Murder to a Jazz Beat

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Episodes: "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes" "Deadly Lady" "Birds of a Feather" "Hooray for Homicide" "It's a Dog's Life" "Lovers and Other Killers" "Hit, Run and Homicide" "We're Off to Kill the Wizard" "Death Takes a Curtain Call" "Death Casts a Spell" "Capitol Offense" "Broadway Malady" "Murder to a Jazz Beat" "My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean" "Paint Me a Murder" "Tough Guys Don't Die" "Sudden Death" "Footnote to Murder" "Murder Takes the Bus" "Armed Response" "Murder at the Oasis" "Funeral at Fifty-Mile"
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Production Information

Murder to a Jazz Beat
Production Number:	59212
Aired:	3 February, 1985
Written By:	David Abramowitz Paul Savage
Directed By:	Walter Grauman
Created By:	Richard Levinson William Link Peter S. Fischer
Executive Producer:	Peter S. Fischer
Producer	Robert F. O'Neill
Associate Producer	Mike Stevens

Summary

While in New Orleans, Jessica must solve the mysterious murder of a famous musician who died from a heart attack while performing onstage.

Trivia

Victim: Ben Coleman and a store clerk mentioned earlier

Killer: Eddie Walters, Ben and his deceased brother Joey for that store clerk

Cause of Death: Cyanide poisoning, via his clarinet reed.

Motive: Ben had threatened to kill his wife, Callie Coleman, despite her having covered for them in the past for the murder of a store clerk that Kershaw addressed earlier with Jessica and Hawley.

This may be the first episode where reference to a past murder, years ago, would be discussed.

Setting: New Orleans

Goofs

When the taxi drops Jessica off at station WDBX, which is supposed to be in New Orleans, a portion of Hollywood's iconic Capitol Records building is clearly visible in the background of a long shot down the street.

When Jessica enters the "New Orleans" studio, stars from the Hollywood Walk of Fame are visible on the sidewalk.

The news director at WDBX New Orleans keeps referring to "The 11 O'clock News". New Orleans is on Central Time, so the news would have been on at 10 o'clock.

Starring

Regular Cast

• Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher

Guest Stars

Bradford Dillman as Lt. Simeon Kershaw George Kirby as Eubie Sherwin Cameron Mitchell as Dr. Aaron Kramer Ed Nelson as Carl Turnball Clive Revill as Jonathan Hawley Bobby Sherman as Jimmy Firth	David Whitfield as Hec Tattersal Michael Canavan as Dr. Allan Collyer Olivia Cole as Callie Coleman Garrett Morris as Lafayette Duquesne Stan Shaw as Eddie Walters Glynn Turman as Ben Coleman

DVD Release

This episode was released with the other 21 episodes of the first season of Murder, She Wrote in a variety of formats.

Title	Release Date	Region
Murder, She Wrote: The Complete First Season	March 29, 2005	Region 1 (North America)
Murder, She Wrote: Season 1	August 29, 2005	Region 2 (Europe)
Murder, She Wrote: The Complete 1st Season	May 2, 2007	Region 4 (Australasia)

See Also

• Murder, She Wrote: Season One
• New Orleans Police Department

External Links

• Murder to a Jazz Beat at the Internet Movie Database