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: Clark Terry

Clark Terry

11/05/2014

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Clark Terry

Geoffrey Smith picks highlights from the career of trumpeter Clark Terry.

Geoffrey Smith picks highlights from the career of trumpeter Clark Terry, mentor to Miles Davis and player with Duke Ellington. With the scat hit Mumbles, featuring Oscar Peterson.

Trumpeter Clark Terry died in February at the age of ninety-four, renowned for the joyous virtuosity of his playing and his hilarious 'mumbling' vocals. Geoffrey Smith recalls a great career with the likes of Duke Ellington and Oscar Peterson.

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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