Production Staff
Lil Armstrong
Composer/Lyricist
Eubie Blake
Composer/Lyricist
Shelton Brooks
Composer/Lyricist
Cab Calloway
Composer/Lyricist
Jimmy Cox
Composer/Lyricist
Eddie de Lange
Lyricist
Duke Ellington
Composer/Lyricist
Benny Goodman
Composer/Lyricist
W. C. Handy
Composer/Lyricist
Arthur Herzog
Composer/Lyricist
Billy Higgins
Lyricist
Earl "Fatha" Hines
Composer/Lyricist
Danny Holgate
Composer
(additional)
(additional)
Billie Holiday
Composer/Lyricist
Emme Kemp
Composer
(additional)
(additional)
Rosetta LeNoire
Source Material
(based on concept)
(based on concept)
Avon Long
Composer/Lyricist
Lillian Lopez
Composer
(additional)
(additional)
Irving Mills
Lyricist
Loften Mitchell
Bookwriter
Lyricist
W. Benton Overstreet
Composer/Lyricist
Mitchell Parish
Lyricist
Maceo Pinkard
Composer/Lyricist
Andy Razaf
Lyricist
Alex Rogers
Lyricist
Edgar Sampson
Composer/Lyricist
Noble Sissle
Composer/Lyricist
Will E. Skidmore
Composer/Lyricist
Billy Strayhorn
Composer/Lyricist
Renton Tunnah
Composer/Lyricist
Thomas "Fats" Waller
Composer/Lyricist
Chick Webb
Composer/Lyricist
Paul Webster
Lyricist
Bert Williams
Composer/Lyricist
Awards and Nominations
1976 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Choreography: Billy Wilson was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Costume Design: Bernard Johnson was nominated but did not win.
1976 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Best Performance: Vivian Reed won.
Videos