SERIES
Series 7
Ken Clarke MP profiles great jazz musicians of the 20th century
First Broadcast10 Mar 2009
Latest Broadcast4 Apr 2009
Episodes4
Categories
Jazz & BluesLife Stories
Episodes
4 items available
EPISODE
Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats
Clarinettist and bandleader Benny Goodman became known as the King of Swing.
Mar 2009
EPISODE
Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats
Ken talks to Soweto Kinch about saxophonist Charlie Parker, one of the founders of bebop.
Mar 2009
EPISODE
Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats
Fats Waller is most familiar to some as a comic singer, but he was also a skilled pianist.
Mar 2009
EPISODE
Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats
Milt Jackson, known as 'Bags', the first vibraphone player to perform in the bebop style.
Mar 2009