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The Dream Time of Jazz

Marybeth Hamilton recalls an extraordinary ten-hour interview conducted in 1938 by the 23-year-old folklorist Alan Lomax with the pioneering jazz composer Jelly Roll Morton.

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Sat 7 Jun 2008 20:00
成人快手 Radio 4

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