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How Jazz Came to Britain

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Although jazz was flourishing in the twenties, it was not until the late thirties that the BBC finally allowed regular jazz on the air. Veteran BBC man
Charles Chilton describes his part in the process, including a little white lie to the Master of the Queen's Music. Producer Nick Baker

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Unknown:
Charles Chilton
Producer:
Nick Baker
Source: Radio Times

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