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Jazz Week: London Jazz Festival: George Russell

BBC Radio 3
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Last Saturday this key innovator in modern jazz brought his Living Time Orchestra to the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.
Chris Parker introduces a recording of the concert by the 15-piece group, a mix of British and American musicians, with Tiger Okoshi (trumpet), Andy Sheppard (saxophone), Dave Bargeron (trombone) and Steve Lodder (keyboards).
During the interval: The Invisible Guru
Ian Carr explores the life and work of George Russell, now 72 and arguably jazz's only major theorist.
Producer Derek Drescher
(Rpt)

Contributors

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George Russell
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Elizabeth Hall
Introduces:
Chris Parker
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Andy Sheppard
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Dave Bargeron
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Steve Lodder
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Ian Carr
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George Russell
Producer:
Derek Drescher
Source: Radio Times

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