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Superdrummer: The Life of Buddy Rich

on BBC Radio 3

John Fordham presents a four-part tribute to the American drummer who died recently.
In this first programme he looks at Rich's work with the orchestras of Bunny Berigan and Artie Shaw in the late 30s, and with a small group which included Lester Young and Nat King Cole.

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