The BBC's Clive Myrie has found time to make a 10-part jazz documentary series, not for Alan Davey at Radio 3, or Miss Helen Thomas at Radio 2, but for Jazz FM.
Modestly titled The Definitive History of Jazz In Britain, it starts on 4 April, Easter Sunday, and will explore the last century decade by decade - starting in 1919 when the ‘Original Dixieland Jass Band’ visited London’s Hippodrome for the first official performance of jazz music in the UK. The programme, produced by Ashley Byrne of MIM (Made In Manchester), has been made with money from the Audio Content Fund, channeling tax payer funding.
Can it possibly be more comprehensive than Russell Davies' 1999 series for Radio 3, "Jazz Century", in a remarkable 52 parts ?
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