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Jazz File - Jazz from Hell

BBC Radio 3
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New series 1:Jazz Is Not Dead, It Just Smells Funny!
A three-part series in which Charles Shaar Murray explores the influence of jazz on the music of Frank Zappa , who died ten years ago. Zappa claimed that he didn't like jazz and complained of its endless
" noodling". But he was a virtuoso guitarist and he used some of the most dazzling improvisers of his day- many of whom give interviews here. ProducerRobertAbel

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Charles Shaar Murray
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Frank Zappa
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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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