Bumble Boogie

Freddy Martin and His Orchestra (Jack Fina, piano) · 1948 · Melody Time, Disney, 1948

Context

Swing and boogie-woogie variation on Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee," played by Freddy Martin and his orchestra with Jack Fina on piano. It accompanies the third segment of Melody Time (Disney, RKO, May 27, 1948), one of the few to achieve success on its own.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Jazz in film and on screen, Swing, big bands, Boogie-woogie. Among the origins and influences of Jazz in film and on screen: Cool (Birth of the Cool), Third stream, Modern big bands.

Sources

• EN: Melody Time
• EN: Jack Fina

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