Step into the 1930s swing era with Murder in Swingtime — a jazzy courtroom comedy featuring Les Hite’s orchestra and trailblazing singer June Richmond. In this musical whodunit, rhythm itself becomes the star witness!

Watch on #YouTube ⬇️
https://youtu.be/TEs824uveRE

or #Rumble
https://rumble.com/v6zux5k-murder-in-swingtime-1937-les-hite-orchestra-and-june-richmond-a-jazz-infuse.html

#MurderInSwingtime #LesHite #JuneRichmond #SwingEra #JazzFilm #1930sMusic #MusicalShort #ArthurDreifuss #VintageJazz #ClassicHollywood #BigBandEra #music

Open the Door, Richard (1947) — a pioneering Soundies-era music video! 🎶
Featuring Count Basie and Stepin Fetchit, this short film brings early jazz and visual jukebox history to life — long before MTV.

Watch on #YouTube ⬇️
https://youtu.be/tGKvEK300ng

or #Rumble
https://rumble.com/v6zn20g-open-the-door-richard-1947-a-pioneering-music-video-from-the-soundies-era-.html

#OpenTheDoorRichard #CountBasie #JazzHistory #Soundies #MusicVideo #1940sMusic #StepinFetchit #BoogieWoogie #SwingEra #ClassicJazz #FilmHistory #VisualJukebox #MusicalShort #RetroMusic #AmericanCulture #music

Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith (August 14, 1909 – September 25, 1967), better known as #StuffSmith, an American #JazzViolinist is well known for the song "If You're a Viper" (You'se a Viper).

Smith was one of jazz music's preeminent #SwingEra #Violinists.
Smith was critical of the bebop movement, although his own style represented a transition between swing & bebop. He is credited as being the first #Violinist to use electric amplification techniques on a violin. #Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3zJYwy1axg

>Noted music critic Irving Kolodin, drummer Gene Krupa, and trumpeter Harry James join Benny Goodman to share their personal recollections of the concert that Goodman initially described as a high powered publicity stunt but which became one of the greatest events in the history of jazz.

#jazz #history #swingera #bigband

https://www.goldenage-wtic.org/BB-10.html