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Blaise Lantana never planned on getting into radio.
The longtime host of Classic Jazz with Blaise Lantana on KJZZ-FM (91.5) in Phoenix, was in Corpus Christi, Texas, still making her way as a working musician, when a sudden drop in oil prices caused her gigs to dry up. It was the 80s and Texas had a giant oil crash, the singer-guitarist, who since 1995 has served as both music director and host of her own show at KJZZ, recalled. At that time, I was playing seven nights a week sometimes, she said. And every single job stopped. Every single bar closed. All the people who worked on the oil rigs and had parties because they were making all this money? Lost their jobs.
Beyond International Jazz Day. Phoenix musicians weight in on igniting the jazz gene Ed Masley, Arizona Republic
Doc Jones was in New Orleans for the first International Jazz Day, April 30, in 2012.
“They had 7,000 people out there at about 8 o’clock in the morning,” he says. “A phenomenal sight.
A year later, Jones a music educator, who plays saxophone and keyboards organized the Valley s first International Jazz Day, held at Cityscape.
It s Jones hope that a day set aside to recognize the genre could help elevate its profile and attract new audiences in an era where its mainstream popularity has been eclipsed by hip-hop, R&B and rock.
Doc Jones was in New Orleans for the first International Jazz Day, April 30, in 2012.
“They had 7,000 people out there at about 8 o’clock in the morning,” he says. “A phenomenal sight.
A year later, Jones a music educator, who plays saxophone and keyboards organized the Valley s first International Jazz Day, held at Cityscape.
It s Jones hope that a day set aside to recognize the genre could help elevate its profile and attract new audiences in an era where its mainstream popularity has been eclipsed by hip-hop, R&B and rock. Jazz was an art form created here in America that s been exported all around the world, he says. And now 1% to 2% of music sales are jazz.