Complete Jazz Casual DVD Series

COMPLETE JAZZ CASUAL SERIES BOX-SET

Featuring John Coltrane, Modern Jazz Quartet, Gerry Mulligan, Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck and Sonny Rollins

The first television program devoted entirely to jazz, Ralph J. Gleason's exemplary "Jazz Casual" series was expertly recorded in the studios during the musically fertile 60's.

8 DVD Set withover 14 hours! Deluxe boxed set edition with 32 page booklet. A must for Jazz Collectors.

NOTE: ALL DVDs IN THIS SET ARE DOUBLE-SIDED DISCS WITH NTSC FORMAT ON ONE SIDE AND PAL ON THE OTHER. THIS IS ALL-REGION AND WILL PLAY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

8 DVDs (NTSC/PAL - ALL REGION)
840 Min.

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NOTE TO INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS: Due to the size of this set, there will be a $6.00 shipping surchage added to all Canadian orders and $12.00 to the rest of the world. US orders are shipped Media Mail unless Priority Mail is requested (at $4.00 additional).

1. Afro Blue
2. Alabama
3. Impressions

Sonny Rollins with Jim Hall (March 23, 1962):
Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone); Jim Hall (guitar); Bob Cranshaw (bass); Ben Riley (drums).

1. The Bridge
2. God Bless the Child
3. If Ever I Would Leave You

B.B. King (May 9, 1968):
B.B. King (guitar); Mose Thomas (trumpet); Lee Gatling (tenor saxophone); James Toney (organ); Sonny Freeman (drums).

1. Please Love Me
2. I've Got a Mind to Give Up Livin'
3. Think I'll Move to the Jungle
4. Darling, You Know I Love You
5. That's Wrong, Li'l Mama

DVD 2

Gerry Mulligan Quartet (July 18, 1962):
Gerry Mulligan (baritone saxophone); Bob Brookmeyer (tromone); Wyatt Ruther (bass); Gus Johnson (drums).

1. Four for Three
2. Darn That Dream
3. Open Country
4. Utter Chaos

Art Pepper Quartet (May 9, 1964):
Art Pepper (alto saxophone); Frank Strazzeri (piano); Hersh Hamel (bass); Bill Goodwin (drums).

1. The Trip
2. D Section
3. Untitled

Art Farmer with Jim Hall (January 10, 1964):
Art Farmer (trumpet); Jim Hall (guitar); Steve Swallow (bass); Walter Perkins (drums).

1. Change Partners
2. Some Time Ago
3. My Kinda Love
4. My Little Suede Shoes
5. Bags' Groove

DVD 3:
Charles Lloyd Quartet (June 18, 1968): Charles Lloyd (flute, tenor sax); Keith Jarrett (piano, soprano sax); Ron McClure (bass); Jack DeJohnette (drums)

1. Love Ship (C. Lloyd)
2. Tagore (C. Lloyd)
3. Passin' Thru (C. Lloyd)
4. Forest Flower (C. Lloyd)

Paul Winter Sextet (March 1, 1963):
Richard Whitsell (trumpet), Winter (alto sax), Jay Cameron (baritone sax), Warren Bernhardt (piano), Arthur Harper, Jr. (bass), Ben Riley (drums).

1. Bells and Horns (M. Jackson)
2. Port Au Prince Suite: Invocation To Dambala / Prayer / Pap Zimbi (W. Bernhardt)
3. Casa Camara (R. Evans)
4. The Thumper (J. Heath)

Bola Sete & Vince Guaraldi Quartet (September 25, 1963):
Bola Sete (guitar), Guaraldi (piano), Fred Marshall (bass), Jerry Granelli (drums).

1. Outra Vez (A.C. Jobim)
2. Tango El Bongo (G. Van Epps)
3. Tour De Force (D. Gillespie)
4. Star Song (Guaraldi-Siden)
5. Mambossa (Sete-Claudio)

Turk Murphy & The San Francisco Jazz Band (June 20, 1962):
Bob Neighbor (trumpet), Turk Murphy (trombone), Bob Helm (clarinet, vocal), Peter Clute (piano), Harold Johnson (tuba), Lloyd Byasse (drums)

1. 1919 Rag (Jouve-Terran)
2. Daybreak Blues (B. Helm)
3. Dr. Jazz (Oliver-Melrose)
4. Terrible Blues (C. Williams)
5. Sidewalk Blues (Morton-Melrose)
6. The Weary Blues (Cates-Greene-Mathews)

DVD 4:
Woody Herman - Program I (Summer 1963):
Bill Chase, Dave Gale, Billy Hunt (trumpets); Phil Wilson, Henry Southall, Bob Rudolph (trombones); Woody Herman (clarinet); Sal Nistico, Jackie Stevens, Bobby Jones (tenor saxophones); Frank Hittner (baritone saxophone); Nat Pierce (piano); Chuck Andrus (bass); Jake Hanna (drums).

1. Molasses
2. El Toro Grande
3. Lonesome Old Town
4. That's Where It Is
5. Cousins

Program II (June 1, 1963):
Bill Chase, Paul Fontaine, Dave Gale, Gerry Lamy, Billy Hunt (trumpets); Phil Wilson, Henry Southall, Bob Rudolph (trombones); Woody Herman (clarinet); Sal Nistico, Jackie Stevens, Bobby Jones (tenor saxophones); Frank Hittner (baritone saxophone); Nat Pierce (piano); Chuck Andrus (bass); Jake Hanna (drums).

1. Taste of Honey
2. My Wish
3. Deep Purple
4. Early Autumn
5. Satin Doll
6. Mood Indigo
7. Blue Flame

Program III (February 15, 1964):
Bill Chase, Paul Fontaine, Dabby Nolan, Gerry Lamy, Billy Hunt (trumpets); Phil Wilson, Henry Southall, Kenny Wexsel (trombones); Woody Herman (clarinet); Sal Nistico, Carmen Leggio, Jackie Stevens (tenor saxophones); Tom Anastos (baritone saxophone); Nat Pierce (piano); Chuck Andrus (bass); Jake Hanna (drums).

1. Jazz Hoot
2. Just Squeeze Me
3. After You've Gone
4. Cousins

DVD 5:
Modern Jazz Quartet (May 16, 1962):
John Lewis (piano); Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Percy Heath (bass); Connie Kay (drums).

1. The Golden Striker
2. If I Were Eve
3. Winter Tale
4. Lonely Woman

Dave Brubeck Quartet: (October 17, 1961)
Paul Desmond (alto saxophone); Dave Brubeck (piano); Gene Wright (bass); Joe Morello (drums).

1. Take Five
2. It's a Raggy Waltz
3. Castilian Blues
4. Waltz Limp
5. Blue Rondo a La Turk

Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra (April 22, 1968):
Thad Jones (cornet); Snooky Young, Richard Williams, Randy Brecker, Danny Moore (trumpets); Garnett Brown, Benny Powell, Jimmy Knepper, Bob Brookmeyer (trombones); Jerry Dodgion (alto saxophone); Jerome Richardson (alto and soprano saxophones); Seldon Powell, Eddie Daniels (tenor saxophone); Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone); Roland Hanna (piano); Richard Davis (bass); Mel Lewis (drums).

1. Just Blues
2. St. Louis Blues
3. Kids Are Pretty People
4. Don't Get Sassy

DVD 6:
Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (January 17, 1961):
Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet); Leo Wright (alto saxophone); Lalo Schifrin (piano); Bob Cunningham (bass); Chuck Lampkin (drums).

1. Norm's Norm
2. Blues After Dark
3. Lorraine
4. Tocatta from Gillespiana

Cannonball Adderley Quintet (October 24, 1961):
Nat Adderley (cornet); Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone); Joe Zawinul (piano); Sam Jones (bass); Louis Hayes (drums).

1. Scotch and Water
2. Arriving Soon
3. Unit Seven

Muggsy Spanier Dixieland Band (December 6, 1963):
Muggsy Spanier (cornet); Robert Mielke (trombone); Darnell Howard (clarinet); Joe Sullivan (piano); George Pops Foster (bass); Earl Watkins (drums).

1. St. Louis Blues
2. Beale St. Blues
3. Someday Sweetheart
4. At the Jazz Band Ball

Joe Sullivan (December 18, 1963):
Joe Sullivan (piano).

1. Gin Mill Blues
2. Squeeze Me
3. Little Rock Getaway
4. Memories of You
5. Black and Blue

DVD 7:
Mel Torme Quartet (May 2, 1964):
Mel Torme (vocals); Gary Long (piano); Perry Lind (bass); Benny Barth (drums).

1. We've Got a World That Swings
2. Comin' Home, Baby
3. Sidney's Soliloquy
4. Dat Dere
5. When Sunny Gets Blue
6. Quiet Night
7. Route 66

Jimmy Witherspoon (January 4, 1962):
Jimmy Witherspoon (vocals); Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Vince Guaraldi (piano); Monty Budwig (bass); Colin Bailey (drums).

1. Time's Getting Tougher
2. Ain't Nobody's Biz-ness
3. Cotton Tail
4. Chelsea Bridge
5. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
6. Roll 'Em

Carmen McRae (March 15, 1962):
Carmen McRae (vocals); Norman Simmons (piano); Victor Sproles (bass); Walter Perkins (drums).

1. I'm Gonna Lock My Heart
2. Trouble Is a Man
3. If You Never Fall in Love with Me
4. 'Round Midnight
5. Love for Sale
6. Exactly Like You

Lambert-Hendricks-Babvan (February 22, 1963):
Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks, Yolanda Bavan (vocals); Pony Poindexter (alto saxophone); Gildo Mahones (piano); George Tucker (bass); Jimmy Smith (drums).

1. Sugar Hill Blues
2. Another Get Together
3. This Could Be the Start of Something Big
4. Melba's Blues
5. Shiny Stockings
6. Cousin Mary
7. Cloudburst

DVD 8:
Count Basie Quartet (August 21, 1968):
Count Basie (piano); Norman Keenan (bass); Freddie Green (guitar); Sonny Payne (drums).

1. I Don't Know
2. Handful of Keys
3. Untitled Blues
4. Squeeze Me
5. Twenty Minutes After Three
6. As Long As I Live
7. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
8. National Educational Televsion Blues

Earl Fatha Hines Trio (February 15, 1963):
Earl Hines (piano); John Green (bass); Earl Watkins (drums).

1. The One I Love Belongs to Someone Else
2. Squeeze Me
3. Love Is Just Around the Corner

Jimmy Rushing (October 26, 1962):
Jimmy Rushing (piano and vocals).

1. Goin' to Chicago
2. Am I to Blame
3. Baby, Don't You Tell on Me
4. Good Morning Blues
5. Trix Ain't Walkin' No More
6. How Long Blues
7. Blues

Louis Armstrong (January 23, 1963):
Louis Armstrong (vocals).

1. When It's Sleepy Time Down South
2. Snake Rag
3. Counting the Blues
4. Skid-Dat-De-Dat
5. Mack the Knife