Video of the Week #79

This outstanding half-hour 1962 episode of Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Casual features blues shouter Jimmy Witherspoon and long-time Duke Ellington tenor sax man Ben Webster. They are accompanied by the Vince Guaraldi Trio--Guaraldi on piano, Monte Budwig on bass and Colin Bailey on drums. Here's the program:

1. Times' Gettin' Tougher
2. Ain't Nobody's Business
3. Cotton Tail
4. Chelsea Bridge
5. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
6. Roll 'Em, Pete

Jimmy Witherspoon sing the first two and last two songs. The middle two are Webster instrumentals. Between the first two songs, Gleason does a surprisingly rapid-fire interview of Witherspoon. Webster closes with an instrumental blues I can't identify.

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