Preservation Hall and Preservation Hall Band New Orleans and Billie Pierce plays piano1966,

The Carter Family sing Worried Man Blues at Grand Ole Opry 1966

WOODY GUTHRIE, SONNY TERRY, BROWNIE McGHEE SING JOHN HENRY 1946

WOODY GUTHRIE, SONNY TERRY, BROWNIE McGHEE SING JOHN HENRY 1946

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.

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.

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).

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

Footage of the short film St Louis Blues starring Bessie Smith 1929

Footage of various locations including Millennium Park in Chicago 2012

An episode of the classic TV comedy series starring Betty White.