Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Jazz on the Tube "gets it"

When I lived in Europe in the '80's I saw programs on  BBC TV that were truly American, but never shown in the US. I saw speeches from Dr. King, and others, that only the BBC dared to show. Just as important to me, however, was that I saw Jazz. Live recordings! I'm talking Miles & Trane just standing next to each other in the studio.

I was blown away. And then, fast forward to a couple of years ago and I get an email from,