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Jazz Casual

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Jazz Casual was an occasional series on jazz music on National Educational Television (NET), the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). The show was produced by Richard Moore and KQED of San Francisco, California.[1] Episodes ran for 30 minutes. It ran from 1961 to 1968 and was hosted by jazz critic Ralph Gleason. The series had a pilot program in 1960. That episode, however, has been destroyed. 31 episodes were broadcast; 28 episodes survive.[2] Most episodes included short interviews with the group leaders.[3]

Episodes

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Video reissues

Rhino Records has reissued several performances from the series on DVD and videotapes. In 2004, Efor Films released the entire series on an 8-DVD box set entitled The Complete Jazz Casual Series.

Notes

  1. [1]
    David Stewart, "KQED made its mark by making programs," Current, Feb. 3, 1997 http://www.current.org/history/hist702kqed.doc Archived 2011-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    Toby Gleason, "Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Casual," AllAboutJazz, 1999, "Jazz | All About Jazz". Archived from the original on 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
  3. [3]
    "Jazz Casual TV Series" http://www.jazzwestdvd.com/jazz_casual_tv_series.htm
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