BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

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Geoffrey Smith's Jazz

Music: Jazz & Blues

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: Roy Haynes

Roy Haynes

27/05/2012

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Roy Haynes

Geoffrey Smith surveys the career of drumming great Roy Haynes.

Geoffrey Smith surveys the career of drumming great Roy Haynes, who has played alongside musicians including Lester Young, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Chick Corea.

What do Lester Young, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Chick Corea have in common? Drum legend Roy Haynes has played with them all, and is still going strong! 

Geoffrey Smith surveys the starry career of a master musician who has just celebrated his 90th birthday.

First broadcast 27/05/2012.

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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