Pee Wee Russell
Know for: Acting
Born: 1906-03-27
Place of birth: Maple Wood, Missouri, USA
Also know as:
The Sound of Jazz (1957)
The Sound of Jazz is an historic episode from the "Seven Lively Arts" anthology series featuring jazz greats in concert. Hosted by John Crosby, it...
Jazz Dance (1954)
Few films wield the awesome spiritual power of Jazz Dance, on which Leacock was one of two cameramen charting the slow, smoldering build of a...
Swing It (1936)
Louis Prima, between song numbers, tells how he happened to get a job in a Hollywood cafe playing music while a couple, unrelated to anything else,...
Louis Prima: The Wildest! (1999)
Documentary about the mid-20th century Vegas bandleader and trumpeter Louis Prima, who showed the world what a rock show could be.
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes (2019)
Explore the vision behind the iconic American jazz record label. Since 1939, Blue Note artists have been encouraged to push creative boundaries in...
Red Nichols and His Five Pennies (1929)
This Vitaphone short features Red Nichols and His Five Pennies performing songs, including China Boy, Nobody's Sweetheart, Ida Sweet as Apple Cider,...