Born to Swing

“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

• Release date
• January 1, 1972
• Runtime
• 49 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• John Jeremy

Cast

Humphrey Lyttelton

B

Buck Clayton

J

John Hammond

A

Andy Kirk Jo Jones

A

Albert McCarthy Gene Krupa

S

Snub Mosley