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Rock 'n' Roll Revue

Rock 'n' Roll Revue

Comedy • Musical • Music & Musicals
Synopsis
In the 1950s, at the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem, N.Y., comic Willie Bryant emcees a variety show comprising some of the biggest names in African-American music, comedy and dance. On hand to document the historic event is filmmaker Joseph Kohn, who points a steady lens on the lively performances of jazz legends Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton and Sarah Vaughan; stand-up comic Nipsey Russell; and the dynamic tap dance team of Charles "Honi" Coles and Cholly Atkins.
Cast
Duke Ellington, Dinah Washington, Nat "King" Cole, Lionel Hampton, Martha Davis, Little Buck, Mantan Moreland, Louie Bellson
Genres
Comedy, Musical, Music & Musicals

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