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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: Harlem Stride Pianists

Harlem Stride Pianists

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Harlem Stride Pianists

Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, a personal journey taking in great musicians and great music.

Geoffrey Smith surveys the great pianists of the Harlem Stride school.

Jazz piano doesn't come more exciting that the stride masters of Harlem. The likes of James P. Johnson, Fats Waller and Willie the Lion Smith set a standard for keyboard heroics  that reached its peak in the breathtaking virtuosity of Art Tatum. Especially for Radio 3's  piano season, Geoffrey Smith salutes the giants of stride.

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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