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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: Lucky Thompson

Lucky Thompson

13/04/2014

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Lucky Thompson

Geoffrey Smith recalls the records saxophonist Lucky Thompson made in his prime.

Geoffrey Smith recalls the records saxophonist Lucky Thompson made in his prime. Thompson's unfortunate career veered from performing with Miles Davis to exile and homelessness.

Saxophonist Lucky Thompson's unlucky career veered from stardom with the likes of Miles Davis and Stan Kenton in the 1950s to exile and homelessness prior to his death in 2005. Geoffrey Smith recalls the great records he made in his prime.

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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