Trad Jazz

Country

Australia

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a half-hour music series from 1962 that was hosted by Graeme Bell and focused on trad jazz music. It aired in Australia on local television stations and was later expanded to include other types of jazz for a second season.

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What happens

Trad Jazz is an Australian television series which aired in 1962 on ATN-7 in Sydney, HSV-7 in Melbourne, and possibly other stations (note: this was before the "official" creation of the Seven Network). Hosted by Graeme Bell, it was a music series with trad jazz music. In 1963, it aired for an additional season as Just Jazz, with the format expanded to include other kinds of jazz music. It was a half-hour series. Previously, Graeme Bell had hosted The Graeme Bell Show for ABC during 1958. Despite having aired during an era where wiping of music shows was common, four episodes are held by National Film and Sound Archive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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