And now “Jazz in the Concert Hall” (https://youtu.be/nTETCRtx1pM?si=iDNi9XOBMUCKQjjR) an episode of Leonard Bernstein’s “Young People’s Concerts” series
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Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was a Harvard and Curtis Institute of Music trained conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, writer, and humanitarian.He received 7 Emmy Awards, 2 Tony Awards, 16 Grammy Awards, a 1955 Oscar nomination, a Peabody medal, a 1980 Kennedy Center Honor, an Induction into the American Theater Hall of Fame, the Television Hall of Fame and American Classical Music Hall of Fame- amongst others.
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Having spend his teens playing in Jazz bands and listening to Jazz performances & records, Bernstein (controversially) believed that Jazz was an essential component of American Music. His 1956 CBS Omnibus collection/lecture “What is Jazz” (available for free here: https://youtu.be/To5AcmNCHpg?si=31veOWlwViRl0HFG) was a major turning point in getting a lot of people to appreciate Jazz as an art form
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Leonard Bernstein’s run as conductor and host of “ CBS’s Young People’s Concerts” ran for 53 episodes that aired between 1958- 1972. You can watch them all for free here (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU0HyYmOgH8Xn06fDThwLDh95igfZpurQ&si=wiwAgKFqN1X6QL5i
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@analgesicsleep I have one of his Young People’s Concerts in my parents’ record collection - I think he was explaining “Carnival Of The Animals” by Saint-Saëns #SymSat