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Jazz Legends: Oscar Peterson

BBC Radio 3
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Julian Joseph profiles major jazz artists with performances from the BBC jazz archives - this week Canadian piano virtuoso Oscar Peterson. Featuring highlights from a concert given at London's Barbican Centre in 1984, when Peterson was joined by bassist Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen and drummer Martin Drew.

(Three Jazz Legends CDs are available now featuring Oscar Peterson, Art Blakey and Dizzy Gillespie)

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Presenter:
Julian Joseph
Producer:
Felix Carey
Source: Radio Times

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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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