The stories and sound of the immortal jazzmen whose style of music held sway across continents and gave its name to an era, starring Buddy Tate, Earle Warren, Joe Newman, Dickie Wells, Eddie Durham, Snub Mosley, Gene Ramey, Tommy Flanagan, Jo Jones and The Count Basie Band
also featuring Buck Clayton, Andy Kirk, John Hammond, Albert McCarthy
with the special participation of Gene Krupa
Narration by Humphrey Lyttelton

(Friday, 5.45 pm Radio 3: The Compleat Piano Player - Oscar Peterson. In next week's Radio Times a colour feature on Count Basie who launches a new BBC2 series next Sunday: The Big Bands from the Dorchester)

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