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: Jackie McLean

19/06/2016

Jackie McLean

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Jackie McLean

Geoffrey Smith celebrates saxophonist Jackie McLean, a one-time protege of Charlie Parker.

Geoffrey Smith celebrates saxophonist Jackie McLean, who was a protege of Charlie Parker, a sideman with Miles Davis and Charles Mingus and a trailblazer in hard bop and free jazz.

Famous for his fiery saxophone attack, Jackie McLean was a teenage protégé of Charlie Parker, sideman with Miles Davis and Charles Mingus and a trail-blazer in hard bop and free jazz. Geoffrey Smith surveys his passionate achievement.

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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