Broadcaster Comments
(8/29/09)
Greeting Jazz Friends! Thanks for listening and thanks again for your kind e-mails and tweets. They really help keep me going! You may have recently heard some buzz about "JazzLives" a campaign spearheaded by Howard Mandel, one of the best jazz journalists writing today. There has been an alarming downturn over the last few years in the number of people who attend live jazz performances, leading to another "Jazz is Dead" pronouncement by many media types. Howard is speaheading an effort to get people to see live jazz anywhere and then to use Twitter to tell others about it. It's a grassroots effort to get us jazz folks out, about and hearing the music we love. Well, in honor of JazzLives, durign the next few weeks, we will be devoting the bulk of our daytime programming to music by living, working, jazz artists, in the hope that you will not only enjoy what you hear and buy their discs, but that you'll also make an effort to get out and see these artists live, letting the world know that JAZZ LIVES! We love the greats of the past as much as many of you, but let's encourage the cats who are still at it, so they will know what they do is worthwhile. For those of you on Twitter, I'd love for you to follow me at www.twitter.com/curtjazz (Please no spam or porn, I delete and block those immediately!)Our web site is up and running at curtscafejazz.com. Please stop by as we will be adding fresh content and reviews over there and perhaps soon, some tracks from out of print albums and CDs. Again, if you'd like to hear the Cafe without commercial interruption, won't you consider a Live365 Preferred Membership? It's relatively inexpensive, you'll be able to listen to your favorite jazz, without commercials and it will help us to defray the rising costs of broadcasting that have been brought on by recent Federal legislation. To sign up, just click the green banner above this space. Either way, I thank you for listening. As always, your e-mails are appreciated, so please keep them coming. I pray that your day and your year is happy, healthy, Blessed and filled with great jazz! Yours in jazz, Curt
