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: John Kirby Orchestra

29/07/2018

John Kirby Orchestra

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, John Kirby Orchestra

Geoffrey Smith surveys the brilliant career of the John Kirby Orchestra.

Although somewhat forgotten now, in the Swing Era the John Kirby Orchestra was known as 'the biggest little band in the land'. Geoffrey Smith surveys its brilliant career.

Rather forgotten now, in the Swing Era the John Kirby Orchestra was known as "the biggest little band in the land", famed for witty, swinging arrangements of pop, folk and classical music. Geoffrey Smith surveys its brilliant career and star sidemen.

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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