Hello, I'm Christy Young, and this is a podcast from the Desert Island Discs Archive.

For rights reasons, we've had to shorten the music.

The program was originally broadcast in 1980, and the presenter was Roy Plumley.

On our Desert Island this week is a jazz man.

The trumpet player, Dizzy Killespie.

Now, Dizzy, this is the proposition.

You're on this Desert Island.

You don't know how long for it might be a good long time.

Could you adjust yourself to solitude?

Could you ever get used to it?

Well, I have adjusted myself to solitude on road.

Now, my life doesn't travel much.

No.

So I have to make arrangements to be alone.

So I must organize myself.

So I do that.

I'm pretty organized.

Good.

Now, you've chosen just eight records.

Did you have any kind of plan in choosing them?

Are you looking back?

Are they the sons of friends?

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