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: Small Groups

Music: Classical

The Band-Within-a-Band Craze

Small Groups

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Small Groups

Geoffrey Smith salutes the band-within-a-band craze of the Swing Era

Small is beautiful this week, as Geoffrey Smith salutes the 'band-within-a-band' craze of the Swing Era, from Chick Webb and Tommy Dorsey to Bob Crosby and Artie Shaw.

During the Swing Era, every big band had its small “band-within-a-band”, bringing the delights of combo jazz to the jitterbugs.  Geoffrey Smith surveys some of the best, including Artie Shaw, Bob Crosby, Woody Herman and Count Basie.

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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