Lenny Bruce Loved Jazz

In 1959, Lenny Bruce produced his own television pilot, The World of Lenny Bruce, featuring Buddy Rich and Harry Sweets Edison, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, and a quartet that includes his friend Philly Joe Jones, Cannonball Adderley and Bill Evans. The program was shown once, on local New York television, and then put in an archive.

The show is now available on DVD from jazzlegends.com and although it's technically challenged, taken from an old kinescope, the content is historic and presents a unique portrait of Lenny as talk show host and Jazz enthusiast.
Lenny was one of the catalysts in my own introduction to Jazz, sharing his enthusiasm for its creators in his routines. Growing up as a baby boomer in the late 50s and early 60s, Lenny was an entry point into an art form and culture that would soon become my life.
"Jazz Video Guy"