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: Thad Jones and Mel Lewis

08/05/2016

Thad Jones and Mel Lewis

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Thad Jones and Mel Lewis

Geoffrey Smith celebrates the big band of Thad Jones and drummer Mel Lewis.

Geoffrey Smith celebrates the big band of trumpeter-composer Thad Jones and drummer Mel Lewis.

In 1966, trumpeter-composer Thad Jones (1923-86) and drummer Mel Lewis (1929-90) assembled a cream-of-the-crop big band that became a jazz institution, a musicians' ensemble that played for sheer joy. Geoffrey Smith salutes their cutting-edge class and excitement.

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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