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Sacramento Classic Jazz Info

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BurnedOutOnTheBoards

Do any of you remember an old public radio show called "Sacramento Classic Jazz"?

It used to be heard on Sunday nights for years, then it disappeared...featured lots
of Swing music, Dixieland...very "thematic" programming.
 
You're Nick? Great!

Just wanted to find out what happened. I had listened every Sunday night for years, then suddenly the name of the show and its content changed, then you were gone.

I've tuned in to "Classic Jazz And Swing", but it isn't very good, and certainly didn't inform or enlighten me any on either classic jazz or swing. It sounds like the rest of KXJZ's music programming, which gets boring pretty quickly.
 
Got fired in 2003. Show went to another host, but I'm sure management slowly ordered changes to a mish-mash taken from a few in-studio CDs. That host tried to play actual vintage jazz and his favorite music, hot dance tunes from the late 20's & early 30's, but he was dismissed last year, and a regular part-timer now hosts it.

I can't really comment on what KXJZ does anymore. Much of the overnights come from a network, which is far superior to the continually repetitive playlists I was forced to play during contemporary jazz shifts. At least some real jazz is heard, performed by artists that five years ago would never be played on JZ.

A few months ago, a friend e-mailed me some recently-posted playlists and complained about the programming
on Sunday nights...like I had anything to do with it or could change it.

The music I used to program simply isn't aired much anymore...a few good shows exist on smaller stations around the country, but it takes some heavy Google-ing to dig 'em up.
 
Sorry to hear you were fired. I kind of figured it that way because your shows were fairly personalized with fulfilled requests from listeners, plus you promoted dozens of local jazz events differently from the other announcers - but you didn't announce your leaving the station, so I guessed it wasn't your idea.

Seems a shame that the earlier styles of jazz and nostalgic pop music lost that venue. I know I bought more than a few LPs, then CDs, on your say-so, and that started me on a very costly but worthwhile collecting binge that continues to this day.

Any plans to get back on the air?
 
Burned...

Not unless I buy a station, and I think The Superlotto machine lost the ping pong balls with my numbers.

If offered, I wouldn't mind working late-night/overnights again somewhere.

I don't know of a station that plays anything close to the music I programmed for over 20 years...I did news & talk, but I'm really an old jazz guy.
 
This has been a one-on-one conversation so far.

Do any other posters remember "Sacramento Classic Jazz"? It aired on Sunday nights on KXJZ when it was at 88.9, and featured dixieland, big bands, and various styles of mainstream jazz, mostly pre-BeBop, with original recordings and modern performances as well.
 
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