Blues for trumpet and koto

Duration: 51

Year Published: 1962

Creator: a Geoffrey Selden Associates production ; in association with TBA, Tokyo Broadcasting System ; production, Geoffrey Selden, Domei Suzuki, Allan Lawrence, Tatsuro Komatsu ; direction, Ken Buckridge, Keiich Ogiwara, Harunosuke Nakagawa, Hajime Tsuburaya, Akira Namiki.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Buckridge, Ken.; Ogiwara, Keiich.; Nakagawa, Harunosuke.; Tsuburaya, Hajime.; Namiki, Akira.; Selden, Geoffrey.; Suzuki, Domei.; Lawrence, Allan.; Komatsu, Tatsuro.; George, Anthony, 1921-2005.; Jones, Quincy, 1933-; Barrett, Susan.; Brown, Pat.; Hirt, Al, 1922-1999.; Hara, Nobuo.; Inano, Kazuko.; Sharps and Flats (Musical group); Quincy Jones International All Stars (Musical group); Geoffrey Selden Associates.; Tōkyō Hōsō.; No more talk.; Georgia on my mind.; Paris in the springtime.; Waltzing Matilda.; Old black magic.; Apple honey.; Night in Tunisia.; Blues for trumpet and koto.; Taste of honey.; Where or when.; When the saints go marching in.

Description: Production credits taken from print.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.; Starring: Anthony George [Pete Clay], Quincy Jones. Featuring: Susan Barrett [Lori], Pat Brown. Performers: Quincy Jones International All Stars, Nobuo Hara and his Sharps and Flats, Kazuko Inano (koto).; This television program features jazz music structured around a loose story of a musician who has lost his girlfriend and accompanies his friend Quincy Jones (as himself) on a tour of Japan. The program begins in the 300 Club in New York where Al Hirt plays two sets, Georgia on my mind and Paris in the springtime. Quincy Jones is in the audience talking to his friend, "Pete Clay," a songwriter and musician who has broken up with his girlfriend. Pete joins Quincy on his tour to Japan. Their plane touches down in Sydney, Australia where Waltzing Matilda is briefly heard. Quincy and Pete do some sightseeing in Tokyo and then visit the rehearsal studio. There Quincy, at the piano, rehearses Old black magic with Nobuo Hara and his Sharps and Flats. Later that night at a nightclub Nobuo and his group perform two sets, Apple honey and Night in Tunisia. Quincy joins them at the piano for Taste of honey. Quincy Jones plays trumpet in a duet with the koto player, Kazuko Inano, in Blues for trumpet and koto. "Pete Clay" sings Where or when with Quincy at the piano. There are some night scenes in Tokyo and Pete returns to his hotel's nightclub where he finds his lost girlfriend, "Lori," performing a song he wrote, No more talk. They are reunited and the program ends back; in the New York with Al Hirt performing When the saints go marching in.; PFA 1616-01-13332. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2008/05 /13 good condition. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 2008/ 08/14; Very good condition; start up perf damage in leader; looks like kinescope; generally soft and blurry

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE