Uptown Jubilee was a short-lived American all-black

African American

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 variety show on CBS-TV from September 13 to October 20, 1949. The show aired on Tuesday nights from 8–9 p.m. ET during September and on Thursdays from 8:30–9 p.m. ET during October.

The program aired three times as an hour-long show, each with a different title, premiering as Uptown Jubilee, changing to Harlem Jubilee and finally Sugar Hill Times, the title it also used during the two half-hour telecasts on October 6 and 20.

It was hosted by Willie Bryant

Willie Bryant

Willie Bryant was an American jazz bandleader, vocalist, and disc jockey.Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Bryant grew up in Chicago and took trumpet lessons to little success. His first job in entertainment was dancing in the Whitman Sisters Show in 1926...

; performers included Maxine Sullivan

Maxine Sullivan

Maxine Sullivan , born Marietta Williams, was an American blues and jazz singer.She was born in Homestead, Pennsylvania, and married jazz musician John Kirby in 1938 , and stride pianist Cliff Jackson in 1956...

, Timmie "Oh Yeah" Rogers, Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte

Harold George "Harry" Belafonte, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, actor and social activist. He was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s...

, The Jubileers, and Don Redman

Don Redman

Donald Matthew Redman was an American jazz musician, arranger, bandleader and composer.Redman was announced as a member of the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame on May 6, 2009....

and His Orchestra.