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THE OFFBEAT OF AVENUES.
Copyright Collection
     Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., 1991.
     Director: Stefan Wuernitzer.
     5 mins., color, 3/4" videocassette.                 VBH 6387
A music video featuring Manhattan Transfer (Cheryl Bentyne, Tim
Hauser, Alan Paul and Janis Siegel) performing the title song in
vocalese, alternating with shots of people in a cafe.

OLD MAN MOSE.
AFI/Myrick Collection
     Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., 1942.
     3 mins., black & white, 16mm.                       FBC 4368
Performed by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five.  On reel with
several other Soundies.

OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN.
     See THE MILLS BROTHERS STORY.

OMNIBUS.  I, Vol. 12.
Wesleyan University Collection
     The TV-Radio Workshop of the Ford Foundation/CBS, 1953.
     Director: Andrew McCullough; Executive Producer: Robert
     Saudek; Producer: William Spier. 
     Telecast: CBS, January 25, 1953.
     90 mins., black & white, 3/4" videocassettes.    VBD 5878-79
Includes a 14-min. performance by the Benny Goodman Trio with
Goodman, Gene Krupa and Teddy Wilson.  

OMNIBUS.  II, Vol. 11.   
Wesleyan University Collection                                    
     The TV-Radio Workshop of the Ford Foundation/CBS, 1953.
     Director: Andrew McCullough; Executive Producer: Robert
     Saudek; Producer: Fred Rickey.
     Telecast: CBS, December 13, 1953.                            

     90 mins., black & white, 3/4" videocassettes.    VBD 8295-96
Includes a 19-min. segment entitled The Birth of a Band, featuring
a jazz band, the Band of Manhattan, created to motivate dancers
with the addition of symphonic instruments like finger cymbals,
french horn, harp, contrabassoon and piccolo.  Launched by the
program, the band is led by saxophonist Jimmy Abato and arranged by
Will Lauren.  Numbers include "On the Wing" and "The World Is
Waiting for Their Sunrise" with Don Elliott, Mary Mayo and the
Manhattanaires.  Hosted by Alastair Cooke and directed by Bob
Banner. 

OMNIBUS.  IV, Vol. 2.
Wesleyan University Collection
     The TV-Radio Workshop of the Ford Foundation/CBS, 1955.
     Director: Eliot Silverstein; Producer: Robert Saudek.
     Telecast: CBS, October 16, 1955.
     85 mins., black & white, 3/4" videocassettes.    VBD 6814-15
Includes most of a 44-min. segment entitled The World of Jazz, with
Leonard Bernstein, vocalist Lois O'Brien and an uncredited band
that argues for jazz as a serious art form through discussions of
its form in comparison with classical and modern form.  Explores
the technical aspects of jazz improvisation, such as accidental
counterpoint, with performances as examples.  NOTE: LC copy lacks
the first five minutes of the program.  SEE ALSO The Steve Allen
Show.  No. 93.

OMNIBUS.  V, Vol. 9.
Wesleyan University Collection
     The TV-Radio Workshop of the Ford Foundation and ABC, 1956.
     Producer: Robert Saudek.
     Telecast: ABC, December 2, 1956.
     90 mins., black & white, 3/4" videocassettes.    VBE 2395-96
Includes a 15 min. segment entitled Different Drummers, featuring
Ruby Braff, Jo Jones, Chatur Lal and Tony Scott.

ON THE AIR.
     See [UNITED ARTISTS MUSIC PROMOTIONAL FILM].

ON THE LIVE SIDE.
     See BEN SIDRAN.

ON THE ROAD WITH DUKE ELLINGTON.
     See THE BELL TELEPHONE HOUR.

ONE O'CLOCK JUMP.
     See JAZZ CLASSICS.  No. 104.

THE OPRY HOUSE.
United Artists Collection
     Vitaphone Corp., 1929.
     9 mins., black & white, silent, 35mm.  Ref. copy forthcoming
A music short in which the Mound City Blue Blowers, supported by
Lew Hearn and Doris Walker, perform "I Ain't Got Nobody," "Let Me
Call You Sweetheart" and "My Gal Sal."  NOTE: LC copy lacks
soundtrack.

ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEOS OF THE 30'S AND 40'S.
     See THE SOUNDIES COLLECTION.

ORIGINAL SIN.
     See JAZZ CASUAL.  The Modern Jazz Quartet.

ORNETTE--MADE IN AMERICA.
Copyright Collection
     Caravan of Dreams Productions, 1985.
     Director: Shirley Clarke; Producer: Kathelin Hoffman; Camera:
     Ed Lachman.
     90 mins., color, 35mm.                           CGB 2837-40
Following saxman Ornette Coleman randomly from place to place, this
documentary is as liberated as the free jazz Coleman pioneered: it
strives to honor, without necessarily understanding him.  It is
with him in Fort Worth for a performance of his "Skies of America"
with the Fort Worth Symphony, in Morocco for a 1973 expedition, in
Berkeley in 1969, and on Italian television in 1980.  The film
fuses this old and new footage with short dramatic sequences and
electronically processed video interludes.  The music track fills
the interstices around and between a series of interviews,
conversational snippets and brief impressions, with commentary from
sources as varied as William Burroughs, Jr., Buckminster Fuller,
Robert Palmer and John Rockwell.  Coleman's children appear,
including his son, Denardo, who is now a member of his father's
band, Prime Time, and his daughter, Truvenza Leach.  

OTHELLO.
     See ALL NIGHT LONG.

OUTSIDE IN SIGHT--THE MUSIC OF UNITED FRONT.
Copyright Collection
     Woodnick Productions/Rhapsody Films, 1986.
     Directors/Producers: Greg Chapnick, Sharon Wood; Camera:
     Robert Elfstrom, Emiko Omori.
     29 mins., color, 3/4" videocassette.                VBF 7044
Follows the San Francisco Bay Area jazz quartet United Front
(percussionist Anthony Brown, bassist Mark Izu, saxist Lewis Jordan
and trumpeter George Sams) from concert hall to rehearsal, at home
and at work, revealing the creative processes behind and within
their music through interviews and by showing the members away from
their musical personae.

P

PAPER DOLL.
AFI/Myrick Collection
     RCM Productions/Soundies Distributing Corp. of America,
     Inc., 1942.
     Director: Josef Berne; Producer: Sam Coslow.
     3 mins., black & white, 16mm.                       FCB 2738
Performed by the Mills Brothers and Dorothy Dandridge.  On reel
with several other Soundies.  SEE ALSO Jazz Classics.  No. 106 and
The Mills Brothers Story.

PARIS BLUES.
Copyright Collection
     Pennebaker Productions/Diane Productions, 1961.
     Director: Martin Ritt; Executive Producers: George Glass,
     Walter Seltzer; Producer: Sam Shaw; Screenplay: Jack Sher,
     Irene Kamp, Walter Bernstein.
     98 mins., black & white, 35mm.                   FGB 5827-32
In this feature, two American jazz musicians in Paris find romance
with two American teachers.  Starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward,
Sidney Poitier, Diahann Carroll, Serge Reggiani and Louis Armstrong
as Wild Man Moore.  Music score by Duke Ellington, supervised by
Billy Byers.  The jazz sequences include Armstrong playing trumpet
in clubs.  Paul Gonsalves and Murray McEachern ghosted the two
principals.  Numbers include "Autumnal Suite," "Battle Royal,"
"Birdie Jungle," "Blue Danube," "The Clothed Woman," "Guitar
Amour," "Mood Indigo," "Nite," "Paris Blues Theme," "Paris Stairs,"
"Sophisticated Lady," "Take the A Train" and "Wild Man Moore."

PENNIES FROM HEAVEN.
AFI/Columbia Collection
     Columbia Pictures Corp., 1936.
     Director: Norman Z. MacLeod.
     80 mins., black & white, 16mm.                   FBB 3268-70
A romantic comedy starring Bing Crosby which features Louis
Armstrong and his Orchestra in a nightclub sequence performing
"Skeleton in the Closet" with the support of Teddy Buckner.  Also
includes an appearance by Lionel Hampton.  SEE ALSO American
Masters.  Satchmo--The Life of Louis Armstrong and CBS News
Special.

PERSON TO PERSON.  Ellington/Zorach--Excerpt.
Valburn/Ellington Collection
     CBS, Inc., 1957.
     Director: Charles N. Hill; Co-Producer: Jesse Zousmer.
     Telecast: CBS, March 15, 1957.
     14 mins., black & white, 16mm.                      FBC 4076
Edward R. Murrow interviews Duke Ellington at his New York City
apartment on West End Ave., with his sister Ruth and his son Mercer
in attendance.  He discusses the importance of being in the right
place with the right people at the right time, citing his
engagement at the Cotton Club in December 1927.  He plays a record
of "Ballet of the Flying Saucers" from his fantasy The Drum is a
Woman and performs a brief version of "Satin Doll" on the piano
where he does much of his work.  NOTE: LC's incomplete kinescope
does not include the interview with sculptor William Zorach.  SEE
ALSO The United States Steel Hour and Wide Wide World.  American
Riches.

PETE KELLY'S BLUES.
Copyright Collection
     Mark VII/Warner Bros. Pictures, 1955.
     Director: Jack Webb; Screenplay: Richard L. Breen; Editor:
     Robert M. Leeds.
     91 mins., color, 35mm.                         FGA 8596-8605
Starring Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmund O'Brien and the Oscar-
nominated Peggy Lee, this melodrama portrays the gangsterism of the
prohibition era in an atmosphere of Dixieland jazz.  Includes two
numbers by Ella Fitzgerald, backed by Don Abney, Larry Bunker and
Joe Mondragon.  Also features Perry Bodkin, Teddy Buckner, Dick
Cathcart, Nick Fatool, Harper Goff, Thomas Jefferson, Matty
Matlock, Eddie Miller, Jud de Naut, Moe Schneider, Ray Sherman,
George Van Eps and Joe Venuti performing "Bye Bye Blackbird,"
"Hardhearted Hannah," "He Needs Me," "I Never Knew," "Oh, Didn't He
Ramble," "Pete Kelly's Blues," "Sing Me a Rainbow," "Somebody Loves
Me" and "Sugar."  

PIE, PIE, BLACKBIRD.
United Artists Collection
     The Vitaphone Corp./Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., 1932.
     Director: Roy Mack.
     18 mins., black & white, 3/4" videocassette.        VBE 8334
A music short which features Eubie Blake and his Band with Nina Mae
McKinney and the Nicholas Brothers performing "Black Maria,"
"Blackbird Pie," "China Boy," "Everything I've Got Belongs to You,"
"I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You" and "Memories of
You."  SEE ALSO The Golden Classics of Jazz.  The Best of Jazz,
Vol. I and Jazz Classics.  No. 108.

PILLOW TO POST.
United Artists Collection
     Warner Bros., 1945.
     Director: Vincent Sherman.
     96 mins., black & white, 16mm.                   FCA 4468-70
A comedy about a travelling saleswoman and her involvement with an
Army lieutenant, starring Ida Lupino and Sidney Greenstreet.  In a
club sequence, Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra (including Herb
Flemming and Dexter Gordon) appear for one number. 

PLAYBACK.  Duke Ellington.  
Valburn/Ellington Collection
     Columbia Records/CBS Television Network, 1960.
     Director: Tim Kiley; Producer: William Hallahan.
     7 mins., black & white, 16mm.                       FAB 6261
Part of a series of advertising films produced for the promotion of
Columbia records over the CBS network.  Hosted by Goddard
Lieberson, president of the CBS Records Division since 1956, this
show features Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, discussing the new
Ellington composition inspired by Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Suite." 
Includes "Overture to Nutcracker Suite," "Peanut Brittle Brigade,"
"Sophisticated Lady" and "Sugar Rum Cherry."  Recorded June 26,
1960.  SEE ALSO The Sound of Jazz--Duke Ellington.

PONCHO SANCHEZ--A NIGHT AT KIMBALL'S EAST.
Copyright Collection
     Concord Picante, a division of Concord Jazz, Inc., 1991.
     Director: Robert N. Zagone; Executive Producer: Carl E.
     Jefferson; Producers: Elizabeth Bell, John Burk.
     60 mins., color, 1/2" videocassette.                VAB 4916
A live performance of the Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz band (Ramon
Banda, Tony Banda, Gene Burkert, Sal Cracchiolo, Jose "Papo"
Rodriguez, Poncho Sanchez, David Torres and Art Velasco) recorded
on December 8, 1990 at Kimball's East in Emeryville, California. 
Includes "Alafia," "Baila Me Gente," "Cinderella," "Co Co May May,"
"Cold Sweat/Funky Broadway," "Domitila (Donde Va)," "Half and
Half," "Hey Bud," "Jumpin' with Symphony Sid," "A Night in
Tunisia," "Se Acabo Lo Que Se Daba" and "Yumbambe." 

PORTRAIT OF AN ALBUM.
     See SINATRA.

A PORTRAIT OF MURA DEHN.
     See IN A JAZZ WAY.

A PORTRAIT OF TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI.
     See JAZZ IS MY NATIVE LANGUAGE.

PRAISE GOD AND DANCE--THE SECOND SACRED MUSIC CONCERT BY DUKE
ELLINGTON.
Valburn/Ellington Collection
     Production company unknown, 1969.
     Producer: Arne Arnbom.
     Telecast: Swedish television, November 6, 1969.
     70 mins., color, 1/2" videocassette.                VAB 6833
Transmitted from Gustaf Vasa Church in Stockholm, this Swedish-
produced concert features the Duke Ellington Orchestra and singers
Alice Babs, the Swedish Radio Choir and Tony Watkins and the
dancers Clifford Fears and Walter Nicks on "Almighty God," "Biggest
and Busiest Intersection," "Don't Get Down on Your Knees to Pray,"
"Father, Forgive Me," "Freedom," "Heaven," "Praise God," "Praise
God and Dance," "The Shepherd," "Something about Believing,"
"Supreme Being" and "T.G.T.T."  SEE ALSO A Concert of Sacred Music. 


PRESENTING LILY MARS.
     See BOB CROSBY GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE.

PRODUCER'S SHOWCASE.
     See WIDE WIDE WORLD.

PROJECT 20.  Those Ragtime Years.
Copyright Collection
     NBC-TV, 1960.
     Director: William A. Graham; Producer/Writer: William Nichols;
     Editor: Silvio d'Alisera.
     Telecast: NBC, Nov. 11, 1960.
     56 mins., black & white, 16mm.                        FDA 85
Narrated by Hoagy Carmichael, this program presents in song and
story the rise of the ragtime craze which revolutionized American
popular music and paved the way for jazz.  With the Billy B.
Quartet, Mae Barnes, Eubie Blake, Dorothy Loudon, Minns and James,
the Wilbur De Paris Band, Robin Roberts, Ralph Sutton, the Clara
Ward Singers and Dick Wellstood. 

Q

THE QUINTESSENTIAL PEGGY LEE.
LC Off-Air Taping Collection
     National Video Corporation Productions, 1984.
     Director: Gary Halvorson; Associate Director: Carol Stowe;
     Producer: John Goberman; Videotape Editor: Girish Bhargava.
     59 mins., color, 1/2" videocassette.                VAB 3053
A concert performance video taped in Atlantic City, New Jersey,
with Lee singing "As Time Goes By," "Gotta Have Heart," "I Love
Bein' Here with You," "Is That All There Is?," "Johnny Guitar,"
"Just One of Those Things," "Someday," "S`Wonderful," "When You're
Smiling, the Whole World Smiles with You," "Wind Beneath My Wings"
along with more upbeat jazz, low-down blues, torch songs and
tongue-in-cheek humor.  Personnel: John Chiodini, Vinnie Johnson,
Jay Leonhart, Michael Renzi and Mark Sherman.  

R

RATION BLUES.
AFI/Myrick Collection
     Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., 1944.
     3 mins., black & white, 16mm.                       FBC 4368
Performed by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five.  On reel with
several other Soundies.  SEE ALSO Jazz Classics.  No. 105.
 
RAY ANTHONY AND HIS ORCHESTRA.
AFI/Columbia Collection
     Columbia Pictures Corp., 1947.
     17 mins., black & white, 35mm film.                 FEB 7723
A Columbia Featurette starring the title act performing "Finiculi,
Finicula," "I'll Close My Eyes" and "Let's Go Back and Kiss the
Boys Again."  A disc jockey chatters in between numbers.  From the
series Thrills of Music.

RAY EBERLE AND HIS ORCHESTRA.
AFI/Columbia Collection
     Columbia Pictures Corp., 1948.
     Director/Producer: Harry Foster; Editor: Dan Heiss;
     Photographer: Jack Etra.
     11 mins., black & white, 35mm.         Ref. copy forthcoming
A Columbia Featurette starring the title act with Connie Haines. 
From the series Thrills of Music. 

RAZZMATAZZ OF JAZZ.
     See SNAP OF TAP AND RAZZMATAZZ OF JAZZ.

REARVIEW MIRROR.
     See THE DUKE--CONVERSATION IN MUSIC.

RECORD MAKING WITH DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA.
Valburn/Ellington Collection
     Paramount Pictures, 1937.
     Created by Alois Havrila.
     5 mins., black & white, 16mm.                       FAB 6231
Part 3 of Issue 2 in Series 7 of the Paramount Pictorials (No.
889), in which Duke Ellington and his Orchestra "demonstrate" the
process of making a phonograph record at the time, from recording
through manufacture.  They appear in footage which is intercut with
documentary shots of lacquer cutting, master plating and the
pressing of shellac discs.  They follow with a rendition of "Oh
Babe!  Maybe Someday" with vocals by Ivie Anderson.  "Daybreak
Express," "How Do I Rate with You" and "Turn Off the Moon"
fragments are included as well.  In 1963, this version of "Daybreak
Express" inspired D.A. Pennebaker's first film Daybreak Express,
which gives an impression of an early morning ride into New York
along the since demolished elevated railway, the Third Avenue "El." 


RED HOT HEAT.
     See JAZZ CLASSICS.  No. 110.

RED NICHOLS AND HIS FIVE PENNIES.
United Artists Collection
     Vitaphone Corp., 1929.
     9 mins., black & white, silent, 35mm.  Ref. copy forthcoming
Performances of "China Boy," "Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider" and "Who
Cares?"  NOTE: LC copy lacks soundtrack. 

"RED" NICHOLS AND HIS WORLD FAMOUS PENNIES.
United Artists Collection
     Vitaphone Corp., 1936.
     Director: Joseph Henabery.
     9 mins., black & white, 35mm.                       FEC 1336
A music short featuring the title act, supported by Bob Carter and
the Wallace Sisters.  Numbers include "Can't You Hear Me Calling?,"
"Carolina in the Morning," "Cryin' for the Carolines," "Get Happy,"
"Sleepytime Down South," "Troublesome Trumpet" and "Wail of the
Winds."
 
REET PETITE AND GONE.
AFI/Dudik Collection
     Astor, 1947.
     Director: William Forest Crouch.
     69 mins., black & white, 35mm.        FEA 5450; FEA 7348-53.
An all black musical featuring Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
with June Richmond and Vanita Smythe.  SEE ALSO Jazz Classics.  No.
114.

REMEMBER MY NAME.
     See ALBERTA HUNTER.

REMINISCING IN TEMPO.
     See AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.

RENT PARTY.
     See MILLS BLUE RHYTHM BAND.

REVEILLE WITH BEVERLY.
Valburn/Ellington Collection
     Columbia Pictures, 1943.
     Director: Charles Barton; Assistant Director: Rex Bailey;
     Producer: Sam White; Screenplay: Howard J. Green, Jack Henley,
     Albert Duffy.
     77 mins., black & white, 1/2" videocassette.        VAB 6845
This musical feature, based on a true story, centers on the plight
of a switchboard operator who promotes a "swing session" for the
benefit of the men in the Army at the radio station where she is
employed.  Includes performances by Count Basie and his Orchestra
("One O'Clock Jump"), Bob Crosby and his Orchestra ("Big Noise from
Winnetka"), Duke Ellington and his Orchestra with the vocals of
Betty Roche ("Take the A Train"), the Mills Brothers ("Cielito
Lindo" and "Sweet Lucy Brown"), the Radio Rogues (impressions of
Ben Bernie and Clark Gable), Frank Sinatra ("Night and Day") and
Freddie Slack and his Orchestra with Ella Mae Morse ("Cow Cow
Boogie").  Ellington's segment was filmed on October 8, 1942.  SEE
ALSO Bob Crosby Golden Anniversary Tribute.

REVUE IN RHYTHM.
     See SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO.

RHAPSODY IN BLACK AND BLUE.
     See JAZZ BALL.

RHAPSODY IN WOOD.
AFI/Pal Collection
     George Pal Productions, Inc., 1947.
     Director/Producer: George Pal; Story: Jack Miller;
     Animator: Erwin Broner; Director of Photography: Winton
     Hoch.
     9 mins., black & white, 35mm.                       FEA 8580
A Puppetoon combining a mixture of puppet animation and a live-
action Woody Herman explaining the origin of his clarinet and its
effects on his grandfather's life, while playing clarinet solos
throughout, with members of the First Herd.  Music composed by
Ralph Burns.  NOTE: LC has a black & white copy of a Technicolor
film.

A RHAPSODY OF NEGRO LIFE.
     See SYMPHONY IN BLACK.

RHUMBOOGIE.
     See JAZZ CLASSICS.  No. 105.

RHYTHM AND BLUES.
     See FROM JUMPSTREET.

RHYTHM AND BLUES REVUE.
AFI/Neptune Collection
     Studio Films, Inc., 1955.
     Director: Joseph Kohn; Producer: Ben Frye.
     86 mins., tinted, 3/4" videocasette.   Ref. copy forthcoming
     Short Version: 71 mins., tinted, 35mm.           FGC 7512-15
A musical compilation assembled from Snader and Studio
Telescriptions for release to theaters.  Features Faye Adams, Bill
Bailey, Ruth Brown, Cab Calloway, Nat "King" Cole, Count Basie,
Martha Davis, the Delta Rhythm Boys, Freddy and Flo, Lionel
Hampton, Herb Jeffries, the Larks, "Little" Buck, Amos Milburn,
Mantan Moreland, Nipsey Russell, "Big" Joe Turner and Sarah
Vaughan. An audience and emcee have been added to create the
illusion of a cohesive stageshow.  SEE ALSO: Basin Street Revue,
Jazz Festival, Rock `n' Roll Revue and Showtime at the Apollo. 
NOTE: LC's short version lacks reel three of the longer version. 

RHYTHM IN A RIFF.
     See LONESOME LOVER BLUES.

RHYTHM IN HARLEM.
     See SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO.

RHYTHM PARADE.
     See THE MILLS BROTHERS STORY.

RICHIE COLE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD.
Copyright Collection
     Myriad Media Productions, Inc., 1981.
     160 mins., color, 3/4" videocassettes.           VBB 5800-02
Numbers include "Alto Acres," "Black Orfeus (Samba De Orfeo),"
"Body and Soul," "Cole's Nocturne," "Harold's House of Jazz," "High
Fly," "I Can't Get Started (with You)," "Island Breeze," "Lady
Bird," "New York Afternoon," "Punishment Blues," "Red Top," "Save
Your Love for Me" and "Yardbird Suite."

RIDE LIKE THE WIND.
     See STUDIOLIVE WITH FREDDIE HUBBARD.

RIO REVISITED.
     See JAZZVISIONS.

RIOT IN RHYTHM.
Copyright Collection
     Universal Pictures Co., Inc., 1957.
     Director/Producer: Will Cowan.
     19 mins., black & white, 35mm.                   FEA 1087-88
A music short comprising a medley of popular American songs,
including "Heartbreak Hotel," "Jericho" and "Teach Me Tonight." 
Features Harry James and his Music Makers, with vocals by the
DeCastro Sisters and Johnny O'Neill.  Ralph and Lorraine dance.

RIT SPECIAL--LEE RITENOUR LIVE.
Copyright Collection
     One Pass Production/Stanley Dorfman Productions/Videoarts
     Japan, Inc., 1984.
     Director: Stanley Dorfman; Producers: Darlinda Dovolis, Scott
     Ross.
     74 mins., color, 1/2" videocassette.                VAA 5103
"Captain Fingers" is joined by Barnaby Finch, Jimmy Johnson, John
Massaro, Phil Perry, Carlos Vega and Ernie Watts for a live
performance at the Concord Pavillion in June 1984.  Includes
thirteen numbers.

THE ROBERT HERRIDGE THEATER.  The Sound of Miles Davis.
Copyright Collection
     CBS Films, 1959.
     Director: Jack Smight; Producer: Robert Herridge; Music
     Director/Arranger: Gil Evans.
     28 mins., black & white, 16mm.                      FCA 1154
Features performances by the Miles Davis Quintet (Paul Chambers,
Jimmy Cobb, John Coltrane, Davis and Wynton Kelly) with the Gil
Evans Orchestra, performing music by Davis, Dave Brubeck, Gil Evans
and Ahmad Jamal.  Includes the selections "Blues for Pablo," "The
Duke," "New Rhumba" and "So What."

ROCK `N' ROLL REVUE.
AFI/Neptune Collection
     Studio Films, Inc., 1955.
     Director: Joseph Kohn; Producer: Ben Frye.
     69 mins., tinted, 35mm.                         FGC 7499-502
A musical compilation assembled from Snader and Studio
Telescriptions for release to theaters.  Features Ruth Brown, the
Clovers, Nat "King" Cole, Coles and Atkins, Larry Darnell, Martha
Davis, the Delta Rhythm Boys, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton,
"Little" Buck, Mantan Moreland, Nipsey Russell and Dinah
Washington.  An audience and emcee have been added to create the
illusion of a cohesive stageshow.  SEE ALSO Basin Street Revue,
Jazz Festival, Jazz Profiles--Joe Williams, Rhythm and Blues Revue
and Showtime at the Apollo.  

ROCKIN' CHAIR.
AFI/Myrick Collection
     Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., 1942.
     3 mins., black & white, 16mm.                       FCB 2738
Performed by the Mills Brothers.  On reel with several other
Soundies.  SEE ALSO Jazz Classics.  No. 106.

`ROUND MIDNIGHT.
Copyright Collection
     Warner Bros./PECF/Little Bear Productions, 1986.
     Director: Bertrand Tavernier; Producer: Irwin Winkler;
     Writers: David Rayfiel, Bertrand Tavernier; Editor: Armand
     Psenny; Photographer: Bruno De Keyzer.
     132 mins., color, 35mm.                          CGA 2235-41
A French-American feature, dedicated to Bud Powell and Lester
Young, which pays tribute to the black musicians who lived and
performed in Paris in the late Fifties.  The story is inspired by
the real-life rapport between Bud Powell and French illustrator
Francis Paudras.  Set at the Blue Note club in Saint-Germain-des-
Pres and the Louisiane Hotel, the film stars Dexter Gordon and
Francois Cluzet with John Berry, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Billy
Higgins, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Eric Le Lann, Lonette
McKee ("How Long Has This Been Going On?"), John McLaughlin, Pierre
Michelot, Christine Pascal, Sandra Reaves-Phillips ("Put It Right
Here"), Martin Scorsese (owner of the Birdland club) and Wayne
Shorter.  

ROYAL GARDEN BLUES.
Copyright Collection
     CBS, Inc., 1986.
     5 mins., color, 3/4" videocassette.                 VBE 5736
A music video performed by Branford Marsalis.
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