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Colin May

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I love jazz because it constantly surprises. I was first exposed to jazz listening to a Lester Young album my father played and I still have. I met Norwegian trumpeter and sound artist Arve Henriksen. The best show I ever attended was the Ice Music Festival in Geilo, Norway, which I went to in 2016 because it was such an 'other' experience. The first jazz record I bought was Miles Davis "In a Silent Way." My advice to new listeners wanting to get an idea of the range of music that now flies under the jazz banner is to seek out BBC radio's coverage of jazz: four programmes regularly on BBC Radio3 plus Jamie Cullum's show on BBC Radio 2.

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