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CI_858_9
00:03:03
Jazz Band performs Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me 1957. Jimmy Giuffre, clarinet; Pee Wee Russell, clarinet; Danny Barker, guitar; Milt Hinton, acoustic double bass; Osie Johnson, drums.
CI_858_7
00:06:56
Henry "Red" Allen All Stars play "Wild Man Blues" by Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton in 1957. Henry Red Allen, trumpet, vocal; Rex Stewart, cornet; Vic Dickenson, trombone; Coleman Hawkins, tenor sax; Pee Wee Russell, clarinet; Nat Pierce, piano; Danny Barker, guitar; Milt Hinton, acoustic double bass; Jo Jones, drums.
CI_858_6
00:04:38
Henry "Red" Allen All Stars play "Rosetta" by Earl Hines, Henri Woode 1957. Henry Red Allen, trumpet, vocal; Rex Stewart, cornet; Vic Dickenson, trombone; Coleman Hawkins, tenor sax; Pee Wee Russell, clarinet; Nat Pierce, piano; Danny Barker, guitar; Milt Hinton, acoustic double bass; Jo Jones, drums.
CI_858_5
00:05:41
Jimmy Rushing and Count Basie All Stars perform I Left My Baby by Jimmy Rushing, Count Basie, A Gibson 1957. Jimmy Rushing, vocal, plus group. Count Basie (piano),Doc Cheatham (trumpet), Dicky Wells (trombone), Earl Warren (alto sax), Ben Webster (tenor sax), Benny Morton (trombone), Joe Wilder (trumpet), Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax), Vic Dickenson (trombone), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Emmett Berry (trumpet), Coleman Hawkins (tenor sax), Joe Newman (trumpet), Freddie Greene (guitar), Eddie Jones (bass), Jo Jones (drums).
CI_858_4
00:04:59
Jimmy Giuffre Trio perform song The Train and the River by Jimmy Giuffre in 1957. Jimmy Giuffre, tenor sax, baritone sax, clarinet; Jim Hall, guitar; Jim Atlas, acoustic double bass.
CI_858_3
00:02:36
Count Basie All Stars play The Count Blues 1957. Count Basie (piano),Doc Cheatham (trumpet), Dicky Wells (trombone), Earl Warren (alto sax), Ben Webster (tenor sax), Benny Morton (trombone), Joe Wilder (trumpet), Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax), Vic Dickenson (trombone), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Emmett Berry (trumpet), Coleman Hawkins (tenor sax), Joe Newman (trumpet), Freddie Greene (guitar), Eddie Jones (bass), Jo Jones (drums).
CI_858_2
00:06:42
Count Basie All Stars play Dickies Dream by Count Basie, Lester Young in 1957. Count Basie (piano),Doc Cheatham (trumpet), Dicky Wells (trombone), Earl Warren (alto sax), Ben Webster (tenor sax), Benny Morton (trombone), Joe Wilder (trumpet), Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax), Vic Dickenson (trombone), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Emmett Berry (trumpet), Coleman Hawkins (tenor sax), Joe Newman (trumpet), Freddie Greene (guitar), Eddie Jones (bass), Jo Jones (drums). Billie Holiday and Jimmy Rushing also appear but don't perform.
CI_858_8
00:03:03
Thelonious Monk plays song Blue Monk by Thelonious Monk with his trio 1957. Thelonious Monk on piano, Ahmed Abdul Malik on bass and Osie Johnson on drums.
CI_858_1
00:08:27
Billie Holiday sings Fine and Mellow by Billie Holiday in 1957. Musicians who backed her in this set- Count Basie, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Jo Jones, Coleman Hawkins, Henry "Red" Allen, Vic Dickenson, Pee Wee Russell, Gerry Mulligan, Thelonious Monk, Jimmy Giuffre.
CI_21216_14
00:00:40
Footage of the Santa Anita Race Track and Knott's Berry Farm and its Old West Restoration theme 1953
CI_21216_10
00:00:34
Footage of Santa Monica Venice Muscle Beach and beach beauty contest Los Angeles 1953
CI-21216-7
00:00:21
Footage of 25th Academy Awards Exterior and Interior Hollywood Los Angeles 1953. First Televised Academy Awards.
CI_21216_4
00:00:41
Footage of the exterior and backlots of Movie Film Studios Hollywood Los Angeles 1953
CI_21216_2
00:00:29
Footage of aerials and ground shots of locations in Hollywood and Los Angeles 1953
CI19806_Milton_Berle_04_03_56
00:59:07
Featuring special guests Elvis Presley, Harry James, and Buddy Rich