Summary
***Visionary jazz musician Miles Davis joins BBC Radio 4 Extra's 100 Club – born 26th May 1926. He died in 1991 aged 65***
On 2nd March 1959, Miles Davis and his sextet began recording a new album: "Kind of Blue".
The first track was "So What" and the album became the best selling Jazz album of all time.
This programme tells the stories of people whose lives have been changed by this piece of music.
Featuring:
Clemency Burton-Hill Jonathan Eno Estelle Kokot Ashley Kahn Dr Richard Niles
Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal.
Producer: Rosie Boulton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2008.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The Traitors is back, and so is that mysterious cloaked figure with the familiar fringe. |
| 0:06.6 | Yeah, it's me. |
| 0:07.8 | And when you've watched Claudia in the castle, join me, Ed Gamble, for the official visualised companion podcast. |
| 0:13.6 | And remember, I'll be listening. |
| 0:15.8 | Okay? |
| 0:16.6 | No, seriously, I love it. |
| 0:18.4 | What a faithful. |
| 0:19.7 | We'll unpack betrayals and spill scandalous secrets with celebrity guests, traitors' legends, |
| 0:25.0 | and murdered and banished players. |
| 0:27.0 | The Traitors Uncloat. |
| 0:28.3 | Watch on EyePlayer, listen for more on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:32.3 | You're listening to a download of soul music from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:37.8 | The first time I heard this was very romantic. |
| 0:41.4 | I was, I just met my, well, future husband. |
| 0:44.1 | I was very young and we were driving to, and he's French, |
| 0:47.1 | and we were driving to his grandmother's country house in Normandy by the scene. |
| 0:52.4 | It was very dark and it was this old Peugeot 104 |
| 0:55.6 | with a leaking roof, |
| 0:58.1 | and we were both madly in love, |
| 1:00.1 | and this was on the tape deck. |
| 1:02.1 | And it just reminds me of |
| 1:03.4 | the smell of old leather |
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