boogie Woogie & Rhythm 'n' Blues," Idem 1155
incl. Bradley
"Swing Era: Dixielanders," Idem 1156
incl. Nichols
"Swing Kids," Hollywood Pictures 26913
"This Joint Is Jumpin'," Image Entertainment ID9694CDDVD, 2000 /
re-rel. as MPI DVD7830, Aug. 2007 incl. Shaw, Hampton, Anthony
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