The Kansas City jazz kings of the Twenties and Thirties are commemorated in some charming archival footage and publicity stills, but mostly in newly shot footage in which the survivors get together again to play and to reminisce. It is something like a home movie of a Thanksgiving Day gathering of the family; and as with most home movies, it would help if you were an intimate of the group in order to partake in the warmth. With Count Basie, Joe Turner, Jay McShann; directed by Bruce Ricker. (1979) — Duncan Shepherd
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