Episode 2 - Buckmaster Before Elton
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This episode takes you back to the 2nd of November 1969, to a Miles Davis gig, at Ronnie Scott's jazz club, where Elton met a 23 year old Paul Buckmaster for the first time.
How did Buckmaster get to be the guest of Miles Davis that night? What was the musical background of this graduate of the Royal Academy of Music?
This episode is a musical journey through Buckmaster's early arrangements and his earliest 'cello performances on vinyl.
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