<I>Nice Work If You Can Get It / Avalon</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1955
name: label: Subject of
content: Benny Goodman Trio
label: Subject of
content: Teddy Wilson, American, 1912 - 1986
label: Subject of
content: Benny Goodman, American, 1909 - 1986
label: Subject of
content: Gene Krupa, American, 1909 - 1973
label: Owned by
content: Ernie Smith, American, ca. 1925 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: A 16mm film strip of the Benny Goodman Trio performing two songs: "Nice Work If You Can Get It" and "Avalon." It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with bilateral variable-area optical sound. The footage opens with Teddy Wilson playing the piano. The camera then slowly pans sideways to reveal Benny Goodman playing the clarinet and eventually Gene Krupa on the drums. A voiceover narration identifies the band members as they play. The first song the trio plays is "Nice Work If You Can Get It." At the end of the performance, Goodman says, "Okay, Teddy, take it" and the trio plays a second tune, "Avalon."
place: label: Place filmed
content: United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Film clips with the Benny Goodman Trio performing two songs
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Anonymous Gift in memory of Ernest (Ernie) R. Smith, Jazz Historian
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.275.17.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
label: Type
content: film clips
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (digital file): 00:06:45
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film): 300 ft