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Jazz Century

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Russell Davies presents a continuing history of jazz.
35: Hard Bop. If the defining saxophone voice of bebop was the alto, the symbolic sound of hard bop was the tenor, with Dexter Gordon ,
Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane leading the way. Brilliant trumpeters Clifford Brown and Lee Morgan summed up what the movement was about.
Producer David Perry. Repeated Friday 11.30pm

Contributors

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Russell Davies
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Dexter Gordon
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Sonny Rollins
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John Coltrane
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Clifford Brown
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Lee Morgan
Producer:
David Perry.
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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