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The album version of The Sound of Jazz telecast is derived from a rehearsal (recorded on December 4) that preceded the telecast held at Columbia's 30th Street studios) and is not the soundtrack. The album was released by Columbia in 1958. The recording does not include all of the performers present on the telecast (Mulligan refused to ...
Written inside the blue box used on all the album covers "Digitally Remastered Directly from the Original Analog Tapes." In Europe, the series was known as CBS Jazz Masterpieces, with the reissues being released by CBS Records, until 1991, when the Columbia Jazz Masterpieces title was used on all subsequent releases and represses.
One edition, "The Sound of Miles Davis", which Herridge referred to onscreen as "a story told in the language of music", consisted of an April 2, 1959, jazz concert by Davis, John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb, and the Gil Evans Orchestra at CBS TV's Studio 61. It aired July 21, 1960. [5] [6]
The song was famously performed by Billie Holiday in 1957 in a television special, The Sound of Jazz. [3] The line-up included several jazz legends (the first six are listed in the order of their solos): Ben Webster – tenor saxophone; Lester Young – tenor saxophone; Vic Dickenson – trombone; Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone
The Seven Lively Arts is an American anthology series that aired on Sunday afternoons on CBS television [1] from November 3, 1957, until February 16, 1958. The series was executive produced by John Houseman, and hosted by New York Herald Tribune critic John Crosby. [2]
In 1957 Barker appeared in the CBS TV program The Sound of Jazz, performing with Red Allen, Pee Wee Russell, Coleman Hawkins and others. Barker appears in Les Blank's New Orleans documentary Always for Pleasure, including an interview (with Blue Lu) and several performance sequences.
Pierce was noted for his ability to play piano in the Basie style and appeared on many releases by Basie sidemen. Pierce also arranged the music for The Sound of Jazz, a 1954 CBS television special hosted by John Crosby. [1] Together with Frank Capp he founded the Capp/Pierce Juggernaut Band in 1975, which performed in to the 1990s. [1]
CBS executives had wanted the theme music to convey the suaveness, sophistication, and toughness that they felt were the fundamental aspects of Perry Mason's character, as well as his dealing with criminals and crime. According to Steiner: Historically, you associate jazz with the seamy side of life. [In 1957], rhythm and blues was the big ...