[JPL] Broadcast Architecture press release on "their newestinnovation"

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In a message dated 05/31/2008 9:30:34 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
jaejazz at yahoo.com writes:

It all  sounds the same. Same tempos...feel...level of improvisation...which 
is  minimal...mix...mood...etc. The new material sounds like the old. What is  
needed for them in my view is to have more "variation." 


That's because "smooth" jazz, like many AC formats, play radio edits. These  
edits, usually done at the station) get to the hook in thirty seconds,  don't 
encourage improvisation ("no noodling") or any other technique  (scat, ethnic 
instrumentation) that upset the "smooth" feel of the music.  The artists 
usually go along with the edits as a means of promoting the release  or an upcoming 
gig. Should you happen to attend a gig or pick up a CD (not the  radio 
single), you'd be able to hear the sounds of some solid contemporary  jazz artists, 
unedited, and much appreciated by loyal fans.
 
Staying tuned,
Reebs



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