1955, January 23 - Sunday aft. - USA, NYC
Manhattan Center Concert Featuring TONY SCOTT SEPTET

Louis Bellson, Stan Getz Quintet , The Modern Jazz Quartet , Jackie Paris, Chris Connor, Charlie Shavers. with M. Reed as master of ceremonies.

Program Notes by Al 'Jazzbo' Collins

Ears are possibly the most important jazz instrument ever in use. Without them, the band would be incomplete, the ensemble un-formed and the jazz world in-active and functionless. with them, it is appreciates measured, applauded, enjoyed-it is, really, the means by which jazz comes to life. so if jazz is to live ( which means growing and progressing) it must have ears to hear it. The ears we particularly pay tribute to are the ones who come to hear 'live' music. Music must have live audience contact to survive. it is through this contact that the artist is stimulated to present new ideas and thus jazz grows. so to the trained and eager-to-hear ear that is our audience today we bow. Jazz Unlimited is unique in that it is one of the few concerts to bring together a group of musicians whose approach to the art has been similar. Each is creating new sounds not because they wish to be different but because they are. With each artist appearing in concert today a 1955 jazz poll winner, the program promises to be exciting. All you have to do is lend them your ears.