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Jazz Legends

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Coleman Hawkins. A profile of Coleman Hawkins , who was arguably the first major voice on the tenor saxophone in jazz. Julian Joseph selects excerpts from Hawkins's recorded memoirs and a 1964 session with a band that included Harry Edison
(trumpet), Sir Charles Thompson (piano), Jimmy Woode (bass) and Jo Jones (drums). Four new Jazz legends CDs are now available

Contributors

Unknown:
Coleman Hawkins.
Unknown:
Coleman Hawkins
Unknown:
Julian Joseph
Piano:
Sir Charles Thompson
Bass:
Jimmy Woode
Bass:
Jo Jones
Source: Radio Times

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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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