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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: Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus

27/01/2013

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Charles Mingus

Geoffrey Smith celebrates the musical career of double bassist Charles Mingus.

Geoffrey Smith celebrates double bassist Charles Mingus's work as a performer, composer and bandleader. With tracks including Goodbye Porkpie Hat and Better Git It in Your Soul.

Jazz titan and turbulent spirit, Charles Mingus was one of modernisms's foremost movers and shakers. Geoffrey Smith celebrates his work as bass virtuoso, composer and leader in such classics as 'Goodbye Porkpie Hat' and 'Better Git It In Your Soul.'.

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