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Cab Calloway recalls the Harlem jazz clubs of the 1930's and 40's, a center of exciting entertainment. Rare archival footage and soundies, film clips produced for video jukeboxes in the late 30's, are used to tour Harlem's renowned clubs: the Yeah Man, the Savoy, Tillie's Chicken Shack and the world famous Cotton Club. Performers include: Fats Waller doing The Joint is Jumping, Dorothy Dandridge singing Easy Street, Bill Bojangles Smith hoofing Let's Scuffle, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie and Cab Calloway himself. Calloway reminisces about the period and his unique contributions - the zoot suit and the Hepster's Dictionary.
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