The Sound of Jazz - Definition

A landmark television program that was part of CBSs Seven Lively Arts series. Aired December 81957 live fron CBS Studio 58. 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

Personnel

Vocals

• Billie Holiday
• Jimmy Rushing

Trumpet

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

Trombone

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

Clarinet

• Pee Wee Russell

Alto Saxophone

• Earl Warren

Tenor Saxophones

• Coleman Hawkins
• Ben Webster
• Lester Young

Baritone Saxophone

• Harry Carney
• Gerry Mulligan
• Jimmy Guiffre

Guitar

• Danny Barker
• Freddie Green
• Jim Hall

Piano

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

Bass

• Jim Atlas
• Milt Hinton
• Eddie Jones
• Ahmed Abdul-Malik

Drums

• Jo Jones
• Osie Johnson

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

DVD Extras

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