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Tenor Rolando Villazón reveals an insider's view on performing Verdi's music by looking at well-known works including the operas Macbeth, Rigoletto and La Traviata. Show more
Steve Race introduces the Dave Brubeck Quartet in a restored 1964 programme. Songs include Take 5, the first jazz record to sell over one million copies. Show more
Documentary celebrating some of the greatest female jazz singers of the 20th century, including what it took to be a jazz diva during a turbulent time in America's social history. Show more
Jazz classics from the BBC archives with performances from Ella Fitzgerald, Cleo Laine, Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone, Peggy Lee, Betty Carter, Amy Winehouse, Eartha Kitt and more. Show more
Compilation of jazz piano performances, with Count Basie, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson, Abdullah Ibrahim, Stan Tracey, Jacques Loussier, Duke Ellington and Herbie Hancock. Show more
Documentary about the great saxophonist Sonny Rollins, built around his 80th birthday concert, where he is joined by the likes of Roy Haynes, Jim Hall and Ornette Coleman. Show more
Documentary celebrating some of the greatest female jazz singers of the 20th century, including what it took to be a jazz diva during a turbulent time in America's social history. Show more
Jazz classics from the BBC archives with performances from Ella Fitzgerald, Cleo Laine, Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone, Peggy Lee, Betty Carter, Amy Winehouse, Eartha Kitt and more. Show more
Documentary about the great saxophonist Sonny Rollins, built around his 80th birthday concert, where he is joined by the likes of Roy Haynes, Jim Hall and Ornette Coleman. Show more
