I like the show, although the premise is lifted from "Prime Suspect" - woman cop is put in charge, encounters resistance from the all-male old guard, eventually wins their loyalty after proving that she is very good at her job. Her character grew on me after having seen all of the first season and about half of the second.
In the late 70's & early 80's I saw Sonny Rollins, Freddie Hubbard, & Max Roach on the Tonight Show, all on shows hosted by Bill Cosby, who apparently made a point of getting jazz musicians booked whenever he was hosting.
This is not the same George Russell. This "George Russell" is actually a pseudonym for MGM artist/A&R man Leroy Holmes.
I owned this LP years ago, and I seem to recall that these renditions are very close to Wilder's original recordings, mostly done in the 1940's.
Big fan of Ray Bryant, especially:
"Little Susie" (Columbia)
"Con Alma" (Columbia)
"Here's Ray Bryant" (Pablo)
"Solo Flight" (Pablo)
"Alone at Montreux" (Atlantic)
"Madison Time, Part 2" was my theme on my first radio show 1982-1989.