70 Years of Jazz Greats

Isthmus Jazz Festival video presentation by Gary Alderman. Free.

press release: Jazz collector and historian Gary Alderman will narrate archival jazz video. Significant and entertaining jazz performances of jazz greats over the course of 70 years will be featured from film, festivals, and American, Japanese and European TV.  Their relative significance to the history and development of jazz will be discussed. Included may be Charlie Parker, Roland Kirk, Dexter Gordon, Lester Young,  Coleman Hawkins, June Christy, Anita O’Day, Buddy Rich, Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins and other jazz musicians.