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: Charlie Parker

17/03/2013

Charlie Parker

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

Geoffrey Smith picks personal favourites by the great saxophonist Charlie Parker.

Geoffrey Smith picks some personal favourites by the alto saxophone master and prime mover of bebop Charlie Parker, concentrating on the works of his later years.

In the week of the anniversary of Charlie Parker's death in 1955, Geoffrey Smith picks some personal favourites by the alto saxophone master and prime mover of bebop, concentrating on the works of his later years.

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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