Liberty Street Blues

Directed by André Gladu
1988    77m
Documentary, Music, Musical
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This feature documentary uses music to reveal the many faces of jazz, New Orleans style. Colourful and alive with music, the film captures the street life and traditions of this vibrant city and explores the roots of the music that springs from the soul of the African-American community.
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Cast of Liberty Street Blues
  • Clarke 'Doc' HawleySelf - Calliope
  • Lawrence GouldSelf - Tap Dancer
  • Roy GouldSelf - Tap Dancer
  • Robert JohnsonSelf - Street Vendor
  • Lionel OubichonSelf - Street Poet
  • Demetree FernandezSelf - Fruit Vendor
  • Pie ManSelf - Street Vendor
  • Harry LeeSelf - Street Vendor
  • Young Tuxedo Brass BandThemselves - Parade Band
  • Gregg StaffordSelf - Trumpet and Cornet
  • Frank ParkerSelf - Trumpet
  • Joseph TorreganoSelf - Saxophone
  • Wendell EugeneSelf - Trombone
  • John SimmonsSelf - Trumpet
  • Michael WhiteSelf - Clarinet
  • Walter Payton Jr.Self - Tuba
  • Lawrence BatisteSelf - Drum
  • Stanley StephensSelf - Drum
  • Charles BarbarinSelf - Bass Drum
  • Nathaniel GraySelf - Grand Marshal
  • Alfred CarterSelf - Member of the Administration
  • Howard TurnerSelf - Member of the Administration
  • Herbert GettridgeSelf - Member of the Administration
  • George JonesSelf - Member of the Administration
  • Original Liberty Jazz BandThemselves - Jazz Party Band
  • Sadie ColarSelf - Piano and Vocals
  • Chester ZardisSelf - Bass
  • Louis NelsonSelf - Trombone
  • Danny BarkerSelf - Banjo
  • Florence BordersSelf - Head Archivist, Amistad Research Center
  • Charles TaylorSelf
  • White Cloud HuntersThemselves
  • Gerald 'Jake' MillonSelf
  • White EaglesThemselves
  • Zion HarmonizersThemselves
  • Sherman WashingtonSelf
  • Nolan WashingtonSelf
  • Howard BowieSelf
  • Alvin ThomasSelf
  • Henry WarrickSelf
  • Willie WilliamsSelf
  • Ronald 'Sweet' McCludSelf - Street Vendor
  • Anthony 'Dirty Rice' RichardsSelf - Street Vendor
  • Éric GaudrySelf
  • Guy NadonSelf - Narrator

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