Sugar Chile Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet (1951)

Original title

'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet

Directed by

Will Cowan

Genre

music

Country

United States

Runtime

15 min

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short film features three jazz artists in the early 1950s. Billie Holiday sings two songs, the Count Basie Sextet plays one, and a young piano prodigy performs two boogie numbers.

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What happens

"Sugar Chile" Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet is a 1950 short film presenting five jazz numbers in a 15-minute running time. The film includes Billie Holiday performing "God Bless the Child" and "Now, Baby or Never", the Count Basie Sextet performing "One O'Clock Jump", and juvenile performer Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson performing "Numbers Boogie" and "After School Boogie". The film was directed by Will Cowan and produced and released by Universal-International Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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