The 1960s jazz scene caught on tape before it vanished forever.
Season 5 • Episode 4
LatestCount Basie (Piano) Sonny Payne (Drums) Freddie Green (Guitar) Norman Keenan (Bass) "I Don't Know" "Handful of Keys" (Untitled) "Squeeze Me" "Twenty Minutes After Three" "As Long As I Live" "If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)" "National Educational Television Blues"
Jazz Casual was an occasional series on jazz music on National Educational Television, the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service. The show was produced by Richard Moore and KQED of San Francisco, California. Episodes ran for 30 minutes. It ran from 1961 to 1968 and was hosted by jazz critic Ralph Gleason. The series had a pilot program in 1960, however the episode has been destroyed. 31 episodes were broadcast; 28 episodes survive. Most episodes included short interviews with the group leaders.
Production
KQED's bare-bones setup lets the music breathe without distraction.
Direction
Ralph Gleason's curation introduced legends to public television.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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