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Last broadcast on Fri, 30 Oct 2009, 21:35 on BBC Four.
Synopsis
In 1959, Ronnie Scott, a rising young saxophone player, opened a club where he and his friends could play the music they liked. Over the following years, the club had its ups and downs, reflecting the changes in attitudes to jazz, and in the social life of surrounding Soho.
Ronnie Scott's is now known across the world as the hearbeat of British jazz. In this tribute, Omnibus talks to some of Ronnie's greatest admirers, including movie director Mel Brooks, writer Alan Plater and the Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke, MP, and features rare archive footage of historic performances at the club by Zoot Sims, Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald.
Credits
- Narrator
- John Fordham
- Producer
- Bob Portway
- Scriptwriter
- John Fordham
Broadcast
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Fri 30 Oct 200921:35
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