Stan Levey is one of the unsung heroes of the world of jazz music. Starting as a drummer at the age of 16 in Philadelphia with Dizzy Gillespie, who dubbed him "the Original Original", he was an eyewitness to the birth of bebop music on 52nd St in NYC in the late 1940's. He tells fascinating tales of his playing days with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Kenton and the West Coast Cool school of music with the Lighthouse All-Stars in this series of short jazz documentaries featuring commentaries from such jazz greats as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Quincy Jones, Charlie Watts, Hank Jones, Bill Holman, Lee Konitz, Howard Rumsey, Bill Henderson, Lalo Schifrin and many others. I sincerely hope that you enjoy these videos as much as I did making them and the wonderful comments provided by our viewers - Arthur Shelby Pritz.