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Jazz 625: British Jazz

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Marc Myers
Sep 04, 2020
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Between April 1964 and August 1966, BBC2 in the U.K. aired an hour-long TV show called Jazz 625. It was broadcast on 625-lines UHF rather than the 405-lines VHF system then used by other channels on the dial. This allowed for a better signal at home. Other "625" shows were produced for the UHF channel.


What was particularly noteworthy about Jazz 625 is t…

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