[Dixielandjazz] OKOM bands on TV in the 1950s/1960s? (was Re: Bill Chase)

[David Richoux]

Dave Bargeron has also been doing some amazing modern tuba duet 
recordings with Michel Godard - taking jazz tuba in many different 
directions. I see at his website http://www.davebargeron.com he was an 
original member of Substructure/Gravity back in 1968 - it may have been 
his connections with B S &T that got them on to a mainstream TV show.

Bringing this back to a more DJML inclusive topic - I am trying to 
remember (from my childhood) how often OKOM/ Trad Jazz bands made it to 
major TV shows in the  1950s and early 1960s - the height of the trad 
revival in the US and other countries. I can remember seeing some Louis 
Armstrong and Louie Prima /Sam Butera, a few other bands  on the Ed 
Sullivan Show, the Spike Jones program, and some Pete Fountain on 
Lawrence Welk shows but after that I draw a blank.

Anybody have some others?

Dave Richoux
On Sep 24, 2005, at 8:34 PM, Hal Vickery wrote:

> Thanks for the link.  I'm listening to Gravity as I type.  I notice 
> one of
> the players, Dave Bargeron, is a former t-bone/tuba player for Blood 
> Sweat &
> Tears, making a nice connection with another thread.
>
> I'm trying to think back of where I saw Substructure, and the only 
> thing I
> can think of is that it might have been on the Merv Griffin Show of all
> places!
>
> Hal Vickery