The
cry of jazz
Cry of jazz (Motion picture)
Bland, Ed,
film director
film producer
screenwriter
musical director
Hill, Nelam L.,
1926-1992
film producer
screenwriter
Kennedy, Mark
(Screenwriter)
screenwriter
Starr, Hank,
cinematographer
Alk, Howard,
film editor
Waller, George
(Actor)
actor
Horton, Dorothea,
actor
Dillon, Melinda,
1939-
actor
Duncan, Andrew,
1927-
actor
Inman, LaRoy,
actor
Miller, James
(Actor)
actor
MacFadyen, Gavin,
actor
Sun Ra,
composer
musician
Priester, Julian,
composer
Severson, Paul,
composer
Higgins, Eddie,
1932-2009
composer
Leist, Norman,
composer
KHTB Productions,
production company
film distributor
Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)
moving image
motion picture
Independent films.
Social problem films.
Short films.
Fiction films.
xxu
monographic
United States
KHTB Productions
1959
1959
eng
1 video file (digital) (34 min.) : sd., b&w.
viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (34 min., 1,226 ft.) : sd., b&w ; 16 mm.
Uses dramatic dialogue, direct address argumentation, realist documentary illustration, an innovative music soundtrack, and essayistic construction to argue for jazz music as an expression of the situation of Black Americans. Seeing jazz as both empowering and limiting, the film is an acute and even painful statement of its political, social, cultural, and artistic moment.
a KHTB production ; director, Edward O. Bland ; producers, Edward O. Bland, Nelam L. Hill ; writers, Edward O. Bland, Nelam L. Hill, Mark Kennedy.
Based in part on the book "The fruits of the death of jazz" by Edward O. Bland.
Copyright: KHTB Productions, Inc.; 1Jun59; MP9590.
The names of the musicians appearing in the film (filmed at various clubs 1956-1958) provided by Dr. Gary Heller, identified by Dr. Robert Campbell.
Summary from Chuck Kleinhans' essay, "The cry of jazz" on the National Film Preservation Foundation page, Library of Congress website.
In end credits: Music recorded in Europe, available in United States on Academy record album mwjs #1, Saturn record album #srlp0216. According to Robert Campbell in "From Sonny Blount to Sun Ra: The Chicago Years", mwjs #1 is Academy MWJ-1, The Paul Severson Quartet, and #srlp0216 is SR-LP 0216, Super-Sonic Jazz, by Sun Ra and His Arkestra. Music from both albums is used in the soundtrack.
Sources used: MBRS Film and Television catalog card; Eagan, D. America's film legacy, 2009-2010, p. 96-98; Educational Film guide, 1960 Annual Supplement, Part 1. Alphabetical title list, p. 25 viewed February 15, 2022 via the Internet Archive; Library of Congress catalog: Motion pictures and filmstrips; a cumulative list of works represented by Library of Congress printed cards, 1953, p. 157 viewed February 15, 2022 via the Internet Archive; National Film Preservation Board essay, viewed February 15, 2022 via the Library of Congress WWW site; Internet movie database, February 15, 2022; email from Dr. Gary Heller, February 25, 2022; "From Sonny Blount to Sun Ra: The Chicago Years", viewed February 28, 2022 at Robert Campbell's WWW site (http://campber.people.clemson.edu/sunra.html).
Director of photography, Hank Starr ; assistant director, Nelam L. Hill ; film editor, Howard Alk ; musical director, Edward O. Bland ; music by Le Sun Ra, Paul Severson, Julian Priester, Eddie Higgins, Norman Leist ; art director, Bernard Goss ; sound crew, Garry Harris, Timmy Harris, Nelam L. Hill ; script consultants, Eugene Titus, Madeline Tourtelot, Frank McGovern ; additional photography, Jonathan Chernoble ; lighting, Valentin Scheglowski.
George Waller, Dorthea Horton, Linda Dillon, Andrew Duncan, Laroy Inman, James Miller, Gavin McFadyen, Carl Dupree, Goldina Rojas, Alan Leavitt, Carl McCormack, Lettie Mae Randolph.
Appearing: Sun Ra and His Arkestra (Sun Ra (piano), Marshall Allen (alto sax), Robert Barry (drums), Ronnie Boykins (bass), William "Bugs" Cochran (drums), Charles Davis (baritone), Hobart Dotson (trumpet), John Gilmore (tenor sax), Jim Herndon (tympani), Art Hoyle (trumpet), Pat Patrick (baritone sax), Julian Priester (trombone), Luscious Randolph (trumpet), Victor Sproles (bass), BeBop Sam Thomas (electric guitar)).
Filmed in 1958 in Chicago, Illinois.
This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
n-us-il
Sun Ra Arkestra.
Jazz
Drama
African Americans
Social conditions
Drama
African Americans
Race identity
Drama
African American arts
Illinois
Chicago
Drama
United States
Race relations
Drama
FCA 0324 (viewing print)
https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.01195283
The cry of jazz
MAVIS
(DLC) 1195283
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