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02/08/2007 New jazz radio: must try harder
After extending a cautious welcome to new jazz radio station, theJazz, and then failing to access it online, I promptly dismissed it, with the thought “they’re not trying hard enough”. Until this morning, when I received an email inviting me to sample the new website. Nice web site. But what about the station? I approached the improved online interface with some trepidation – would it really be jazz or the dreaded jazz-inflected lounge? The real deal or Nina Simone, Jamie Cullum et al? The morning playlist looked promising – dozens of real jazz tracks had been played, from Louis Armstrong to Stan Getz, Artie Shaw to Billie Holiday. As my connection kicked in, Thelonious Monk’s Straight, No Chaser was half way through: no worries, they really are playing jazz! But then: Nina Simone, followed by Jamie Cullum. Exit one ex-listener. Why would I listen to theJazz when my PC has wall-to-wall Miles, Coltrane or Ella in iTunes?
New jazz radio station – theJazz – launching later this morning Here’s hoping the new station – available online, on DAB Digital and via satellite TV and cable – finds an audience without having to resort to 24 hour jazzpap. The main worry is that it’s run by the people who bring you Classic FM. Now I love classical music, but wouldn’t listen to Classic-Lite FM’s brand of soothing snippets to save my life. It just ain’t music for grown-ups. Gerry Smith
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