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Jazz Notes

on BBC Radio 3

Like many blues singers in the thirties Blue Lu worked with great jazzmen in her backing band. In her case, they were also friends and family, and she tells Alyn Shipton how she and her husband - Cab
Calloway's guitarist Danny Barker - shared an apartment with legends like Henry "Red" Allen and drummer Paul Barbarin.

Contributors

Unknown:
Alyn Shipton
Guitarist:
Danny Barker
Unknown:
Paul Barbarin.

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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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