Teddy Wilson

Berlin's 1965 Jazz Piano Workshop reunited some of the instrument's finest exponents from the full stylistic spectrum of jazz piano. The great Teddy Wilson was on hand to represent the swing piano style; the father of jazz piano improvisation Earl Hines was also present; Lennie Tristano served as an exponent of modern exploratory piano playing; two of the idiom's most lyrical modern pianists, Bill Evans and John Lewis were in attendance, and a nexus between the traditional and the modern, Jaki Byard -who alternated free and stride passages on the same tune- filled out this historical lineup. A notable absence was pianist Bud Powell, who was then living a troublesome period which would end with his death the following year. The two other main influences missing from the performance were Thelonious Monk, who was touring Europe with his own band, and Art Tatum, who had died in 1956.

シカゴの貧しい家に生まれたベニイ・グッドマンは少年時代からクラリネットを始め、その上達ぶりは師を驚嘆させた。しかし彼は周囲の反対を押し切り、クラシックではなくジャズの道に進む。十代で名門楽団に参加し、やがて単身でニューヨークへ。”キング・オブ・スイング”と称賛されるまでの辛苦と様々な出会い。そして、上流階級の娘アリスとの恋ー。圧巻はクラシックの殿堂カーネギーホールにおける史上初のジャズコンサート。二人の熱い思いを乗せて、歴史的演奏が始まる・・・。 ジーン・クルーパ、ライオネル・ハンプトン、そしてテディ・ウィルソン他多数の一流プレイヤーたちの名演奏も必聴！

TV goes Hollywood when Steve Allen visits Universal-International to prepare for his upcoming title role in "The Benny Goodman Story."

Walt Disney animation animated cartoon musical compilation ("The BIG Parade of MIRTH and MELODY"; "Offering hits re-released from 'Make Mine Music' and 'Melody Time'"; featuring cartoons from the 1946 musical, "Make Mine Music," and the 1948 musical "Melody Time") featuring Donald Duck, Joe Carioca, and other Disney cartoon characters, and also songs by Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Frances Langford, Roy Rogers and Trigger, The Andrews Sisters (Laverne, Maxene, and Patty Andrews), Freddy Martin and his orchestra, Sons of the Pioneers, Jerry Colonna, and Ethel Smith

A press agent, a composer and a landlord of a theatrical boardinghouse revive vaudeville on Broadway.