Born to Swing

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Born to Swing (1972)

Directed by John Jeremy

Documentary · 49m

“A tribute to the Swing Era evoked by skillful intercutting of rare material examining the varying fortunes of five ex-Basie sidemen. It looks at the years between 1930 and 1945 when Swing was in its heyday. Features a large number of artists including: the Count Basie Band, Buddy Tate, Earle Warren, Buck Clayton and Gene Krupa.” - BFI

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Cast

Humphrey Lyttelton
B
Buck Clayton
J
John Hammond
A
Andy Kirk Jo Jones
A
Albert McCarthy Gene Krupa
S
Snub Mosley Joe Newman
B
Buddy Tate
E
Earle Warren
D
Dicky Wells

Crew

Director
John Jeremy
Editor
John Jeremy
Producer
John Jeremy

Details

Release date
1972-01-01
Runtime
49m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
Silverscreen Productions