Lee Morgan USIA taping - June 1969

[bertrand]

I had never noticed this before but Jeff McMillan's Lee Morgan chronology has Lee taping a propaganda film for USIA in June 1969, and playing with a big band on the program. Nipsey Russell, Billy Eckstine, Etta Jones and Joe Carroll were also involved. It is mentioned in downbeat (2/19/70) and Cadence (7/1/69). Lee was in California most of the month, so it would be in early or late June.

The video or audio may still be out there. I asked on Facebook and googled. The USIA archives are either in the DC suburbs (National archives in College Park, MD) or Fayeteville AK.

Let's find this before the Jazz Detective does.

College Park is next to Hyattsville where Lee recorded that Left Bank DC gig that Fresh Sound said was in Baltimore.

 

 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 03:56 AM by bertrand

[bertrand]

On 3/11/2026 at 11:53 PM, bertrand said:

I had never noticed this before but Jeff McMillan's Lee Morgan chronology has Lee taping a propaganda film for USIA in June 1969, and playing with a big band on the program. Nipsey Russell, Billy Eckstine, Etta Jones and Joe Carroll were also involved. It is mentioned in downbeat (2/19/70) and Cadence (7/1/69). Lee was in California most of the month, so it would be in early or late June.

The video or audio may still be out there. I asked on Facebook and googled. The USIA archives are either in the DC suburbs (National archives in College Park, MD) or Fayeteville AK.

Let's find this before the Jazz Detective does.

College Park is next to Hyattsville where Lee recorded that Left Bank DC gig that Fresh Sound said was in Baltimore.

 

 

 

 

Does anyone have access to downbeat and cadence?

[cayetano]

Downbeat February 19, 1970