"Ad Lib" is a TV program hosted by composer and pianist Phil Moore and produced by Cinema Arts Productions Inc. that aired in 1981. Ad Lib featured noted jazz artists performing for the video camera while recording their musical albums at various recording studios. The series was repeated in 1982 and in 1984.The Internet Movie Database www.imdb.com *Season 1, Episode 1:

Marilyn McCoo Marilyn McCoo (born September 30, 1943) is an American singer, actress, and television presenter, who is best known for being the lead female vocalist in the group the 5th Dimension, as well as hosting the 1980s music countdown series '' Solid Go ...

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Kenny Burrell Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige, Blue Note, Verve, CTI, Muse, and Concord. His collaborations with Jimmy Smith were notable, and produced the 1965 ...

Ernie Andrews Ernest Mitchell Andrews Jr. (December 25, 1927 – February 21, 2022) was an American jazz, blues, and pop singer. Life and career Andrews was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Los Angeles, and is said to have been discovered by ...

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Dianne Reeves Dianne Elizabeth Reeves (born October 23, 1956) is an American jazz singer. Biography Dianne Reeves was born in Detroit, Michigan, into a musical family. Her father sang, her mother played trumpet, her uncle is bassist Charles Burrell, and h ...

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Jimmy Witherspoon James Witherspoon (August 8, 1920 – September 18, 1997) was an American jump blues singer. Early life, family and education Witherspoon was born in Gurdon, Arkansas. His father was a railroad worker who sang in local choirs, and his mot ...

/John Collins *Season 1, Episode 13: Linda Hopkins/Paul Smith *Season 1, Episode 14: Dianne Reeves/James Newton/Allan Iwohara *Season 1, Episode 15: Jimmy Witherspoon/Marshall Royal *Season 1, Episode 16: Maxine Weldon/Greg Poree *Season 1, Episode 17: Freda Payne/Jerome Richardson *Season 1, Episode 18: O.C. Smith/Judy Carmichael *Season 1, Episode 19:

Willie Bobo William Correa (February 28, 1934 – September 15, 1983), better known by his stage name Willie Bobo,Biography ''AllMusic'' was an American Latin jazz percussionist of Puerto Rican descent. Bobo rejected the stereotypical expectations of Lat ...

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: 3 *Season 1, Episode 31: Maxine Weldon/Pee Wee Crayton: 1 *Season 1, Episode 32: Maxine Weldon/Pee Wee Crayton: 2 *Season 1, Episode 33: Damita Jo/Papa John Creach *Season 1, Episode 34: Damita Jo/Papa John Creach 2 *Season 1, Episode 35: Bill Henderson/Joyce Collins/ Dave Mackay *Season 1, Episode 36: Sam Fletcher/Pee Wee Crayton *Season 1, Episode 37: Kenny Rankin/Terry Gibbs *Season 1, Episode 38: Dianne Reeves/Billy Childs *Season 1, Episode 39: Dianne Reeves/Ronald Powell *Season 1, Episode 40: Freddie Hubbard: 1 *Season 1, Episode 41: Freddie Hubbard: 2 *Season 1, Episode 42: Tanya Maria/Laurindo Almeida (#1) *Season 1, Episode 43: Tanya Maria/Laurindo Almeida (#2) *Season 1, Episode 44: Charles Brown/Mundell Lowe *Season 1, Episode 45: Mark Murphy/Pete & Conte Condoli 1 *Season 1, Episode 46: Mark Murphy/Pete & Conte Condoli 2

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