The Jazz Image Special Edition

During his 60 years in jazz broadcasting, Leigh Kamman conducted hundreds of interviews with jazz artists, including some of jazz's illustrious figures. In the early years, these were recorded on magnetic tape. Now, these treasures have been lovingly preserved and edited into a new series of broadcasts, The Jazz Image: Special Edition. These recordings preserve priceless conversation Leigh Kamman had with such luminaries as Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan and Stan Kenton. In his ninth decade, Kamman adds fresh commentary to round out these 5 minute broadcasts, 13 in all in this series.
Steve Wiese, the brilliant recording engineer behind Creation Audio, used his expertise to transfer material from aging and deteriorating reel-to-reel tapes, "baking" them to keep them in tact and repairing countless old splices that kept breaking during playback. Steve Blons, local jazz guitarist and former co-producer of the KBEM-FM series Jazz and the Spirit, selected and edited the interviews for broadcast, recorded new conversations with Leigh Kamman, and produced the series. Leigh provided the anecdotes and recollections. His daughter Kathy Vye helped Leigh sort through his collection and watched over everything, especially over Leigh himself. This work of restoration, archiving and cataloging Leigh Kamman's interviews, as well as the production of this new broadcast series, was made possible with a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
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During his 60 years in jazz broadcasting, Leigh Kamman conducted hundreds of interviews with jazz artists, including some of jazz's illustrious figures. In the early years, these were recorded on magnetic tape. Now, these treasures have been lovingly preserved and edited into a new series of broadcasts, The Jazz Image: Special Edition. These recordings preserve priceless conversation Leigh Kamman had with such luminaries as Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan and Stan Kenton. In his ninth decade, Kamman adds fresh commentary to round out these 5 minute broadcasts, 13 in all in this series.
Steve Wiese, the brilliant recording engineer behind Creation Audio, used his expertise to transfer material from aging and deteriorating reel-to-reel tapes, "baking" them to keep them in tact and repairing... Show full description