Stage Acts - May 2

Kid Merv Jazz Band

At one point as part of the act, Kid Merv sat at a table and played cards while the rest of the band continued. I never did figure out what he was trying to do.

Andrew Hall's Society Brass Band

Louis Ford and His New Orleans Dixieland Flares

Chris Clifton

Walter Payton and Snapbeans

Walter Payton was not actually with the band that day.

Ellen Smith again.

I think they said this guy's name was Chris Albert the Dogman.

Banu Gibson and Her New Orleans Hot Jazz

Fayard Nicholas. The Nicholas Brothers were a dance team from the thirties and forties. They were featured in the movie Stormy Weather, which was excerpted in That's Entertainment! They also appeared in several other movies, including The Big Broadcast of 1936, Sun Valley Serenade, The Pirate, Orchestra Wives and Bonjour Kathrin. Fayard won a Tony for choreography in 1989. The Nicholas Brothers received Kennedy Center Honors in 1991.  Fayard's brother Harold died a few years ago.

Fayard didn't dance at Jazzfest (he's 87 years old), but he did sing.

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