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In the third episode of this series about amazing women of jazz, Clive Myrie celebrates the life and work of British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse. Amy's career was only just getting started when she left us aged just 27 but her contribution and her work in helping to popularise jazz was huge.

In this programme Clive hears about Amy's jazz roots and her passion for the genre which remained throughout her career even when she was singing songs which were more blues, soul or pop than jazz.

We join Amy's band which still tours the UK playing her songs and music and meet a variety of people who knew and worked with Amy closely over her career including Brad Webb who played jazz with Amy in her early years when she sang with his jazz trio, musician Luke Smith who co-wrote Take The Box with Amy and Jimmy Hogarth who was her song-writing partner on Help Yourself which features on her first album Frank.

Jazz singer, pianist and Radio 2 presenter Jamie Cullum remembers Amy in her early years when she was his support act while Annabel Williams, Amy's first vocal coach recalls Amy's amazing talent when she was just 16.

Her musical director Dale Davis, trumpeter Henry Collins, film composer John Altman, singer Mica Paris, jazz singer Dana Masters and Bronte Shand Kirkby (who now tours with Amy's old band singing her hits) are among those discussing Amy's contribution to jazz.

Clive tells us what he loves about Amy's approach and music and asks what she might have done next. Would jazz have played a much more prominent part in the star's life as she got older?