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Neil Brand and Matilda Lloyd celebrate the mambo

Pianist and silent film music specialist Neil Brand and trumpeter Matilda Lloyd join Jeffrey and Anna as they add five tracks to the playlist, in the last of the current series. From a celebrated American singer who died aged 27 we head to the most successful artist in the histor ...  Show more

Anne Dudley and Guy Barker are Thunderstruck

Trumpeter and bandleader Guy Barker and composer and arranger Anne Dudley join Jeffrey and Anna as they add five more tracks, taking us from a high-octane heavy-metal classic to Run-D.M.C. via signature stage moves and dreamy Ella.Producer Jerome Weatherald Presented with musical ...  Show more

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