Jammin' The Blues

Jammin' The Blues (1944) "the best short movie on jazz". 


Jammin' the Blues is a 1944 short film in which several prominent jazz musicians got together for a rare filmed jam session. 
It features Lester Young, Red Callender, Harry Edison, Marlowe Morris, Sid Catlett, Barney Kessel, Jo Jones, John Simmons, Illinois Jacquet, Marie Bryant, Archie Savage and Garland Finney. 
Barney Kessel is the only white musician in the film. He was seated in the shadows to shade his skin, and for closeups, his hands were dyed with berry juice. The movie was artfully directed by famed still photographer Gjon Mili, edited by Everett Dodd, with lighting and photography directed by Robert Burks (his first credit in this field), and released by Warner Bros. 
Producer Gordon Hollingshead was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Short Subject, One-reel. Working with Harold Eugene Edgerton of MIT, Mili was a pioneer in the use of stroboscopic instruments to capture a sequence of actions in one photograph. Mili did not serve as cinematographer for this film, but Blues uses multiplied images that in many ways recall the multi-image still-frames done with the strobe. 
The imaginative use of the camera makes this film a minor landmark in the way that musicians have been filmed. In 1995, Jammin' the Blues was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". 
Jammin' the Blues appears on the DVDs Passage to Marseille (2006) and Norman Granz: Improvisation (2007).

Whitesnake

 Wine, women an' song.



 

 Come an' get it.

O Brother Where Art Thou

Hard Time Killing Floor Blues.

This Is The Blues

Volume 1.


   


Volume 2.



   


 Volume 3.


   


Volume 4.

Muddy Waters

Live At The Chicago Fest 1981. 







Live Dortmund, Germany 29/10/1976. 

Muddy Waters: Vocals, Guitar. Luther Johnson: Guitar. Bob Margolin: Guitar. Jerry Portnoy: Harmonica. Pinetop Perkins: Piano. Calvin Jones: Bass. Willie Smith: Drums. Guest: Junior Wells: Vocals, Harmonica. 

Xidiminguana

 Ndzi vonile a tombhi ya kuxonga.




- Biografia de Xidiminguana

Brian May

Brian May & Friends - Starfleet Project Full Album. 

From 1983 Voice & Guitar - Brian May Guitar - Eddie Van Halen.  

Tracks: 1 Starfleet. 2 Let Me Out. 3 Blues Breaker.

Eric Clapton

 Crossroads Guitar Festival Chicago 2007.

J.J. Cale

 Cocaine



 

 Okie


 

 Call me the Breeze 


   JJ Cale Has Passed Away




 - http://rosebudus.com/cale/

John Dee Holeman

 John Dee Holeman & Algia Mae Hinton: Crow Jane (1983).



 


John Dee Holeman and friends: Wade In the Water (1983). 

John Dee Holeman, James "Junior" Thomas, and an unidentified man sing "Wade In the Water." Shot by Alan Lomax and crew at Algia Mae Hinton's home in Johnston County, North Carolina, July 29, 1983. 
For more videos from the American Patchwork fieldwork and information about Alan Lomax and his collections, visit: http://research.culturalequity.org. [03.28.14].

RUI VELOSO

B. B. KING & RUI VELOSO - STORMY MONDAY. 

RUI VELOSO & B. B. KING no Casino Estoril em 1990.



 

 Sayago Blues.

Sixto Díaz Rodríguez

"Inner City Blues."

Rodriguez plays "Inner City Blues" live at the Triple Door as part of KEXP's VIP Club concert series.





"Cold Fact", full album. 


- Sixto Díaz Rodríguez