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Robert Herridge: Tv's Forgotten Jazz Auteur at The Paley Center For Media

Courtesy of Mark Ekman | Posted on January 15, 2015

Where

The Paley Center For Media
25 West 52 Street
New York, NY
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When

Sat, January 17, 2015
2:00 pm

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Musicians

Miles Davis
trumpet
Bob Dylan
guitar and vocals

About

(SCREENINGS) Robert Herridge was one of television’s visionaries, creating programs in many genres, always with a signature style. The Paley Center spotlights Herridge’s musical achievements in jazz, folk, and blues. Highlights include: 1957’s The Sound of Jazz featuring Thelonious Monk, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Coleman Hawkins, Jimmy Rushing, and more; The Sound of Miles Davis (1959) featuring Miles Davis with John Coltrane and the Gil Evans Orchestra performing “So What,” “The Duke,” “Blues for Pablo,” and “New Rhumba”; 1960’s Folk Sound, U.S.A., a program that had a...

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