Dizzy Gillespie
Pub. Date
cp2008
Description
Summary: On the occasion of his 70th birthday, the organisers of the Newport Jazz Festival presented a special tribute to one of the great figures of jazz, Louis Armstrong. Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby Hackett, Mahalia Jackson and other musicians joined in a salute to the master and this film features some of the highlights of the occasion. Louis Armstrong himself can be heard singing "Hello Dolly", "Pennies from Heaven", "Blueberry Hill" and "Mack the...
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
A great day in Harlem tells the story of Art Kane's famous 1958 group photograph of the jazz greats of the period. Includes home movie footage of the musicians arriving and greeting each other the morning of the shoot. Also includes conversations with musicians and archival performance footage.
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