Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra – I Love The Rhythm In A Riff (Live, 1946)

Excerpts from the feature film “Rhythm In A Riff“ Negro Motion Pictures. Filmed mid July 1946 in New York City. Produced by William Alexander. Directed by Leonard Anderson. Photographed by Don Malkames, . Musicians: Hobart Dotson, King Kolax, Rostelle Reese (tp), Chippy Outcalt, Gerald Valentine, Howard Scott (tb), Junior Williams (as), Gene Ammons, Frank Wess (ts), Leo Parker (brs), Jimmy Golden (p-soundtrack), Louis Dunlop (p-sideline), Connie Wainright (g), Bill McMahon (b), Art Blakey (dr), Billy Eckstine (vo, vtb), Gerald Valentine and others (arr). Note: According to Frank Wess, Golden was too drunk to make it back to the film session.