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

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: Chet Baker

Chet Baker

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Chet Baker

Geoffrey Smith surveys the troubled career of iconic trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker.

Chet Baker won a huge popular following as trumpeter and vocalist while fighting a life-long battle with drugs. Geoffrey Smith surveys a troubled, iconic talent.

The fallen angel of West Coast jazz, Chet Baker (1929-88) won a huge popular following as trumpeter and vocalist while fighting a life-long battle with drugs. Geoffrey Smith surveys a troubled, iconic talent


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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