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Jazz Notes

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

In celebration of his 80th birthday, pianist George Shearingjoins Alyn Shipton in the first of two programmes that look back over his long career. Sitting at the keyboard,
Shearing recalls Claude Bampton 's Blind Band, and the pieces he heard Fats Waller play in 1930s London. He also plays music from his very first BBC broadcast in 1938.

Contributors

Pianist:
George Shearingjoins
Pianist:
Alyn Shipton
Unknown:
Claude Bampton
Unknown:
Fats Waller
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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