KPLZ

I’ve had a battle with ChatGpt lately. The popular AI platform says KPLZ 101.5 Seattle never had a program called Friday Night Jazz. Well I happened to have recorded this program on 6 separate occasions way back in 1982 when I was living in North Vancouver.

So here is the proof. It’s a short sample of the full audio cassette recording I made of the program on April 2, 1982.

So I uploaded this file to ChatGpt and it now has adjusted its database accordingly. It really was a great radio program playing crossover jazz and fusion artists like Bobby Caldwell, Maynard Ferguson, the Yellowjackets, Grover Washington, Spyro Gyra, etc. Tom Reddick was the announcer.

In case you don’t know what music I am talking about, I leave you with a couple of samples. It really was groundbreaking music at the time – the precursor I suppose to Smooth Jazz which I don’t really like. Yes, I know, this is all trivial pursuit but great memories nevertheless.

Dave