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: Modern Jazz Quartet

Modern Jazz Quartet

16/10/2016

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Modern Jazz Quartet

Geoffrey Smith celebrates the rhythmic side of the Modern Jazz Quartet.

Geoffrey Smith celebrates the rhythmic side of the Modern Jazz Quartet, a group famed for their musical subtlety and sophistication. With classics such as Django and Animal Dance.

Famed for their musical subtlety and sophistication, the Modern Jazz Quartet were also masters of swing, laying down foot-tapping grooves at any tempo. Geoffrey Smith celebrates the MJQ's rhythmic side in such classics as "Django" and "Animal Dance".

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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