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Jazz Now: Mike Gibbs at 80

Mike Gibbs at 80

02/10/2017

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Now, Mike Gibbs at 80

Soweto Kinch hosts a concert honouring composer and bandleader Mike Gibbs' 80th birthday.

Soweto Kinch presents a concert celebrating composer and bandleader Mike Gibbs' 80th birthday.

From last week's Scarborough Jazz Festival, Soweto Kinch presents a concert celebrating composer and bandleader Mike Gibbs' 80th birthday. He talks to Mike and the band - put together by Michael Janisch and Hans Koller - plus music from all periods of Mike's long and influential career.

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