[JPL] Radio Memories

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 NYC born and raised as well, I loved hearing Dr. Billy Taylor on the AM dial (WLIB?). The Gospel programming on that station was incredible as well. Was a transistor radio under the pillow guy too!! Fell asleep in the 24th inning of a Met's road game vs. the Astro's moments before the only run scored;-))
I got to thank Dr. Taylor personally for his inspiration and teachings personally at one of the late lamented IAJE meets.

Mike Schwartz


 


 

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Like Arturo I too went to sleep with a transistor radio under my pillow (ran through a lot of batteries too!) listening to The Good Guys on WMCA in the morning and Frankie Crocker at night.?
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One of my most indelible memories -- and what I cite as the earliest influence on the development of my attraction to Black American music -- was hearing Fontella Bass sing "Rescue Me" in 1965.?
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14 years later I would produce in Athens, GA the first Art Ensemble of Chicago concert in the Deep South (i.e. between DC and Texas) and meet trumpeter Lester Bowie who played on and arranged that hit single -- he was then Fontella's husband.?
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In 2001 I was attending a jazz festival in Fano on Italy's Adriatic coast where Fontella was performing.  I was speaking to her back stage right before she was to perform and started to tell her about how important hearing her music as a child was to me.  She looked at me, smiled and said "Honey, I've got to go on now but if it's taken us 35 years to meet you can certainly hold onto that story for another 90 minutes."?
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