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- DirectorStefan ImmlerStarsEsperanza SpaldingELEWRavi Coltrane'Oxygen for the Ears: Living Jazz' is a story of the trials and triumphs of jazz in America. Every jazz tune has a starting point - a simple note - from which the music starts its journey and rises. 'Oxygen for the Ears' portrays Washington D.C. as such a departure point for its documentary story, 'Living Jazz'.
- DirectorJohn GoodhueStarsJon HendricksTerence BlanchardWalter Davis Jr.Documentary portrait of jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, combining archival material of Monk playing solo and with his quartet, plus interpretations of his music by Dizzy Gillespie, Jon Hendricks and Company, Carmen McRae, Milt Jackson and members of the Thelonious Monk Quartet with Walter Davis, Jr. playing piano. The Thelonious Monk Big Band is recreated by musical director, Paul Jeffrey, featuring Terence Blanchard and Monk's son, T. S., on drums. Jon Hendricks serves as narrator, putting the entire text to rhyme. His lyrics to "Round Midnight" is performed by Carmen McRae and "In Walked Bud" performed by Hendricks and Company.
- 1969–1970TV Episode
- 1969–1970TV EpisodeDirectorTerry HeneberyStarsBenny BaileyFrancis BollandKenny Clare
- 1969–1970TV EpisodeDirectorTerry HeneberyStarsBenny BaileyFrancis BollandKenny Clare
- DirectorMichael BlackwoodStarsJimmy ClevelandRay CopelandLarry GalesIn 1968, we had the opportunity to spend time with Thelonious Monk and his musicians, following him in New York, Atlanta, and in various European cities. In New York his quartet plays at the Village Vanguard and at recording sessions for Columbia Records; in Atlanta they appear at a Jazz Festival organized by George Wein. The members of the quartet were Charlie Rouse, Larry Gales, and Ben Riley. The group was joined on the European tour by Ray Copeland, Clark Terry, Phil Woods, and Johnny Griffin, traveling as part of George Wein's Newport Jazz Festival road company.
- DirectorChristian BlackwoodMichael BlackwoodStarsNica De KoenigswarterLarry GalesThelonious MonkIn 1968, we had the opportunity to spend time with Thelonious Monk and his musicians, following him in New York, Atlanta, and in various European cities. In New York his quartet plays at the Village Vanguard and at recording sessions for Columbia Records; in Atlanta they appear at a Jazz Festival organized by George Wein. The members of the quartet were Charlie Rouse, Larry Gales, and Ben Riley. The group was joined on the European tour by Ray Copeland, Clark Terry, Phil Woods, and Johnny Griffin, traveling as part of George Wein's Newport Jazz Festival road company.
- DirectorBert SternAram AvakianStarsLouis ArmstrongMahalia JacksonChuck BerryThe highlights of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.
- DirectorTim KileyStarsDavid AmramBill EvansSadik HakimHosted by the Rev. Andrew Young, associate director of the Youth Work Department of the National Council of Churches, this program features guests who perform and discuss jazz. Young says that pioneer jazzmen Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk contributed to the emotional language of a generation; composer David Amram plays his "Some Day Morning Will Come"; Young and critic Hentoff discuss jazz as a new language of expression for new sets of experiences; pianist Sadik Hakim plays his "Impulse"; Young and Hentoff discuss social protest and blacks as mirrored by jazz; pianist Bill Evans plays "Come Rain or Come Shine"; and David Amram, composer of MacLeish's "JB," discusses his career in jazz.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsJohn CrosbyHenry 'Red' AllenDanny BarkerSome of the best Jazz musicians in the country perform live on CBS in 1957. Count Basie, Billie Holiday and many more appear in this excellent one hour presentation.
- 1953–1957TV-PGTV EpisodeDirectorDwight HemionStarsSteve AllenGene RayburnSkitch Henderson
- DirectorPeter GidalStarsFrancis BaconJonathan BlakeRufus Collins
- DirectorSten BramsenStarsThelonious MonkCharlie RoseJohn OreFrom a live performance by Thelonius Monk Quartet in Copenhagen.