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Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats

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New series 1/4. Art Blakey. The former Chancellor and life-long jazz fan Ken Clarke is back for another of his entertaining series. Today, he talks to the tenor saxophonist Jean Toussaint about his former mentor, the drummer and band leader Art Blakey , whose band, the Jazz Messengers, was something of an academy for the finest young talent in jazz.
Producer Paul Evans Repeated on Saturday at 3.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Ken Clarke
Unknown:
Jean Toussaint
Leader:
Art Blakey
Producer:
Paul Evans
Source: Radio Times

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