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: Billie Holiday

03/11/2013

Billie Holiday

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Billie Holiday

Geoffrey Smith picks highlights from Billie Holiday's great and complex career.

Geoffrey Smith picks his favourite recordings from Billie Holiday's great and complex career.

Though hailed as the pre-eminent jazz singer, Billie Holiday was also known for the tragic lifestyle that led to her early death in 1959. Geoffrey Smith picks his favourite recordings from a great and complex career.

First broadcast in November 2013.

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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