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Philip Paul personally thought up the beat for "The Twist" and was on the original recording by Hank Ballard on King Records. He was also on Freddie King's "Hideaway" and "Tore Down," among others. He was on the original recording of "Train Kept A Rollin" with the Tiny Bradshaw Orchestra and over 100 more hits on King Records as their studio drummer 1951-1964. But Philip is a Jazz and Caribbean drummer from Harlem. He and his wife Juanita, who was a dancer and singer at Cincinnati's Cotton Club, knew every single person in Art Kane's "Jazz Portrait - Harlem 1958" photo. The purpose of this documentary is to interview Juanita, Philip and friends of theirs who knew the musicians in Art Kane's photo and create a documentary about them to preserve and share the history they and their friends know with the world.

The video above is of Philip Paul talking about the new King Recording Studio museum with students at Pleasant Hill Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, during an in-school presentation.  Additional photos and videos of presentations Philip has done are available online at www.BigJoeDuskin.org.