Jazz film called I think "Adam" with Pops and Sammy Davis Jr.

[skeith]

I was watching TCM the other week and caught part of this .... Sammy is onstage as a trumpeter in the 50s playing jazz of that era and in audience was Louis Armstrong... not sure if he was playing himself or not... only caught the last 15 minutes of this.

Have I got this right and is this supposed to be a good movie.... I was shocked to have never even heard of it.

[fasstrack]

A Man Called Adam?

[skeith]

A Man Called Adam?

Yes that is the movie.

Has anyone seen the whole thing ....is it any good as far as jazz movies go?

[sgcim]

I've seen it probably ten times, and I enjoy it each time I see it.

The cinematography is very good- stark back and white- the writing and acting are very good, and it has Nat Adderly doing all the excellent trumpet solos.

That's Frank Sinatra Jr. as the white boy tryin' to get soul.

Mel Torme has a cool bit at the party scene, singing Benny Carter's "All That Jazz".

Sammy Davis Jr. was great as the self-destructive lead, mimes playing the trumpet very well, and sings a few tunes nicely.

It definitely doesn't skate over the civil rights struggle going on back then...

Here da rest of da dope:

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.jots.200017488/default.html

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Edited May 10, 2014 by sgcim

[JSngry]

Never have seen the whole movie. Couldn't get past the ending.

But, hello Kai Winding, correct?

[sgcim]

Ja ja, das Kai.

Dat da way all self-destructive jazz musicians go, dey let da racists beat up dere white protege, den dey drink demselves to death!