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: Duke Ellington Sacred Concerts

Duke Ellington Sacred Concerts

BBC Radio 3 - Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, Duke Ellington Sacred Concerts

Geoffrey Smith explores the world of jazz.

Geoffrey Smith celebrates the three sacred music concerts of Duke Ellington.

Deeply if unconventionally religious, Duke Ellington regarded the three Sacred Music Concerts of his last years as “the most important thing I have ever done.” Geoffrey Smith selects highlights from these passionate, exuberant, personal  works combining song, dance and the great Ellington band.

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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