Jazz Casual (series)
- Production country: United States of America
- Production companies: KQED
- Genre: Reality
- Release date: 1/17/1961
- Release date of last episode: 8/21/1968
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 5 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 29
- Run time: 30 min.
Series description
Jazz Casual was an occasional series on jazz music on National Educational Television, the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service. The show was produced by Richard Moore and KQED of San Francisco, California. Episodes ran for 30 minutes. It ran from 1961 to 1968 and was hosted by jazz critic Ralph Gleason. The series had a pilot program in 1960, however the episode has been destroyed. 31 episodes were broadcast; 28 episodes survive. Most episodes included short interviews with the group leaders.
