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BBC Radio 3
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In the second of eight programmes about
American record producer George Avakian , he talks to Ian Carr about his work with clarinettist Benny Goodman.
Highlights include the Goodman Band's tour of Russia in 1963 - the first by an American jazz group - and the re-forming of the original Goodman Quartet. Producer Derek Drescher

Contributors

Producer:
George Avakian
Unknown:
Ian Carr
Clarinettist:
Benny Goodman.
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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