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Coverage of the final of the inaugural BBC Young Musician Jazz Award from Cardiff. The five finalists include three saxophonists, a trumpeter and double bassist. Show more
Documentary about crooner Nat King Cole, the only black TV star in Hollywood at a time when America groaned under the weight of racial segregation and prejudice. 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 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 archive from the BBC vaults, featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Wynton Marsalis, Joshua Redman, Acker Bilk, John Dankworth and more. Show more
Documentary about crooner Nat King Cole, the only black TV star in Hollywood at a time when America groaned under the weight of racial segregation and prejudice. 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
