One of Dick Bock’s last recording sessions as president and owner of Pacific Jazz Records took place on January 13, 1965, at Capitol Records Studio “B” as he taped the initial session for Gerald Wilson’s fourth big band album. Writer Leroy Robinson was present and documented the proceedings in detail, one of the finest evocations […]
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FRANKLY JAZZ with Frank Evans
Jazz returned to the television screen in Los Angeles in the summer of 1962. The first program was created for syndication by Steve Allen who hired Jimmie Baker to produce the shows. Baker was a veteran jazz TV producer who had been one of the creative forces responsible for the award winning Stars of Jazz […]
Continue ReadingJAZZ SCENE USA #20 – CURTIS AMY/PAUL BRYANT
The 20th episode of Steve Allen’s Jazz Scene USA featured The Curtis Amy / Paul Bryant Quintet: Curtis Amy, tenor saxophone; Paul Bryant, organ; Roy Brewster, valve trombone; Bob Whitlock, bass and Tony Bazley, drums.
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