Jazz Casual - Season 1 Episode 2 Dave Brubeck
Season - Episode
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5 - 1The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra Apr 22, 1968 -
5 - 2B.B. King - King of the Blues May 09, 1968 -
5 - 3Charles Lloyd Quartet Jun 18, 1968 -
5 - 4Count Basie Reminisces Aug 21, 1968 -
5 - 5Episode 5 Jan 01, 1970
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4 - 1Art Farmer Quartet featuring Jim Hall Jan 10, 1964 -
4 - 2Woody Herman and The Swingin' Herd Feb 15, 1964 -
4 - 3Mel Tormé and the Benny Barth Trio May 02, 1964 -
4 - 4Art Pepper Quartet May 09, 1964
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3 - 1Louis Armstrong Jan 23, 1963 -
3 - 2Earl Fatha Hines Feb 15, 1963 -
3 - 3Lambert, Hendricks and Bavan Feb 22, 1963 -
3 - 4Paul Winter Sextet Mar 01, 1963 -
3 - 5Woody Herman and The Swingin' Herd Jul 01, 1963 -
3 - 6Woody Herman and The Swingin' Herd Jul 01, 1963 -
3 - 7Bola Sete / Vince Guaraldi Sep 25, 1963 -
3 - 8'Muggsy' Spanier Dec 06, 1963 -
3 - 9John Coltrane Quartet Dec 07, 1963 -
3 - 10Joe Sullivan Dec 18, 1963
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2 - 1Jimmy Witherspoon Jan 04, 1962 -
2 - 2Carmen McRae Mar 15, 1962 -
2 - 3Sonny Rollins with Jim Hall Mar 23, 1962 -
2 - 4Modern Jazz Quartet May 16, 1962 -
2 - 5Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz Band Jul 20, 1962 -
2 - 6Gerry Mulligan Quartet Aug 18, 1962 -
2 - 7Jimmy Rushing: The Man Who Sings the Blues Oct 26, 1962
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1 - 1Dizzy Gillespie Quintet Jan 17, 1961 -
1 - 2Dave Brubeck Jan 01, 1970 -
1 - 3Cannonball Adderley Quintet Jan 01, 1970
Overview
When Ralph J. Gleason asked Dave Brubeck to appear on his television series Jazz Casual, in 1961, it was only natural; not only was the Dave Brubeck Quartet one of the most popular jazz combos in the world at that time and a favorite at clubs in San Francisco, but both Dave Brubeck and his featured alto sax player Paul Desmond were Bay Area natives (Brubeck was born in Concord, Desmond in Berkely). This episode features the quartet performing Paul Desmond's 1961 jazz classic "Take Five." This lineup of the quartet, with Brubeck on piano, Desmond on alto szx, "Senator" Eugene Wright on bass, and Joe Morello on drums, was considered by many, including Gleason and Brubeck, himself, to be the best of the Brubeck Quartet lineups to date.
