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

Programme offering advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings or adding to an existing one

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

Jazz Library: Alex Welsh

Alex Welsh

09/07/2011

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Library, Alex Welsh

Alyn Shipton and Digby Fairweather select the best recordings by trumpeter Alex Welsh.

Alyn Shipton is joined by cornettist Digby Fairweather to select the best recordings of trumpeter Alex Welsh, who led one of Britain's best jazz groups from the 1950s to the 1980s.

Alex Welsh was a fine traditional and mainstream trumpeter, who led one of Britain's best jazz groups from the 1950s to the 1980s. Digby Fairweather, who knew him well and inherited Welsh's cornet, joins Alyn Shipton to select the finest available recordings from the Welsh band's long career.

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