Five decades of radio requests

For nearly 50 years, Radio 3's Jazz Record Requests has been broadcasting the best of the genre. Now a new chapter in its history begins with a show from the London jazz festivalJohn Taylor runs England's most northerly jazz club at Ashington, near Newcastle. A few weeks ago he presented the brilliant young pianist Paul Edis, and was surprised to find some new faces there. "How did you find out about it?" he asked. "Oh, somebody asked for Paul's new CD on Jazz Record Requests. We loved what we h...

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