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Chris Barber's Jazz Diaries

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Series in which Chris Barber recalls seven key years in jazz history.This edition rewinds to 1939, the year in which Jelly Roll Morton returns to the studio and the boogie-woogie craze neatly coincides with the creation of Blue Note Records. Also, John Hammond performs to a seated, paying audience.

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Chris Barber
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