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
38 Available Episodes (72 Total)Average duration: 00:20:03
Oct 20, 2019
Abbey Lincoln
00:18:03
Pop songs, protest, poetic musings - vocalist Abbey Lincoln (1930-2010) explored a passionate spectrum of styles on her way to being hailed as the premiere jazz singer of her time. Geoffrey Smith picks highlights from a unique career.
Oct 13, 2019
Sutton, Hyman and Wellstood
00:18:13
Oct 06, 2019
Anita O'Day and June Christy
00:25:16
Anita O'Day (1919-2006) and June Christy ( 1925-1990) were queens of big band singing in the 1940s and 50s, starring with Gene Krupa and Stan Kenton before going solo. O'Day was hot, Christy was cool, and Geoffrey Smith compares their styles and careers.
Sep 29, 2019
Chet Baker
00:21:11
The fallen angel of West Coast jazz, Chet Baker (1929-88) won a huge popular following as trumpeter and vocalist while fighting a life-long battle with drugs. Geoffrey Smith surveys a troubled, iconic talent
Sep 22, 2019
Kenny Wheeler
00:17:17
In honour of what would have been Kenny Wheeler's 85th birthday, Geoffrey Smith chooses favourite works by the revered trumpeter-composer who died last October, including excerpts from his portrait of Don Quixote, Windmill Tilter.
Sep 15, 2019
Joe Harriott
00:18:12
Jamaica's gift to British jazz, altoist Joe Harriott (1928-73) mixed bebop fire with intuitive, free-form improvisation and Indo-Jazz fusion, producing a series of groundbreaking recordings before his early death. Geoffrey Smith salutes a rare talent.
Sep 08, 2019
Sonny Rollins Road Shows
00:13:54
On the day tenor saxophone legend Sonny Rollins turns eighty-nine, Geoffrey Smith celebrates the man hailed as the greatest living jazz musician with a selection of tracks from Rollins’ own archive of road show performances, including such classics as “Don’t Stop the Carnival”.
Sep 01, 2019
Duke Ellington Sacred Concerts
00:17:02
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.
Aug 25, 2019
Bill Coleman
00:24:29
Though trumpeter Bill Coleman (1904-1981) played with Fats Waller and Coleman Hawkins, he made his main career in France, with the likes of Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt. Geoffrey Smith salutes a shining expat star.
Aug 25, 2019
Wayne Shorter
00:16:39
On the weekend of Wayne Shorter's birthday, Geoffrey Smith salutes the great saxophonist-composer with music written for his own groups, and those of Miles Davis and Art Blakey.
Oct 20 | 00:18:03
Abbey Lincoln
Oct 13 | 00:18:13
Sutton, Hyman and Wellstood
Oct 06 | 00:25:16
Anita O'Day and June Christy
Sep 29 | 00:21:11
Chet Baker
Sep 22 | 00:17:17
Kenny Wheeler
Sep 15 | 00:18:12
Joe Harriott
Sep 08 | 00:13:54
Sonny Rollins Road Shows
Sep 01 | 00:17:02
Duke Ellington Sacred Concerts
Aug 25 | 00:24:29
Bill Coleman
Aug 25 | 00:16:39
Wayne Shorter
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