Presented bv
Russell Davies
King Olivers snarling muted cornet-playing has won him an enduring place in jazz history. Yet this secretive man ended his life in poverty and obscurity, stranded in the Deep South and fearful of returning the short distance to his native New Orleans. contributors: FREDDIE MOORE , BENNY WATERS, CLYDE BERNHARDT and MISS RHAPSODY
And material from the William Ransom Hogan Jazz Archive at Tulane University.
Joe Oliver 's letters read by Hugh Quarshie
Paul Barnes s diary read by Joe Marcel
Producer DAVID PERRY followed by an interlude