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Jazz Dance

Roger Tilton
1954 United States 20 minutes English
© Richard Leacock

An evening at the Central Park Dance Hall in New-York in 1954 with the trumpeter Jimmy McPatrland, the clarinettist Pee Wee Russel, and Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith at the piano. Filmed by Richard Leacock et Bob Campbell, Jazz Dance captures the essence of the audience’s and musicians’ unrestrained joy.

Production :
Roger Tilton
Editing :
Richard S. Brummer
Sound :
Richard S. Brummer
Photography :
Bob M. Campbell; Richard Leacock
Copy Contact :
Museum of Modern Art / Moma

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