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Radio London,27 Aug 1987,28 mins,

Jewish Jazz Musicians

You Don’t Have To Be Jewish
Contains some strong language.

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A music special. Michael Freedland speaks to some of the leading lights of the Big Band era including Joe Loss, Nat Temple, Harry Gold, Alf Van Straten, Bert Firman, Stanley Black, Ivor Mariants, Harry Smith, Leslie Jackson and Billy Amstell. This is a programme from the BBC archive, originally broadcast on BBC Radio in the 1980s. Aspects of the programme reflect the time when it was made and due to rights considerations, the music may be shorter than in the original programme.

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