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Jazz Century

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Russell Davies presents a 52-part history of jazz from its earliest stirrings through to the end of the millennium.
23: The Big White Bands. Jazz came closest to being the pop music of its time in the late thirties with the rise of well drilled and stylish big bands fronted by star leaders like
Benny Goodman , Tommy Dorsey and Woody Herman.
Repeated from Saturday 6pm

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Russell Davies
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Benny Goodman
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Tommy Dorsey
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Woody Herman.
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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