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TIMEX ALL STAR JAZZ SHOW #4: THE GOLDEN AGE OF JAZZ (TV)
Summary
The fourth in this series of live jazz specials presented by Timex. Highlights include: Duke Ellington and his orchestra with "Satin Doll" and "Take the 'A' Train"; Louis Armstrong singing and playing "Now You Have Jazz"; "Slide, Frog, Slide" with the Dukes of Dixieland; Dizzy Gillespie's quintet with "St. Louis Blues"; Gillespie and Armstrong in a vocal and instrumental duet; Ruth Olay sings, backed by Ellington and his orchestra; Ellington with "Sophisticated Lady."
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: January 7, 1959 Wednesday 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:58:56
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T78:0027
- GENRE: Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Jazz; African-American Collection - Music
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1958-1959
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Timex
CREDITS
- Bill Hobin … Producer
- Mack Bing … Associate Producer
- George T. Simon … Associate Producer, Writer
- David Geisel … Director
- Sylvan Taplinger … Created by
- Oscar Cohen … Created by
- Jackie Gleason … Host
- John Cameron Swayze … Announcer
- Louis Armstrong
- Barbara Dane
- Duke Ellington
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Bobby Hackett
- Coleman Hawkins
- Gene Krupa
- Ruth Olay
- George Shearing
- Dakota Staton