June Christy Jams With Billy Preston & Jane Getz

[JSngry]

 

[Teasing the Korean]

That is crazy!  I have never heard of this show.  Jane Getz and Billy Preston were pretty amazing for that age, but all of them were really good!

[JSngry]

Apparently this was a pilot for a show that was never picked up.

Jane Getz!

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

rad!

[Bill Nelson]

Christy followed this with a 1960 Capitol LP of children's songs titled 'Cool School' -- but with no children present beyond the album cover.  Better seen than heard. 

[Teasing the Korean]

I wonder what ever became of the other three kids. 

[JSngry]

22 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

I wonder what ever became of the other three kids. 

Here are some possibilities. Details fit with DOBs-show being filmed in 1958 + then Califronia residence.

Jimmy Fields: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henry_Fields

Mark Evans: https://calisphere.org/item/1c0ad1705897553177b9d521d59c0e7d/

Mark Siemens(?)  can't find anything.

This line from Jane Getz' Wikipedia biography takes on an additional resonance after seeing this clip:

Jane Getz (born 12 September 1942) is an American jazz pianist and session musician. Getz learned classical piano as a child and began playing jazz at the age of nine.She lived in California early in life but when she was sixteen moved to New York City. There she immediately found work playing with Pony Poindexter 

So they say she's 13, but if this is 1958, either she was really 15-16, or else this is a different Jane Getz.

 

[Teasing the Korean]

32 minutes ago, JSngry said:

So they say she's 13, but if this is 1958, either she was really 15-16, or else this is a different Jane Getz.

Thanks for the info.  I think that must be the same Jane Getz for a variety of reasons.

[JSngry]

same here

[Teasing the Korean]

Amazing to think that a little over ten years later Billy would be on the roof with the Beatles!  A lot changed in ten years!

Edited August 4, 2018 by Teasing the Korean

[Teasing the Korean]

It looks like the video has sadly disappeared.

[JSngry]

Here it is now:

 

[Teasing the Korean]

2 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Here it is now:

Thank you sir!

Now check out that 1972 June Christy TV appearance I posted one thread down!