Jazz at the Philharmonic 1953

Jazz at the Philharmonic visits Helsinki in 1953 along with Ella Fitzgerald and Gene Krupa.

[@barriesaxton1561]

This JATP group came to England to perform a charity concert. The proceeds went to the Flood Relief Fund. The performance was on a Sunday afternoon in London (can't remember the name of the venue) and I managed to get a ticket. I was 17 years old and a massive jazz fan. JATP was only a dream for me in those days. The gig was amazing and has lived with me all my life. I was very fortunate to see and hear such legends all together on one stage.

[@F0nkyNinja]

It's newsreel footage.. Meant to be shown only a few times in cinemas before movies then discarded. They rarely bothered to sync the audio to the footage from what I've seen. They usually only had one camera and it took time to move the huge thing to get another angle, and they could only get a few seconds at once in order to fit all the performers into the short timeframe.

[@BrummieGal]

my dad saw this concert...he said it was the day his record collection visited him !!!

[@i_am_jazz]

Great footage. How amazing would it be if this whole concert appeared unedited!! Please one day!!

[@cnrbsmth]

Imagine how valuable the raw footage for this must be

[@danrose]

great line-up,and the Finns loved it

[@MidnightSwinger]

God, the editing here is MADDENING! I felt my blood pressure going up!

[@efheard]

Editing could be better, but what a lineup of musicians. JATP visited Tokyo in 1953, where they recorded "JATP Live at the Nichigeki Theater." It is a must have LP. Thank you for sharing the video, I loved every second of it.

[@wargran]

You can watch Granz's film Jammin' the Blues on KZbin. You can buy a biography of Barney Kessel from Maurice Summerfield who used to bring him to the UK every year to present jazz guitar workshops and you can buy the biography of Granz himself. Enjoy every minute because you wont see their like ever again!

[@itahue721]

And their like has not been seen again!

[@Exilatus]

@timopartanen Oh man you are so lucky, I wish I could see Lester Young and Gene Krupa. Unfortunately I'm born in 1992. :[

[@peterlund73]

Hello, I am researching music of Lester Young. Could you tell me, if there is more footage from the same occasion? The music does not fit in, - is it the original sound or has it been added later? Please visit www.lesteryoung.dk Kind regards Peter

[@schnieef]

at 2:40 the start playing "Cotton Tail"

[@F0nkyNinja]

What song is Ella singing at 1:45?

[@sorenhvenegaard6374]

It's "On the Sunny Side of the Street"

[@F0nkyNinja]

Soren Hvenegaard Thanks! The lyrics here are a little altered. Like "I'm looking over a four-leaf clover".

[@sorenhvenegaard6374]

***** It seemed like the entire audio was off a bit. Like when I could see Flip Philips taking a breath at the same time that I could hear him playing.