[Dixielandjazz] Dr. Jazz license plates

[John Blegen]

This discussion reminded me of a vanity plate once owned by my old friend
Jeff Haskell, who taught in the jazz program at the U of Arizona and
established their recording studio.  Jeff's plate was JAZZ ME, and some AZ
bureaucrat looked superficially into the history of the word and decided
that it was obscene.  Jeff's renewal of the plate was denied.  But then the
local paper picked up the story, and that resulted in notice taken by the
great Mike Royko in Chicago.  Royko wrote a scathing column defending Jeff
and scorching silly bureaucrats.  I believe Jeff got his plate back.

John Blegen
Clarinetist in KC MO

On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 5:17 PM pcrums <pcrums at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all - Good to read about Norm Vickers and his JazzDoc license plate.
> As a dentist and jazz musician I, too, applied for a Dr Jazz plate (here in
> CA) but it was already taken.  I settled on DR JAZ which I have had for
> years.
>
> Is this a great list , or what?
>
> Phil Crumley
> Natural Gas Jazz Band
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