BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

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Jazz on 3

Music: Jazz & Blues

Music: Jazz & Blues: Jazz

Celebrating the best contemporary jazz, with exclusive concert recordings and features

From free jazz to fusion, post-bop to electronica – Jazz on 3 celebrates the music as a living and developing art form, with exclusive concert recordings and in-depth features

Jazz on 3: Vinyl Special

Vinyl Special

01/02/2016

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz on 3, Vinyl Special

A round-up of the best new releases on vinyl and a tribute to pioneering pianist Paul Bley

Jez Nelson and Jon Newey select their favourite new releases on vinyl and pay tribute to pianist Paul Bley, who died in January.

Jez Nelson is joined by Jazzwise Magazine's Jon Newey for a vinyl special, including brand new LP releases from Matthew Bourne, Phronesis and GoGo Penguin. Also in the programme, The Bad Plus' Ethan Iverson pays tribute to Canadian pianist Paul Bley.

A jazz luminary and lifelong innovator, Bley cut his teeth playing with greats such as Charlie Parker and Charles Mingus, collaborated with Ornette Coleman in the early days of free jazz and became one of the most distinctive and influential voices on the avant-garde scene. He died last month at the age of 83.

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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