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Geoffrey Smith's Jazz

Music: Jazz & Blues

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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: Perfection

08/01/2017

Perfection

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Perfection

Featuring tracks by Charlie Parker and Coleman Hawkins which have been called 'perfect'.

Geoffrey Smith with tracks by Charlie Parker and Coleman Hawkins which have been called 'perfect'. Plus other rare masterworks by musicians such as Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins.

Is there such a thing as perfection in jazz? Geoffrey Smith plays tracks by Charlie Parker and Coleman Hawkins which have been called "perfect", considers their special qualities and proposes other rare masterworks by the likes of Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong and Sonny Rollins.

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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