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: Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

28/08/2016

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Sonny Rollins

Geoffrey Smith celebrates the music of tenor saxophone great Sonny Rollins.

Geoffrey Smith celebrates the music of tenor saxophone great Sonny Rollins, introducing masterworks from the late 1950s including his famous 'sabbatical' album The Bridge.

Titan of the tenor sax and arguably the greatest living jazz musician, Sonny Rollins turns eighty-six next month. Geoffrey Smith celebrates with masterworks from the late 1950s, culminating in his famous sabbatical album, The Bridge.

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