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#6000: OMNIBUS:135TH STREET
Order1953-03-29, WCBS, 30 min.
Presented on "OMNIBUS." The third part of this Omnibus presentation is complete. An un-staged George Gershwin one-act opera with an all-Negro cast. Composed by Gershwin in 1922 when he was 23. It's primitive in construction and content, although "The Blue Monday Blues" and some other early Gershwin excursions into the Jazz idiom stand out. Host for Ominbus series, Alistair Cooke Directed by Seymour Robbie. De Sylva, B.G. - Librettist Starring Jimmy Rushing
1957-12-08, WCBS, 57 min.
- Red Allen
- Milt Hinton
- Count Basie
- Pee Wee Russell
- Jo Jones
- Gerry Mulligan
- John Crosby
- Big-Bill Broonzy
- Rex Stewart
- Vic Dickenson
- Nat Pierce
- Danny Barker
- Jimmy Crawford
- Jimmy Rushing
- Emmett Berry
- Coleman Hawkins
- Earl Warren
- Freddie Green
- Walter Page
- Billie Holiday
- Roy Eldridge
- Ben Webster
- Benny Morton
- Mal Waldron
- Jimmy Giuffre
- Jim Hall
- Ralph Pena
In todays one-hour telecast, outstanding jazz musicians demonstrate the basic jazz form, the blues, through playing, both solo and ensemble, and through singing. The music includes traditional and modern blues creations. Host / Narrator John Crosby intends to remain in the background as much as possible, letting the music speak for itself. November 3,1957 - February 16, 1958 Host television critic John Crosby presided over this ambitious Sunday afternoon one hour series, containing varied dramatic documentaries and musical presentations. Duplicate if # 6977.
1957-12-08, WCBS, 57 min.
- Red Allen
- Milt Hinton
- Count Basie
- Pee Wee Russell
- Jo Jones
- Gerry Mulligan
- John Crosby
- Big-Bill Broonzy
- Rex Stewart
- Vic Dickenson
- Nat Pierce
- Danny Barker
- Jimmy Crawford
- Jimmy Rushing
- Emmett Berry
- Coleman Hawkins
- Earl Warren
- Freddie Green
- Walter Page
- Billie Holiday
- Roy Eldridge
- Ben Webster
- Benny Morton
- Mal Waldron
- Jimmy Giuffre
- Jim Hall
- Ralph Pena
In todays one-hour telecast, outstanding jazz musicians demonstrate the basic jazz form, the blues, through playing, both solo and ensemble, and through singing. The music includes traditional and modern blues creations. Host / Narrator John Crosby intends to remain in the background as much as possible, letting the music speak for itself. November 3,1957 - February 16, 1958 Host television critic John Crosby presided over this ambitious Sunday afternoon one hour series, containing varied dramatic documentaries and musical presentations. Duplicate of #11086.