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[[image]] [[caption]]Welch, Hall, Wilson, Carter[[/caption]] [[image]] [[caption]] Bobby Short[[/caption]] George Wein, the producing genius behind the Newport Jazz Festival, in association with Honi Coles, Robert Kimball and Bobby Short, presented for one month only the smash hit event of the 1979 Newport Jazz Festival, "Black Broadway." This is a retrospective of the classic black entertainers of yesteryear and their music performed by legends old and new to remind us of our great heritage from black musical theatre. The show starred Bobby Short, Nell Carter, Gregory Hines, John W. Bubbles, Adelaide Hall, Honi Coles, Edith Wilson and Elisabeth Welch. Also featured was Charles "Cookie" Cook, Leslie "Bubber" Gaines and Mercedes Ellington. Associate Producer is Gus Fleming. This unique evening of song and dance was first performed at the Newport Jazz Festival Sunday, June 24th, 1979, and has been talked about as one of the greatest moments in the Festival's history ever since. Bobby Short is America's premiere cabaret artist and long time keyboard resident at the Cafe Carlyle; Broadway's Nell Carter stopped the show "Ain't Misbehaving'''nightly and won the Tony Award for her efforts; Gregory Hines won raves this season in "Comin' Uptown" and last year in "Eubie"; John W. Bubbles is one of the beloved names in show business history and was the original Sportin' Life in George Gershwin's "Porgy And Bess"; Adelaide Hall starred with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson is "Blackbirds of 1928" on Broadway; Honi Coles is one of Americas Greatest tap dancers; Edith Wilson starred with Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong in "Hot Chocolates" in 1929 and Elisabeth Welch was the toast of Broadway and London's West End and rose to stardom singing Cole Porter's "Love For Sale" in "The New Yorker." All of these artists will do their "thing" in "Black Broadway." [[image - Black Broadway logo]] 138