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Russell Davies: 30/05/2010

30/05/2010

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Russell Davies, 30/05/2010

This week's show explores laziness as a song topic and pays tribute to Lena Horne.

Russell Davies celebrates the art, craft and inspiration of the popular song. This week's show explores laziness as a song topic and pays tribute to the late Lena Horne.

A cautious welcome, by Russell, to summer via a famous Nat King Cole song prompts an exploration of laziness as a song-topic: We hear a rare Joe Venuti piece, more familiar ones by Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael and Irving Berlin. Plus, Russell discovers a curiosity: that Will Hudson's Moonglow was based on Duke Ellington's Lazy Rhapsody. 

There are further diversions: a new release by Joyce Breach and a memory of pianist Dave McKenna with Marty Elkins, before Russell pays a fuller tribute than was previously possible to the late Lena Horne.

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