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Wes George
JazzNet247 was an established brand name as part of the EuroclubdeJazz website which operated with 8 different jazz channels from 2001 to 2005. It showcased many unknown jazz artists from all around the world and introduced them to a large new audience online.
Note : We hope you can see ( hear ) past the ' unusal adverts ' during the radio shows if you are listening to a non VIP subscription but this is the price we have to pay for an affordable global medium for the project. We hope it doesn't spoil your enjoyment of the music.
About The Host - The Past
Having grown up in a family of professional musicians I was being bathed in the middle of the band's rehearsal nights but something must have stuck in those early fifties, whilst my friends were listening to the Top 40 of the time I was listening to Big Band, Bossa Nova and Jazz as well as the modern day hit music and when my parents stopped playing after 35 years in the evenings they opened a retail music store which I worked in off and on for 20 years. I guess with a name like 'George', 'Wes' and 'Gillespie' I was destined for the jazz world :>)
I worked in many aspects of the music industry in those days from Retail and Wholesale Sales and Marketing, Musician, Nightclub Manager, Piano Tuner, Repair Man, Guitar Teacher, Session Man, Sound Engineer but I always had to perform as a presenter on radio or in clubs to let people hear the treasuretrove of wonderful music that I had accumulated in my head over the years.
When the internet came to prominence in 1994 I was working in my trained profession
( the day job ) of corporate marketing and multimedia and in 1994 I started my own company and created my first online jazz website called 'The Jazz Site'.
In 2002 I changed 'The Jazz Site' website to the 'EuroclubdeJazz' branding which became enormous online for four years with thousands of artists and visitors each month to the thousands of pages of jazz information and the 8 online Radio Webcasts ( on JazzNet247 ) in various jazz genres. Sadly a serious family illness meant that brand was handed over to a colleague who continues its name today albeit in a Trad Jazz format.
About The Host - The Present
Like the EuroclubdeJazz, JazzNet247's success depends on networking and the artists and fans telling their friends all about it. Already we have a loyal following in the USA, Canada, Japan, Brazil, France, Benelux, Scandinavia, Switzerland and Germany, all great markets for the artists we feature.
The jazz market share is relatively small so the large record labels are not interested in promoting it too much. As a marketeer by profession I know that marketing is expensive for independents but in my research and experience I have found that there is so much quality music available but not enough exposure to it. So I hope the artists and fans will tell their friends to tune in and join the buzz.
I hope you will enjoy the shows, reading up on the artists and tracks highlighted from two of my favourite Sub Jazz genres ie Smooth Jazz and Brazilian Flavours. We also feature Great Vocalists from the world of Jazz, R'n'B and Cross-Over. There are so many hidden gems from artists all over the world that are normally not played on radio. Our slogan is :- 'Discover New Music Today'.
If you like the music and the concept of helping the jazz genre, tell your friends about it and send us some feedback or music suggestions to play on the shows.
Kind regards Wes Gillespie - Producer and Host of JazzNet247 Radio
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Favorite Artists
Azymuth
The most refreshing Brazilian sound after Jobim.
George Benson
Not only an outstanding guitarist and vocalist but so versatile.
Slowdown
An unreleased German band performing outstanding Bossa Nova.
Crusaders
Joe, Stix and Wilton, collectively all that is smooth.
Marcela Mangabeira
Surely the latest voice to emerge from Brazil.
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