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: Charlie Christian

Charlie Christian

26/10/2014

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Charlie Christian

Geoffrey Smith selects music by electric guitar great and bebop pioneer Charlie Christian.

Geoffrey Smith selects classic recordings by electric guitar great and bebop pioneer Charlie Christian, also remembered for being a key member of Benny Goodman's sextet.

Godfather of electric guitar, sparkplug of the Benny Goodman sextet, key figure in the evolution of bebop, Charlie Christian (1916-42) remains a source of jazz pleasure and inspiration. Geoffrey Smith picks some classic recordings.

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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