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A family operates on the same principle as a jazz combo: improvisation on a theme. Read the full description.
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- Conrad Bishop
A module from "Family Snapshots," sixty-five 90-second dramas about family life, broadcast from 1994 to the present on more than 70 stations.
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A module from "Family Snapshots," sixty-five 90-second dramas about family life, broadcast from 1994 to the present on more than 70 stations.
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Review of JazzA nice short piece with background music that would make any Beat Poet proud. They use the analogy between jazz combos and the family unit to good effect, adopting a nice jazz announcer voice to lead you through. Well mixed, and not too long. Excellent way to get across a point, and not beleaguer it. |
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Geoffrey Tozer
Posted on April 11, 2006 at 03:22 PM | Permalink
Review of Jazz
Great piece! I've said it before I'll say it again, why isn't there more original, creative, different stuff like this on the radio? Has public radio been "rutted" just like commercial radio?
One thing, why not make this longer? There's a solid enough idea to take this much further. Why not?