Art Ford's Jazz Party

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Art Ford's Jazz Party was a 90-minute episode series on the New York television station WNTA-TV aimed at presenting jazz music and aired in the United States of America in 1958.

History of the series

The program presented by the producer and director Art Ford (1921-2006) was broadcast in 30 episodes from May 8, 1958 to December 25, 1958. The series was a sequel to Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party , which aired on the DuMont Television Network . The 90-minute shows, which were also taken over by Armed Forces Television , were created in a television studio in Newark, New Jersey; only the last episode with veterans of New Orleans jazz was recorded on August 11, 1958 in New Orleans.

Billie Holiday made three guest appearances in May and July 1958 at Art Ford's Jazz Party ; Dan Morgenstern wrote: “Some think that what Billie is performing is no longer singing; call it what you want, one thing is for sure: it is extremely communicative ”. During her performances at the jazz party , the singer was u. a. accompanied by Georgie Auld , Tyree Glenn , Mary Osborne , Harry Sheppard and Mal Waldron .

In the series also appeared u. a. Nat and Cannonball Adderley , Coleman Hawkins , Buster Bailey , Vinnie Burke , Charlie Shavers , Buck Clayton , Roy Eldridge , Abbey Lincoln , JC Higginbotham , Jimmy McPartland , Les Paul , Dick Hyman , Anita O'Day , Teddy Charles , Rex Stewart , Maxine Sullivan , Ben Webster and Lester Young .

In the programs of the Jazz Party , in addition to the soloists, a three to four-piece wind group often played (mostly trumpet, trombone and two saxophones); these were members of a studio band, local musicians from New Jersey , to meet the requirements of the Musicians Union .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jazz Party at A Modernist blog (January 14, 2011)
  2. ↑ The standard When the Saints Go Marching In was developed by Punch Miller , Percy Humphrey , Charlie Love (tp), Sharkey Romano (tp, vcl), Clement Tervalon , Louis Nelson , Jim Robinson (tb), George Lewis , Harry Shields , Alphonse Picou (cl), Eddie Miller (ts), Armand Hug (p), George Guesnon (bj), Peter Bocage (from left), Alcide Pavageau , Sherwood Mangiapane (b) and Paul Barbarin (dr).
  3. ^ Donald Clarke: Billie Holiday - Wishing on the Moon , Piper 1995, p. 492. Original: Some say that what Billie does now is no longer singing; whatever it is, it sure as hell communicates.
  4. ↑ a b c Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 30, 2016)
  5. ↑ Linda A. Fowler, "A Jazz Party to Remember," NJ.com (May 8, 2008)