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Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings.

Jazz Library: Harry Beckett

16/10/2010

Harry Beckett

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Library, Harry Beckett

Alyn Shipton and Chris Batchelor review the career of the late trumpeter Harry Beckett.

Alyn Shipton and Chris Batchelor review the music of the late trumpeter Harry Beckett, including work from his own bands as well as with Ian Carr, Mike Westbrook and Graham Collier.

Barbados-born Harry Beckett was one of the most fiery and inventive trumpeters in British jazz, right up until his death in July this year. Chris Batchelor joins Alyn Shipton to look back at Beckett's recordings, and to pick his best performances. As well as a range of music from his own bands, the programme includes Beckett's work with Ian Carr, Mike Westbrook and Graham Collier.

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