- Description
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Jump For Joy (revival) / James "Stumpy" Cross [theatrical performance]
- Title
- Jump For Joy (revival) [Theatrical Performance]
- Performers
- Cross, James "Stumpy"
- Cromer, Harold "Stumpy"
- Miller Brothers
- Published/Created
- 1959-01-20
- Genre
- Theatrical Performance
- Venue
- Copa City
- Abstract
- Through Feb 8. Revival of Ellington's 1941 revue, "Jump for Joy" with a modification of the original score for a cast of 50-plus. Musical numbers staged by Nick Castle; music composed by Duke Ellington; produced, written and directed by Sid Kuller.
Cast: Duke Ellington, Barbara McNair, James (Stump) Cross and Harold (Stumpy) Cromer, Timmie Rogers, Jimmy Randolph, Norma Miller and her Jazz Men, Lil Greenwood, The Miller Brothers, Othella Dallas, Malley Tore, and 30 Gorgeous Beige Beauties. The musical numbers featuring James (Stump) Cross and Harold (Stumpy) Cromer, included "Walk It Off" introduced by Ellington, with Timmie Rogers, Norma Miller and dancers; and "Made to Order" with Timmie Rogers. - Source
- Strattemann, Klaus: Duke Ellington: Day by Day, Film by Film. Copenhagen: Jazz Media (1992).
Last Updated: 12-16-2015