Jazz Casual (1961)

Jazz Casual

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.

Jazz Casual

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Season 2

Season 2

Season 3

Season 3

Season 4

Season 4

Season 5

Season 5

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    Dizzy gillespie quintet

  • 1x2

    Dave brubeck

  • 1x3

    Cannonball adderley quintet

Episodes season 2

  • 2x1

    Jimmy witherspoon

  • 2x2

    Carmen mcrae

  • 2x3

    Sonny rollins with jim hall

  • 2x4

    Modern jazz quartet

  • 2x5

    Turk murphy's san francisco jazz band

  • 2x6

    Gerry mulligan quartet

  • 2x7

    Jimmy rushing: the man who sings the blues

Episodes season 3

  • 3x1

    Louis armstrong

  • 3x2

    Earl fatha hines

  • 3x3

    Lambert, hendricks and bavan

  • 3x4

    Paul winter sextet

  • 3x5

    Woody herman and the swingin' herd

  • 3x6

    Woody herman and the swingin' herd

  • 3x7

    Bola sete / vince guaraldi

  • 3x8

    'muggsy' spanier

  • 3x9

    John coltrane quartet

  • 3x10

    Joe sullivan

Episodes season 4

  • 4x1

    Art farmer quartet featuring jim hall

  • 4x2

    Woody herman and the swingin' herd

  • 4x3

    Mel tormé and the benny barth trio

  • 4x4

    Art pepper quartet

Episodes season 5

  • 5x1

    The thad jones/mel lewis orchestra

  • 5x2

    B.b. king - king of the blues

  • 5x3

    Charles lloyd quartet

  • 5x4

    Count basie reminisces

  • 5x5

    Episode 5

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