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Jazz 625

1964 – 2010 · BBC Four
4 seasons · 93 episodes
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Jazz 625 is a BBC jazz music programme, featuring concerts by British and American jazz musicians, which was first broadcast between April 1964 and August 1966. The programme was created by Terry Henebery, a clarinetist by training, who was recruited back to television in 1963 as one of the new producer intake for the opening of BBC2. The title of the show referred to the fact that BBC2 was broadcast on 625-lines UHF rather than the 405-lines VHF system then used by the other channels.

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In March 2009 BBC Four showed the 30-minute programme episode from 1964 featuring the quartet of pianist Dave Brubeck, introduced by Slim Gaillard, with footage restored and re-edited. Numbers included saxophonist Paul Desmond's "Take Five", the first jazz record to sell over one million copies.

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Humphrey Lyttelton
Presenter
George Lewis
Himself - Performer
Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band
Themselves - Performer
Beryl Bryde
Herself - Performer
Created by Terry Henebery

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Status
Ended
Type
Scripted
First aired
Apr 21, 1964
Original language
EN
Production
BBC
Country
GB

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