I first watched this as a kid with my grandmother many years ago, and decided to give it a rewatch now. This was a very good variety show of multiple jazz and early R&B artists from the 1950. This was filmed at the Apollo Theater and the energy is classic of the venue. Among the music artists: Sarah Vaughan was obviously the highlight—though I did enjoy Amos Milburn’s performance as well.
There were also non-music performances like the tap-dance performances and the vaudeville act of Nipsy Russell and Mantan Moreland (an act that was very common of the minstrel and vaudeville era). If you are interested in old-time entertainment then this is a good show to watch with some of the best artist from the generation change-over from jazz to R&B.
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