Basic Info
First Air: January 17, 1961
Seasons & Episodes
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 29
Last Episode
Name: Count Basie Reminisces
Season: 5, Episode: 4
Air Date: 1968-08-21
Runtime: 30 min
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"
Jazz Casual
1961
Overview
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.
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Reality
Production Countries
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
- English en
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Cast
Ralph J. Gleason
Self - Host
Crew
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