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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: Lester Young

Lester Young

24/03/2013

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Lester Young

Geoffrey Smith picks highlights from the post-Basie career of saxophonist Lester Young.

Geoffrey Smith picks highlights from the post-Count Basie career in the 1940s and 50s of saxophonist Lester Young, hailed as 'the president of all the tenors'.

Hailed as "the President of all the tenors", Lester Young revolutionised saxophone playing with the Count Basie band. Geoffrey Smith picks highlights from his post-Basie career in the 1940s and 50s.

First broadcast 23/03/2013.

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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