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Birth of the Big Band

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

By 1931 the standard big-band line-up had been established, and leaders were consistently producing music that blended imagination, composition, improvisation and excitement. In the third of four programmes, John Fordham 's subject is Duke Ellington, one of the greatest exponents of the form. Mono

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John Fordham
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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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