James P. Johnson's Yamekraw

[medjuck]

Does anyone here know anything about the production of the Vitaphone

film short based on James P. Johnson's "Yamekraw"? It's included in a

very good 6 DVD collection called "Warner Bros. Big Band Jazz and

Swing" but that contains no annotation except the titles of the

films. There is a review of "Yamekraw" on IMDB that says Johnson was

not paid for the music but no other information about the film's

production.

[ghost of miles]

Medjuck, see John Howland's book ELLINGTON UPTOWN: DUKE ELLINGTON, JAMES P. JOHNSON AND THE BIRTH OF CONCERT JAZZ. Pgs. 90-99 deal with the Vitaphone film short.