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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: Vogue

28/02/2016

Vogue

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Vogue

Geoffrey Smith selects highlights from early Vogue recordings of the 1950s.

Geoffrey Smith selects highlights from the French Vogue label, which released a treasure trove of American jazz in the 1950s, including Sidney Bechet and Charlie Parker.

In the 1950s, the French Vogue label released an amazing treasure trove of American jazz on the first LPs. Geoffrey Smith selects highlights, from Sidney Bechet to Charlie Parker, boogie woogie to r&b, Duke Ellington to Bud Powell and George Shearing.

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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