title: Jam Session (1942 film)
text: # Jam Session (1942 film)
  
  Jam Session is a 1942 short film, directed by Josef Berne, which shows Duke Ellington and his orchestra performing "C Jam Blues".
  
  In 2001, the United States Library of Congress deemed the 3-minute, black-and-white film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
  
  The short 16 mm film was a Soundie, distributed by the Soundie Distributing Corporation for playback in the Panoram film jukebox. Jam Session is included on the DVD Duke Ellington: Early Tracks from the Master of Swing (2006).
  
  ## The orchestra
  
  In order of appearance:
  
  * Duke Ellington
  * Ray Nance
  * Rex Stewart
  * Ben Webster
  * Joe Nanton
  * Barney Bigard
  * Sonny Greer
  