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Castaway guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

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Roy Plomley

Woody Herman

Desert Island Discs: Woody Herman

18/02/1984

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Woody Herman

Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz band leader Woody Herman

Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz band leader Woody Herman.

Woody Herman played saxophone and clarinet with various bands until 1936, when the Isham Jones Band in which he was working broke up and he organised a group of his own with the key players. Since then he has led many bands, most of which have been called 'herds'. In conversation with Roy Plomley, he chooses the eight records he would take to the mythical island, but he does not include his most famous, Woodchopper's Ball.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Moonlight In Vermont by The Johnny Smith Quintet
Book: Music is My Mistress by Duke Ellington
Luxury: Jaguar XJ6

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