Author Archive: Retro

Includes “Marian Anderson Sings”, “Sarah Vaughn Sings”, “Symphony in Balck” with Duke Ellington and “Basin Street Review” with Lionel Hampton, Nat King Cole, Nipsey Russell and Dinah Washington.

The Harlem Hot Shots, Louis Armstrong, The Ebony Trio, Lena Horne, Lionel Hampton, Ruth Brown and others.

Includes “Dry Bones” with the Delta Rhythm Boys, “Open the Door Richard” with Dusty Fletcher, “Slow Poke” with Stepin Fetchit and “Spying the Spy”, a rare 1915 Black Short Subject on private eye stories.

Musical comedy revue featuring top African-American performers.

The Nat King Cole Sthe story of the rise to fame of one of our greatest singers. Plus Basin Street Revue.”

Includes “Sepian Swing” with Cab Calloway and The King Cole Trio, “Sepia Stars on Parade” with Herb Jefferies, Fats Waller, Bill Robinson, Dorothy Dandridge, The Mills Brothers, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole and Louis Jordan and “Rhapsody in Black and Blue” with Louis Armstrong and Orchestra.

Includes “Blues and Boogie” with Maxine Sullivan and Nat King Cole, “Murder in Swingtime” with Les Hite & Orchestra, “Ain’t Misbehaving” with Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong, “Bubbling Over” with Ethel Waters, “Boogie Woogie Dream” with Lena Horne and “Caledonia” with Louis Jordan.

Includes “Minnie the Moocher” with Cab Calloway, “Jittering Jitterbugs” with Hamtree Harrington, “Heavenly Choir”, “St. Louis Blues” with Bessie Smith, “Showtime at the Apollo” with Mantan Moreland, Lionel Hampton and Nat King Cole and “Hi De Ho” with Cab Calloway.