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The Dream Time of Jazz

Radio 4 on Music by BBC

Jun 25, 201458:39Music

In 1938, pianist and jazz pioneer Jelly Roll Morton was running a bar in New York, unable to get anyone to play his music and having failed to make much money out of his compositions. It was there that broadcaster Alista...

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The Dream Time of Jazz is an episode from Radio 4 on Music by BBC. In 1938, pianist and jazz pioneer Jelly Roll Morton was running a bar in New York, unable to get anyone to play his music and having failed to make much money out of his com...

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