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3/8. Mica Paris showcases vintage and contemporary soul, including archive material, rarities and big-name interviews. In tonight's edition Mica welcomes hip-hop queen Mary J Blige , whose latest work features collaborations with Bono, Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas and Raphael Saadiq.

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Mary J Blige
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Raphael Saadiq.

New series 1/10. Music enthusiast Charlie Gillett returns with a fourth series in which he unites diverse musical genres around a shared theme or link. He continues with "invisible visionaries", typified by influential producers, record-label bosses and A&R men, starting today with record producer John Hammond , who died in 1987, aged 76, following an astonishing career in which he worked with Bessie Smith , Benny Goodman , Count Basie, Billie
Holiday, Babatunde Olatunji , Bob Dylan , Aretha Franklin , Leonard Cohen , Bruce Springsteen and many other A-list performers.

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Charlie Gillett
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John Hammond
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Bessie Smith
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Benny Goodman
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Babatunde Olatunji
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Bob Dylan
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Aretha Franklin
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Leonard Cohen
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Bruce Springsteen

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