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Something Understood: Feeling Groovy

Feeling Groovy

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Jazz musician Django Bates muses on being 'in the groove'.

Jazz musician Django Bates muses on that sense of being at one with the world, of being 'in the groove'.

The jazz musician Django Bates has a professional instinct for finding his way into 'the groove'. In 'Feeling Groovy', he reflects on what that means, both musically and in reference to our daily lives - that sense of all things being possible, of being at one with the world.
 
He draws on the experience of other musicians - such as Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane and Morton Feldman - as well as the poetry of Elizabeth Jennings and the writings of James Baldwin. He also visits Air Studios in London to talk to legendary mastering engineer Ray Staff about the particular appeal of vinyl grooves.
 
The readers are Jacqueline King and Cleveland Watkiss. 

Produced by Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

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