Referring to the WKCR Lennie Tristano Festival and, on the other hand, the general white bread-with-mayonnaise quality of most radio today, particularly in regard to jazz, DevraDoWrite, observes:
I know a lot of dee-jays who are nearly in tears because their bosses, not wanting them to break the musical spell with any talk, won’t even allow them to tell us listeners who’s playing on a particular track let alone mention that the artist might be appearing in town.
Amen. Maybe it’s time to again lower on the pabulum purveyors and their consultants who run most radio operations, public and private. Not that it ever does much good. Apparently, listeners are getting what they want, or they would rise up against mediocrity. To read all of Devra’s posting, go here.
Just had to say amen to the above post. Among the other assets this Administration and its cheering section in Congress have auctioned off are the radio airwaves. Talk about the tail wagging the dog! If one were to measure the wonderful musical diversity in our country by what one hears on the AM/FM one would indeed conclude that we only could hear one or two chords and lived to the 2/2 beat. If there weren’t so many other matters of import confronting the new Congress, a thorough investigation of the FCC and its operation in the last ten years would be high on my to-do list.