Ad Lib

Country

United States

How it feels

A jazz series from the early 1980s. Each episode follows notable jazz artists as they perform live in recording studios while making albums.

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What happens

Ad Lib is a TV program hosted by composer and pianist Phil Moore and produced by Cinema Arts Productions Inc. that aired in 1981. Ad Lib featured noted jazz artists performing for the video camera while recording their musical albums at various recording studios. The series was repeated in 1982 and in 1984. Season 1, Episode 1: Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. Season 1, Episode 2: Kenny Burrell & Ernie Andrews Season 1, Episode 3: Jimmy Smith Season 1, Episode 4: Jon Hendricks Season 1, Episode 5: Dianne Reeves & Snooky Young* Season 1, Episode 6: Jeanne Moore & Marshall Royal Season 1, Episode 7: Dorothy Donegan/Mary Davis/The Tonight Show All-Stars Season 1, Episode 8: O.C. Smith & Scatman Crothers Season 1, Episode 9: Freda Payne & Stanley Turrentine Season 1, Episode 10: Red Norvo/Clora Bryant/Rozelle Gayle Season 1, Episode 11: Legends of Jazz: Dixieland Season 1, Episode 12: Jimmy Witherspoon/John Collins Season 1, Episode 13: Linda Hopkins/Paul Smith Season 1, Episode 14: Dianne Reeves/James Newton/Allan Iwohara Season 1, Episode 15: Jimmy Witherspoon/Marshall Royal Season 1, Episode 16: Maxine Weldon/Greg Poree Season 1, Episode 17: Freda Payne/Jerome Richardson Season 1, Episode 18: O.C. Smith/Judy Carmichael Season 1, Episode 19: Willie Bobo: 1 Season 1, Episode 20: Linda Hopkins/Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis Season 1, Episode 21: Ester Phillips/Red Holloway Season 1, Episode 22: Spanky Wilson/Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson Season 1, Episode 23: Dorothy Donegan/Spanky Wilson Season 1, Episode 24: Dorothy Donegan/Buster Cooper Season 1, Episode 25: Billy Daniels/Eddie Harris Season 1, Episode 26: Billy Daniels/Blossom Dearie Season 1, Episode 27: Michael Rogers Band/Dee Dee Gray Season 1, Episode 28: Michael Rogers Band/Kiki Francisco Season 1, Episode 29: Willie Bobo: 2 Season 1, Episode 30: Willie Bobo: 3 Season 1, Episode 31: Maxine Weldon/Pee Wee Crayton: 1 Season 1, Episode 32: Maxine Weldon/Pee Wee Crayton: 2 Season 1, Episode 33: Damita Jo/Papa John Creach Season 1, Episode 34: Damita Jo/Papa John Creach 2 Season 1, Episode 35: Bill Henderson/Joyce Collins/Dave Mackay Season 1, Episode 36: Sam Fletcher/Pee Wee Crayton Season 1, Episode 37: Kenny Rankin/Terry Gibbs Season 1, Episode 38: Dianne Reeves/Billy Childs Season 1, Episode 39: Dianne Reeves/Ronald Powell Season 1, Episode 40: Freddie Hubbard: 1 Season 1, Episode 41: Freddie Hubbard: 2 Season 1, Episode 42: Tanya Maria/Laurindo Almeida (#1) Season 1, Episode 43: Tanya Maria/Laurindo Almeida (#2) Season 1, Episode 44: Charles Brown/Mundell Lowe Season 1, Episode 45: Mark Murphy/Pete & Conte Condoli 1 Season 1, Episode 46: Mark Murphy/Pete & Conte Condoli 2 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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