Giants at Play
December 10, 2007 · Magazine, Nat Hentoff, Books and Arts
During television's early years, jazz was infrequently seen, except when its few popular "names," such as Benny Goodman and Louis Armstrong, appeared on variety shows like Ed Sullivan's. But on December 8, 1957, live on Sunday afternoon, many members of the jazz pantheon appeared on CBS-TV's Theā¦