The Sound of Jazz

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The Sound of Jazz was a landmark television program that was part of CBS's Seven Lively Arts series. The program aired December 8, 1957 live from CBS Studio 54, a/k/a the Town Theater, located at 851 9th Avenue in New York City (now demolished). The show was hosted by John Crosby and produced by Irving Townsend, George Avakian and Michael Brooks. John Houseman was the executive producer.

It featured most of the top East Coast Jazz musicians of the day, playing styles from dixieland to bebop and twelve-tone.

It was also released as a recording by Columbia Records, although the gramophone version could actually be considered a rehearsal which preceded the telecast and is not its soundtrack.

Contents 1 Personnel 1.1 Trumpet 1.2 Trombone 1.3 Clarinet 1.4 Alto Saxophone 1.5 Tenor Saxophones 1.6 Baritone Saxophone 1.7 Guitar 1.8 Piano 1.9 Bass 1.10 Drums 1.11 Vocals 2 Songs 2.1 DVD Extras

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Trumpet

• Henry "Red" Allen
• Emmett Berry
• Doc Cheatham
• Roy Eldridge
• Rex Stewart
• Joe Wilder

[edit] Trombone

• Vic Dickenson
• Benny Morton
• Frank Rehak
• Dickie Wells

[edit] Clarinet

• Pee Wee Russell

[edit] Alto Saxophone

• Earl Warren

[edit] Tenor Saxophones

• Coleman Hawkins
• Ben Webster
• Lester Young

[edit] Baritone Saxophone

• Harry Carney
• Jimmy Giuffre
• Gerry Mulligan

[edit] Guitar

• Danny Barker
• Freddie Green
• Jim Hall

[edit] Piano

• Count Basie
• Thelonious Monk
• Nat Pierce
• Mal Waldron

[edit] Bass

• Jim Atlas
• Milt Hinton
• Eddie Jones
• Ahmed Abdul-Malik
• Walter Page (gramophone version only)

[edit] Drums

• Osie Johnson
• Jo Jones

[edit] Vocals

• Billie Holiday
• Jimmy Rushing

[edit] Songs

• Fast and Happy Blues
• Wild Man Blues
• Rosetta
• Eyes of a Stranger
• Blue Monk (appears on VHS only - not on DVD re-release)
• I Left My Baby; vocal by Jimmy Rushing
• Dickie's Dream
• Fine and Mellow; vocal by Billie Holiday
• The Train and the River

[edit] DVD Extras

• Jumpin' With Symphony Sid; The Count Basie Orchestra)
• South; Coleman Hawkins & Red Allen
• Dali; Coleman Hawkins