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

[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 ..

[Quarky]

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!