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Hobart Taylor
I am a radio programmer and Jazz Director at KUCI FM in Irvine, CA.
About Me
I began as a radio programmer at KPFT in Houston Texas in the 1970's. Since then I have been an artists' manager for Lucinda Williams, J.C. Hopkins, The After the End of the World Quartet, and other artists. I have contributed articles to the Houston Chronicle and DownBeat magazine. I have lectured on jazz at Nanjing University, Nanjing, China and been a programmer/producer at Taintradio.org. I have a presence on both Soundcloud and Mixcloud under my Taintradio DJ name, Allston Boylston. I currently serve as Jazz Director and a programmer at KUCI FM on the Campus of the University of California, Irvine.
My ArticlesMy Jazz Story
I love jazz because it celebrates the passion and consciousness of folks reconciling personal and cultural pain and redemption.
I was first exposed to jazz at age 6 at the Detroit Jazz Festival
I met Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Big Joe Turner, Nicole Mitchell, Carla Bley, Don Was, and a bunch of other folks.
The best show I ever attended was too many to name, all the Sun Ra shows.
The first jazz record I bought Broadway My Way Nancy Wilson
My advice to new listeners open your heart and minds, ignore genre, dismiss noone, and breathe.
Or whatever else you have in mind.
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