Overview

In May 2019, Jazz 625 returned to the BBC, starting with a 90-minute live show on BBC Four called Jazz 625 Live: For One Night Only. This show was shot in black and white, and mixed archive clips with new performances from the Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Artists who appeared included Cleo Laine, Gregory Porter and Charlie Watts. In November 2020, BBC Four broadcast another one-off special called Jazz 625: The British Jazz Explosion featuring new artists from the London Jazz scene and presented by Moses Boyd and Jamz Supernova. Two more sessions have since been recorded.

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Episodes

• E01 For One Night Only03. 05. 2019
• E02 The British Jazz Explosion20. 10. 2020
• E03 Jazz Britannia06. 11. 2010
• E04 Jazz 625 at the BBC24. 05. 2014

Overview

This first season ran from April 21, 1964 to December 26.

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Episodes

• E01 Ellington in Concert: Part 1 & 221. 04. 1964
• E02 An All-Star Jam Session28. 04. 1964
• E03 The Tubby Hayes Quintet05. 05. 1964
• E04 Chris Barber's Jazzband with Ottilie Patterson12. 05. 1964
• E05 The Modern Jazz Quartet19. 05. 1964
• E06 The Johnny Dankworth Orchestra with Bobby Breen26. 05. 1964
• E07 The Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley Sextet02. 06. 1964
• E08 A session of Dixieland Jazz with Alex Welsh and his Band09. 06. 1964
• E09 Bill Le Sage's New Directions in Jazz Unit16. 06. 1964
• E10 Marian McPartland30. 06. 1964
• E11 The Humphrey Lyttelton Fifteen07. 07. 1964
• E12 The Art Farmer Quartet featuring Jim Hall14. 07. 1964

Overview

Season 2 ran from January 2nd, 1965 to December 29th.

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Episodes

• E01 The Woody Herman Orchestra02. 01. 1965
• E02 Buck Clayton09. 01. 1965
• E03 Ben Webster16. 01. 1965
• E04 The Oscar Peterson Trio23. 01. 1965
• E05 In Memoriam: Charlie Parker: Part 206. 02. 1965
• E06 Cleo Laine with The Johnny Dankworth Quintet13. 02. 1965
• E07 Erroll Garner20. 02. 1965
• E08 Benny Colson27. 02. 1965
• E09 'The Hawk' at Town Hall06. 03. 1965
• E10 The Newport All Stars13. 03. 1965
• E11 Buck Clayton - Part 224. 03. 1965
• E12 Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers31. 03. 1965

Overview

The third and final original season ran from January 5th 1966 to October 20th.

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Episodes

• E01 The Thelonious Monk Quartet - 205. 01. 1966
• E02 Maynard Ferguson19. 01. 1966
• E03 Willie 'The Lion' Smith26. 01. 1966
• E04 The Tony Coe Quintet02. 02. 1966
• E05 The Jimmy Smith Trio - 209. 02. 1966
• E06 Jimmy Witherspoon16. 02. 1966
• E07 Alex Welsh and His Band23. 02. 1966
• E08 The Modern Jazz Quartet02. 03. 1966
• E09 Don Byas09. 03. 1966
• E10 Bud Freeman and Alex Welsh and His Band06. 07. 1966
• E11 Anita O'Day13. 07. 1966
• E12 Yusef Lateef20. 07. 1966

Overview

In March 2009 BBC Four showed the 30-minute programme episode from 1964 featuring the quartet of pianist Dave Brubeck, introduced by Slim Gaillard, with footage restored and re-edited. Numbers included saxophonist Paul Desmond's "Take Five", the first jazz record to sell over one million copies.

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Episodes

• E01 Oscar Peterson [Restored]01. 02. 2008
• E02 The Dave Brubeck Quartet [Restored]27. 03. 2009
• E03 Dizzy Gillespie Quintet [Restored]27. 03. 2009
• E04 Modern Jazz Quartet [Restored]03. 04. 2009
• E05 The Thelonious Monk Quartet [Restored]17. 04. 2009
• E06 Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers [Restored]17. 04. 2009
• E07 BBC Four Compilation [Restored]05. 11. 2010