Jazz musicians in TV commercials. Can you recall any?

[JSngry]

 

 

 

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

the miles one is the craziest of the bunch as its an ad that only would make sense for people who had their old prestige records, thats a very specific target group

[JSngry]

 

[Mark Stryker]

Re: that Arethan Franklin ad for Harmony House posted earlier. 

Harmony House was a metro Detroit chain of excellentall-round record stores, including one all-classical  stores  that was as fine a classical store as you could find anywhere. When Neeme Jarvi was music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, he also did a commercial for Harmony House. Not jazz but fun.

 

[duaneiac]

You know you are old if I mention the phrase "And they call it Charlie" and you can instantly start humming the tune which once accompanied those words.  Here are different versions of that long ago ad campaign.  Bobby Short and Mel Torme are each featured singing the jingle in separate versions.  It's interesting seeing that right after the Torme version, the ad company took things in a whole new direction with a country western themed ad.  I'm guessing this was around the time Urban Cowboy  was a box office hit and the whole country discovered country (and jazz fell even further into neglect).

 

[Hardbopjazz]

Does anyone remember the commercial with Jon Hendricks?  I remember seeing it back in the 80s. I don’t remember what product he was pitching.

I want to say the commercial was for butter or margarine.  

Edited November 26, 2019 by Hardbopjazz

[JSngry]

9 hours ago, Hardbopjazz said:

Does anyone remember the commercial with Jon Hendricks?  I remember seeing it back in the 80s. I don’t remember what product he was pitching.

I want to say the commercial was for butter or margarine.  

It was Mazola. It was audio only, but it was memorable. I used it as the opening cut on one of my BFTs here, so it should still be on file at Thom Keith's site.

[duaneiac]

Here's an Anita O'Day radio spot for Dr. Pepper:

 

[AllenLowe]

Nobody seems to remember any more, but Harold Vick, who was a great looking guy, was in a commercial for a bank - can't remember which one - in the '70s. I remember seeing him one night and he was talking about how he was able buy a Mercedes with his earnings.

[Hardbopjazz]

This is a print ad and not a tv commercial. Any others in this media?  
 

Edited July 1, 2020 by Hardbopjazz

[jazztrain]

Al Hirt for Miller Beer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SARe8LbW_Y

[DMP]

I swear I saw Greg Abate on a commercial for a local furniture store on a trip to Providence. 

[Rooster_Ties]

another one with Ron Carter...

 

Edited July 1, 2020 by Rooster_Ties

[sidewinder]

38 minutes ago, DMP said:

I swear I saw Greg Abate on a commercial for a local furniture store on a trip to Providence. 

He gets everywhere !

[Rooster_Ties]

Ellis and Branford...

 

[Rooster_Ties]

 

[Rooster_Ties]

Just stumbled on this one with Pops…

 

[Ken Dryden]

I remember Rosemary Clooney singing on camera about Coronet toilet paper prior to her comeback on Concord Jazz.

I remember Count Basie and Ella Fitzgerald in a Memorex print ad, but was there also a commercial?

 

[Dan Gould]

Without a doubt there was an Ella tv ad for Memorex - many in fact. If there any with Count Basie the same search below doesn't turn them up.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ella+firtzgerald+memorex

[JSngry]

Chuck Mangione for MegaLoMart?

[sidewinder]

1 hour ago, Dan Gould said:

Without a doubt there was an Ella tv ad for Memorex - many in fact. If there any with Count Basie the same search below doesn't turn them up.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ella+firtzgerald+memorex

Yeah, that Ella Memorex ad even made it over here.

[Hardbopjazz]

[Hardbopjazz]

Urbie Green in a Schaefer beer commercial.

 

[Hardbopjazz]

I thought there was a discussion on jazz in commercials. I couldn't locate that thread, but here's a commercial.  "The Sidewinder" 
Not a jazz musician in a commercial, but a jazz tune in one. 
https://instagram.com/p/DCAniQaMhNz/

[Teasing the Korean]

Louis Prima did a commercial for a Greatest Italian Hits compilation sold on TV, circa 1972 or so. I have searched every corner of the InterWebz looking for this commercial, but I can't find it.  If any of you do, please post it.