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: Jazz and Folk

Jazz and Folk

07/06/2015

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Jazz and Folk

Geoffrey Smith surveys the deep roots shared between jazz and folk music.

Geoffrey Smith surveys the deep roots shared between jazz and folk music, introducing songs from Lead Belly, Jan Garbarek and Dizzy Gillespie among others.

Jazz and folk music share deep roots, from the earthy spontaneity of the blues to the passion of spirituals and dance. As part of Radio 3's Folk Connections weekend, Geoffrey Smith surveys the folk-jazz connection from the likes of Lead Belly to Jan Garbarek and Dizzy Gillespie.

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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