Film clip of Thelonious Monk performing "Blue Monk" on The Sound of Jazz
date: label: Date
content: 1957
name: label: Directed by
content: Jack Smight, American, 1925 - 2003
label: Produced by
content: CBS Broadcasting, Inc., American, founded 1927
label: Subject of
content: Thelonious Monk, American, 1917 - 1982
label: Subject of
content: Ahmed Abdul-Malik, American, 1927 - 1993
label: Subject of
content: Osie Johnson, American, 1923 - 1966
label: Owned by
content: Ernie Smith, American, ca. 1925 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: A motion picture film print with a clip of Thelonious Monk performing "Blue Monk" on "The Sound of Jazz," an episode of the anthology series The Seven Lively Arts. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with bilateral variable-area optical sound. The footage opens with host John Crosby sitting on a flight of steps. He introduces the performer as Thelonious Monk and states that Monk is accompanied by "Ahmed Abdul Malik on the bass and Osie Johnson on the drums” and that “the song is ‘Blue Monk.’” The camera then slowly pans to the musicians as they begin to play.
place: label: Place filmed
content: New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
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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: 2015.275.23.1a
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): 00:03:32
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film): 140 ft