A Man Called Adam (1966) A star-studded cast invigorates this film of a jazz trumpeter (Sammy Davis Jr.) who experiences both the prejudices of the music industry and terrible guilt following the traffic accident that killed his family, a tragedy he feels personally responsible for. Co-stars include several giants of jazz and popular music: Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Ossie Davis, and Mel Tormé, as well as Peter Lawford and Cicely Tyson. | Vintage & Iconic African American Everything

19K views · 961 reactions | In her second major film role, Cicely Tyson played Claudia Ferguson in A MAN CALLED ADAM ('66) - the daughter of a well-known jazz trumpeter played by Louis Armstrong. Tyson also had an off-screen connection to jazz through her relationship with Miles Davis around this time. A year after the film's release, Davis used a photo of Tyson for his 1967 album, "Sorcerer." | Turner Classic Movies: TCM | Facebook