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Bobby Wellins is a great survivor from the 1960s generation of British jazz, the first generation that really began to strike a distinctive British voice. He remains a key figure on the scene today with a truly original sound and voice on the tenor saxophone. An icon of the British modern jazz scene in the 60’s, and 70’s, Bobby took a sabbatical from the music for around 7 years before coming back in the early eighties to lead the Charlie Watts Big Band, as well as a number of small groups that re-established him as one of the finest melodic saxophonists in the world. He will be interviewed by BBC Radio 3’s Alyn Shipton for the Jazz Library programme in the afternoon and the same evening Bobby’s Quartet (including Liam Noble, Dave Whitford and Dave Wickens) will play two sets of fabulous jazz.