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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: Mose Allison

Mose Allison

31/08/2014

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Mose Allison

Geoffrey Smith celebrates pianist Mose Allison, known as 'the sage of Tippo, Mississippi'.

Geoffrey Smith celebrates the music of pianist Mose Allison, known as 'the sage of Tippo, Mississippi'.

Known as "The Sage of Tippo, Mississippi", Mose Allison charmed jazz fans and pop stars with his hip, bluesy songs and funky piano for over fifty years. Geoffrey Smith remembers a true jazz bard who died in November. 

Programme first heard in 2014.

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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