Examines the social and cultural effects of the Harlem Renaissance through the music that defined the era; includes interviews with historians and performers.

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Performance clips. Minnie the Moocher (Cab Calloway) -- Stompin' at the Savoy (Tiny Grimes) -- Jumpin' at Jubilee (Louis Jordan with featured dancers the Nicholas Brothers) -- Cottontail (Duke Ellington) -- The Count is jammin' (Count Basie) -- This joint is jumpin' ; Ain't misbehavin' (Fats Waller) -- Let's scuffle (Bill "Bojangles" Robinson) -- Jumpin' jive (Fletcher Henderson) -- Cielito lindo (Wish me luck amigo) (the Mills Brothers) -- Nobody knows the trouble I've seen (Sidney Bechet) -- Easy Street (Dorothy Dandridge) -- Friday night (Lena Horne) -- I love the rhythm in a riff (Billy Eckstine) -- Frim fram sauce (Nat King Cole) -- We the cats will hep ya (Cab Calloway) -- Performance extras. Your feets too big (Fats Waller) ; I'm a shy guy (Nat King Cole) ; Take me back baby (Count Basie ; Jimmy Rushing, vocal) ; Caravan (Mills Brothers) ; Calypso blues (Nat King Cole) ; The start of something big (Count Basie) ; Romance without finance (Tiny Grimes) ; Swingin' on nothin' (Louis Armstrong) ; Salt peanuts (Dizzy Gillespie) ; That's my girl (Nat King Cole) ; Satin doll (Duke Ellington).