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Little By Little, I Wouldn't Have To Sing The Blues, Mystery Train

Junior Wells

1974
Filmed December 17, 1974. First broadcast January 18, 1975. With Buddy Guy

Little By Little, I Wouldn't Have To Sing The Blues, Mystery Train

Junior Wells

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 13469

Little By Little, Hoodoo Man, Messin' With The Kid

Junior Wells

1979
Filmed October 12, 1979. First broadcast January 20, 1980. With Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes

Little By Little, Hoodoo Man, Messin' With The Kid

Junior Wells

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 13516

Heat Wave/ Nowhere To Run

Lady Flash

1975
First broadcast October 5, 1975. Part of the Barry Manilow show

Heat Wave/ Nowhere To Run

Lady Flash

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 13466

The Stranger Song, Suzanne, Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye

Leonard Cohen

1976
First broadcast March 7, 1976. *With Judy Collins

The Stranger Song, Suzanne, Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye

Leonard Cohen

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 9174

Instrumental

DownBeat Reader's Poll Awards Show 1975 (Soundstage)

McCoy Tyner

1975
McCoy Tyner - piano, Stanley Clarke - bass, Lenny White - drums

Instrumental

DownBeat Reader's Poll Awards Show 1975 (Soundstage)

McCoy Tyner

Concert filmUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 26737

Need a Friend, Why You Want to Hurt Me, Blues Jam*

Mighty Joe Young

1979
First broadcast November 23, 1979. With Elvin Bishop and band. *With Son Seals, Elvin Bishop

Need a Friend, Why You Want to Hurt Me, Blues Jam*

Mighty Joe Young

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 27127

Cherry

Milt Jackson

1976
First broadcast December 5, 1976. Al Haig - piano, Milt Jackson - vibraphone, Ray Brown - bass, Kenny Clarke - drums

Cherry

Milt Jackson

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 13486

If You Goin' To The City, Everybody Cryin' Mercy, Your Molecular Structure, Swingin' Machine, How Much Truth, Your Mind Is On Vacation, I Don't Worry About A Thing

Mose Allison

1975
Filmed December 22, 1975. First broadcast January 4, 1976

If You Goin' To The City, Everybody Cryin' Mercy, Your Molecular Structure, Swingin' Machine, How Much Truth, Your Mind Is On Vacation, I Don't Worry About A Thing

Mose Allison

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 13510

Baby What You Want Me To Do, Queen of '59, When Will I Be Loved/Bye Bye Love, Goodbye Line, Up In Mabel's Room, Lion And The Lamb, The Words In Your Eyes, Invisible Man, Let It Be Me, All I Have To Do Is Dream*

Phil Everly

1977
First broadcast August 27, 1977. *With Dion

Baby What You Want Me To Do, Queen of '59, When Will I Be Loved/Bye Bye Love, Goodbye Line, Up In Mabel's Room, Lion And The Lamb, The Words In Your Eyes, Invisible Man, Let It Be Me, All I Have To Do Is Dream*

Phil Everly

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 13512

Let The Good TImes Roll, Gone At Last, Standing On Shaky Ground, Something So Right, Mississippi Blues*, No Regrets, Electra

Phoebe Snow

1978
Filmed Ivanhoe Theatre, Chicago. First broadcast February 12, 1978. *With David Bromberg

Let The Good TImes Roll, Gone At Last, Standing On Shaky Ground, Something So Right, Mississippi Blues*, No Regrets, Electra

Phoebe Snow

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 13482

She Walked Right In, Shake Rattle And Roll, Whole Lotta Lovin', Tipitina, Big Chief*

Professor Longhair

1974
First broadcast December 29, 1974. With The Meters. *With show ensemble

She Walked Right In, Shake Rattle And Roll, Whole Lotta Lovin', Tipitina, Big Chief*

Professor Longhair

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 5042

Beyond The Seventh Galaxy, Vulcan Worlds, Space Circus, Someday My Prince Will Come*

Return To Forever

1975
First broadcast February 9, 1975. Chick Corea - keyboards, Al Di Meola - guitar, Stanley Clarke - bass, Lenny White - drums. *Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock

Beyond The Seventh Galaxy, Vulcan Worlds, Space Circus, Someday My Prince Will Come*

Return To Forever

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 13472

Pedal Up

DownBeat Reader's Poll Awards Show 1975 (Soundstage)

Roland Kirk

1975
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - reeds, McCoy Tyner - piano, Stanley Clarke - bass, Lenny White - drums

Pedal Up

DownBeat Reader's Poll Awards Show 1975 (Soundstage)

Roland Kirk

Concert filmUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 26734

Lover Man

DownBeat Reader's Poll Awards Show 1976 (Soundstage)

Ron Carter

1976
George Benson - guitar, Ron Carter - bass

Lover Man

DownBeat Reader's Poll Awards Show 1976 (Soundstage)

Ron Carter

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 26899

Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now, The Dream, Shine, Davenport Blues, Flashes, In A Mist, Nobody*, Maria Elena, Comin' In On And A Prayer

Ry Cooder

1978
First broadcast November 14, 1978. *With quartet led by Bill Johnson

Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now, The Dream, Shine, Davenport Blues, Flashes, In A Mist, Nobody*, Maria Elena, Comin' In On And A Prayer

Ry Cooder

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 13514

Dance Sister Dance Live, Revelations, Europa*, Give Me Love. Maria Caracoles

Santana

1977
Filmed Chicago, February 22, 1977. First broadcast March 27, 1977. *With Gato Barbieri, **With Tower Of Power brass section

Dance Sister Dance Live, Revelations, Europa*, Give Me Love. Maria Caracoles

Santana

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 7522

'Round Midnight, Lover Man, Oop Pop A Da*

1976
First broadcast December 5, 1976. Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet, James Moody - flute, saxophone, Al Haig - piano, Milt Jackson - vibraphone, Ray Brown - bass, Kenny Clarke - drums. *Joe Carroll - vocals

'Round Midnight, Lover Man, Oop Pop A Da*

Soundstage

Sarah Vaughan

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 13485

Hummingbird, Windflowers, We May Never Pass This Way (Again), Ruby Jean And Billie Lee, Year Of Sunday, Unborn Child, Dust On My Saddle, Diamond Girl, Instrumental

Soundstage

Seals and Crofts

1974
First broadcast May 19, 1974

Hummingbird, Windflowers, We May Never Pass This Way (Again), Ruby Jean And Billie Lee, Year Of Sunday, Unborn Child, Dust On My Saddle, Diamond Girl, Instrumental

Soundstage

Seals and Crofts

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 16807

Cotton Picking Blues, On My Knees, Blues Jam*

Soundstage

Son Seals

1979
First broadcast November 23, 1979. With Elvin Bishop and band. *With Mighty Joe Reynolds, Elvin Bishop

Cotton Picking Blues, On My Knees, Blues Jam*

Soundstage

Son Seals

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 27128

Invitation

DownBeat Reader's Poll Awards Show 1976 (Soundstage)

Sonny Fortune

1976
Sonny Fortune - saxophone, Chick Corea - keyboards, Ron Carter - bass, Stanley Clarke - bass, Billy Cobham - drums

Invitation

DownBeat Reader's Poll Awards Show 1976 (Soundstage)

Sonny Fortune

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 26894

In A Sentimental Mood

DownBeat Reader's Poll Awards Show 1975 (Soundstage)

Sonny Rollins

1975
Sonny Rollins - saxophone, McCoy Tyner - piano

In A Sentimental Mood

DownBeat Reader's Poll Awards Show 1975 (Soundstage)

Sonny Rollins

Concert filmUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 26735

This Land Is Your Land

Soundstage

Soundstage Ensemble

1976
First broadcast November 1, 1976. Tribute to Woody Guthrie featuring Pete Seeger, Judy Collins, Arlo Guthrie and Fred Hellerman

This Land Is Your Land

Soundstage

Soundstage Ensemble

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 13467

All I Want Is Everything, Your Reply, Living In The Real World, I'm So Anxious, Little By Little, Hoodoo Man, I Don't Want To Go Home, Paris, Trapped Again, Vertigo, Bring It On Home To Me, Havin' A Party, Messin' With The Kid*, Hearts Of Stone

Soundstage

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes

1979
Filmed October 12, 1979. First broadcast January 20, 1980. *With Junior Wells

All I Want Is Everything, Your Reply, Living In The Real World, I'm So Anxious, Little By Little, Hoodoo Man, I Don't Want To Go Home, Paris, Trapped Again, Vertigo, Bring It On Home To Me, Havin' A Party, Messin' With The Kid*, Hearts Of Stone

Soundstage

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 13515

Lopsy Lu

DownBeat Reader's Poll Awards Show 1976 (Soundstage)

Stanley Clarke

1976
Jean-Luc Ponty - violin, Chick Corea - keyboards, Stanley Clarke - bass, Billy Cobham - drums

Lopsy Lu

DownBeat Reader's Poll Awards Show 1976 (Soundstage)

Stanley Clarke

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 26892

It's A Sin To Tell A Lie, Door Number Three, Would You Like To Learn To Dance, Walkin' Down The Line, Goodnight Irene

Soundstage

Steve Goodman

1974
Filmed November 11, 1974, first broadcast December 15, 1974. *With Arlo Guthrie, Hoyt Axton

It's A Sin To Tell A Lie, Door Number Three, Would You Like To Learn To Dance, Walkin' Down The Line, Goodnight Irene

Soundstage

Steve Goodman

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 13459

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Little By Little, I Wouldn't Have To Sing The Blues, Mystery Train

Little By Little, I Wouldn't Have To Sing The Blues, Mystery Train

Little By Little, Hoodoo Man, Messin' With The Kid

Little By Little, Hoodoo Man, Messin' With The Kid

Heat Wave/ Nowhere To Run

Heat Wave/ Nowhere To Run

The Stranger Song, Suzanne*, Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye*

The Stranger Song, Suzanne*, Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye*

Instrumental

Instrumental

Need a Friend, Why You Want to Hurt Me, Blues Jam*

Need a Friend, Why You Want to Hurt Me, Blues Jam*

Cherry

Cherry

If You Goin' To The City, Everybody Cryin' Mercy, Your Molecular Structure, Swingin' Machine, How Much Truth, Your Mind Is On Vacation, I Don't Worry About A Thing

If You Goin' To The City, Everybody Cryin' Mercy, Your Molecular Structure, Swingin' Machine, How Much Truth, Your Mind Is On Vacation, I Don't Worry About A Thing

Baby What You Want Me To Do*, Queen of '59*, When Will I Be Loved/Bye Bye Love, Goodbye Line, Up In Mabel's Room, Lion And The Lamb, The Words In Your Eyes, Invisible Man, Let It Be Me, All I Have To Do Is Dream*

Baby What You Want Me To Do*, Queen of '59*, When Will I Be Loved/Bye Bye Love, Goodbye Line, Up In Mabel's Room, Lion And The Lamb, The Words In Your Eyes, Invisible Man, Let It Be Me, All I Have To Do Is Dream*

Let The Good TImes Roll, Gone At Last, Standing On Shaky Ground, Something So Right, Mississippi Blues*, No Regrets, Electra

Let The Good TImes Roll, Gone At Last, Standing On Shaky Ground, Something So Right, Mississippi Blues*, No Regrets, Electra

She Walked Right In, Shake Rattle And Roll, Whole Lotta Lovin', Tipitina, Big Chief*

She Walked Right In, Shake Rattle And Roll, Whole Lotta Lovin', Tipitina, Big Chief*

Beyond The Seventh Galaxy, Vulcan Worlds, Space Circus, Someday My Prince Will Come*

Beyond The Seventh Galaxy, Vulcan Worlds, Space Circus, Someday My Prince Will Come*

Pedal Up

Pedal Up

Lover Man

Lover Man

Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now, The Dream, Shine, Davenport Blues, Flashes, In A Mist, Nobody*, Maria Elena, Comin' In On And A Prayer

Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now, The Dream, Shine, Davenport Blues, Flashes, In A Mist, Nobody*, Maria Elena, Comin' In On And A Prayer

Dance Sister Dance Live, Revelations, Europa*, Give Me Love**. Maria Caracoles**

Dance Sister Dance Live, Revelations, Europa*, Give Me Love**. Maria Caracoles**

'Round Midnight, Lover Man, Oop Pop A Da*

'Round Midnight, Lover Man, Oop Pop A Da*

Hummingbird, Windflowers, We May Never Pass This Way (Again), Ruby Jean And Billie Lee, Year Of Sunday, Unborn Child, Dust On My Saddle, Diamond Girl, Instrumental

Hummingbird, Windflowers, We May Never Pass This Way (Again), Ruby Jean And Billie Lee, Year Of Sunday, Unborn Child, Dust On My Saddle, Diamond Girl, Instrumental

Cotton Picking Blues, On My Knees, Blues Jam*

Cotton Picking Blues, On My Knees, Blues Jam*

Invitation

Invitation

In A Sentimental Mood

In A Sentimental Mood

This Land Is Your Land

This Land Is Your Land

All I Want Is Everything, Your Reply, Living In The Real World, I'm So Anxious, Little By Little*, Hoodoo Man*, I Don't Want To Go Home, Paris, Trapped Again, Vertigo, Bring It On Home To Me, Havin' A Party, Messin' With The Kid*, Hearts Of Stone

All I Want Is Everything, Your Reply, Living In The Real World, I'm So Anxious, Little By Little*, Hoodoo Man*, I Don't Want To Go Home, Paris, Trapped Again, Vertigo, Bring It On Home To Me, Havin' A Party, Messin' With The Kid*, Hearts Of Stone

Lopsy Lu

Lopsy Lu

It's A Sin To Tell A Lie, Door Number Three, Would You Like To Learn To Dance, Walkin' Down The Line*, Goodnight Irene*

It's A Sin To Tell A Lie, Door Number Three, Would You Like To Learn To Dance, Walkin' Down The Line*, Goodnight Irene*

The Stranger Song, Suzanne, Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye

The Stranger Song, Suzanne, Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye

Baby What You Want Me To Do, Queen of '59, When Will I Be Loved/Bye Bye Love, Goodbye Line, Up In Mabel's Room, Lion And The Lamb, The Words In Your Eyes, Invisible Man, Let It Be Me, All I Have To Do Is Dream*

Baby What You Want Me To Do, Queen of '59, When Will I Be Loved/Bye Bye Love, Goodbye Line, Up In Mabel's Room, Lion And The Lamb, The Words In Your Eyes, Invisible Man, Let It Be Me, All I Have To Do Is Dream*

Dance Sister Dance Live, Revelations, Europa*, Give Me Love. Maria Caracoles

Dance Sister Dance Live, Revelations, Europa*, Give Me Love. Maria Caracoles

All I Want Is Everything, Your Reply, Living In The Real World, I'm So Anxious, Little By Little, Hoodoo Man, I Don't Want To Go Home, Paris, Trapped Again, Vertigo, Bring It On Home To Me, Havin' A Party, Messin' With The Kid*, Hearts Of Stone

All I Want Is Everything, Your Reply, Living In The Real World, I'm So Anxious, Little By Little, Hoodoo Man, I Don't Want To Go Home, Paris, Trapped Again, Vertigo, Bring It On Home To Me, Havin' A Party, Messin' With The Kid*, Hearts Of Stone

It's A Sin To Tell A Lie, Door Number Three, Would You Like To Learn To Dance, Walkin' Down The Line, Goodnight Irene

It's A Sin To Tell A Lie, Door Number Three, Would You Like To Learn To Dance, Walkin' Down The Line, Goodnight Irene