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Bright as Fire

on BBC Radio 3

In the fourth of eight programmes, composer and pianist
Mike Westbrook tells Geoffrey Smith about the work of his Brass Band in the later seventies. The band's concerts combined written pieces, improvisations and songs, which developed into form of jazz cabaret and culminated in Mama Chicago.

Contributors

Pianist:
Mike Westbrook
Unknown:
Geoffrey Smith

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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