About this programme
A 1989 tribute to the influential saxophone player, who opened his own jazz club in Soho, London, in 1959 for his friends to play the music they loved. Featuring interviews with celebrity fans including Mel Brooks, Kenneth Clarke and Alan Plater, plus footage of archive performances at the venue by Zoot Sims, Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Contributor
- Mel Brooks
- Contributor
- Kenneth Clarke
- Contributor
- Alan Plater
- Performer
- Zoot Sims
- Performer
- Sonny Rollins
- Performer
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Performer
- Ella Fitzgerald
Crew
- Producer
- Bob Portway
- Series Editor
- Andrew Snell
- Writer
- John Fordham
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