''One Mo' Time'' is a musical revue conceived by Vernel Bagneris. It is an evening of 1920s African-American vaudeville, set in the Lyric Theatre of New Orleans in 1926. The Lyric Theatre was on the black vaudeville circuit known as the Theatre Owners Booking Association (T.O.B.A.). The

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production opened in New York at the Village Gate Theatre in October 1979. At the

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in 1980, the show's recording was nominated for Best Original Cast Show Album. One of the members in the orchestra was the legendary trumpeter Jabbo Smith, who was a rival of

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in the late 1920s. Smith can be heard frequently in the musical's recording. The 1981 West End production, at the

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, was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best New Musical. The musical was revived on Broadway and had a brief run at the

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in 2002.

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