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.
Ralph J. Gleason
Dizzy Gillespie
Lalo Schifrin
Bob Cunningham
Dave Brubeck
Paul Desmond
Eugene Wright
Joe Morello
Cannonball Adderley
Joe Zawinul
Jimmy Witherspoon
Ben Webster
Vince Guaraldi
Colin Bailey
Status:
Ended
Original Language:
English
Type:
Scripted
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