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Black music in Europe: 1939-45
Episode 5 of 9
Clarke Peters uncovers Nazi propaganda jazz, black American trumpet stars in occupied Paris, Caribbean swing bands playing through the Blitz and Nigerian composer Fela Sowande
Clarke looks at the music of black Europe at the time of the Second World War with recordings of Nazi propaganda jazz, underground bands in Hitler鈥檚 Germany, black American trumpet stars in occupied Paris, and Caribbean swing bands playing through the Blitz in London. He also examines the work of Nigerian composer Fela Sowande and plays extracts of his wartime broadcast for the 主播大秀.
(Photo: Clark Peters. Credit:: Alexandra Quinn)
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