| Length | 58:25 |
| Licensor | mal sharpe |
| Producer(s) | Mal Sharpe and Alisa Clancy |
| Formats | Actuality, Documentary, Interview |
| Topics | Humor, Music, Travel |
| Produced | June 4, 2006 |
| Added to PRX | June 12, 2006 |
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Comedy and Jazz: Man on the Street, Mal Sharpe wanders around America looking for the "meaning of life."
Produced at KCSM FM, the Bay Area's Jazz Station. Producton assistance from Jennifer Sharpe@Sharpeworld.com, Paul Decker, Gerry Zelinger,Sandra Sharpe and the spirit of James P. Coyle
English
Humor and combined with jazz: Man on the Street , Mal Sharpe, wanders around America with his tape recorder looking for The Meaning of life. From Seattle to Little Rock--from a professor in Cedar Rapids to a pimp in Tiajuana he records moments with titles such as DEATH AND BASEBALL, THE DIAPER PEOPLE, GARBAGE AT GUCCI'S AND THE NATIONAL FLY CEMETERY. This is combined musical commentary from the likes of Billie Holiday "Why Was I Born." James Taylor "The Secret of Life." Jack Teagarden "A Hundred Years from Today" The Who, "Who Am I?" The Jim Kewskin Jug Band, "Never Swat a Fly." Dinah Washington, Louis Armstrong, King Pleasure, Bing Crosby and many more. Mal does a weekly jazz show on KCSM, the Bay Area's Jazz Station and he's also a jazz trombonist, so the music is chosen to lyrically add to the philosophical nature of his "quest." Does he ever discover the meaning of life? Yes and from a most surprising individual.
