A president, a jazz trumpeter, an economist, a socialite and codebreaker and a conductor

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On Last Word this week: Jazzman Kenny Ball, remembered by bandmate John Bennet. Government minister Oliver Letwin tells us about the work of his American-born father, the economist William Letwin. Sarah Baring, who combined a debutante high-life with code-breaking at Bletchley Park during the war. German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch. And as President Hugo Chavez lies is state, we hear from Venezuela about the life of the charismatic and controversial politician.