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: Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray

08/12/2013

Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray

Geoffrey Smith recalls the epic saxophone duels between Dexter Gordon and Wardell Gray.

Geoffrey Smith recalls the epic saxophone duels between Dexter Gordon and Wardell Gray - considered to bebop's tenor kings - as well as their later individual careers.

Dexter Gordon and Wardell Gray were bebop's tenor kings, famed for their epic saxophone duels. Geoffrey Smith recalls those thrilling encounters and their later individual careers, marred by battles with drugs. 

First broadcast in December 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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