Kammon is the real deal, and we don’t have a lot of that here on the edge of the tundra. I’m glad he’s able to do what he wants and walk away (I presume) on his own terms. It’ll be interesting to see what Emperor Kling does with the time slot.

While I listened to some Jazz flute, I held a tumbler of jazz liquor and a lit jazz cigarette in between my jazz hands.

Many of them Minneapolis High School students, whose knowledge of jazz and delivery leaves a bit to be desired.

Good luck, Leigh

Leigh Kamman is local.

Btw, MPR is a seething corporate monster for god’s sake!

But keep in mind that KBEM just got a rather large check to keep their operations running from Clear Channel, who hopes to “keep the relationship going.”

So if you listen to the radio, you’re actually being aurally teabagged?

However, from the article:

He wants to resume work on an educational book project he conceived in 1973. The topic is the history of American jazz broadcasting, from the 1920s to the present day.

The book will not include the countless interviews he’s done over the years — from Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker to Karrin Allyson and 15-year-old saxophonist Grace Kelly. That, he says, would be a different book.

I hope we get to see his book. And I hope we get to see the “different book,” too. What a sweet, sweet legacy.

Btw, MPR is a seething corporate monster for god’s sake! They have broadcasting testicles as far as Idaho and South Florida; they also own KPCC FM in the LA area in California.