Cassette available on Amherst (53310).

Principal cast: Avon Long, Josephine Premice, Vivian Reed, Joseph Attles, Carolyn Byrd, Chip Garnett.

Recorded at A&R Recording Studios, New York, New York on March 22, 1976. Includes liner notes by Robert M. Cooper.

A musical revue featuring some of the most memorable jazz-age tunes of Black 30s composers such as Duke Ellington, Eubie Blake, and Fats Waller: "Sophisticated Lady," "Honeysuckle Rose," and more. On record, the show becomes essentially a sampler of that music, and it's effective for that, though the listener should also check out the original versions. ~ William Ruhlmann