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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: Pee Wee Russell

Pee Wee Russell

16/08/2015

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Pee Wee Russell

Geoffrey Smith surveys the work of idiosyncratic clarinettist Pee Wee Russell.

Geoffrey Smith surveys the work of clarinettist Pee Wee Russell, who combined a uniquely growling and wailing style with solos that constantly sought out new directions.

Pee Wee Russell (1906-69) played the clarinet like no one else, combining a uniquely growling, wailing attack with solos that constantly carved out new directions. Geoffrey Smith surveys a jazz original whose career encompassed Chicago Dixieland and Thelonious Monk.

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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