The first volume in the series, features part of the 17th National Tour of Jazz at The Philharmonic. • Initiated by jazz impresario Norman Granz who constantly faced down the authorities across the USA by insisting on staging racially integrated shows • Featuring a Septet comprising Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Flip Phillips (saxophone), Illinois Jacquet (saxophone), Oscar Peterson (piano), Herb Ellis (guitar), Ray Brown (bass), Jo Hones (drums). • Pressed on 140g black vinyl. • A show like this would be good way of demonstrating to the uninitiated what jazz is all about.
