Jazz 625 Concerts - what remains?

[Stephen Byers]

From another forum:

Roderick A.Wxxxxx.

The argument being that videotape was expensive (at the time) was used by the BBC to wipe most of the Jazz 625 concerts, famously the Albert Ayler band’s inflammatory session at the LSE, the only gig they played in the U.K. Compered by Humphrey Lyttelton, whose familiarly sardonic comments about the gig in one of his books didn’t mention the more abrasive / incomprehending ones he made in private, allegedly.

Still, Lyttelton had made the journey from music hall trad to ‘mainstream’ not so long before and ironically a lot of the nastier comments about Ayler’s black revolutionary music, steeped in the church, blues and earlier forms, came from the modern jazz establishment present. Ronnie Scott et al. Dirty beboppers indeed... (A gag for the elderly).

So folk was not the only music to suffer eradications. Defending the Banal Broadcasting Company is an odd pose but I suspect that the arguments they used re-expense were probably accurate, within the terms of their remit, rather than displaying a vendetta against folk and other creative musics. Pissed me off that they wiped stuff I really liked and would love to have a record of, but I don’t think it was a conscious decision so much as incomprehension and cost etc. Ditto folk. Petty, yes, and ironic, given the bloated organisation it was and [still] is...

[Ray Langstone (was saintsray)]

Tvbrain.info is your friend.....

""JAZZ 625
A BBC production for BBC 2. Transmission details are for BBC 2.
Usual duration: 30 minutes
Main regular credit(s):
Produced and directed by Terry Henebery.
Main regular cast:
Steve Race (Presenter).
Date Episode Title Production No VT Number Holding / Source Format
21.04.1964 Ellington in Concert 1 R3 / R3
An item, eg recording, script or photograph is held in the Kaleidoscope Archive.
Duke Ellington.
28.04.1964 All Star Jam Session J / FNK
With Kenny Baker, George Chisholm, Tony Coe, Roy Willox, Laurie Holloway, Jack Fallon, Lennie Hastings.
05.05.1964 J / FNK
The Tubby Hayes Quintet.
12.05.1964 R3 / R3
With Chris Barber's Jazzband, Champion Jack Dupree.
19.05.1964 R3 / R3
With The Modern Jazz Quartet, Laurindo Almeida.
26.05.1964 R3 / R3
With The Johnny Dankworth Orchestra, Bobby Breen.
02.06.1964 R3 / R3
An item, eg recording, script or photograph is held in the Kaleidoscope Archive.
Duration: 29 minutes.
With The Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley Sextet, Nat Aderley.
09.06.1964 R3 / R3
With Alex Welsh and his Band, Henry ‘Red’ Allen Jr.
16.06.1964 R3 / R3
Bill Le Sage's Directions In Jazz Unit.
30.06.1964 R3 / R3
Marian McPartland.
07.07.1964 J / FNK
The Humphrey Lyttleton Fifteen.
14.07.1964 R3 / R3
With The Art Farmer Quartet, Jim Hall.
21.07.1964 R3 / R3
With Henry 'Red' Allen, Alex Welsh and his Band.
28.07.1964 J / FNK
With The Modern Jazz Quartet, Laurindo Almeida.
01.08.1964 Ellington in Concert 2 J / FNK
Duke Ellington.
03.08.1964 R3 / R3
With The Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley Sextet, Nat Aderley.
11.08.1964 The Fourth National Jazz Festival J / FNK
With Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen, The Humphrey Lyttelton Band, Mose Allison.
18.08.1964 Marquee Jazz Club J / FNK
Mark Murphy with The Tubby Hayes Quintet.
25.08.1964 R3 / R3
An item, eg recording, script or photograph is held in the Kaleidoscope Archive.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet.
01.09.1964 All Star Jam Session R3 / R3
With Lennie Felix, Freddie Randall, Bruce Turner, Jimmy Skidmore, John Picard, Spike Heatley, Derek Hogg.
08.09.1964 R3 / R3
An item, eg recording, script or photograph is held in the Kaleidoscope Archive.
The Woody Herman Orchestra.
12.09.1964 R3 SEQ / FNK
Jimmy Witherspoon with The Ronnie Scott Quartet.
Partly exists in compilations.
19.09.1964 J / FNK
With Sandy Brown's Band, Ernest Ranglin.
26.09.1964 R3 / R3
With The Art Farmer Quartet, Jim Hall.
03.10.1964 R3 SEQ / FNK
Mel Tormé with the Billel Sage Dekette.
Partly exists in compilations.
10.10.1964 R3 SEQ / R3
An item, eg recording, script or photograph is held in the Kaleidoscope Archive.
With The Oscar Peterson Trio, Dudley Moore.
Reel 1 only.
17.10.1964 R3 / R3
Benny Golson.
24.10.1964 R3 / R3
Annie Ross with the Tony Kinsey Quintet.
31.10.1964 R3 / R3
Erroll Garner.
07.11.1964 “In Memoriam-Charlie Parker” R3 / R3
With In Memoriam (Charlie Parker), J. J. Johnson, Sonny Stitt, Howard McGhee, Walter Bishop, Tommy Potter, Kenny Clarke.
14.11.1964 R3 / R3
With Derek Smith, Eddie Thompson.
21.11.1964 The Hawk at Town Hall R3 / R3
Coleman Hawkins.
28.11.1964 R3 / R3
The Dave Brubeck Quartet.
05.12.1964 All Star Jam Session J / FNK
With Keith Christie, Eddie Blair, Ronnie Scott, Art Ellefson, Colin Purbrook, Dave Green, Jackie Dougan.
12.12.1964 R3 / R3
With The Newport All Stars, Peewee Russell, Bud Freeman, George Wein, Ruby Braff, Brian Brocklehurst, Lennie Hastings.
19.12.1964 R3 / R3
With The Johnny Scott Quintet, Millicent Martin.
26.12.1964 Christmas Compilation R3 / R3
With Henry ‘Red’ Allen Jr, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Erroll Garner, Coleman Hawkins Quintet, The Woody Herman Orchestra, The Newport All Stars, The Oscar Peterson Trio, Mel Torm�, Jimmy Witherspoon with The Ronnie Scott Quartet.
Includes footage from missing programmes.
02.01.1965 R3 / R3
The Woody Herman Orchestra.
09.01.1965 J / 62
Buck Clayton with Humphrey Lyttelton and his Band.
16.01.1965 R3 / R3
Ben Webster with the Ronnie Scott Quartet.
23.01.1965 J / FNK
The Oscar Peterson Trio.
30.01.1965 R3 / R3
With Keith Smith, Alton Purnell.
06.02.1965 In Memoriam: Charlie Parker R3 / R3
With The J. J. Johnson Group, The Sonny Stitt Group.
13.02.1965 R3 / R3
Cleo Laine with the Johnny Dankworth Quintet.
20.02.1965 R3 / R3
With Erroll Garner, Eddie Calhoun, Kelly Martin.
27.02.1965 J / FNK
Benny Golson.
06.03.1965 The Hawk at Town Hall R3 / R3
Coleman Hawkins.
13.03.1965 R3 / R3
With The Newport All Stars, Ruby Braff, Peewee Russell Group.
24.03.1965 J / FNK
Buck Clayton with Humphrey Lyttelton and his Band.
31.03.1965 R3 / R3
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers.
07.04.1965 R3 / R3
The Tubby Hayes Big Band.
14.04.1965 J / FNK
Wes Montgomery Quintet.
21.04.1965 R3 / R3
The Thelonious Monk Quartet.
05.05.1965 Dixieland Revisted R3 / R3
With Ronnie Ross, Art Ellefson, Jimmy Deuchar, Keith Christie, Bill Le Sage, Spike Heatley, Allan Ganley.
12.05.1965 R3 / R3
An item, eg recording, script or photograph is held in the Kaleidoscope Archive.
The Bill Evans Trio.
19.05.1965 New Marquee Club R3 / R3
With George Lewis with Mr Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band, Beryl Bryden.
02.06.1965 Marquee Club R3 / R3
With Victor Feldman, Ronnie Scott.
09.06.1965 The Zodiac Variations R3 / R3
With Clark Terry, Bob Brookmeyer, The Johnny Dankworth Orchestra.
16.06.1965 Jazz from Kansas City R3 / R3
With Joe Turner, Buck Clayton, Vic Dickenson with Humphrey Lyttelton and his Band.
13.10.1965 R3 / R3
An item, eg recording, script or photograph is held in the Kaleidoscope Archive.
With Clark Terry and Bob Brookmeyer, Laurie Holloway.
27.10.1965 R1 / FNK
The Wes Montgomery Quartet.
03.11.1965 Jazz from Kansas City R3 / R3
With Joe Turner, Buck Clayton, Vic Dickenson with Humphrey Lyttelton and his Band.
10.11.1965 16/6ENT/26745 DB-R1 / FNK
An item, eg recording, script or photograph is held in the Kaleidoscope Archive.
The Oscar Peterson Trio.
17.11.1965 R3 / R3
Postponed from 20.10.1965.
The Jimmy Smith Trio.
24.11.1965 R3 / R3
The Jimmy Giuffre Trio.
22.12.1965 J / FNK
With Al Cohn, Zoot Sims.
29.12.1965 R3 / R3
An item, eg recording, script or photograph is held in the Kaleidoscope Archive.
The Bill Evans Trio.
05.01.1966 R3 / R3
The Thelonious Monk Quartet.
19.01.1966 J / FNK
Maynard Ferguson with Johnny Dankworth and his Orchestra.
26.01.1966 R3 / R3
Willie 'The Lion' Smith.
02.02.1966 J / FNK
With The Tony Coe Quintet, Dakota Staton.
09.02.1966 R3 / R3
The Jimmy Smith Trio.
16.02.1966 J / FNK
With Jimmy Witherspoon, The Dick Morrisey Quartet.
23.02.1966 J / FNK
With Alex Welsh and his Band, Dickie Wells.
02.03.1966 The Modern Jazz Quartet Playing Porgy and Bess J / FNK
The Modern Jazz Quartet.
09.03.1966 J / FNK
With Don Byas, Bruce Turner's Jump Band.
06.07.1966 J / FNK
With Bud Freeman, Alex Welsh and his Band.
13.07.1966 J / FNK
With Anita O'Day, The Peter King Quartet.
20.07.1966 J / FNK
With Yusef Lateef, The Stan Tracey Trio.
27.07.1966 R3 |n / R3
Earl 'Fatha' Hines.
03.08.1966 The Modern Jazz Quartet Playing the Blues R3 / R3
The Modern Jazz Quartet.
10.08.1966 J / FNK
With Mark Murphy with the Stan Tracey Trio, Ronnie Scott.
17.08.1966 R3 / R3
The Dizzy Gillespie Quartet.
24.08.1966 J / FNK
Henry 'Red' Allen in company with Alex Welsh & his Band.
06.10.1966 R3 / R3
Leo Konitz with the Stan Tracey Trio.
13.10.1966 Fusions of Jazz and Indian Music J / FNK
The Joe Harriott-John Mayer Double Quintet.
20.10.1966 J / 62
Wingy Malone with Alan Elsdon's Jazz Band.

JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC
Usual duration:
50 minutes.
Main regular cast:
Norman Granz (Presenter).
Date Episode Title Production No VT Number Holding / Source Format
12.11.1967 Part 1 DB-R3 / 62
With Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Zoot Sims, James Moody, T-Bone Walker, Teddy Wilson, Bob Cranshaw, Louie Bellson.
26.11.1967 Part 2 DB-R3 / 62
With Teddy Wilson, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Zoot Sims, James Moody, T-Bone Walker, Bob Cranshaw, Louie Bellson.""

[Ray Langstone (was saintsray)]

J is for junked.

Which is not a mixture of jazz and funk.

See what I did there?

[Mark Berry]

I have an episode on 16mm with Bill Evans – but I believe both his appearances on Jazz 625 exist? It's a nice print though.

[markboulton]

Mar 28, 2020 20:19:35 GMT Ray Langstone (was saintsray) said:

J is for junked.

Which is not a mixture of jazz and funk.

See what I did there?

And I think the archives were a mixture of funked and cooked.

See what *I* did there?!