Background
Born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, the son of a lawyer, Race learned the piano from the age of five.
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Steve Race
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He was educated (1932-1937) at Lincoln School, where he formed his first jazz band, which included a young Neville Marriner, later a major figure in the world of classical music At sixteen, he attended the Royal Academy of Music, studying composition under Harry Farjeon and William Alwyn.
Career
He joined the Royal Air Force in 1941, and formed a jazz/dance band quintet. After World World War II he began a long and productive career with the British Broadcasting Corporation, where his ready wit, musicianship and broad musical knowledge made him much sought after as a musical accompanist for panel games and magazine shows, such as Whirligig and Many a Slip. In 1949 his jazz group recorded the first British bebop records.
From the 1950s to the 1980s he presented countless music programmes on radio and television
Additionally, in 1955, he was appointed the first Light Music Advisor to the early independent television company Associated-Rediffusion. He is probably best known as the chairman of the long-running light-hearted radio and television panel game My Music from 1967 to 1994.
He presented and wrote most of the questions for all 520 episodes broadcast. Away from music, for two years from 1970 Race co-presented (with William Hardcastle) the British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4 "drive-time" news magazine Prime Minister.
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Musician at Large
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- Musician At Large Steve Race An Autobiography
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Musician at Large
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United Kingdom