Help a Geezer remember something
#1
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Lafayette Colorado USA
Posts: 205
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Help a Geezer remember something
Do any of you all remember the 24 hour Friday Night radio show (mid 1950's) devoted to Jazz? What was it called. No rock and roll, just Brubeck, Coleman Hawkins, etc.
Thanks.
Jon
Thanks.
Jon
#3
I don't remember it Jon. What years are we talking about and what part of the country?
#4
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Lafayette Colorado USA
Posts: 205
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
1954 - 1955 It came out of the east somewhere, but was carried locally by one of the national networks. It was just something to listen to while cruising in the middle of the night. Kinda like Wolfman Jack in "American Graffiti". What made "Monitor" so good was that most of the music was jazz while all the other late night things here (central Colorado) were either rock and roll (pretty good stuff) or shoot kickin stuff.
Jon
Jon
#5
I guess I'm not old enough for that stuff. I used to listen to Wolfman Jack on XCRF out of Del Rio Texas in the 60s. Only encounters with jazz were on my parents record player in Chicago. Ever heard of Johnny Maddox , Kid Ory, Pee Wee Hunt, Joe Venuti & Bobby Maxwell? My father had 52 copies of the Saint Louis Blues - all different artists and different arraignments. Those were some of my favorites before I heard Pink Floyd , Led Zepplin, Carlos Santana, Nokie Edwards, Peter Frampton. etc.
#6
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Six Metro stops short of insanity.
Posts: 29,450
Received 1,139 Likes
on
770 Posts
Monitor Radio was broadcast at one time almost continuously during the weekend. I remember being in my grandfather's car and listening to the Monitor network. Music, news, the whole gamut of radio..(of course, I also remember listening to The Lone Ranger as well).
#7
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Lafayette Colorado USA
Posts: 205
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I guess I'm not old enough for that stuff. I used to listen to Wolfman Jack on XCRF out of Del Rio Texas in the 60s. Only encounters with jazz were on my parents record player in Chicago. Ever heard of Johnny Maddox , Kid Ory, Pee Wee Hunt, Joe Venuti & Bobby Maxwell? My father had 52 copies of the Saint Louis Blues - all different artists and different arraignments. Those were some of my favorites before I heard Pink Floyd , Led Zepplin, Carlos Santana, Nokie Edwards, Peter Frampton. etc.
It sounds like your father was into Trad Jazz.
Jon
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post