- Description
Tap Dance America is a reference work of bibliographic information and does not point to digitized versions of the items described. The Library of Congress may or may not own a copy of a particular film or video. To request additional information Ask a Librarian.
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Duke Ellington at Abyssinian Baptist Church / Nicholas Brothers [theatrical performance]
- Title
- Duke Ellington at Abyssinian Baptist Church [Theatrical Performance]
- Performers
- Nicholas Brothers
- Washinton, Fredi
- Washington, Isabel
- Published/Created
- 1938-04-10
- Genre
- Theatrical Performance
- Venue
- Abyssinian Baptist Church, Harlem
- Abstract
- A program of gospel, spirituals and jazz with Fredi Washington as MC, her sister Isabel Washington, then married to Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., the pastor of this, Harlem's largest church; with the Nicholas Brothers and Ellington teamed with a number of lesser-known performers to present a program in benefit of a local home of the aged.
- Source
- Strattemann, Klaus: Duke Ellington: Day by Day, Film by Film. Copenhagen: Jazz Media (1992).
Last Updated: 12-16-2015