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Kaleidoscope: Jazz Jamaica

on BBC Radio 4 FM

In the early 1960s, the sound of the newly independent Jamaica was ska. Thirty years later in London, the bass player Gary Crosby has formed Jazz Jamaica, a band breathing new life into the island's musical heritage, drawing on three generations of musicians. Ben Watson meets them to investigate.

Contributors

Unknown:
Gary Crosby
Musicians:
Ben Watson
Producer:
John Goudie

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