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Geoffrey Smith's Jazz

Music: Jazz & Blues

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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: Johnny Griffin

16/06/2013

Johnny Griffin

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Johnny Griffin

Geoffrey Smith explores the music of tenor saxophone player Johnny Griffin.

Geoffrey Smith explores the music of saxophone player Johnny Griffin, known as 'the little giant of the tenor'. Including a series of saxophone duels with Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis.

"The little giant of the tenor", Johnny Griffin was famed for a fast and furious attack, teeming with ideas and excitement. A star first in America and then in Europe, he made classic records with Thelonious Monk and a battling series of saxophone duels with Eddie Lockjaw Davis, which Geoffrey Smith includes in this Griffin tribute.

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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