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The World's Greatest Jazz Musicians

BBC Radio 3
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3: Count Basie
This American band leader, whose conversation is normally as reticent as his piano style, reminisces to Charles Fox about some of the great instrumentalists who have played in his bands, including Lester Young , Clark Terry and Buck Clayton. He also pays tribute to one of his early mentors, Fats Waller -
* He was my guy, he was quite a man. And then came a lad called Tatum Producer DEREK DRESCHER

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Fox
Unknown:
Lester Young
Unknown:
Clark Terry
Unknown:
Buck Clayton.
Producer:
Derek Drescher
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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