We Ask Our Show Hosts Three Questions
In order to find our more about our current show hosts, we are going to ask them all the same three questions. We also wanted to have a chance to catch up on former show hosts and find out how they are doing and ask them similar questions.
So far we’ve talked with
Wednesday Morning Set Host, K. Balewa
Former WWOZ Kitchen Sink Host, Michael Dominichi
Next up is our Monday New Orleans Music Show host, Keith Hill.
Best new CD you’ve heard outside the genre you play on your show on OZ?
Charles Lloyd’s Sangam, is a winner. It is very spiritual, and somewhat reminiscent of John Coltrane’s, A Love Supreme.
Best thing you like about doing a show on OZ?
A tool to express the love that I have for the music.
Do you a have a favorite Jazz Fest memory?
Experiencing the Sun Ra Orchestra back in the late seventies, also the Sugar Hill Gang in their early beginnings.
We also caught up with long time New Orleans Music Show & Blues Host, John Sinclair who now lives in Amsterdam.
What is the best new CD you’ve heard ?
I play just about anything I want to play, and I only play records I like, but a major cop when I was in London last week was the box set of Richard Pryor with 7 or 8 CDs worth of classic comedy material by the genius himself.
What was the best thing you liked about doing a show on OZ?
I liked everything about doing radio at WWOZ, but most of all I loved the direct connection with the listeners, who were always listening carefully and always very appreciative of hearing great music. It was like an interactive experience and not just broadcasting out into the ether - a very unique thing in the world of contemporary radio.
Do you a have a favorite Jazz Fest memory?
I had the honor and privilege of designing and producing the first several “live” Jazz Fest broadcasts for WWOZ, and my highest moment came while riding my bicycle out St Bernard Avenue to the Fairgrounds to give the opening welcome on the first “live” broadcast from Jazz Fest, and I was almost overcome with happiness and personal satisfaction.
