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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: Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus

20/08/2017

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Charles Mingus

Geoffrey Smith celebrates the passionate life and creativity of bassist Charles Mingus.

Geoffrey Smith celebrates the passionate life and creativity of the unique bassist, composer and leader Charles Mingus.

Looking forward to next Thursday's jazz Prom (Beneath the Underdog: Charles Mingus Revisited on August 24), Geoffrey Smith celebrates the passionate life and creativity of the unique bassist, composer and leader, surveying some of Mingus's greatest work.

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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