[Dixielandjazz] George Melly Tribute on BBC Gold For Grown-ups - have a listen

[John Petters]

Greetings folks,
Paul Barnes has done great justice to Good Time George with a moving 
celebration of his work and including Bessie Smith's 'Gimme A Pigfoot' 
which got George hooked on Jazz.
Paul quoted the NY Times obit in the show.

Mike Pointon, who worked with George on a number of documentaries for 
the BBC, including 'Melly on Jelly' and a series about Bessie, 
contributed some personal recollections about George visiting the room 
where Bessie died.

Well worth hearing - available for seven days on the listen again facility.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/norfolk.shtml

Also includes music by Louis Jordan, Louis Bellson, Benny Goodman etc.
If you do tune in, please e-mail Paul.barnes at bbc.co.uk
AND
norfolk at bbc.co.uk
to let them know have enjoyed the show.

Our music is under constant threat these days and Paul's show is the 
ONLY programme on BBC Radio to offer three hours of quality music every 
week.

Keep swinging


John Petters
www.traditional-jazz.com
Amateur Radio Station G3YPZ