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Radio 2,08 Feb 2026,58 mins

Featuring the Cory Band, Brass Queens and Mike Lovatt’s Brass Pack, plus brass covers of Avril Lavigne and Charli XCX.

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Brass legend James Morrison introduces a huge range of brass music old and new, ranging from classic jazz and big band to contemporary covers of pop and hip hop, and original new music. Covers of Catatonia, Avril Lavigne, and Charli XCX from the Cory Band, Shag Horns, and Skylar Tang sit alongside jazz from trumpeters Chuck Mangione and Guido Basso, and French horn legend John Graas. There’s original music from trombone phenomenon Marshall Gilkes, Brass Queens, the Superhighway Band, and Nine Sparks Riots, plus new versions of classics from Back Chat Brass, Jack Russels Halsbänd, and Mike Lovatt’s Brass Pack.

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