Shorty Rogers 'Time Was' on Frankly Jazz

Frankly Jazz was a half-hour television program produced in Los Angeles in the early 1960s. Each program featured one or more prominent West Coast Jazz performer of the day. Frankly Jazz was hosted by Frank Evans, a leading jazz disk jockey of the day. Shorty Rogers plays 'Time Was' on this episode.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Frank Evans
• Frankly Jazz
• West Coast jazz
• Los Angeles television
• Pacific Dick Bock
• jazz on film
• Shorty Rogers
• Joe Maini
• Mel Lewis
• Pete Jolly
• Max Bennett

[fromBulgaria]

5 *

[adeduction]

Great video. Great rhythm section - Pete Jolly, Monty Budwick, Mel Lewis. One of the alltime great records from the 50's is 'Best Coast Jazz' on EmRcy with Max Roach, Clifford Brown, Joe Maini (on alto), Walter Benton (tnr), Kenny Drew, G Morrow. On one side is the mind blowing 18 minute ballad "You Go To My Head' featuring mind blowing solos - first Joe Maini, then Benton & C Brown (whose 7 minute solo at the end is here on Utube someplace).

[skydogz1]

Smokin' hot.

[alexhoffmanjazz]

Joe Maini is one bad dude! What a sound, articulation and ideas. Just lovely!

[WinstonsPapa]

Hi Tina! Your Dad was a real Giant!

[tinamainiharris]

my Dad sure could play! truly Tina Maini

[JAZZOLOGIST1]

This man Shorty took the art of 'Be bop' which was in a way - although ' avant guard' - feeling it's way into the mainstream of modern jazz, into a smooth and powerful art form. Gerry Mulligan, Shelley Manne, Shorty, the Lighthouse All stars et al produced great new sounds which tookjazz into a new era.

[MAJORSNODGRASS]

Brilliant musicians all of them. I was lucky to see Shorty Rogers in London, wonderful fluid player.

[scorpdan]

God....why can't local tv do this anymore? Put it on at fucking 3am. I don't care!!!

[hookalakah]

That Down Beat would place this program at January of 1963.