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

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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: Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang

03/03/2013

Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang

A personal journey, taking in great musicians and great music.

Geoffrey Smith surveys the work of Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang, and follows Joe's long career after Eddie's demise.

Childhood pals on violin and guitar, Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang became one of the most famous duos in 1920s jazz, until Eddie's untimely death in 1933. Geoffrey Smith surveys their work with the likes of Bix Beiderbecke, and follows Joe's long career after Eddie's demise.

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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