Commonwealth Jazz Club Explained
| Genre: | jazz music |
| Country: | Australia
Canada
United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Channel: | ABC
BBC
CBC |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 6 |
| Runtime: | 30 minutes |
Commonwealth Jazz Club is a 1965 music television miniseries which was co-produced in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom.
Premise
Jazz music performances were featured in this six-programme co-production of ABC (Australia), the BBC (Britain) and CBC Television (Canada). Each nation produced two half-hour episodes for the series.
Scheduling
In Canada four of the Commonwealth Jazz Club episodes, including both Canadian contributions, were broadcast on CBC Television Thursdays at 10:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 9 to 30 September 1965.
Episodes
- Australia: (Peter Page director) Graeme Bell and his All Stars[1]
- Australia: (Peter Page director) Don Burrows Quartet with Judy Bailey (piano)[2]
- Canada: (Paddy Sampson producer) Jimmy Dale Orchestra and the Sonny Greenwich Quartet[3] [4]
- Canada: (Paddy Sampson producer) Tony Collacott Trio (Collacott piano, Bob Price acoustic double bass, Ricky Marcus drums) and the Rob McConnell Quartet (McConnell trombone, Ed Bickert guitar, Bill Britto acoustic double bass, Bruce Farquhar drums)[5]
- United Kingdom: (Colin Charman director) Benny Green presenter, The Commonwealth Big Band (Tubby Hayes music director, Bob Burns, Art Ellefson, Freddy Logan acoustic double bass, Ronnie Ross reeds, Ray Swinfield, Gib Wallace trombone, Kenny Wheeler trumpet)[6]
- United Kingdom: (Colin Charman director) Benny Green presenter, Kenny Baker trumpet, Tony Coe, Jackie Dougan drums, Spike Heatley acoustic double bass, Dudley Moore piano, Tommy Whittle tenor sax.[7]
External links
- Web site: Commonwealth Jazz Club . Blaine . Allan . . 1996 . 7 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100311082729/http://www.film.queensu.ca/cbc/Cin.html . 11 March 2010 . dmy .
Notes and References
- Web site: COMMONWEALTH JAZZ CLUB series Ep: GRAEME BELL AND HIS ALL STARS / prod: Peter Page [motion picture] ]. Library of Congress . 15 August 2010 .
- Web site: COMMONWEALTH JAZZ CLUB series Ep: THE DON BURROWS QUARTET / prod: Peter Page [motion picture] ]. Library of Congress . 15 August 2010 .
- Web site: COMMONWEALTH JAZZ CLUB series Ep: THE JIMMY DALE BIG BAND / prod: Paddy Sampson [motion picture] ]. Library of Congress . 15 August 2010 .
- Web site: Commonwealth Jazz Club . John . Corcelli . May 2005 . Canadian Communications Foundation . 7 May 2010 .
- Web site: COMMONWEALTH JAZZ CLUB series Ep: THE ROB McCONNELL QUARTET & THE TONY COLLACOTT TRIO / prod: Paddy Sampson [motion picture] ]. Library of Congress . 15 August 2010 .
- Web site: COMMONWEALTH JAZZ CLUB series Ep: THE COMMONWEALTH BIG BAND / Colin Charman [motion picture] ]. Library of Congress . 15 August 2010 .
- Web site: COMMONWEALTH JAZZ CLUB series Ep: THE KENNY BAKER ALL STARS / Colin Charman [motion picture] ]. Library of Congress . 15 August 2010 .
