Swing: The Best of the Big Bands Movie Review 194?

This four-volume set features carefully chosen excerpts from Universal Pictures' musical shorts of the 1940s and '50s. Each tape contains at least 18 complete numbers, including such hits as Tommy Dorsey's "Opus One," Woody Herman's "Caldonia," and the Tex Beneke-Glenn Miller Orchestra's "Little Brown Jug." Includes rare items as well, such as Rosemary Clooney in her band vocalist days with Tony Pastor, and Billie Holiday in a 1950 appearance with the Count Basie Sextet. Each volume is also available individually.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 50 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Music--Performance, Music--Jazz

Cast

Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, Billie Holiday, Gene Krupa, Nat King Cole, Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan, Buddy Rich, Louis Prima, Stan Kenton, Gordon "Tex" Beneke, Rosemary Clooney

Producer

MCA Home Video et al.