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: Duke Ellington 50s-60s

Duke Ellington 50s-60s

17/05/2015

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Duke Ellington 50s-60s

Geoffrey Smith picks highlights from pianist Duke Ellington's career in the 1950s and 60s.

Geoffrey Smith picks highlights from pianist Duke Ellington's career in the 1950s and 60s, including Such Sweet Thunder and the score for the film Anatomy of a Murder.

Duke Ellington's legendary triumph at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival ignited a brilliant new phase in his career. Geoffrey Smith picks highlights from the 1950s and 60s including his Shakespearean Suite, Such Sweet Thunder, and his soundtrack to Anatomy of a Murder.

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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