Encounters with Jazz on Television in Cold War Era Portugal: 1954-1974

* Creates a defining narrative on the history and programming of jazz on television and contributes to the emerging literature on jazz and the media; * Focuses on the cultural politics of jazz on television, exploring the relationship between jazz and a state control television in the twentieth century * Collates primary sources relevant to the understanding of a single jazz location - Portugal –and its relationship to international television jazz production in the US and Western Europe * Challenges dominant historical jazz narratives regarding the status of jazz on television and its dissemination within the public sphere.