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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
American jazz and blues. 4: Drugs
A look at the pioneering depictions of illegal substances in jazz and blues, featuringCab Calloway, Stuff Smith ,
Fats Waller , Benny Goodman and Ella Fitzgerald.

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George Melly
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Stuff Smith
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Fats Waller
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Benny Goodman
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Ella Fitzgerald.
Source: Radio Times

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