Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.; S0443; Why Is Jazz Neglected?
- Episode Number
- S0443
- Episode
- Why Is Jazz Neglected?
- Producing Organization
- Southern Educational Communications Association
- South Carolina Educational Television Network
- Contributing Organization
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University (Stanford, California)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/514-bv79s1mc54
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- Description
- Episode Description
- Two leading performers, who are also effective verbal exponents of their art, talk about the origins of jazz, its relations to rock, and the likelihood of finding good audiences in Europe as compared to the United States; but they also turn delightfully to the keyboard from time to time to let their fingers do the talking. BT: "Rock and roll... was a conscious effort by primarily white artists to perform in a way that was black." ... DW: "One difference between jazz and rock is that jazz is not a song-oriented music.... Rock is based on songs, and jazz hasn't been, really, for fifty years. There are lots of people who sing, but that's not the same thing. Jazz is an instrumental music. You can't sing an Art Tatum solo and you can't sing a Beethoven symphony."
- Series Description
- The television series Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. was a venue for debate and discussion on political, social, and philosophical issues with experts of the day. Firing Line broadcasts from 1966 through March 1971 were produced and syndicated by WOR-TV, a commercial station in New York, but some of them were also broadcast on noncommercial television stations. Starting in April 1971, Firing Line broadcasts were produced by the Southern Educational Communications Association, an arm of South Carolina Educational Television. Hoover Institution Library & Archives' Firing Line collection guide can be found at: https://www.hoover.org/library-archives/collections/firing-line.
- Date
- 1980-12-09
- Asset type
- Episode
- Genres
- Talk Show
- Topics
- Public Affairs
- Subjects
- United States; Europe; Jazz audiences; rock music; Jazz
- Rights
- Copyright held by Stanford University. This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the Hoover Institution Library & Archives on behalf of Stanford University.
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Guest: Taylor, Billy
Guest: Wellstood, Dick
Host: Buckley, William F., Jr.
Producing Organization: Southern Educational Communications Association
Producing Organization: South Carolina Educational Television Network
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Stanford University
Identifier: 80040.685 (Hoover Institution)
Generation: Proxy
Duration: 1:00:00
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.; S0443; Why Is Jazz Neglected?,” 1980-12-09, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed August 2, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-514-bv79s1mc54.
- MLA: “Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.; S0443; Why Is Jazz Neglected?.” 1980-12-09. Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. August 2, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-514-bv79s1mc54>.
- APA: Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.; S0443; Why Is Jazz Neglected?. Boston, MA: Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-514-bv79s1mc54