Research Catalog

Title

Black Broadway [sound recording] : NPR broadcast.

Author

Newport Jazz Festival. prf

Publication

June 24, 1979.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010
• Calland, Fred.
• Burton, Miriam.
• Short, Bobby.
• Jordan, Joe, 1882-1971.
• Waller, Fats, 1904-1943.
• Carter, Nell.
• Coles, Honi, 1911-1992.
• Hall, Adelaide.
• Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983.
• Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977.
• Carroll, Diahann.
• Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989.
• Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
• Bubbles, John W.
• Wilson, Edith, 1896-1981.
• Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
• Jeffries, Herb.
• Wein, George.
• National Public Radio (U.S.)

Found In

Carl Seltzer collection of Eubie Blake recordings.

Description

2 sound discs: digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Alternative Title

Carl Seltzer collection of Eubie Blake recordings.

Subjects

• Jazz
• Musicals > Excerpts, Arranged
• Ragtime music

Note

• Compact discs.
• Cross talk on tracks 14-24 due to misalignment while recording.

Access (note)

• Access to original items restricted.

Event (note)

• Broadcast June 24, 1979 on NPR from Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, as part of the Newport Jazz Festival.

Source (note)

• Elaine Shipman (Seltzer);

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of: Carl Seltzer collection of Eubie Blake recordings, *L(Special) 05-06.

Contents

• Disc 1. Opening commentary / Taylor & Calland (0:53) -- Medley from "Running wild" / orchestra (4:48) -- Commentary (1:58) ; Medley of "Under the bamboo tree", "Wouldn't it be a dream", & "The unbeliever" (10:15) ; Commentary (0:52) / Short -- Medley from "The red moon" / (Burton) (5:32) -- Commentary (0:52) ; Broadway in Dahomey / Jordan (Short) (1:28) -- Ain't misbehavin' / Waller (Carter) (3:01) -- Speech (0:13) ; Falling for nobody else but you (4:12) / Carter -- Commentary / Short (0:48) -- Commentary (0:24) ; Tribute to Bill "Bojangles" Robinson : "Doing the new low down" (2:54) ; Commentary (0:11) ; Tap dancing routine (2:06) ; Commentary (0:28) / Coles -- Commentary / Short (1:02) -- I must have that man (4:07) ; Dig a dig a do (4:35) ; Commentary (1:17) / Hall -- Commentary (0:45) ; Medley of " Bandana days", "Love will find a way" and "I'm just wild about Harry" (6:09) ; Commentary (0:07) ; Memories of you (4:33) ; Commentary (0:53) / Blake -- Commentary / Short (0:09) -- Medley of Ethel Waters songs (8:55) ; Commentary (0:56) / Carroll.
• Disc 2. Commentary (repeated from disc 1) (0:56) ; Suppertime (3:23) / Berlin (Carroll) -- Orchestral outro (1:17) -- Commentary for end of part 1 (1:17) -- Intermission (history of jazz) / Green (6:13) -- Intermission commentaries (2:34 ; 2:54 ; 0:52 ; 2:45 ; 0:27 ; 1:53) / Taylor & Calland -- Announcement (0:15) -- The Cotton Club stomp / Ellington (orchestra) (3:13) -- Commentary (0:48) ; As long as I live (4:23) ; Commentary (1:16) / Short -- Commentary (1:58) ; It ain't necessarily so (3:57) / Gershwin (Bubbles) -- Commentary / Short (2:05) -- Black and blue / Waller (Wilson) (3:02) -- Yankee doodle blues / Gershwin (Wilson) (2:34) -- He may be your man / Wilson (4:38) -- Commentary / Short (1:10) -- Flamingo (3:51) ; Jump for joy (2:23) ; ibid (3:18) / Ellington (Jeffries) -- Commentary / Calland & Taylor (0:38) -- Commentary / Wein (3:26) -- Commentary / Carroll (0:23) -- Final curtain calls with commentary (1:09) -- Concluding commentary / Taylor & Calland (1:21).

Call Number

*LDC 50431

OCLC

754241752

Conference

Newport Jazz Festival. Performer

Title

Black Broadway [sound recording] : NPR broadcast.

Imprint

June 24, 1979.

Playing Time

011528 011050

Performer

Billy Taylor, Fred Calland, Angela Green, George Wein, hosts ; Bobby Short, vocals & piano ; Miriam Burton, Nell Carter, Adelaide Hall, Dianne Carroll, John W. Bubbles, Edith Wilson, Herb Jeffries, vocals ; Charles "Honi" Coles, performer ; Eubie Blake, piano.

Event

Broadcast June 24, 1979 on NPR from Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, as part of the Newport Jazz Festival.

Access

Access to original items restricted.

Linking Entry

Forms part of: Carl Seltzer collection of Eubie Blake recordings, *L(Special) 05-06.

Local Note

Archive original: (2 sound cassettes) in *LTC-A 881.

Preservation master file (4 sound files): phltca881t1p1, phltca881t1p2, phltca881t2p1, phltca881t2p2.

Service CD (2 sound discs : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archive originals, 2010.

Source

Gift; Elaine Shipman (Seltzer); 2003-2006.

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Added Author

Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010, host.

Calland, Fred. Host

Burton, Miriam. Performer

Short, Bobby. Host. Performer

Jordan, Joe, 1882-1971. Broadway in Dahomey.

Waller, Fats, 1904-1943. Hot chocolates. Ain't misbehavin'.

Carter, Nell. Performer

Coles, Honi, 1911-1992. Performer

Hall, Adelaide. Performer

Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983. Works. Selections.

Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983. Performer

Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977. Associated name

Carroll, Diahann. Performer

Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989. As thousands cheer. Suppertime.

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Cotton Club stomp.

Bubbles, John W. Performer

Wilson, Edith, 1896-1981. Performer

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess. It ain't necessarily so.

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Yankee Doodle blues.

Waller, Fats, 1904-1943. Black and blue.

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Jump for joy. Jump for joy.

Jeffries, Herb. Performer

Wein, George. Host

National Public Radio (U.S.)

Shipman, Elaine. Donor

Added Title

Carl Seltzer collection of Eubie Blake recordings.

Found In:

Carl Seltzer collection of Eubie Blake recordings.

Research Call Number

*LDC 50431