The French composer Darius Milhaud makes a rare TV appearance in which he talks about jazz in the Twenties, followed by a performance of his jazz-influenced composition Caramel Mou, Shimmy pour Jazz-band, Op. 68, written in 1920. An English translation of the text is read by Madeleine Milhaud, the composer’s wife. Dave Brubeck, who studied with Milhaud, is also seen briefly in this clip, which is drawn from a documentary originally telecast by KQED-TV in 1965. The actual performance took place at Mills College in 1963:
(This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.)