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Filthy Jazz

BBC Radio 2
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Series in which George Melly locates some of the more colourful activities- drink, drugs, prostitution and sex-that inspired early American jazz and blues.
6: The Greatest Love of All
A look at man/woman relationships. Also, Melly compares blues greats Bessie Smith with her contemporary Ethel Waters , who, unlike Smith, went mainstream and courted a white audience.

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George Melly
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Bessie Smith
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Ethel Waters
Source: Radio Times

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