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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: Count Basie

Geoffrey Smith's Jazz: Count Basie: Episode 1

Episode 1

Count Basie

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Count Basie, Episode 1

Geoffrey Smith celebrates Count Basie's work with his original Orchestra.

Geoffrey Smith celebrates Count Basie's work with his original Orchestra, which first emerged in 1936, with soloists such as Lester Young and a celebrate rhythm section.

In 1936, The Count Basie Band came sweeping out of the West, to amaze America with great soloists such as Lester Young, and the most swinging rhythm section in jazz. In the first of two programmes, Geoffrey Smith celebrates the Basie effect with that original band, followed next week by the Count's famous crew from the 1950s and 60s.

First broadcast in 2012.

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.

Geoffrey Smith celebrates the work of Count Basie and his bands

Geoffrey Smith celebrates the work of pianist, organist and composer Count Basie and his bands

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