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Benny's Boys

BBC Radio 3
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Benny Goodman's small groups created the concept of chamber jazz, and their recordings are among the best of the genre. In five programmes, Geoffrey Smith looks at the work of Goodman's original small group - the trio he formed in 1935 with pianist Teddy Wilson and drummer Gene Krupa.

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Geoffrey Smith
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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