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: Charlie Barnet

Charlie Barnet

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Charlie Barnet

Geoffrey Smith explores the recordings of saxophonist Charlie Barnet

A survey of saxophonist Charlie Barnet. His swing band was known for hits like Cherokee and for breaking the colour bar in jazz with such stars as Lena Horne and Roy Eldridge.

Independently wealthy, saxophonist Charlie Barnet (1913-91) played jazz for the love of it. His swing band was known for hits like “Cherokee”, and for breaking down the colour bar in jazz with such African-American stars as Lena Horne and Roy Eldridge. Geoffrey Smith salutes a free spirit whose popularity knew no racial bounds.

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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