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Radio 2 Celebrates Jazz

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Performances, playlists and documentaries from the history of jazz.

Performances, playlists and documentaries from the history of jazz, including shows from the BBC's archive and more - marking the Cheltenham Jazz Festival.

Radio 2 Celebrates Jazz: Sunday Night is Music Night - Cheltenham 2017

Cheltenham 2017

Sunday Night is Music Night - Cheltenham 2017

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Sunday Night is Music Night presents 'Rhythm and Blues + Jazz = Soul' live from Cheltenham

Guy Barker and the BBC Concert Orchestra, live from the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, with singers Shaun Escoffery, Tony Momrelle, Vanessa Haynes, Noel McKoy, and host Ray Fearon.

Sunday Night is Music Night presents a special edition, live from the Cheltenham Jazz festival big top, 'Rhythm and Blues + Jazz = Soul'.  

The Guy Barker Big Band, together with the sixty piece BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Guy Barker, tells the story of soul music with four outstanding soul singers, Shaun Escoffery, Tony Momrelle, Vanessa Haynes and Noel McKoy. 

Among the songs, classics from Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke, James Brown, Ray Charles, Etta James, Jackie Wilson, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder and more. 

Presented by Ray Fearon.

First broadcast in May 2017

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