Original title
Jazz Casual
Released
1/17/1961
Origin country
US
Genre
Reality
Production companies
KQED
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
5
Number of episodes
29
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.
Dizzy Gillespie Quintet Dizzy Gillespie (Trumpet) Leo Wright (Alto Saxophone, Flute) Lalo Schifrin (Piano) Bob Cunningham (Bass) Chuck Lampkin (Drums) "Norm's Norm" "Blues After Dark" "Lorraine" "Tocatta from Gillespiana"
When Ralph J. Gleason asked Dave Brubeck to appear on his television series Jazz Casual, in 1961, it was only natural; not only was the Dave Brubeck Quartet one of the most popular jazz combos in the world at that time and a favorite at clubs in San Francisco, but both Dave Brubeck and his featured alto sax player Paul Desmond were Bay Area natives (Brubeck was born in Concord, Desmond in Berkely). This episode features the quartet performing Paul Desmond's 1961 jazz classic "Take Five." This lineup of the quartet, with Brubeck on piano, Desmond on alto szx, "Senator" Eugene Wright on bass, and Joe Morello on drums, was considered by many, including Gleason and Brubeck, himself, to be the best of the Brubeck Quartet lineups to date.
Cannonball Adderley (Alto Saxophone) Nat Adderley (Cornet) Joe Zawinul (Piano) Sam Jones (Bass) Louis Hayes (Drums) "Scotch and Water" "Arriving Soon" "Unit Seven"
Jimmy Witherspoon (Vocals) Ben Webster (Saxophone) Vince Guaraldi (Piano) Monty Budwig (Bass) Colin Bailey (Drums) "Time's Getting Tougher" "Ain't Nobody's Biz-ness" "Cotton Tail" "Chelsea Bridge" "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" "Roll 'Em"
Carmen McRae (Vocals) Norman Simmons (Piano) Victor Sproles (Bass) Walter Perkins (Drums) "I'm Gonna Lock My Heart" "Trouble Is a Man" "If You Never Fall in Love with Me" "'Round Midnight" "Love for Sale" "Exactly Like You"
Sonny Rollins Jim Hall Bob Cranshaw Ben Riley "The Bridge" "God Bless The Child" "If Ever I Would Leave You"
John Lewis (Piano) Milt Jackson (Vibraphone) Percy Heath (Bass) Connie Kay (Drums) "The Golden Striker" "If I Were Eve" "Winter Tale" "Lonely Woman"
Bob Neighbor (Trumpet) Bob Helm (Clarinet, Vocals) Turk Murphy (Trombone) Peter Clute (Piano) Harold Johnson (Tuba) Lloyd Byasse (Drums) "1919 Rag" "Daybreak Blues" "Dr. Jazz" "Terrible Blues" "Sidewalk Blues" "Weary Blues"
Gerry Mulligan (Piano, Saxophone) Bob Brookmeyer (Trombone) Wyatt Ruther (Bass) Gus Johnson (Drums) "Four for Three" "Darn That Dream" "Open Country" Utter Chaos
Jimmy Rushing (Piano, Vocals) "Goin 'to Chicago" "Am I to Blame" "Baby, Don't You Tell on Me" "Good Morning Blues" "Trix Ain't Walkin 'No More" "How Long Blues" (Untitled)
Louis Armstrong doesn't perform, listens to old recordings and discusses them with host. January 23, 1963
Earl Hines (Piano) John Green (Bass) Earl Watkins (Drums) "The One I Love Belongs to Someone Else" "Squeeze Me" "Love Is Just Around the Corner"
Dave Lambert (Vocals) Jon Hendricks (Vocals) Yolande Bavan (Vocals) Pony Poindexter (Saxophone) Gildo Mahones (Piano) George Tucker (Bass) Jimmie Smith (Drums) "Sugar Hill Blues" "Another Get Together" "This Could Be the Start of Something Big" "Melba's Blues" "Shiny Stockings" "Cousin Mary" "Cloudburst"
Paul Winter (Alto Saxophone) Richard Whitsell (Trumpet) Jay Cameron (Baritone Saxophone) Arthur Harper, Jr. (Bass) Warren Bernhardt (Piano) Ben Riley (Drums) "Bells and Horns" "Port Au Prince Suite" "Casa Camara" "The Thumper"
Woody Herman (Clarinet) Bill Chase (Trumpet) Dave Gale (Trumpet) Billy Hunt (Trumpet) Phil Wilson (Trombone) Henry Southall (Trombone) Bob Rudolph (Trombone) Sal Nistico (Tenor Saxophone) Jackie Stevens (Tenor Saxophone) Bobby Jones (Tenor Saxophone) Frank Hittner (Baritone Saxophone) Nat Pierce (Piano) Chuck Andrus (Bass) Jake Hanna (Drums) *Airdate just listed as "Summer 1963" June 1, 1963
Woody Herman (Alto Saxophone, Clarinet) Bill Chase (Trumpet) Paul Fontaine (Trumpet) Dave Gale (Trumpet) Gerry Lamy (Trumpet) Billy Hunt (Trumpet) Phil Wilson (Trombone) Henry Southall (Trombone) Bob Rudolph (Trombone) Sal Nistico (Tenor Saxophone) Jackie Stevens (Tenor Saxophone) Bobby Jones (Tenor Saxophone) Frank Hittner (Baritone Saxophone) Nat Pierce (Piano) Chuck Andrus (Bass) Jake Hanna (Drums)
Bola Sete (Guitar) Vince Guaraldi (Piano) Fred Marshall (Bass) Jerry Granelli (Drums) "Outra Vez" "Tango El Bongo" "Tour de Force" "Star Song" "Mambossa"
Muggsy Spanier (Cornet) Robert Mielke (Trombone) Darnell Howard (Clarinet) Joe Sullivan (Piano) George Pops Foster (Bass) Earl Watkins (Drums) "St. Louis Blues" "Beale St. Blues" "Someday Sweetheart" "At the Jazz Band Ball"
John Coltrane (Saxophone) Jimmy Garrison (Bass) Elvin Jones (Drums) McCoy Tyner (Piano) "Afro Blue" "Alabama" "Impressions"
Joe Sullivan (Piano) "Gin Mill Blues" "Squeeze Me" "Little Rock Getaway" "Memories of You" "Black and Blue"
Art Farmer (Flugelhorn) Jim Hall (Guitar) Steve Swallow (Bass) Walter Perkins (Drums) "Change Partners" "Some Time Ago" "My Kinda Love" "My Little Suede Shoes" "Bags' Groove"
Woody Herman (Alto Saxophone, Clarinet) Bill Chase (Trumpet) Paul Fontaine (Trumpet) Dabby Nolan (Trumpet) Gerry Lamy (Trumpet) Billy Hunt (Trumpet) Phil Wilson (Trombone) Henry Southall (Trombone) Kenny Wexsel (Trombone) Sal Nistico (Tenor Saxophone) Carmen Leggio (Tenor Saxophone) Jackie Stevens (Tenor Saxophone) Tom Anastos (Baritone Saxophone) Nat Pierce (Piano) Chuck Andrus (Bass) Jake Hanna (Drums)
Mel Tormé (Vocals) Gary Long (Piano) Perry Lind (Bass) Benny Barth (Drums) "We've Got a World That Swings" "Comin' Home, Baby" "Sidney's Soliloquy" "Dat Dere" "When Sunny Gets Blue" "Quiet Night" "Route 66"
Art Pepper (Saxophone) Bill Goodwin (Drums) Hersh Hamel (Bass) Frank Strazzeri (Piano) "The Trip " "D Section" (Untitled)
Thad Jones (Cornet) Snooky Young (Trumpet) Richard Williams (Trumpet) Randy Brecker (Trumpet) Danny Moore (Trumpet) Garnett Brown (Trombone) Benny Powell (Trombone) Jimmy Knepper (Trombone) Bob Brookmeyer (Trombone) Jerry Dodgion (Alto Saxophone) Jerome Richardson (Alto and Soprano Saxophones) Seldon Powell (Tenor Saxophone) Eddie Daniels (Tenor Saxophone) Pepper Adams (Baritone Saxophone) Roland Hanna (Piano) Richard Davis (Bass) Mel Lewis (Drums)
B.B. King (Guitar) Sonny Freeman (Drums) Jim Toney (Organ) Mose Thomas (Trumpet) Lee Gatling (Saxophone) "Whole Lotta Love" "I've Got a Mind to Give Up Livin '" "Think I'll Move to the Jungle" "Darling, You Know I Love You" "That's Wrong, Li'l Mama" (Untitled)
Charles Lloyd (Flute, Tenor Sax) Keith Jarrett (Piano, Soprano Sax) Ron McClure (Bass) Jack DeJohnette (Drums) "Love Ship" "Tagore" "Passin' Thru" "Forest Flower"
Count 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"
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