KENNEDY CENTER TONIGHT: A SALUTE TO DUKE (TV)
Summary
This program features Sarah Vaughan and her trio: George Gaffney on piano, Andy Simkins on bass, and Harold Jerome Jones; Joe Williams, Max Roach, Harold Nicholas, McHenry Boatwright, and Billy Taylor and the orchestra: on trumpet and flugelhorn, Joe Newman, Virgil Jones, Ernie Royal, Joe Mosello; on baritone saxophone, George Barrow; on tenor saxophone and clarinet, Harold Ashby and David Newman; on alto saxophone and clarinet, Frank Perowsky and Charles Williams; on trombone, Britt Woodman, Curtis Fuller, and Benny Powell; on bass trombone, Douglas Purviance; on guitar, George Davis; on violin, Joe Kennedy, Jr.; on bass, Victor Gaskin; and on drums, Keith Copland. Included is a clip of "Duke" Edward Kennedy Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: May 13, 1981 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:58:47
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T81:1003
- GENRE: Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Music; Jazz; African-American Collection - Music
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1981-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Dale Bell … Executive Producer
- Robert Herridge … Producer
- Molly Youngling … Co-Producer, Writer
- Jerry Hughes … Director
- Ellington, Edward Kennedy "Duke" … Composer
- Billy Taylor … Conductor, Music Director
- Robert Thomas … Music Coordinator
- Sarah Vaughan
- George Gaffney
- Andy Simkins
- Harold Jerome Jones
- Joe Williams
- Max Roach
- Harold Nicholas
- McHenry Boatwright
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Joe Newman
- Virgil Jones
- Ernie Royal
- Joe Mosello
- Harold Ashby
- David Newman
- Frank Perowsky
- WQED-TV (Pittsburg, PA)
- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- George Barrow
- Charles Williams
- Britt Woodman
- Curtis Fuller
- Benny Powell
- Douglas Purviance
- George Davis
- Joe Kennedy
- Victor Gaskin
- Keith Copland