Russell Davies presents a history of jazz, from its earliest stirrings to the end of the millennium.
13: Handful of Keys. The shift from a largely written ragtime piano idiom to the exploratory and risky approach that jazz required seemed to demand a player as talented and courageous as Earl Hines. There followed the blind genius Art Tatum , who has inspired and intimidated pianists ever since. Producer Phil Speight. Repeated Friday 11.30pm