Product Details

• Actors: Various Artists
• Format: Color, Compilation, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: PASSPORT VIDEO
• DVD Release Date: April 12, 2005
• Run Time: 49 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0007L86JO
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #67,768 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Get into the swing of things with the big band beat of jazz legends Artie Shaw, Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey and Charlie Barnet all on one fabulous DVD. See and hear them, in vintage live performance from their golden years, delivering favorite classics. No fan of the swingin' years should be without this remarkable collection!

Song List:

Artie Shaw 1. Oh Lady Be Good 2. Swing Concerto 3. Alone Together 4. Jeepers Creepers 5. Deep Purple

Benny Goodman 6. Air Mail Special 7. Ridin' High 8. Medley

a. Limehouse Blues

b. Poor Butterfly

c. Hard Hearted Hannah

d. Louis Blues

e. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good

Charlie Barnet 9. Redskin Rhumba 10 How Am I To Know 11. Lesson in Leverage 12. Skyliner

Jimmy Dorsey 13. Beebe 14. Only a Rose 15. Long John Silver

Gene Krupa 16. Thanks For The Boogie Ride 17. Let Me Off Uptown

18. Big Band Theme

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, full clips, December 12, 2008

By	Scott R. Harding (St. Johns, MI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a nice DVD that I use for in-class examples in Jazz History. The clips are mostly taken from film appearances - the Shaw "Concerto" is from "Second Chorus" - but it's great to have them COMPLETE. Lots of excerpts from these clips are used in the Ken Burns "Jazz" extravaganza, but sometimes I just want to show the clip without all of the talking over top of it. A couple of TV spots (Sullivan? Early Carson?) by Goodman are actually live, so you don't always have to suffer through the "lip-synching" common of most musical shorts. And, of course, the Krupa stuff is generally hard to come by, and is very welcome on this disc.

I thought the overall quality is about as good as it's going to get, considering these are film clips from 60+ years ago, and live TV appearances that were taped. This is a good package, at a good price.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great music and musicans, September 2, 2007

By	Darci L. Bodin "darcelona3" (Diamond Bar, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Love seeing big band at their greatest along with the greatest music. I wish they had listed the names of the musicans.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A poor example, January 23, 2008

By	Dale E. Wynn - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This DVD is neither endorsed nor authorized by the estate of Artie Shaw. It is a compilation of the playing of several big bands. The main complaint I have about it is the extremely poor quality of the filming. After that comes the awkward editing where there does not appear to be any logical connection between the scenes. Some pretty good playing is shown though the quality of sound is minimal at best. I do not recommend this DVD. There are other really fine DVDs of big bands that do much better. One that comes to mind right away is the series Jazz by Ken Burns.