Russell Davies presents a history of jazz, from its earliest stirrings to the end of the millennium.
6: King Oliver and the Shape of Swing to Come. It was not until 1922, when
Kid Ory went into a studio in Los
Angeles, that a black band was first able to record. A more substantial body of black jazz was put down a bit later by the cornetist King Oliver, whose latest band recruit was a young man called Louis Armstrong. Repeated Friday 11.30pm