A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from the golden age of jazz. Featuring some of the greatest names in American music, including the godfather of New Orleans jazz Louis Armstrong, the King of Swing Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald.
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as Self - Narrator (voice)
AliveBorn: May 16, 1964
Age: 62
Stoke Newington, London, England, UK
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: August 4, 1901
Died: July 6, 1971
Age at death: 69
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: August 21, 1904
Died: April 26, 1984
Age at death: 79
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: April 29, 1899
Died: May 24, 1974
Age at death: 75
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: April 25, 1917
Died: June 15, 1996
Age at death: 79
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: October 21, 1917
Died: January 6, 1993
Age at death: 75
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: August 15, 1925
Died: December 23, 2007
Age at death: 82