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The Documentary

Black Music in Europe

Before the war

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service AustralasiaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service News Internet

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Jazz in Weimar Berlin, calypso in Cardiff Bay and the sounds of the Beguine in Paris. Clarke Peters uncovers the stories of black musicians in Europe up to the Jazz Age. Show more

The Documentary

Black Music in Europe

Black music in Europe: 1939-45

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service AustralasiaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service News Internet

Available for over a year

Clarke Peters uncovers Nazi propaganda jazz, black American trumpet stars in occupied Paris, Caribbean swing bands playing through the Blitz and Nigerian composer Fela Sowande Show more

The Documentary

Black Music in Europe

Black music in Europe: After 1945

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service AustralasiaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service News Internet

Available for over a year

The music of Ambrose Campbell and his West African Rhythm Brothers, steel pan master Sterling Betancourt MBE, and calypso star Lord Kitchener. Show more

The Documentary

Black Music in Europe

Late 1950s-1960s

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service AustralasiaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service News Internet

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Congolese rumba recorded in Brussels, Algerian chaabi in Paris and the emergence of the Notting Hill Carnival in London Show more

The Documentary

Black Music in Europe

The 1960s

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

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Cameroonian guitar legend Francis Bebey, afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, free jazz globetrotter Don Cherry, and the story of jazz group The Blue Notes. Show more

The Documentary

Black Music in Europe

The 1970s

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

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Clarke Peters uncovers Surinamese music in the Netherlands, black flamenco in Spain and lover’s rock in London. Show more