Various Artists

This Blu-ray disc compiles some of the finest classic jazz performances ever filmed. The Sound of Jazz was a 1957 CBS TV show which reunited some of the genre’s greatest stars for a one-hour performance that was presented as performed, with no editing. It was a true live-TV experience which produced some of the most moving jazz scenes ever filmed, among them the final meeting of Billie Holiday and Lester Young. The show also produced a studio album by the same title, which is added in its entirety as a bonus on this package. CBS would repeat its success in 1959 with yet another show, this time featuring Miles Davis, Ahmad Jamal and Ben Webster on different sets. Davis is heard both in a quintet format (with John Coltrane on tenor sax) and with the Gil Evans orchestra. Also included here are Gjon Mili’s classic 1944 short film Jammin’ The Blues, one of the very rare movies showcasing Lester Young, and the only existing footage of Charlie Parker on live TV.

PERSONNEL:

[1-10] THE SOUND OF JAZZ (1957), featuring:

- HENRY " RED" ALLEN
- COUNT BASIE
- ROY ELDRIDGE
- JIMMY GIUFFRE
- COLEMAN HAWKINS
- BILLIE HOLIDAY
- THELONIOUS MONK
- GERRY MULLIGAN
- BEN WEBSTER
- LESTER YOUNG
Among others

[11-14] JAZZ FROM STUDIO 61 (1959), featuring:

- AHMAD JAMAL TRIO
- BEN WEBSTER-BUCK CLAYTON QUINTET

[15-17] JAMIN' THE BLUES (1944), featuring:

- LESTER YOUNG
- HARRY SWEET EDISON
- ILLINOIS JACQUET
Among others

[18] STAGE ENTRANCE TV SHOW (1952), featuring:

- CHARLIE PARKET
- DIZZY GILLESPIE

[19-22] THE SOUND OF MILES DAVIS (1959), featuring:

- MILES DAVIS
- JOHN COLTRANE
- WYNTON KELLY
- PAUL CHAMBERS
- JIMMY COBB
- THE GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA

TRACKS:

01 Open All Night / Blues
02 The Count Blues
03 Wild Man Blues
04 Rosetta
05 Dickie’s Dream
06 Blue Monk
07 I Left My Baby
08 Fine And Mellow
09 The Train And The River
10 Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me
11 Darn That Dream
12 Ahmad’s Blues
13 Chelsea Bridge
14 Duke’s Place
15 The Midnight Symphony
16 On The Sunny Side Of The Street
17 Jammin’ The Blues
18 Hot House
19 So What
20 The Duke
21 Blues For Pablo
22 New Rhumba

Bonus Audio: THE SOUND OF JAZZ [Studio Album]
Total Time (Audio): 50:45 Min. Approx.