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Tony Catanzaro
Well where do we start, “The Jazz Tourist” has always loved music with the emphasis on a rhythm that excites the mind and body. “The Jazz Tourist’s” interest really started when he discovered Tamla - Motown with the smooth rhythms and base line that just got into the head especially on the dance floor.
Interest in broadcasting started with Hospital Radio at Guy’s Hospital in London; here he had a programme called “Boogie Circle”, so named because the way people seemed to prance or was it dance then at disco’s i.e. “In a circle” and the style of dancing called “Boogie”, > YES I know!!!. The Cornish accent seemed to go down well he said as he chewed on yet another Cornish Pasty followed by a carrot for sweet. “The Jazz Tourist” arrived at Diverse FM when it began its 24 hour broadcasting in April 2007.
As with most people, musical tastes change or should we say mature over time. “The Jazz Tourist” is no exception to this trusted rule, has travelled a “Fare Bit”, and as a result of travel found musicsl styles which are not found in UK’s mainstream music scene. Examples being: Spanish, French, Greek, Tunisian, Caribbean, Hungarian, Italian and The Countries previously known as Yugoslavia. These influences developed a liking for the “Beats and Rhythms” that were so different from UK and USA music, so here we had the link to “World Music”. Countries featured have been and will continue to be UAE, Spain, Africa, Morocco, Italy, Greece, Latvia, Arabic, Poland, Hungary, France, Caribbean, Brazil, Cuba, Argentina, Portugal and many others.
Interest in Jazz had unknowingly and unwittingly embedded itself in “The Jazz Tourist” minor cranium through Acid Jazz (No he didn’t do that!!) which as devotees will know started off as Jazz-Funk this being a Fusion of Soul/Dance/Hip Hop/Traditional Jazz and in some cases Rock. Looking at the history of Jazz we have influences that go way before “The Jazz Tourist” spontaneously materialised into a strands of micro biological tissue. The history of Jazz and up to the present time includes the likes of Stan Getz, Oscar Peterson, Miles Davis, The Adderley Brothers, Frank Wess, Kenny Burrell, Donald Byrd, Stacey Kent, Jamie Cullum, Clare Teal, Jamiroquai, Jaco Pastorius, Kymaera, Acoustic Alchemy, John Dankworth, Alec Dankworth and many others – all of which are played by “The Jazz Tourist”.
So as you can see with a heady mix of “Traditional and Cool” Jazz blended with an excitable blend of “International Tunes” I am sure you will find something to your taste - And as they say taste is everything!, why because it defines the Soul……..
The “Jazz Tourist”, Monday Nights between 10pm > Midnight
10pm > 11pm – Jazz,
11pm > Midnight - World Music