Air Date
TBA
Episodes
17 episodes
Jazz 625
Season 1
Overview
Is a British TV show on the BBC featuring performances by Jazz Greats, first broadcast between April 1964 and August 1966 created by Terry Henebery
Episodes
1. Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
In a restored and re-edited version of the 1960s jazz programme, Neneh Cherry introduces a session by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie accompanied by Rudy Collins, Christopher White, Kenny Barren and James Moody.
2. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
1965 concert featuring Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, one of America's most dynamic jazz groups.
3. The Thelonious Monk Quartet
1960s concert featuring jazz pianist Thelonious Monk and his quartet of Ben Riley, Larry Gayles and Charlie Rouse.
4. Modern Jazz Quartet
1964 performance by the Modern Jazz Quartet with a guest appearance from Laurindo Almeida.
5. The Dave Brubeck Quartet
The legendary Dave Brubeck Quartet in a restored and re-edited 1964 programme.
6. Oscar Peterson
A restored version of a session by jazz pianist Oscar Peterson from October 1964.
7. Ellington in Concert
Ellington in Concert
8. Ben Webster
Ben Webster
9. Erroll Garner
Erroll Garner
10. Bill Evans
On March 19, 1965, the Bill Evans Trio stopped by the BBC studios in London to play a pair of sets on Jazz 625, the now-legendary program hosted by the British trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton. The combo–which featured Evans on piano, Chuck Israels on bass and Larry Bunker on drums–played two sets, including most of the songs from their just-completed album, Trio ’65. The two 35-minute programs take us back in time to see and hear one of the most brilliant and influential jazz pianists of all time, at work in a tightly integrated trio.
11. Clark Terry and Bob Brookmeyer
Clark Terry and Bob Brookmeyer
12. Annie Ross and Tony Kinsey English
Annie Ross and Tony Kinsey English
13. Jazz 625 at the BBC
Programme celebrating the archive of this legendary BBC jazz concert show from the mid 1960s, so titled because the newly launched BBC 2 was broadcasting on 625-UHF lines (the HD of the time) unlike the 405-VHF of BBC 1 and ITV. It features classic performances from legends such as Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck and Dizzy Gillespie and the Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley Sextet, alongside rarely seen sessions from the likes of Wes Montgomery, Marian McPartland, Chris Barber's Jazz Band and Willie 'The Lion' Smith.
14. George Lewis and the Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band
From the New Marquee Club in 1965, Humphrey Lyttelton introduces veteran New Orleans clarinettist George Lewis with Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band and Beryl Bryden.
15. BBC Four Compliation
Vintage 1960s British jazz from the BBC's archives, presented by Steve Race. Featured performers include John Dankworth and Cleo Laine, Victor Feldman with Ronnie Scott, the Tubby Hayes Big Band, the Johnny Ross Quartet, Annie Ross with the Tony Kinsey Quintet and Bill Le Sage's Directions in Jazz.
16. Wes Montgomery
"Yesterdays" by Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern; "Round midnight" by Thelonious Monk, Bernie Hanighen, Cootie Williams; "Twisted blues", "Full house", "West Coast blues", "Jingles" by Wes Montgomery. (Songs) - Introduced by Humphrey Lyttelton:- Wes Montgomery, guitar; Harold Mabern, piano; Arthur Harper, acoustic double bass; Jimmy Lovelace, drums. (Personnel on Camera)
17. Jimmy Smith
"Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?"; "The sermon" by Jimmy Smith; "Mondo cane"; "Wagon wheels" by Billy Hill, Peter De Rose. (Songs) - Introduced by Humphrey Lyttelton:- Jimmy Smith, organ; Quentin Warren, guitar; Billy Hart, drums.