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 Item — Reel: 108Fb

Antibes Jazz Festival (6 of 10), circa 1960s

Dates

  • circa 1960s

Scope and Contents

This film has no sound and includes television broadcasts of the Antibes Jazz Festival and Jazz at Blue Note in the early 1960s. The film begins with a few seconds of a performance by Ray Charles and the Raelettes. Next, Bud Powell (piano) performs "Monopoly" At 4:28, there is a short clip of a performance of the Les McCann Trio at the Antibes Jazz Festival. At 4:50, Bud Powell, Jean-Marie Ingrand (bass), and Kenny Clarke perform "I want to be Happy" at Blue Note. The film also includes short clips of performances at Blue Note by Bud Powell, accompanied by Kenny Clarke (drums), and Pierre Michelot (bass); a quartet formed by Alice MacLeod (piano), Lucky Thompson (soprano sax), Pierre Michelot (bass) and Kenny Clarke (drums); and Billie Poole (vocalist) with the McLeod Trio. The film also includes short clips of Bud Powell performing at the Antibes Jazz Festival accompanied by Charles Mingus (bass), Ted Curson (trumpet), Ervin Booker (tenor sax), Eric Dolphy (alto sax), and Dannie Richmond (drums).

Extent

1 film reels (16 mm) : silent; black and white

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

This collection contains materials in French and English.

Conditions Governing Access

The audiovisual materials in the collection have been digitally reformatted for research purposes. Researchers may access digitized copies of the audiovisual materials via the IJS research portal or by appointment at the Institute of Jazz Studies. Access to the scrapbooks is restricted. Please contact the Institute for further information.

Creator

Part of the Institute of Jazz Studies Repository

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