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: Fletcher Henderson

Fletcher Henderson

07/05/2017

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Fletcher Henderson

Geoffrey Smith celebrates the work of composer, arranger and bandleader Fletcher Henderson

Geoffrey Smith celebrates the music of composer, arranger and bandleader Fletcher Henderson. He inspired Duke Ellington and made Benny Goodman into the 'king of swing'.

The godfather of big band jazz, Fletcher Henderson (1897-1952) set the pace as composer, arranger and leader through the 1920s and 30s. Geoffrey Smith salutes the man who inspired Duke Ellington and made Benny Goodman the King of Swing.

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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