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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: Lee Konitz

Lee Konitz

19/04/2015

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Lee Konitz

Saluting alto saxophonist Lee Konitz, who came to fame with Miles Davis and Stan Kenton.

Geoffrey Smith celebrates alto saxophonist Lee Konitz, who came to fame with Miles Davis and Stan Kenton, and has remained a global star renowned for his lucid, probing style.

Still going strong at 87, altoist Lee Konitz came to fame with Miles Davis and Stan Kenton and has remained a global star renowned for his lucid, probing style. Geoffrey Smith salutes a legend of contemporary cool.

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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