This is from the Mutual Network's Bandstand USA, which was broadcast live
on Saturday nights from 8pm-10pm beginning in 1956.
In the notes to JMY 6402, Enrico Merlin places this session at an unknown venue
on June 30, 1958 (a Monday). The Sextet was booked at Washington's Spotlite Lounge
on June 10-15 (Tuesday-Sunday) and August 5-10 (Tuesday-Sunday); a broadcast is
known to have been made on Saturday, August 9. This is probably it.
The second half of 1958 was a very busy time for the Sextet: Café Bohemia,
New York (April 25-May 4); Storyville, Boston (May 5-11); Café Bohemia, New
York (May 12-18); Red Hill Inn, Pennsauken NJ (May 20-25); Village Vanguard, New
York (May 27-June 1); Spotlite Lounge, Washington DC (June 10-15); Small's Paradise,
New York (June 24-29); Newport Jazz Festival (Thursday, July 3, 8:30 pm); Montréal
Theatre Maisonneuve (July 10, with other dates in Montréal and Quebec City);
Village Vanguard, New York (July 22-August 3); Spotlite, Washington DC (August 5-10);
Comedy Club, Baltimore (August 12-17); Randall's Island, New York (August 23: Third
Annual NY Jazz Festival); Showboat, Philadelphia (September 1-6); Persian Room,
Plaza Hotel, New York (Tuesday, September 9); Modern Jazz Room, Cleveland (September
15-21); Clarence's Blue Bird Inn, Detroit (September 23-28); Apollo Theatre, New
York (October 17-23); Spotlite Lounge, Washington DC (October 29-November 2); Village
Vanguard, New York (November 4-16 -- Evans left the group after this gig, and was
replaced by Wynton Kelly); Town Hall, New York (Friday, November 28, 8:00 and 11:00
pm) Mosque Theatre, Newark NJ (November 29); Howard Theatre, Washington DC (December
12-18); Town Hall, New York (Saturday, December 27, 8:30 and 11:00 pm).
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