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"Rhythm And Blues Revue" (1955)

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Channel: Jazz Time with Jarvis X · 2018 · Music

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Rhythm and Blues Revue
Directed by Joseph Kohn
Produced by Ben Frye
Written by Ben Frye
Leonard Reed
Cinematography: Don Malkames
Edited by Arthur Rosenblum
Distributed by Studio Films, Inc.
Release date: 1955
Country United States
Language: English


Rhythm and Blues Revue is a 1955 American concert film directed by Joseph Kohn and Leonard Reed.

Summary
Rhythm and Blues Revue is a plotless variety show, one of several compiled for theatrical exhibition from the made-for-television short films produced by Snader and Studio Telescriptions, with newly filmed host segments by Willie Bryant. Originally 86 minutes, the "short" version available on public domain collections and websites is missing a reel.



Cast
Lionel Hampton
Faye Adams
Bill Bailey
Herb Jeffries
Freddie & Flo (Freddie Lucas and Florence Hill)
Amos Milburn
The Larks (David Bowers, Orville Brooks and Gene Mumford)
Sarah Vaughan
Count Basie
Big Joe Turner
Delta Rhythm Boys
Martha Davis
Little Buck
Nat King Cole
Mantan Moreland
Nipsey Russell
Cab Calloway
Ruth Brown
Willie Bryant


Soundtrack
Amos Milburn - "Bad Bad Whiskey"
Bill Bailey (dancing) - "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise"
The Larks - "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise"
Nat King Cole - "Calypso Blues"
Delta Rhythm Boys - "Dry Bones"
Faye Adams - "Every Day"
Martha Davis & Her Spouse - "Goodbye Honey, Goodbye"
Count Basie Combo - "Basie's Conversation", "One O'Clock Jump
Ruth Brown - "It's Raining Teardrops From My Eyes"
Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra - "Vibe Boogie", "Bongo Interlude"
Cab Calloway And His Orchestra - "Minnie the Moocher"
Sarah Vaughan - "Perdido"
Big Joe Turner - "Shake, Rattle and Roll"
Herb Jeffries - "In My Heart (There's a Song)"



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