The Sound of Jazz
| The Sound of Jazz | |
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Title Card for "The Sound of Jazz"
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| Presented by | John Crosby |
| Starring |
Count Basie Billie Holiday Thelonious Monk Red Allen Jimmy Giuffre |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English. |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Nat Hentoff Whitney Balliet Charles H. Schultz |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 54 minutes |
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| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | December 8, 1957 |
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| Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
| Released | 1958 |
| Recorded | December 4, 1957 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Length | 41:37 |
| Label |
Columbia Records CL 1098 |
"The Sound of Jazz" is a 1957 edition of the CBS television series Seven Lively Arts, and was one of the first major programs featuring jazz to air on American network television.
The one-hour program aired on Sunday, December 8, 1957, at 5 p.m. Eastern Time, live from CBS Studio 58, the Town Theater at 851 Ninth Avenue in New York City. The show was hosted by New York Herald-Tribune media critic John Crosby, directed by Jack Smight, and produced by Robert Herridge. Jazz writers Nat Hentoff and Whitney Balliett were the primary music consultants.
The Sound of Jazz brought together 32 leading musicians from the swing era including Count Basie, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Billie Holiday, Jo Jones and Coleman Hawkins; the Chicago style players of the same era, like Henry "Red" Allen, Vic Dickenson, and Pee Wee Russell; and younger 'modernist' musicians such as Gerry Mulligan, Thelonious Monk, and Jimmy Giuffre. These players played separately with their compatriots (see the song list below), but also joined to combine various styles in one group, such as Red Allen's group and the group backing Billie Holiday on "Fine and Mellow".
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