This DVD features 4 key band members: Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Cab Calloway, and Lucky Millinder. We see the swinging blues of Basie, the multidimensional beauty of Ellington's compositions, the gospel inflected strains of Sister Rosetta Tharpe singing with Millinder, and the high spirited rhythms of master showman Calloway. These short films here are known as Soundies.

57 minutes