Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five / BMG Special Products ; produced by David Scot Copeland ; written & directed by Stuart Young.

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Documentary about Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, including several performances captured as "soundies" (video jukeboxes popular in the 1930s and 40s).

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	King Cole Trio Tympany Five BMG Special Products AIX Media Group
Other Authors:	Jordan, Louis, 1908-1975 Copeland, David Scot (Producer) Young, Stuart (F. Stuart) (Director) Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994 Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : BMG Special Products : AIX Media Group, [2000], ℗2000.
Series:	Platinum performances. Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Jordan, Louis, > 1908-1975. Tympany Five. Rhythm and blues musicians. Jazz musicians. Rhythm and blues music. Jazz > 1931-1940. Jazz > 1941-1950. Popular music > 1941-1950. Documentary videos.
Genre:	Documentary videos.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (48 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five. Louis Jordan and the Tympany Five.
Format:	Video DVD

Contents:

Shine (featuring Louis Armstrong)
Five guys namned Moe
Caldonia
Honey chile
Tillie
Buzz me baby
Call of the jitterbug (featuring Cab Calloway)
Fuzzy wuzzy
Don't worry about the mule
Is you is or is you ain't my baby (featuring the Nat King Cole Trio)
Beware
Boogie woogie piggie (featuring Sammy Davis Jr.).