All Stars Swing Festival

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DVD - Delta - This DOES NOT contain Dave Brubeck(see notes)

Label: Multimedia Group Promotions
Year: 1972
Released on LP: No
Released on CD: No

Tracks

Take Five

Notes

The All Star Swing Festival was videotaped at Lincoln Center on 23rd October, sponsored by Timex for broadcast on NBC and later aired by public television.

There were 17 performances by a number of different groups with emcee Doc Severinsen introducing each band.

The original DVD release by Delta in 1986, excluded the segment of the Dave Brubeck Quartet. This DVD with Spanish text does include it. The original VCR release by Victor (Japan) also included it.

Dave Brubeck Quartet:

Dave Brubeck
Paul Desmond
Jack Six
Alan Dawson

Reviews

Info provided on the release of the Delta DVD.

Sit back, dim the lights and let a wave of music overcome your senses and take you back to the glorious and highly-charged time of the swing-jazz era with The All Star Swing Festival, a full-length gala concert featuring the legendary greats live in concert, for the first and only time ever. Recorded at Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, New York on October 23, 1972 and hosted by Doc Severinsen, this unique program features the scintillating "scatting" of Ella Fitzgerald, the melodious measures of Duke Ellington and the soulful sounds of Count Basie, among others. In addition, The All Star Swing Festival marks the first and only performance of the original Benny Goodman Quartet on television. It is truly a moment in history not to be missed. So kick back, crank up the sound and let the legends take you on the trip of a lifetime. You won't be sorry ... you'll be swingin'!

Songs include: Ella Fitzgerald/Count Basie: Oh! Lady Be Good; Duke Ellington: C Jam Blues; It Don't Mean a Thing; Ella Fitzgerald: Goody, Goody; Body and Soul; Hello Dolly; Count Basie: Jumpin' At the Woodside; Benny Goodman Quartet: Avalon; Moonglow; Ding Dong Daddy; Doc Severinsen: Sleepy Time Down South; Bobby Hackett: Blueberry Hill; Dizzy Gillespie: Basin Street Blues; Ensemble: Struttin With Some Barbecue; Mack the Knife; One O'clock Jump.