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Geoffrey Smith's Jazz

Music: Jazz & Blues

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Geoffrey Smith's Jazz - a weekly sequence exploring what makes great jazz great music

Geoffrey Smith's Jazz does exactly what it says on the tin: a weekly selection of tracks through which Geoffrey Smith shares his passion for jazz from a personal perspective

Geoffrey Smith's Jazz: Louis Armstrong

20/05/2012

Louis Armstrong

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Louis Armstrong

Geoffrey Smith surveys the influence of early masterpieces by the great Louis Armstrong.

Geoffrey Smith surveys the influence of early masterpieces by the great Louis Armstrong, including music from Billie Holiday and Bunny Berigan to Miles Davis and Guy Barker.

In the 1920s, Louis Armstrong transformed jazz from entertainment into art. Geoffrey surveys the influence of his early masterpieces, from Billie Holiday and Bunny Berigan to Miles Davis and Guy Barker

First broadcast 20/05/2012.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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