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Jazz Casual Episode Guide
Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
S1 Ep1
17th Jan 1961
The Dizzy Gillespie Quintet performing live, including a short interview with Dizzy Gillespie.
Compositions:
1. "Norm's Norm"
2. "Blues After Dark"
3. "Lorraine"
4. "Tocatta from Gillespiana"
Performers:
Dizzy Gillespie (Trumpet)
Leo Wright (Alto Saxophone, Flute)
Lalo Schifrin (Piano)
Bob Cunningham (Bass)
Chuck Lampkin (Drums)
Dave Brubeck Quartet
S1 Ep2
17th Oct 1961
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 Quintet
S1 Ep3
24th Oct 1961
Cannonball Adderley (Alto Saxophone)
Nat Adderley (Cornet)
Joe Zawinul (Piano)
Sam Jones (Bass)
Louis Hayes (Drums)
"Scotch and Water"
"Arriving Soon"
"Unit Seven"
The first episode of Jazz Casual aired on January 17, 1961.
The last episode of Jazz Casual aired on August 21, 1968.
