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In Reply to: RE: No Jazz Forum? AA needs room for this instead! posted by lokie on December 16, 2016 at 13:50:20
As it happens, I'm a little embarrassed that a local FM station touts themselves as being the pioneer "smooth jazz" station in the country. I don't care whether that is true or not but smooth jazz is just boring for me. And yet it may now be more popular that traditional (not meaning the '20s) or straight ahead jazz. So I'm likely in the minority among minorities. Yes, overall there are few jazz fans compared to those preferring any/all the other musical categories now performed.
Still, anytime a jazz artist or album is brought up it seems to attract a reasonable discussion, at least on Vinyl Asylum. And just ask for a recommendation. You'll be surprised by the number and variety or answers other Inmates offer.
"The piano ain't got no wrong notes." Thelonious Monk
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Big J
"... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."
Program Director at KCSM in San Mateo, one of the best (and few) radio stations devoted to jazz.
About as non profit as non profit gets.
CB Jr. allowed a friend and myself to have a program there, nurtured us, saw through our... amateur
ways... to the heart of the show that lay within and was SO NICE and so cool and SO professional.
Soon thereafter he left KCSM to be a "smooth" jazz DJ at a famous, popular SJ station (maybe the one you refer to).
There was a conflict of interest and he had a family to support and the $$$ called.
His heart and soul was at KCSM; the dough at the SJ station.
We did our show, it was well received and successful. We SURE did miss working with him, his vision, his solidness,
his presence, we never for a moment questioned his career path or choice.
Yeah, there are many styles of jazz out there, a rainbow of it, but we know which style lands at the pot of gold.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
I'm a KCSM supporter. What / when was your show?
Don't keep up with that sort of thing.
Our show was "Jazzlines" a daily birthday tribute to whichever jazz musician
was born that day. Short bio/appropriate background music. Co-written/produced
with Ed Silver, read by Alicia Clancy.
Fun stuff and times!
Was 1990/'91 I think. Met and hung with the WONDERFUL Tee Carson, Pat Henry
and some of the other cool Jazz DJs at that time.
There's a link to what CB JR. is doing these days below.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
Anyway, a different station.
Still, we are very fortunate in San Diego to have KSDS 88.3 (San Diego City College) as an all jazz and blues station. They don't play light jazz, except for an occasional rare mistake. ;^)
Years ago I looked into becoming one of their volunteer DJs but they required completion of a broadcasting course. Unfortunately that was difficult to get into (high demand) and I ended up taking History of Broadcasting and Broadcast News Reporting which included on-air time. But I never became qualified to spin records and became busy with other things.
Anyone interested in checking them out just go to the link.
"The piano ain't got no wrong notes." Thelonious Monk
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