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    Jammin' the Blues is a 1944 American short film made by Gjon Mili and Norman Granz in which a number of prominent jazz musicians re-create the jam-session...
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    Gjon Mili (category Albanian people from the Ottoman Empire)
    Connecticut, at the age of 79. Greer, William R. (February 16, 1984). "Gjon Mili Life Magazine Photographer Dies". The New York Times. Jammin' the Blues at IMDb...
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  • several films, most notably the musical short Jammin' the Blues (1944). Jones performed regularly in later years at the West End jazz club at 116th and...
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    Barney Kessel (category The Wrecking Crew (music) members)
    a member of the Chico Marx big band. He appeared in the film Jammin' the Blues, which featured Lester Young. Soon after, he played in the bands of Charlie...
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    The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film is an award presented at the annual Academy Awards ceremony. The award has existed, under numerous names...
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    Sid Catlett (category The Chocolate Dandies members)
    screen in the 1944 film Jammin' the Blues, but, as was common practice then, the soundtrack was not recorded during filming. Instead, the drum track...
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  • Every Breath You Take (category The Police songs)
    on Gjon Mili's 1944 short film Jammin' the Blues. Shot in black-and-white with a navy blue tint, the video depicts the band, accompanied by a pianist...
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    short film Jammin' the Blues. In September 1944, Young and Jo Jones were in Los Angeles with the Basie Band when they were inducted into the U.S. Army...
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  • 17th Academy Awards (category March 1945 events in the United States)
    The 17th Academy Awards were held on March 15, 1945 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, honoring the films of 1944. This was the first time the complete awards...
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  • Robert Burks (category Deaths from fire in the United States)
    Director of Photography credit was Jammin' the Blues (1944), a short film featuring leading jazz musicians of the day. Burks is best known for his cinematography...
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