"Actor: Johnny Hodges"

• Jazz Festival Vol. 2 - Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In the early 1960's the Goodyear Tire Company commissioned five short jazz films. It was part promotional device, part good will gesture. In both regards, it was successful. The programs were originally filmed on 35 mm negative. The sound was recorded in professional stereo. However, the shows were presented in 16mm with a mono track. Over the years, the prints faded because of an unstable colour print stock. What was once an extremely professional, good looking endeavour, now looked like an out of date historic relic. Storyville Films has returned to the original source material for this DVD presentation. The original 35mm source has been transferred to video tape and the original stereo masters have been restored. Now you will see the gorgeous detail and hear the excellent sound that was captured in the early sixties. These films now stand as some of the most technically advanced jazz films, featuring some irreplaceable music.

• The 1962 Newport Jazz Festival | DVD | (21/07/2003) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-1.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The legendary 1962 Newport Jazz festival which features Count Basie and his Orchestra Johnny Hodges The Oscar Peterson Trio The Clara Ward Gospel Singers Pee Wee Russell Ruby Braff Joe Williams Roland Kirk The Duke Ellington Orchestra.

• Play Your Own Thing - The First Movie On European Jazz | DVD | (13/08/2007) from £18.61   |  Saving you £4.38 (19.10%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Play Your Own Thing:Story Of Jazz In Europe

• Duke Ellington - Live in Montreal 20 April 1964 | DVD | (10/07/2006) from £12.98   |  Saving you £12.01 (48.10%)   |  RRP £24.99

• Duke Ellington And His Orchestra 1929-1943 | DVD | (28/01/2008) from £3.05   |  Saving you £8.20 (458.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Duke Ellington became a nationwide sensation because of his radio broadcasts from Cotton Club in Harlem. Shortly thereafter, Ellington made his first film appearance in the Douglas Murphy production Black And Tan. Though not actually shot in the Cotton Club, it remains the most vivid visual document we have of the special aura and mythology surrounding that landmark club.The short subject films throughout the 1930's and 1940's. Symphony In Black is particularly interesting because the music was specially written for the film. It was one of Ellington's early suites, in this case a portrait of black America.Record Making With Duke Ellington is a fascinating explanation of how a record was recorded and duplicated in the 1930's based around an Ellington recording date. In the Hit Parade Of 1937 , we see one of Ellington's most lively and amusing shows the tuxedoed band in a playful mood, bolstered by Ivy Anderson's wonderful vocal. RKO Jamboree (Number 7) is a mini-concert of great Ellington standards.