[Dixielandjazz] Re: Radio Shows -- Length Of Cuts

[david richoux]

Since my program covers the entire history of recorded jazz (from early 
ragtime and proto-jazz to the latest recordings of avant-garde jazz) I 
play songs and compositions of various lengths. I do not mind this - 
sometimes it takes a while for the musicians to fully express what they 
want to do - that Duke Ellington 1956 Newport jazz festival recording 
would have been very un-famous if they had to keep Paul Gonsalves to 
one chorus on ‘Diminuendo in Blue’ and ‘Crescendo in Blue.’

I agree with Luis about keeping things spontaneous - I do pre-select 
some songs but I usually let things flow and develop over the course of 
my program.

Dave Richoux  The Jazz Parade KFJC FM  ( www.kfjc.org )



On Jan 31, 2004, at 8:53 AM, Luis Daniel Flores wrote:

>
> Please allow me to say something here, since I have a jazz Radio 
> program
> every Sunday at 10 AM. I like to play tracks of more than 5 minutes. 
> Because
> my audience likes OKOM, they also like to hear a long track of good 
> music.
> Furthermore I am not going to cut a play of the Preservation or Tuba 
> fats !
> of 8 minutes, My thought is that people dislike more a short  (3 min.) 
> play
> then a long one.
> I do research the week before the program, but I don't write any 
> thing,  I
> prefer the spontaneous talking, like talking to a group of friend of 
> what is
> my passion (trad jazz).
> ''To keep a program bright & breezy and promote OKOM, variety and 
> contrast,
> a little education and info``. That's it what I try to do, adding some
> anecdotes of jazz, history of jazz, etc.
> BY the why my program is called ``Jazz y sentimientos`` (jazz and 
> feelings).
> That is jazz for me.
>