"Actor: Louis Jordan"

• The Ape Man | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  One of the areas of human knowledge which has expanded fastest over the last few decades is our awareness of the complexities of human evolution. Ape·Man is a useful summary of the current state of play dealing with such important questions as the divergence of early hominids from the other apes and the final confrontation of modern humans and their Neanderthal cousins. It is a fair-minded handling of some of the crucial debates--at what point, say, is it legitimate to talk of humans and human ancestors starting to decorate their possessions, say, and when did language and the complex innovations in hunting it makes possible start to be a factor? Inventive portrayals of the life of early humans as they wander out of the mists of time alternate with coherent and accessible accounts of fossil evidence, DNA studies and archaeology; this is both an intellectually satisfying series and an emotionally charged one. --Roz Kaveney

• The !!!! Beat - Vol. 3 Shows 10 - 13 | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £21.87   |  Saving you £-1.88 (-9.40%)   |  RRP £19.99

  SHOW #10 recorded February 16 1966.1. Intro by Hoss Allen incl. The Beat Theme2. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Jimmy Church3. Men Of War - Wanda Rouzan4. Boy From Ipaneman - Wanda Rouzan5. Cleaver's Tune - Gatemouth Brown6. Saturday Night Fish Fry - Louis Jordan7. My Half A Heart - Charles 'Charlie' Hodges8. Oh Lady Be Good - Charles 'Charlie' Hodges9. Soft Shoe - Gatemouth Brown10. My Girl - Frank Howard & The Commanders11. Shout - Jimmy ChurchSHOW #11 recorded March 14 1966.1. Intro by Hoss Allen incl. The Beat Theme2. Jerkin' The Dog - The Mighty Hannibal3. I Love That - Little Gary Ferguson4. Bad Bad Boy - Little Gary Ferguson5. Jose - Gatemouth Brown6. I Had A Dream - Johnny Taylor7. Soldier Boy - Wanda Rouzan8. Come See About Me - Wanda Rouzan9. A Hard Day's Night10. In The Midnight Hour - The Mighty Hannibal11. Teen Beat - Gatemouth BrownSHOW #12 recorded 19661. Intro by Hoss Allen incl. The Beat Theme2. And That reminds Me Of You - The Dolls3. It's Getting Late In The Evening - Bobby Powell4. Do Something For Yourself - Bobby Powell5. When The Saints Go Marching In - The Beat Boys6. When She Touches Me - Rodge Martin7. Why - The Dolls8. Changes - Johnny Taylor9. Miles - The Beat Boys10. Respect - Rodge Martin11. Out Of Sight - Rodge MartinSHOW #13 recorded 19661. Intro by Hoss Allen incl. The Beat Theme2. They Say - Rodge Martin3. Voice Your Choice - Maurice & The Radiants4. Baby You Got It - Maurice & The Radiants5. Jumpin' At The Woodside - Bobby Powell6. C.C. Rider - Bobby Powell7. Rome Wasn't Built In A Day - Johnny Taylor8. I Wonder Why - The Poppies9. Our Day Will Come - The Beat Boys10. One Two Three - Jimmy Church

• Various Artists - the Small Black Groups | DVD | (23/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £20.99

• Harlem Roots - The Headliners Vol. 2 | DVD | (29/10/2007) from £3.36   |  Saving you £7.89 (375.71%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Headliners - Harlem Roots Volume Two features three of the most amiable showmen in black music. Here we see Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong and Louis Jordan in a selection of Soundies filmed in New York in the 1940's.The short films included in this compilation are known as Soundies. These musical films were originally shown in a jukebox machine called a Panoram. Over two thousand of these films were made between 1941 and 1947 featuring many of the most popular recording artists of the day. Soundies were extremely popular, but due to a shortage of production materials during the war, the Panorams themselves were in short supply. The shortage of Panorams ultimately spelled the demise of the Soundie in 1947. Nevertheless, they captured in film many superb musicians at the peak of their powers making an irreplaceable contribution to the history of American music during this period.

• Louis Jordan - the Swing Era | DVD | (03/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  One of the chief progenitors of the R & B idiom and a pioneer of the small-combo jump blues style so popular during the Forties vocalist and altoman Louis Jordan (1908 - 1975) is justly remembered as a performer who defined an era. An effervescent saxophonist and an enthusiastic singer with a very personal jive-loaded sense of humour the irrepressible Jordan enjoyed a sensational string of hits while fronting his rock-solid Tympani Five band from the war years onwards to the early Fifties. The scale of his massive popularity during this period was truly astonishing: besides decisively influencing Ray Charles and countless other young R & B artists from 1942 to 1951 he scored no less than 57 R & B chart hits on the Decca record label including such timeless gems as Five Guys Named Moe Caledonia Choo Choo Ch' Boogie Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens or Saturday Night Fish Fry.Gather material from Jordan's feature films Beware (1946) Reet Petite And Gone (1947) and Look Out Sister (1948) plus a selection of different 'soundies' mainly shot for the black cinemas of America this video offers a fascinating portrait of this true visionary of music whose songs sound as irresistible today as they did over five decades ago. The legend lives on!35 tracks including: Beware / Texas and Pacific / Ain't That Just Like a Woman / Turkey In The Straw / Honey Chile / Buzz Me

• Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five | DVD | (29/10/2007) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  1. Look out sister (1948)2. Reet, Petite and Gone (1947)3. Beware (1946)