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Jazz Century

BBC Radio 3
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Russell Davies presents a continuing history of jazz from its earliest stirrings to the end of the millennium. 39: Big Long Trane. In the first half of his career, tenor and soprano saxophonist John Coltrane progressed from unreliable Miles Davis sideman to leader of one of the greatest quartets in the history of jazz.
Producer Phil Speight

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Russell Davies
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John Coltrane
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Miles Davis
Producer:
Phil Speight
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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