Sidney Catlett

Sidney Catlett

Movies for Sidney Catlett...

Boy! What a Girl!
Title: Boy! What a Girl!
Character: himself
Released: April 7, 1947
Type: Movie
Two silky-smooth producers line up a potential backer (who'll put up half the cash) for a musical review. The catch is that they must find someone else to put up the other half. Enter cigar-smoking cross-dresser "Bumpsie" (Tim Moore), who poses as a wealthy society matron to fool the angel! Features vintage jam sessions with swing drummer Gene Krupa, Big Sid Catlett and his band, The Slam Stewart Trio and The International Jitterbugs.
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Jammin' the Blues
Title: Jammin' the Blues
Character: Self - on Drums
Released: May 5, 1944
Type: Movie
In this short film, prominent jazz musicians of the 1940s gather for a rare filming of a jam session. This highly stylized chronicle features tenor sax legend Lester Young.