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BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

BBC Radio 3

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Music: Jazz & Blues: Jazz

The best in jazz past, present and future.

The best in jazz past, present and future. Your gateway to new sounds with classic recordings and exclusive sessions.

J to Z: SFJAZZ Collective in concert

SFJAZZ Collective in concert

BBC Radio 3 - J to Z, SFJAZZ Collective in concert

Live music from all-star group SFJAZZ Collective. Plus Sélène Saint-Aimé’s inspirations.

Live music from SFJAZZ Collective, featuring Kendrick AD Scott, Gretchen Parlato and Chris Potter. Plus bassist Sélène Saint-Aimé’s inspirations.

Julian Joseph presents live music from the SFJAZZ Collective, an all star San Francisco outfit that includes drummer Kendrick A.D. Scott, vocalist Gretchen Parlato and saxophonist Chris Potter. 

Elsewhere in the programme, ​​Afro-French contrabassist, singer and composer Sélène Saint-Aimé shares some of the music that inspired her exceptional recent album Potomitan, exploring vodou spirituality and her roots in the Caribbean.  

Produced by Thomas Rees for Somethin’ Else

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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