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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: Freddie Hubbard

Freddie Hubbard

20/11/2016

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Freddie Hubbard

Geoffrey Smith surveys the classic recordings of trumpeter Freddie Hubbard.

Geoffrey Smith surveys the classic recordings of trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, featuring Herbie Hancock and Eric Dolphy, as well as Hubbard's own groups.

Freddie Hubbard (1938-2008) was the trumpet king of the 1960s, whose brilliant tone and technique encompassed bebop, avant-garde and fusion. Geoffrey Smith surveys his classic recordings with Herbie Hancock and Eric Dolphy, as well as his own groups.

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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