Alvin Thaler Photographs of The Sound of Jazz

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unitid

{"value"=>"25764", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"JPB 19-03", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b218189849", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1957", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1957"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Alvin Thaler Photographs of The Sound of Jazz"}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Music Division</span>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Alvin Thaler was a producer and director for CBS television and served as production manager for the series <span class=\"title\">The Seven Lively Arts</span>. The collection consists of photographs and contact sheets, and negatives shot by Thaler during the production of \"The Sound of Jazz,\" a single episode of <span class=\"title\">The Seven Lively Arts</span> that aired on December 8, 1957."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"Thaler, Alvin, 1926-2008", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p><span class=\"title\">The Sound of Jazz</span> was one episode of the CBS television series <span class=\"title\">The Seven Lively Arts</span> that was filmed and broadcast on December 8, 1957. The episode was directed by Jack Smight, produced by Robert Herridge, and with camera setup by Charles H. Schulz. Nat Hentoff and Whitney Balliett provided musical guidance for the episode, including the selection of musical guests. The episode featured 32 jazz artists in live performance, including luminaries such as Lester Young, Billie Holiday, Gerry Mulligan, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Count Basie, and Thelonious Monk.</p>"}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>The collection was donated by Alvin Thaler in 1994.</p>"}

date_start

1957

keydate

1957

date_end

1957

date_inclusive_start

1957

date_inclusive_end

1957

prefercite

{"value"=>"Alvin Thaler Photographs of The Sound of Jazz, JPB 19-03. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

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1. Contact sheets
2. Basie, Count
3. Herridge, Robert
4. Herridge, Robert, Jack Smight, and Chas Schultz
5. Holiday, Billie
6. Holiday, Billie and Count Basie
7. Holiday, Billie, Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan, Ben Webster, and others
8. Houseman, John
9. Monk, Thelonious
10. Monk, Thelonious, Ahmed Aboul-Malik, and Osie Johnson
11. Pierce, Nat, Henry Red Allen, Jo Jones, Rex Stewart, Coleman Hawkins, Pee Wee Russell, and others
12. Russell, Pee Wee
13. Russell, Pee Wee, Red Allen, and Coleman Hawkins
14. Russell, Pee Wee, Red Allen, and Nat Pierce
15. Webster, Ben, Coleman Hawkins, and Gerry Mulligan
16. Young, Lester, Ben Webster, and Gerry Mulligan