Michael Parkinson interviews Kenneth Clarke
- Title
- Michael Parkinson interviews Kenneth Clarke
- Genre
- Interview; Music
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1990
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- Duration
- 00:40:50
- Description
- Michael Parkinson interviews Health Secretary, Kenneth Clarke on his love of jazz music and visits to Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club. Clarke discusses Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Horace Silver, Lee Morgan, Art Pepper and John Coltrane. He also discusses his upbringing and what made him go into politics. Includes selection of musical recordings by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Horace Silver, Dexter Gordon, Thelonious Monk, Lee Morgan, Art Pepper and John Coltrane.
- Contributors
- Kenneth Clarke; Michael Parkinson
- Keywords
- Musicians; Music; Politicians; Cabinet ministers; Jazz; Louis Armstrong; Kenneth Clarke; Charlie Parker; Horace Silver; Lee Morgan; Art Pepper; Thelonious Monk; John Coltrane
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LBC/IRN, "Michael Parkinson interviews Kenneth Clarke". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0110800407001 (Accessed 13 May 2025)