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The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum

Music: Jazz & Blues: Jazz

Jamie Cullum showcases his love of jazz, featuring live sessions and special guests

Jamie Cullum showcases his love for all types of jazz and music rooted in jazz, from its heritage to its future. Featuring live sessions and guests from around the world

Jamie Cullum

The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum: 27/09/2011

Music: Jazz & Blues

27/09/2011

BBC Radio 2 - The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum, 27/09/2011

Jamie chats to the American trumpeter, composer and bandleader Wynton Marsalis.

Jamie chats to the trumpeter, composer and bandleader Wynton Marsalis about a career that has included performing with Sarah Vaughan, Herbie Hancock and Dizzy Gillespie.

Jamie Cullum showcases his love for all types of jazz, and music rooted in jazz, from its heritage to the future.
This week, he chats to the American trumpeter, composer, bandleader and music educator Wynton Marsalis about his life and incredible music career.

Wynton Marsalis, who has performed with the likes of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Sarah Vaughan, and Herbie Hancock, speaks about his most recent collaboration with Eric Clapton. The two musicians performed an evening of blues at the New York venue Jazz at Lincoln Center, of which he is artistic director. Wynton Marsalis tells Jamie about working with Eric Clapton and how the two inspire one another.

Jamie also asks Wynton about his musical upbringing and the two discuss their different approaches to performance and composition.

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