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Oh Play that Thing!

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Presented by Russell Davies
King Oliver's snarling muted cornet playing has won him an enduring place in jazz history. Yet this secretive man ended his life in poverty and obscurity, stranded in the deep south and fearful of returning the short distance to his native New Orleans.
Contributors Freddie Moore, Benny Waters, Clyde Bernhardt and Miss Rhapsody
Material from the William Ransom Hogan Jazz Archivist Tulane University.
Joe Oliver's letters read by Hugh Quarshie
Paul Barnes's diary read by Joe Marcel

Contributors

Presenter:
Russell Davles
Interviewee:
Freddie Moore
Interviewee:
Benny Waters
Interviewee:
Clyde Bernhardt
Interviewee:
Miss Rhapsody
Reader:
Hugh Quarshie
Reader:
Joe Marcel
Producer:
David Perry
Source: Radio Times

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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