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

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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: Cecil Taylor

10/06/2018

Cecil Taylor

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Cecil Taylor

Geoffrey Smith selects recordings by jazz pianist Cecil Taylor.

Geoffrey Smith pays tribute to jazz pianist Cecil Taylor.

Geoffrey Smith pays tribute to the pianist Cecil Taylor, who died in April. A true original, totally committed to the spirit of freedom in jazz, Taylor produced passionate, spontaneous compositions which audiences found mesmerizing or mystifying, but which no one could ignore.

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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