Barbara Thompson Playing Against Time

For over forty years virtuoso saxophonistcomposer Barbara Thompson has been Britains most brilliant and bestknown female jazz musician But in 1997 the same year that she received an MBE for her services to music disaster struck Barbara was diagnosed with Parkinsons disease This is the story of Barbaras inspiring and creative struggle with this disease whose physical effects are particularly cruel and visible in the life of an improvising jazz musician