World of Jazz
The first jazzconcert recorded and broadcast by AVRO radio was Duke Ellington as far back as 1933. The Jazz At The Philharmonic concerts, organized by Norman Granz, came to Holland’s concert halls in 1952 and were regularly broadcast by AVRO Television since 1958. They featured jazz giants like Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson.
The JATP concerts, the Newport Jazz Festivals and the North Sea Jazz Festivals recorded and broadcast by AVRO TV are featured on this World of Jazz Channel, as well as various TROS TV recordings such as TROS Sesjun.
AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster.
TROS started broadcasting in 1964.
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We have just uploaded a new song from George Benson: "In Your Eyes". Watch also our new Playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?list....
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Vibraphonist and drummer Lionel Hampton died on August 31, 2002 at the age of 94. His legacy still lives on. Watch our new playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?list....
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The "Count of Jazz", William James "Count" Basie was born in Red Bank, Augustus 21, 1904, 121 years ago. He performed several times at the Dutch North Sea Jazz Festival. We have just uploaded a Playlist, including an interview with him which took place on 14 July 1979, a month before Count Basie’s 75th birthday: www.youtube.com/playlist?list....
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World famous Canadian jazz musician and composer Oscar Peterson would have been 100 years on August 15. He was born in Montreal 1925 and passed away 23 december 2007. His legacy is huge. We have just uploaded a new Playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?list....
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We have just uploaded a brand new song from The Texas Guitar Slingers "Belle Tune" from March 1997. This one is from the same concert.
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Happy Birthday to renowned American jazz drummer Jeff Hamilton with your 72 birthday. He was born August 4, 1953, in Richmond, Indiana. He is co-founder of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and leads his own trio. Hamilton has performed with legends such as Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Diana Krall and Ray Brown. With this post we include some great footage of a concert in 1997 at the dutch TV-programme Sesjun.
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Robert Cray is celebrating his 72 birthday. Cray was born on August 1, 1953 in Columbus, Georgia, US. He played at the Ducth North Sea Jazz Festival many times. This performance is from 1987. Happy Birthday Robert!
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We have a Playlist from Ella Fitzgerald, including this spectaculair concert from 1957 with the Oscar Peterson Trio in Amsterdam. You can watch the Playlist here: www.youtube.com/playlist?list....
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We have now a Playlist from Duke Ellington: www.youtube.com/playlist?list.... Enjoy!
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