Verve Records was a major publisher and recorder of serious jazz works . At this time he was an impressario, who staged 'Jazz at the Philharmonic' at the Philharmonic Auditorium in Los Angeles on July 2 of the year this short was released. He's credited as 'technical director' here.
Nominally a jam session, the amount of talent on display is amazing. Arranged on a bare stage with some extreme point-of-view shots under director Gjon Mili, who usually was a still photographer in the movies, and certainly knows how to get cinematographer RObert Burks to light this impressively.
Nominally a jam session, the amount of talent on display is amazing. Arranged on a bare stage with some extreme point-of-view shots under director Gjon Mili, who usually was a still photographer in the movies, and certainly knows how to get cinematographer RObert Burks to light this impressively.