Joe is on Saturday's from Noon to 4. WICN has a few programs backed up at http://www.wicn.org/podcasts. So you can catch a sample.
Been listening to Joe Slezik's program at WICN for about 20 years. And still at a loss to describe this unique blend of Jazz.
Yesterday Howard Kaplan and Al Dean filled in for Joe on the Fall drive. And reflected on how much of a living legend he is at the station. They were playing selections from Joe's record collection because his core collection is now at the station! What a kindness as it was hard for Joe, who is in his 80's, to lug the records into the studio.
Been helping out with the pledge drives since I found out about the WICN. And when Joe moved to Saturday's I usually volunteered to do the phones on his program. And catch a glimpse of his records. So I had an idea of what to find at the flea markets. So yesterday got a chance to flip thru the collection of rare finds. Bobby Scott's, Stan Kenton's, Command Records. No pristine collection. All dogged eared and played regularly for decades. But still a treasure trove, some of these hardly exist anymore.
Found his copy of "Ted Steele Presents Miss Teal Joy" on Bethlehem Records. Just to focus on one LP. Joe played her once and I called into the station bug nuts to find out who she was. And maybe others did too. Because Joe played her often. You can find all these tracks on YouTube. she sounded cool and Exotic, an Asian Billie Holiday. But if you never heard Teal Joy on great programs like the Saturday Jazz Matinee how else would you discover her?
We need stations like WICN and the hard working volunteer DJ's who are presenting these musical gems. This world is so over saturated with media. Everything is at our fingertips to watch or listen too. But there is so much. How do we find something cool and new (to us) to love and listen too? That's why we need, and appreciate our dedicated DJ's like Howard Kaplan, Joe Slezik, Michelle Wilson and Norm Rosen.
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