Re: Refreshing New Trend in Canadian Jazz Radio

Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 15:58:00 -0500
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Thomas Lee <email-address-deleted> wrote:
>Hope I'm not out of line to post this here, but a long awaited era in
>segmented jazz programming is finally passed for Canadian Listeners.
>Full time jazz programming stations are appearing and the first one I
>came upon was a station based out of Winnipeg. Give it a spin and see
>what you think. The streaming audio could be boosted to 100K but its a
>step better than our local programming. Heres the link.
>http://www.canada.com/winnipeg/coolfm/
>
>Enjoy and lets hope the trend continues.
I'm skeptical whenever I hear the words "Smooth" and "jazz-based". It
says "fashion" rather than anything about a commitment to Jazz. When
the Smooth fad goes away, where will the station go?
From the CoolFM website:
"Our COOL music is "Smooth Jazz" - a blend of popular jazz-based
selections featuring prominent contemporary artists. Diana Krall,
Holly Cole, Natalie Cole, Molly Johnson and others are all part of the
foundation of COOL FM. Our COOL blend will include traditional jazz
selections including legendary jazz masters such as Oscar Peterson,
Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, Frank Sinatra, Dave
Brubeck and many others. "