Today's video focuses on Jan Savitt and His Orchestra. This fantastic short film was filmed in October of 1945 and released to the general public in March of 1946 by Warner Bros.
It focuses on some of the highlights of Jan Savitt's career up to that point, describes Savitt's jump from classical music into swing, and contains some great music by Savitt and his band. You can definitely tell this was filmed by a major studio like Warner Bros. by the very good camera work and use of sets. A big improvement over the Soundies we are used to watching here.
Enjoy!
Watch: "Jan Savitt and His Band" from 1946
