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Radio 4 Extra,14 Feb 2017,30 mins

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A century after the first jazz recordings, Kevin Le Gendre explores how Jazz was received in the UK. How did the music spread into popular culture after the Original Dixieland Jazz Band first brought the sound of jazz to people's consciousness? Producer: Harry Parker First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2017.

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