Don Jim was present at over three dozen broadcasts of Stars of Jazz. His 35mm color slides captured rare photos of the songbirds who appeared on the series.
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Don Jim was present at over three dozen episodes of Stars of Jazz where he photographed mainly using 35mm color film.
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Stars of Jazz, the innovative Los Angeles TV series, allowed photographers on the set during its two and a half year run. Don Jim, a Chinese American photograhper captured many of the shows in full color.
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Modesto Briseño (1938-1965) was one of jazz’s shooting stars that blazed briefly in the 1950s and 1960s.
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INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND The following excerpt is taken from Steve Allen’s autobiography covering his fifty years in radio and television, HI-HO, STEVERINO! My Adventures in the Wonderful Wacky World of TV, Barricade Books, Fort Lee, NJ, © 1992 by Steve Allen. In 1961, the year following our removal from NBC’s line-up, the […]
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