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The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story (1979)

Genre : Music, Documentary

Runtime : 1H 30M

Director : Bruce Ricker

Synopsis

Documentary film detailing the history of Kansas City jazz.

Actors

Count Basie
Count Basie
Self
Big Joe Turner
Big Joe Turner
Self
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
Self (archive footage)

Crews

Bruce Ricker
Bruce Ricker
Director

Posters and backgrounds

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