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Trumpet blowing.

Eddie Mair | 10:40 AM, Thursday, 4 December 2008

Some time ago, two terrific people I'd worked with previously on a Radio 4 documentary suggested I might be interested in making a documentary about Lionel Bart.

Frankly, Jo Coombs and Stewart Henderson (perhaps you know him from Radio 4's Questions, Questions) could suggest a show about paint drying and I would jump at it because they are just brilliant to work with.

Anyhoo, the show - the fruit of their labours more than mine - airs this Saturday on Radio 4. You can get a flavour of it here.

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  • 1. At 11:14am on 04 Dec 2008, jonnie wrote:

    Look forward to hearing it.

    I always liked this one:-

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=p9qJtmw2c5U

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  • 2. At 11:20am on 04 Dec 2008, Big Sister wrote:

    Yes, there was another trumpet player called Eddie, wasn't there? Eddie Calvert, if I remember correctly.

    I think the documentary will be very interesting, as I gather Mr. Bart's star fell very rapidly towards the end of his life, yet the musical 'Oliver' remains a great hit. Complex man, I gather.

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  • 3. At 12:01pm on 04 Dec 2008, annasee wrote:

    Well I'll be listening. It sounds fascinating. Incredible to think someone so brilliant can have made such a fortune and lost it again so quickly. I went to see "Oliver" a few years ago when it was on in Manchester, and found it so sad I cried through most of it. I think a lot of those shows you watch as children don't have the full emotional impact until you are grown-up with children yourself. Then the full horror of a child being left as an unloved orphan is realised.

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  • 4. At 1:33pm on 04 Dec 2008, MrsEffingham wrote:

    Eddie! Sing us a song.

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  • 5. At 9:59pm on 04 Dec 2008, Frances O wrote:

    Maybe we could edit it into a jam-session-stylee version of the Froggers' Song.

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  • 6. At 11:04pm on 04 Dec 2008, gossipmistress wrote:

    I heard the trailer the other night and thought it sounded good. And Mrs Eff (4)yes do hope it involves Eddie giving us a rendition of one of Lionel's best! I shall be listening!

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  • 7. At 4:10pm on 05 Dec 2008, Chris_Ghoti wrote:

    Big Sis @ 2, was it trumpet that the man who 'Called It Jazz' played? That was an Eddie. Um, Condon?

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