"Sugar Chile" Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet is a 1950

1950 in film

The year 1950 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 15 - Walt Disney Studios' animated film Cinderella debuts.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:*Ambush...

 short film presenting five jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 numbers in a 15-minute running time. The film includes Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing...

 performing "God Bless the Child

God Bless the Child

God Bless the Child may refer to:In music:* God Bless the Child , an album by Guerilla Black* God Bless the Child, an album by Kenny Burrell* "God Bless the Child" , covered by many artists...

" and "Now, Baby or Never", the Count Basie

Count Basie

William "Count" Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. Basie led his jazz orchestra almost continuously for nearly 50 years...

 Sextet performing "One O'Clock Jump

One O'Clock Jump

"One O'Clock Jump" is a jazz standard, a 12-bar blues instrumental, written in 1937 by Count Basie, with arrangement from Eddie Durham and Buster Smith. The original recording of the tune by Basie and his band is noted for the saxophone work of Herschel Evans and Lester Young; trumpeting by Buck...

", and juvenile performer Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson

Frank Robinson (psychologist and musician)

Frank Isaac Robinson , known in his early career as a musician as Sugar Chile Robinson, is an American blues and boogie-woogie pianist, singer, and later psychologist, whose career began as a child prodigy....

 performing "Numbers Boogie" and "After School Boogie". The film was directed by Will Cowan and produced and released by Universal-International Pictures.