The John Kirby Sextet plays Charlie Shavers’ “Musicomania” in Sepia Cinderella, directed by Arthur Leonard and released in 1947. The band consists of Buster Bailey on clarinet, Charlie Holmes on alto saxophone, Shavers on trumpet, Billy Kyle on piano, Kirby on bass, and Big Sid Catlett on drums:
(This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)