Sidney Bechet

Tuning in…

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Composer

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

Decades seen

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desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

J H Plumb on wrapping himself in the family standard to keep warm

Castaway · 25 February 1978Roy Plomley

Sidney Bechet — Composer · desert is.land