Documentaries
Documentaries is a documentary on BBC1. Performances and interviews from the golden age of jazz, featuring Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 200 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in August 2026.
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Documentaries
Performances and interviews from the golden age of jazz, featuring Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald.
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