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Omnibus: Ronnie Scott and All That Jazz

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Ronnie Scott and All That Jazz

11/01/1998

BBC Four - Omnibus, Ronnie Scott and All That Jazz

Documentary on the London venue opened in 1959 and now the heartbeat of British jazz.

Documentary on the London jazz venue. In 1959, young saxophonist Ronnie Scott opened a club where he and his friends could play, which became the heartbeat of British jazz.

Documentary celebrating the founding of Ronnie Scott's Jazz club in 1959. Scott, a rising young saxophone player, opened a club where he and his friends could play the music they liked. Over the following years, the club had its ups and downs, reflecting the changes in attitudes to jazz and the social life of surrounding Soho.

Now Ronnie Scott's is known throughout the world as the hearbeat of British jazz. In this tribute, Omnibus talks to some of Ronnie's greatest admirers including Mel Brooks, the Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke MP and writer Alan Plater, and features rare archive footage of some of the club's historic performances by Zoot Sims, Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald.

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