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: Maria Schneider

15/11/2015

Maria Schneider

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Maria Schneider

Geoffrey Smith surveys the work of American composer and bandleader Maria Schneider.

Geoffrey Smith surveys the work of Maria Schneider, an American composer and bandleader whose music combines impressionistic detail and melodic richness.

Perhaps the leading jazz composer of her generation, Maria Schneider combines impressionistic detail and melodic richness in scores evoking the beauty of her American homeland. Geoffrey Smith surveys her achievement, before her eagerly-awaited appearance at the EFG London Jazz Festival.

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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