Written and Directed by
David G. Berger, Holly Maxson and Kate Hirson

Produced by
David G. Berger and Holly Maxson

Narrated by
Jeffrey Wright

Edited by
Kate Hirson

Additional Editing by
Amy Seplin

Production Consultant
Bruce Ricker

Camera
Vic Losick
Greg Barna

Additional Camera
Ira Brenner
Brad Burkons
Ron Kienhuis

Location Sound
Frank Brown, Jr.
Bob Bryan
Phyllis Digilio
Evan Gray
Mike McCurry
Joannie Perry
Bill Wander

Workshop and Rehearsal Footage
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston, Texas

Selected Interviews
Directed by Marion Kessel

Production Assistants
Leslie “Hap” Beasley
Debra Kirschner
Elgin Smith

Script Consultants
Christopher Finch
Phran Novelli

Audio Consultant
Fred Landerl

STILL PHOTOGRAPHS
The Milton J. Hinton Photographic Collection ©

and

Robert Appleton
The Louis Armstrong Archives,Queens College, CUNY
David G. Berger
Olé Brask
The Hinton Family
The Institute of Jazz Studies,
Rutgers University
Jazz Portrait, Harlem 1958 ©
www.Art Kane.com
Ed Lawless
The Library of Congress
Holly Maxson
Hank O’Neal
Skidmore College Jazz Institute
Charles Stewart

Photographic Printing
Robert Asman
Holly Maxson
Ken Wahl

Archivist and Conservator for Still Photography
Holly Maxson

Motion Control
Nick Mavroson, Refinery Post

Archival Film Footage
Mona Hinton, Harlem Home Movie ©
The Hinton Family
“La Grande Parade du Jazz” INA–Institut National de l’Audiovisuel
Juanita Howard, Interview with Milt Hinton
Branford Marsalis video “Makin’ Whoopee”
courtesy of Columbia Records
“The Muse” Interview with Milt Hinton by Terry
Gross, WHYY courtesy of WHYY-TV
Rhapsody Films, Inc.
“The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson”
courtesy of Carson Productions Group

and

Archive Films by Getty Images
Bob DeFlores Archive
National Archives and Records Administration

Archival Consultants
Ed Berger, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University
Mark Cantor
Chertok & Associates
The Chicago Historical Society
Debra Gillespie, The Chicago Jazz Archive,
University of Chicago Library
Hal Miller
Bruce Raeburn, The Hogan Jazz Archive,
Tulane University
Bonnie G. Rowan Film Research
Vincent Pelote, Institute of Jazz Studies,
Rutgers University
Don Wolff

Archival Audio
“Fresh Air”, WHYY-FM, Philadelphia
Fred Landerl

Editing Facilities
Post Factory

Editing Equipment
Radical Avid

On-Line Facility
Teatown Communications

On-Line Editor
Jon Fordham

Color Correction
Fred Ruckel, Stitch Motion Graphics

Re-Recording Mixer
Ken Hahn, Sync Sound, ® Inc.

Sound Editor
Tony Slocum, Sync Sound, ® Inc.

Bass Performances
Tony Bellamy “Gershwin” Excerpt
John Clayton Practice Exercises

Music Copyist
Vincent Favata

Fiscal Sponsor
Checkerboard Foundation, Inc.

Accountant
Pustorino, & Puglisi & Company, LLP

THANKS TO

Howard Alden
Robert Appleton
Jean Bach
Milo Berger
Samantha Berger
Lisa Bocchini
Phil Bodner
Teddy Bookman
Michael Cogswell
Kenny Davern
Larry Hilton
Douglas Holmes
Karen Holmes
Donya Kato
Barrie Kolstein
Jack Lesberg
Jeff Levenson
Celia Lowenstein
Russell Malone
Haydee Marangoni
Dr. Robert Morgan
Bob Rosengarden
Derek Smith
Tim Timpanero
Deborah Ross
Derek Smith
Tim Timpanero
Edward R. Townsend, Jr
Moe Wechsler
George Wein
Patricia Willard
James Williams

The Blue Note, NYC
Festival Productions
High School for the Performing & Visual Arts, Houston, Texas
Temple University

SPECIAL THANKS

Alfred Berger
Mona Hinton
Ruth S. Maxson
Hank O’Neal

SONGS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

“Wade in the Water”
(Trad.)
Performed by James Williams, Milt Hinton, and Kenny Washington

“Wild Man Blues”
(L. Armstrong -F. Morton)
Performed by the Henry “Red” Allen Allstars

“Texas and Pacific Blues”
(Trad.)
Performed by Frenchy’s String Band

“The Walls Fall”
(M. Hinton)
Performed by Milt Hinton and Jo Jones

“Come Back Sweet Papa”
(P. Barbarin - L. Russell)
Performed by Louis Armstrong

“Nervous Tension”
(T. Parham)
Performed by Tiny Parham

“Memphis Mamie”
(T. Parham)
Performed by Tiny Parham

“Mama Mocking Bird”
(E. South)
Performed by Eddie South

“Hotcha Razz-Ma-Tazz”
(I. Mills - A. Razaf)
Performed by Cab Calloway

“Jitterbug”
(C. Calloway-I. Mills)
Performed by Cab Calloway

“At the Clambake Carnival”
(C. Berry)
Performed by Cab Calloway

“Mr. Hepster’s Dictionary”
(C. Calloway)
Performed by Cab Calloway

“Willow Weep for Me”
(A. Ronell)
Performed by Cab Calloway

“Copper Colored Gal”
(B.Davis - F. Coots)
Performed by Cab Calloway

“Hot Mallets”
(L. Hampton)
Performed by Lionel Hampton

“Make Yourself at Home”
(C. Calloway)
Performed by Cab Calloway

“Travelin’ All Alone”
(J.C. Johnson)
Performed by Kenny Davern, Howard Alden, and Milt Hinton

“Glassboro Blues”
(B. Clayton)
Performed by The Buck Clayton Allstar Band

“This Time It’s Us”
(M. Hinton - D. Gillespie)
Performed by Milt Hinton and Dizzy Gillespie

“Theme for Margaret”
(H. Winterhalter)
Performed by Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra

“Crime Wave” (I. Joseph) Performed by Murder Inc. Band

“Fruit Boots”
(R. Prysock)
Performed by Red Prysock

“Rooster Walk”
(R. Prysock)
Performed by Red Prysock

“The Big Six”
(I. Joseph)
Performed by Murder Inc. Band

“Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby”
(B. Austin - L. Jordan)
Performed by Dinah Washingon

“Quintessence”
(Q. Jones)
Performed by The Quincy Jones Orchestra

“Slap Happy”
(M. Hinton - L. Hampton)
Performed by Milt Hinton and Lionel Hampton

“Lover Man”
(J.E. Davis - R. Ramirez - S. James)
Performed by Coleman Hawkins

“Rosetta”
(E. Hines - H.W. Woode)
Performed by Henry “Red” Allstars

“Dicky’s Dream”
(C. Basie - L.Young)
Performed by the Count Basie Orchestra

“Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me”
(R. Bloom - T. Koehler)
Performed by Billie Holiday

“Bloody Mary”
(B. Clayton)
Performed by The Buck Clayton Allstar Band

“Ceciliana”
(D. Gillespie)
Performed by Dizzy Gillespie

“Pick N’ Pat”
(M. Hinton)
Performed by Milt Hinton

“Flip’s Dido”
(F. Phillips)
Performed by Kenny Davern and Flip Phillips

“Rosetta”
(E. Hines - H.W. Woode)
Performed by Ralph Sutton and Jay McShann

“Old Man Time”
(C. Friend - J. Reynolds)
Performed by Milt Hinton

“Makin’ Whopee”
(W.Donaldson - G.Kahn)
Performed by Branford Marsalis

“Tin Top Alley Blues”
(M. Hinton)
Performed by Milt Hinton and Jo Jones

FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM WAS PROVIDED BY

The Rosalind & Alfred Berger Foundation

ADDITIONAL FUNDING PROVIDED BY
Andrew Sordoni, III

Produced in association with the Independent Television Service (ITVS).

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