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: Vic Dickenson

Vic Dickenson

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Vic Dickenson

Geoffrey Smith presents a profile of trombonist Vic Dickenson

Geoffrey Smith surveys the recordings of trombonist Vic Dickenson including some classic sessions with Edmund and Ruby Braff.

Known for his comic growls and slurs on the trombone, Vic Dickenson (1906-84), was also a laid-back, supple soloist and, in the 1950s, leader of a series of classic combo sessions featuring the likes of Edmund and Ruby Braff.  Geoffrey Smith salutes a well-loved sliphorn star.

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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