Descriptive Summary: b&w, a compilation reel created by Ernie Smith
1. "Tacata" Performance Date: 1946
Performer(s): Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, incl: Leo Wright, flute and Lalo Schifrin, piano
2. The Sound of Jazz, excerpt
Copyright: 1957
Corporate Creator: CBS, The Seven Lively Arts (Studio 58)
Producer: Robert Herridge
Director: Jack Smight
Performer(s): Thelonious Monk
Song Title(s): "Blue Monk"
3. "God Bless the Child" Performance Date: 1950
Performer(s): vocals by Billie Holiday with the Count Basie Sextet
4. The Sound of Jazz, excerpt
Copyright: 1957
Corporate Creator: CBS, The Seven Lively Arts (Studio 58)
Producer: Robert Herridge
Director: Jack Smight
Performer(s): Billie Holiday vocals, the Count Basie Orchestra incl: Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster
Song Title(s): "Fine and Mellow"
5. The Sound of Miles Davis Performance Date: 1957
Producer: Robert Herridge Director Jack Smight
Performer(s): Miles Davis
Song Title(s): "So What"
6. "Rockin' Chair" Performance Date: 1950
Performer(s): Louis Armstrong-Jack Teagarden All Stars incl: Cozy Cole, Peanuts Hucko, Bobby Hackett, and others, vocals by Armstrong and Teagarden
Video reference copy
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but the films are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.
