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 […]
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ART PEPPER: THE DISCOVERY SESSIONS
Albert Marx resigned as A&R vice president at Musicraft in the spring of 1948 when that label was undergoing reorganization. He moved to Los Angeles that summer and established Discovery Records, Hollywood, in the fall of 1948. A Hollywood column in the September 4, 1948, issue of Billboard magazine noted that “Marx leaves here September […]
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The 23rd episode of Steve Allen’s Jazz Scene USA featured Clarence “Big” Miller (vocal), Russ Freeman (piano), Lorenzo Holden (tenor sax), Monty Budwig (bass), Frankie Capp (drums).
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The 3rd episode of Steve Allen’s Jazz Scene USA featured Shelly Manne and His Men: Shelly Manne, drums; Russ Freeman, piano, Monty Budwig, bass; Conte Candoli, trumpet; and Richie Kamuca, tenor sax.
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