Jazz For Absolute Beginners with Kevin LeGendre
Claire Martin and writer Kevin LeGendre explore jazz where almost anyone can feel at home.
For some people, jazz can almost seem as divisive as a certain kind of vegetable spread you put on toast. You either love it or hate it.
But jazz writer Kevin LeGendre has a theory that almost anyone can feel at home in the jazz tent if they hear the right kind of jazz.
Jazz singer and broadcaster Claire Martin invites Kevin to bring in an armful of music designed for 'Jazz For Absolute Beginners'.
Quincy Jones, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and many others help the programme extend a musical hand of friendship to the widest possible audience of jazz lovers and those who are less sure if this really is for them.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:02Quincy Jones
The Pink Panther Theme
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00:06Count Basie
Rock A Bye Basie
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00:13Louis Armstrong
West End Blues
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00:18Charlie Parker
BeBop
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00:21Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
Blues Backstage
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00:25Ella Fitzgerald
How High The Moon
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00:30Art Blakey
Moanin’
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00:36The Ramsey Lewis Trio
The In Crowd (Bohemian Caverns, 1965)
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00:41Return to Forever
What Game Shall We Play Today?
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00:45Miles Davis
Backyard Ritual
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00:52Rudresh Mahanthappa
On The DL
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- Thu 12 Nov 201515:05BBC Music Jazz
- Thu 12 Nov 201523:00BBC Music Jazz
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