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Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone, Billie's Blues, My Man

Billie Holiday

1956
First broadcast August 13, 1956. With Corky Hale and his Trio

Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone, Billie's Blues, My Man

Billie Holiday

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 4097

Fine And Mellow

1957
With Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young - tenor saxophone, Vic Dickenson - trombone, Gerry Mulligan - saxophone, Roy Eldridge, Doc Cheatham - trumpet, Danny Barker -guitar, Milt Hinton - bass, Mal Waldron -piano, Osie Johnson - drums

Fine And Mellow

The Sound Of Jazz

Billie Holiday

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 4091

Now You Has Jazz, Birth Of The Blues, The Sunny Side Of The Street

The Edsel Show

Louis Armstrong

1957
First broadcast October 13, 1957. *With Bing Crosby, **With Frank Sinatra, ***With Crosby, Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney

Now You Has Jazz, Birth Of The Blues, The Sunny Side Of The Street

The Edsel Show

Louis Armstrong

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 3834

True Love, Ba Ba Ba, Round The World Medley, Collegiate Medley, Now You Has Jazz, Sunny Side Of The Street*

The Edsel Show

Bing Crosby

1957
First broadcast October 13, 1957. *With Frank Sinatra, **With Louis Armstrong, ***With Sinatra, Armstrong, Rosemary Clooney

True Love, Ba Ba Ba, Round The World Medley, Collegiate Medley, Now You Has Jazz, Sunny Side Of The Street*

The Edsel Show

Bing Crosby

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 4610

It's Only A Paper Moon, Sweet Lorraine, C Jam Blues, I Want To Be Happy, With You On My Mind, Stompin' At The Savoy, Tenderly, Shadow Waltz

The Nat King Cole Show

Jazz At The Philharmonic

1957
First broadcast October 15, 1957. Featuring Roy Eldridge - trumpet, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, Illinois Jacquet, Flip Phillips - saxophone, Oscar Peterson - piano, Herb Ellis - guitar, Ray Brown - bass, Jo Jones - drums, with Nat King Cole-vocals, piano

It's Only A Paper Moon, Sweet Lorraine, C Jam Blues, I Want To Be Happy, With You On My Mind, Stompin' At The Savoy, Tenderly, Shadow Waltz

The Nat King Cole Show

Jazz At The Philharmonic

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 3568

The Train And The River, Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gave To Me*

The Sound Of Jazz

Jimmy Guiffre

1957
Filmed December 8, 1957. Jimmy Giuffre Trio, *With Pee Wee Russell - clarinet, Jo Jones - drums, Danny Barker - guitar, Milt Hinton - bass

The Train And The River, Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gave To Me*

The Sound Of Jazz

Jimmy Guiffre

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 3951

Blue Monk

The Sound Of Jazz

Thelonious Monk

1957
Filmed December 8, 1957. Thelonious Monk -piano, Ahmed Abdul Malik - bass, Osie Johnson - drums

Blue Monk

The Sound Of Jazz

Thelonious Monk

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 3976

I Left My Baby

The Sound Of Jazz

Jimmy Rushing

1957
Filmed December 8, 1957. With the Count Basie All Stars

I Left My Baby

The Sound Of Jazz

Jimmy Rushing

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 4146

Wild Man Blues, Rosetta

The Sound Of Jazz

Red Allen

1957
Filmed December 8, 1957. Red Allen, Rex Stewart - trumpet, Pee Wee Russell - clarinet, Coleman Hawkins - saxophone, Vic Dickenson - trombone, Milt Hinton - bass, Danny Barker -guitar, Nat Pierce - piano

Wild Man Blues, Rosetta

The Sound Of Jazz

Red Allen

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 4147

Open All Night (aka Fast And Happy Blues), Dickie's Dream, The Count Blues

The Sound Of Jazz

Count Basie

1957
Filmed December 8, 1957. Count Basie All Stars. Includes - Joe Newman, Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Count Basie, Freddie Green, Eddie Jones, Jo Jones

Open All Night (aka Fast And Happy Blues), Dickie's Dream, The Count Blues

The Sound Of Jazz

Count Basie

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 4148

Lower Deck

The Golden Disc

Phil Seamon

1958
Phil Seamon Jazz Group

Lower Deck

The Golden Disc

Phil Seamon

FilmUKB&WMimedEntry id = 1301

Includes - I Loves you Porgy, My Man's Gone Now

Live In Jazz

The Modern Jazz Quartet

1958

Includes - I Loves you Porgy, My Man's Gone Now

Live In Jazz

The Modern Jazz Quartet

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 11755

Early Bird, Double Exposure, Concerto For Billy The Kid, Stratusphunk, Exchanges

The Subject Is Jazz

Billy Taylor

1958
Show 13 in series. Ensemble includes Doc Severinsen - trumpet, Jimmy Cleveland - trombone; Tony Scott - clarinet, Bill Evans - piano, Billy Taylor - piano, Mundell Lowe - guitar, Eddie Safranski - bass, Ed Thigpen - drums

Early Bird, Double Exposure, Concerto For Billy The Kid, Stratusphunk, Exchanges

The Subject Is Jazz

Billy Taylor

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 15741

The High And The Mighty, Hamp’s Piano Blues, History Of Jazz, Hot Club Blues, I Found A New Baby, The Chase, Brussels Sprouts, Sticks Ahoy, Gladys

Concert (Belgium)

Lionel Hampton

1958
The Opera RTBF, Belgium, February 17, 1958

The High And The Mighty, Hamp’s Piano Blues, History Of Jazz, Hot Club Blues, I Found A New Baby, The Chase, Brussels Sprouts, Sticks Ahoy, Gladys

Concert (Belgium)

Lionel Hampton

Concert filmUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 11202

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Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone, Billie's Blues, My Man

Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone, Billie's Blues, My Man

Fine And Mellow

Fine And Mellow

Now You Has Jazz*, Birth Of The Blues**, The Sunny Side Of The Street***

Now You Has Jazz*, Birth Of The Blues**, The Sunny Side Of The Street***

True Love, Ba Ba Ba, Round The World Medley*, Collegiate Medley*, Now You Has Jazz**, Sunny Side Of The Street***

True Love, Ba Ba Ba, Round The World Medley*, Collegiate Medley*, Now You Has Jazz**, Sunny Side Of The Street***

It's Only A Paper Moon, Sweet Lorraine, C Jam Blues, I Want To Be Happy, With You On My Mind, Stompin' At The Savoy, Tenderly, Shadow Waltz

It's Only A Paper Moon, Sweet Lorraine, C Jam Blues, I Want To Be Happy, With You On My Mind, Stompin' At The Savoy, Tenderly, Shadow Waltz

The Train And The River, Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gave To Me*

The Train And The River, Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gave To Me*

Blue Monk

Blue Monk

I Left My Baby

I Left My Baby

Wild Man Blues, Rosetta

Wild Man Blues, Rosetta

Open All Night (aka Fast And Happy Blues), Dickie's Dream, The Count Blues

Open All Night (aka Fast And Happy Blues), Dickie's Dream, The Count Blues

Lower Deck

Lower Deck

Includes - I Loves you Porgy, My Man's Gone Now

Includes - I Loves you Porgy, My Man's Gone Now

Early Bird, Double Exposure, Concerto For Billy The Kid, Stratusphunk, Exchanges

Early Bird, Double Exposure, Concerto For Billy The Kid, Stratusphunk, Exchanges

The High And The Mighty, Hamp’s Piano Blues, History Of Jazz, Hot Club Blues, I Found A New Baby, The Chase, Brussels Sprouts, Sticks Ahoy, Gladys

The High And The Mighty, Hamp’s Piano Blues, History Of Jazz, Hot Club Blues, I Found A New Baby, The Chase, Brussels Sprouts, Sticks Ahoy, Gladys

Loose Walk

Loose Walk

Everybody Talkin' 'bout Heaven, Didn't It Rain, The Lord's Prayer

Everybody Talkin' 'bout Heaven, Didn't It Rain, The Lord's Prayer

Blue Sands

Blue Sands

Train And The River

Train And The River

Catch As Catch Can

Catch As Catch Can

I Ain't Mad At You

I Ain't Mad At You

Sweet Little Sixteen

Sweet Little Sixteen

Blue Monk

Blue Monk

Sweet Georgia Brown, Tea For Two

Sweet Georgia Brown, Tea For Two

Rondo

Rondo

All Of Me

All Of Me

Now You Has Jazz, Birth Of The Blues, The Sunny Side Of The Street

Now You Has Jazz, Birth Of The Blues, The Sunny Side Of The Street

True Love, Ba Ba Ba, Round The World Medley, Collegiate Medley, Now You Has Jazz, Sunny Side Of The Street*

True Love, Ba Ba Ba, Round The World Medley, Collegiate Medley, Now You Has Jazz, Sunny Side Of The Street*