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: Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

26/03/2017

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Ella Fitzgerald

Geoffrey Smith introduces highlights from Ella Fitzgerald's series of songbooks.

Geoffrey Smith introduces highlights from Ella Fitzgerald's series of songbooks, including classic tunes by Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart and Duke Ellington.

Geoffrey Smith celebrates the centenary of vocal legend Ella Fitzgerald (1917-96) with highlights from her iconic series of Songbooks, including classic tunes by Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart and Duke Ellington.

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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