Til the butcher cuts him down

Duration: :53

Year Published: 1971

Creator: P. Spaulding

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: New Orleans Dixieland jazz is revived in the music of one of the last great jazz musicians, Kid Punch Miller. Known as the King of the Blues in the 20's, Punch came upon bad times. The founding of Preservation Hall in the 1950's brought the musician back home to New Orleans. This film reviews his life and his last performance at the Jazz Heritage Festival before his death.