Schlitz Salute to Louis Armstrong
name: label: Collection Performer
content: Basie, Count, 1904-1984
label: Collection Collector
content: Smith, Ernie
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content: Webster, Ben
label: Collection Performer
content: Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
label: Collection Performer
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Collection Performer
content: Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996
label: Collection Performer
content: Goodman, Benny (Benjamin David), 1909-1986
label: Collection Performer
content: Jamal, Ahmad, 1930-
label: Collection Performer
content: Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949
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content: Davis, Miles
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content: Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection
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content: Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection / Series 2: Additional Titles
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Motion picture film
container: label: Container
content: Reel OF 491.159
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Moving Images [31983000034454]
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content: Motion picture films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Descriptive Summary: 917f., color, Filmed on location at the Newport Jazz Festival in color, but much has been cut from the concert.

Copyright: 1970?

Corporate Creator: Festfilms, Inc, sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co.

Producer: George Wein and Sidney J. Starker

Director: George Wein and Sidney J. Starker

Performer(s): George Wein, mc; Louis Armstrong, v, tp; Mahalia Jackson, v; Dizzy Gillespie, v, tp; Ray Nance, v, tp; Bobby Hackett, tp; Tyree Glenn, tb; Benny Morton, tb; Dave McKenna, p; Jack Lesberg, b; Eureka Brass Band, Preservation Hall Band

Song Title(s):

1. "Hello Dolly", vocals by Armstrong

2. "Confessin'", vocals by Gillespie

3. "I'm in the Market for You", vocals by Nance

4. "Thanks a Million", Hackett

5. "Pennies from Heaven", vocals by Armstrong, instrumental solo by Hackett

6. "Blueberry Hill", vocals by Armstrong, instrumental solo by Glenn

7. "Sleepy Time Down South"

8. Unidentified number by the Eureka Brass Band

9. "Just a Closer Walk With Thee", vocals by Jackson

10. "Mack the Knife", Armstrong, Hackett, Eureka Brass Band

12. "Sleepy Time Down South", Eureka Brass Band

Video reference copy available.