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ON NOW : Pick of the Pops
Playing: Wooden Heart by Elvis Presley

Pick of the Pops Tony Blackburn counts down the charts from this week in 1961 and 1971.

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24/04/2012

Duration:
57 minutes
First broadcast:
Tuesday 24 April 2012

This week, Jamie interviews his friend and contemporary Soweto Kinch; the British jazz musician, hip-hop MC and musical educator.

Soweto chats to Jamie about getting the jazz bug and meeting trumpeter Wynton Marsalis when he was a teenager. The pair also discuss their mutual love of jazz samples in hip-hop music, and the importance of story-telling in Soweto's music.

Music Played

13 items
  • Frank Sinatra And Count Basie Pennies From Heaven

    Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First, Reprise Records

  • Image for Berry Weight

    Berry Weight Magician’s Assistant

    Music For Imaginary Movies, Hypnophonic Workshop

  • Duke Ellington Anatomy Of A Murder

    Anatomy Of A Murder, Columbia

  • Image for Bobby Womack

    Bobby Womack Please Forgive My Heart

    The Bravest Man In The Universe, XL Recordings

  • Soweto Kinch Interview

  • The Pharcyde Passin’ Me By

    Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde, Delicious Vinyl Records

  • Image for Soweto Kinch

    Soweto Kinch Jazz Planet

    , Dune Records

  • Image for Soweto Kinch

    Soweto Kinch The Mission

    A Day In The Life Of B19: Tales Of The Tower Block, Dune Records

  • Image for Soweto Kinch

    Soweto Kinch On The Treadmill

    The New Emancipation, Soweto Kinch Recordings

  • Jimmy Smith And Wes Montgomery King Of The Road

    Further Adventures Of Jimmy Smith And Wes Montgomery, Verve Records

  • Gwilym Simcock, Tim Garland and Asaf Sirkis Space Junk

    Lighthouse, ACT Records

  • Image for Nina Simone

    Nina Simone Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood

    , Phillips

  • Image for Efterklang

    Efterklang Modern Drift

    Magic Chairs, 4AD

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