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Interview with Philip Smith

4BR Editor Iwan Fox talks to the great Philip Smith before he led the 2016 National Youth Band of Great Britain in concert in Morley.

Philip Smith
  The great Phiip Smith talks to 4BR

4BR Editor had the pleasure of meeting up with the great American trumpet player Philip Smith in front of the former Prime Minister William Asquith in Morley (above) in Yorkshire on the weekend.

Philip was the inspirational guest conductor of the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain this year on their Summer course, and he told 4BR that it had been a wonderful musical trip.

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