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The Timex all star jazz show : the golden age of jazz / a Lawrence White production ; created by Sylvan Taplinger, Oscar Cohn ; produced by Bill Hobin ; directed by David Geisel ; written by George T. Simon.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Geisel, David, director.
Simon, George T., 1912-2001, screenwriter.
Hobin, Bill, producer.
White, Lawrence, producer.
Taplinger, Sylvan, creator.
Cohn, Oscar, 1839-1893, creator.
Swayze, John Cameron, narrator.
Gleason, Jackie, 1916-1987, host.
Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971, performer.
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974, performer.
Dane, Barbara, performer.
Dukes of Dixieland, performer.
Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993, performer.
Timex (Firm), sponsor.
CBS Television Network, producer.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Jazz.
Genre:
Television musicals.
Television series.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (59 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
monochrome
Other Title:
Golden age of jazz
All star jazz show
Timex all star jazz show. no. 4, The golden age of jazz
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2010.
System Details:
DVD-R.
digital
optical
video file
DVD video
Summary:
In this fourth and last of an annual television program, some of the best-known names in jazz perform some of their signature tunes and get together for an extended jam session at the end.
Participant:
Duke Ellington and his orchestra; Louis Armstrong and the Armstrong All-Stars, Barbara Dane, The Dukes of Dixieland, The Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, Ruth Olay, Dakota Staton, The George Shearing Quintet, Coleman Hawkins, Vic Dickenson, Gene Krupa, Jo Jones, Roy Eldridge, Bobby Hackett, Milt Hinton, Marty Napoleon.
Announcer, John Cameron Swayze; host, Jackie Gleason.
Notes:
Videodisc release of a television program originally broadcast on CBS-TV, January 7, 1959.
Some cataloging information from Jazz on film / by Scott Yanow.
OCLC:
692437160

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