Farewell Geoffrey Smith Tea Time on Saturday Will Never Be The Same!!!!!!!!

[Oddball]

Geoffrey Smith presented a selection of listeners' jazz requests for years and years and years .........

Mr Smith we can not thank you enough and we wish you all the very best in your new programme


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Yes I completely agree with Calum.

But I can't avoid being serious, and the requests in tonight's show just highlighted something I feel is a problem of the basic format of the show.

That is two great tracks, Basie and Charlie Parker, joined together with Geoffrey's profound insight on the formative influences on Bird. I listened with what felt like a new pair of ears.

But no time to dwell on this fundamental aspect of modern jazz. Must press on to the next (next but one) track - Ben Webster with strings? What's that got to do with anything? Ben please go back in the reed section.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

oh dear i adore that Ben Webster album! ... and the point of JRR that it is absolutely anything ...and GS carried it off so well for so long ....

[kernelbogey]

Please, what is Geoffrey's new programme and when?

[grippie]

Bingo


http://www.jazzjournal.co.uk/jazz-la...ecord-requests

[kernelbogey]

Thanks.

[johncorrigan]

On the Saturdays when the team had been stuffed.....again, Geoffrey was a haven to sooth the soul. I'll miss his Saturday post footie teatime style. Awraverybest Geoffrey!

[Resurrection Man]

I'd also like to add my appreciation of Geoffrey's style and panache.

No-one has asked why he's moving to the midnight slot (or maybe I missed it). I will posit a possible explanation. The ClassicFm-Lite aka BBC Radio Tweet-fest3 wanted to introduce a phone-in, emails, a Jazz-You-Like Your Call and tweet-of-the-week....all contributing to the demise of what was once a world class radio station. Geoffrey has integrity and principles and so said 'No'.

[Byas'd Opinion]

There's an interview with Geoffrey Smith in the May edition of Jazz Journal. He says he was approached by the BBC management to take a "sabbatical" from JRR in order to do a programme along the lines of his 100 Jazz Legends book, and that if there is any intention of changing JRR to attract a younger audience, he isn't aware of it.

The new Geoffrey Smith's Jazz will be going on at the time vacated by Jazz Library, ie incredibly late on Saturday night/Sunday morning.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

been done over by kurokowski innit ..

[Oddball]

The new Geoffrey Smith's Jazz will be going on at the time vacated by Jazz Library, ie incredibly late on Saturday night/Sunday morning.

Hello again Geoffrey. A great programme in my view. Keep up the good work Geoffrey - I'm certainly learning a lot!