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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: Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones

21/08/2016

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Quincy Jones

Geoffrey Smith celebrates the jazz roots of Quincy Jones.

Geoffrey Smith celebrates the jazz roots of Quincy Jones, who began as a prodigy in the genre, composing for many big names as well as his own star-packed ensembles.

Though now a world-renowned media mogul, Quincy Jones began as a jazz prodigy, composing for a galaxy of big names as well as his own star-packed ensembles. Geoffrey Smith celebrates his jazz roots, anticipating Monday's Quincy Jones Prom.

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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