Buck Clayton - Why Was I Born (1937)
excerpt from the movie "Born To Swing" (sadly out of print) about the alumni of the Count Basie band of 1943.
This was shot in 1972, but was definitely released in 1973. The story is that of Dicky Wells, the great trombonist. There are some flashback shots to Dickie ...
with – Buck Clayton, John Hammond, Andy Kirk, Jo Jones, Albert McCarthy, Gene Krupa, Snub Mosley, Joe Newman, Buddy Tate, Earle Warren, Dicky Wells.
Herschel "Tex" Evans (9 March 1909 – 9 February 1939) was an American tenor saxophonist who worked in the Count Basie Orchestra. He had also worked ...