Clips of Doc Severinsen and Scatman Crothers, from "Sunshine's on the Way" (1980).
This was a short feature featuring two great musicians, with neither them doing a full-blown performance of their art in the movie. Here are the clips featuring Doc, who plays a minor role (and a few very nice notes over the phone). I suspect Doc may have been dubbing in the notes for the cornet player. The "band" did feature at least one actual player: Joe Tarto, tuba. Audio and video have been cleaned as much as I could. The full video is on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH5TilBs-Pg
About Joe Tarto
Joe Tarto (February 22, 1902 - August 24, 1986) was an American jazz tubist and bassist. Tarto (born Vincent Joseph Tortoriello) played trombone from age 12 before settling on tuba as a teenager. He played in an Army band in World War I, where he was wounded, and received his release in 1919. In the 1920s he worked with Cliff Edwards, Paul Specht, Sam Lanin, and Vincent Lopez, in addition to doing arrangement work for Fletcher Henderson and Chick Webb and playing in pit orchestras on Broadway....
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