Originally broadcast as "The Original Rompin' Stompin' Hot and Heavy, Cool and Groove All Star Jazz Show" on CBS television in 1977, this video from filmmaker Gary Keys contains performances from Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, Max Roach, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Joe Williams, and more. The Witty and informative program traces the birth of jazz from spirituals all the way to the wild sounds of the '70s via live performance, dance and narration.