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

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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: Lionel Hampton

03/02/2013

Lionel Hampton

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Lionel Hampton

Geoffrey Smith features vibes player, pianist, percussionist and bandleader Lionel Hampton

Geoffrey Smith celebrates vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor Lionel Hampton. He was one of the great crowd-pleasers and mentor to many jazz stars.

For fifty years Lionel Hampton was a legendary rhythm machine, igniting audiences around the world with his super-charged vibes, drums and big band. Geoffrey Smith celebrates one of the great crowd-pleasers and mentor to countless jazz stars.

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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