Silver Shine - ACE174.3

Hamilton talking about the atmosphere in the 1950s. Film of young people at a dance. Photographs and playbills for Hamilton and his different groups of musicians from the 1950s on. The Blue Notes performing Take the A Train. Birmingham street scenes. Hamilton VO talking about singing with his parents after church in Jamaica. Choir singing in church conducted by Millicent Lindsay. Lindsay practising saxophone. She talks about how learning with Hamilton has improved her understanding of chord structure and has contributed to her gospel singing abilities. Hamilton with class of young people. His VO says that many young people, black and white, are getting into jazz; he encourages everyone by saying that learning to play jazz will help them play other music as well. Hamilton talking about how he would not give up playing jazz when the big sound systems arrived.