Ballet & Dance
Biography
Broadway
Classical
Documentary
General
Instructional
Jazz
Musicals
Opera
World Music
|
 |
This Joint Is Jumpin' |
List Price: $24.99
Your Price: $22.49 |
 |
|
|
|
| Product Info |
Reviews |
Features:
Description:
With a title taken from a Fats Waller tune from the Swing Era of the '20s and '30s, This Joint Is Jumpin' traces the development of the energetic music and dances of that period, which are in vogue today. If you were lucky enough to have caught the documentary Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns, you saw the fabulous dances, like the Jitterbug and the Lindy Hop, that are featured here. This collection shows that the acoustic big-band sounds and the human-to-human dance steps that marked the heyday of the Swing Era have made a glorious comeback in today's technology-dominated era. New artists like Brian Setzer and Big Bad VooDoo Daddy are beautifully contrasted with vintage clips featuring the big-band sounds of Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie, reminding us of the magnificent musicians who gave us the grand grooves that inspired these immortal American dances. --Eugene Holley Jr.
|
|
|
|
