Jazz Unlimited for June 7, 2015 is “West Coast Jazz-Part 1.” Known as “West Coast Jazz,” the very popular music of Los Angeles and San Francisco in the 1950’s was widely condemned by the eastern jazz critics mainly because it was not based in New York. The music followed the east coast trends but sounded lighter and was more experimental. This week’s show will cover the years 1950-1956 chronologically and will have 38 performances of the music which feature Dave Brubeck, Wardell Gray, Hampton Hawes, the Stan Kenton Orchestra, Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Shelly Manne, Shorty Rogers, Bud Shank, Laurindo Almeida, Russ Freeman, Milt Bernhart, Jack Montrose, Clifford Brown & Max Roach, Teddy Edwards, Carl Perkins, Russ Freeman, Jack Sheldon, Bob Cooper, Claude Williamson, Dexter Gordon, John Graas, Bill Perkins, Marty Paich, Andre Previn, Art Pepper and many others.
My photograph of Bob Cooper is seen in the Slide Show.
The Archive of this show will be available until the morning of June 15, 2015
Here is a 1962 performance of "Speak Low" by Shelly Manne (d) Russ Freeman (p) Monty Budwig (b) Richie Kamuca (ts) and Conte Candoli (tp) the Jazz Scene USA TV Show.
