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Big Band

Episode 4: The 1950s

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Jazz trumpeter and arranger Guy Barker joins Donald Macleod to look at the developments in the big band sound in the 1950s, from the work of established greats like Duke Ellington and Count Basie, to Gil Evans' work with Miles Davis. Show less

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