This Sunday 2/11/18 on Jazz on the JNote: Tribute to Nelson Mandela

“The human voice is the organ of the soul” 

(Valorie Burton)

Nelson Mandela used the totality of his being to change the face of the modern world. He spent his life entrenched in thought about being a victim of cultural imposition and used his voice to speak up against it. He took on the stupendous task of organizing social wars for the mental, spiritual and physical freedom of his people. 

He became a legend in his own time because he worked hard to make adjustments to the so-called laws of supremacy that came in the apartheid era when human rights for people who were living in South Africa were continuously being violated. He provided encouragement then and still in today’s world. And with this in mind, this Sunday, my show Jazz on the JNote will be dedicated to his life.

This Sunday, Jazz on the JNote which is a jazz-based radio show hosted by Stephanie Jeannot, will focus on the life and achievements of the hero, Nelson Mandela, as part of our four-week Black History Month series. While the non-stop music flow of jazz is being played, there will also be moments of conversation about the life and times of the first black president of South Africa. Please listen if you can.

How to Listen

Sunday 7PM EST http://www.theenglishconnectionmedia.com

Sunday 7:30PM EST WNYE 91.5 FM

In the 24/7 Rotation at Medgar Evers College Community Radio http://www.mec.cuny.edu/wmec-radio

Hope that you will tune in and we will be able to vibe together. If you do, let me know by simply saying hello in the chatroom on-line. I always look forward to conversing with listeners.

Listenership

I should also mention that, at the end of every show, I ask listeners for their comments, suggestions or songs selections that they may be interested in hearing on future episodes and if you do, please feel free to share these songs, even if they are your own, to jazzonthejnote@yahoo.com

Thank you so much for checking out my blog post and hope to connect with you all really soon. Have a wonderfully blessed day.

This Sunday, September 4, 2016 on Jazz on the JNote

The unofficial end of summer influenced my direction last night and I found myself trying a different kind of mix featuring different sounds of carnival music which will be airing throughout the weekend on Medgar Evers College Community Radio. If you should happen to get in the mood to lose your sanity and also some body inches while dancing to old and new sounds of Trinidad, Haiti, Cuba and more, you can log on to http://www.wmecradio.com from your phone or computer and take a listen to this hour long show for yourself. 

Medgar Evers College Community Radio is a 24/7 on-line radio station from the studios of Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, NY which features cross-cultural talk and music programs. Jazz on the JNote just happens to be one of those shows.

 Jazz on the JNote

At first, the show was started while attending Medgar Evers College. I was writing my undergraduate college thesis on the music of jazz and racism, and I felt that I had enough interesting points on this subject to discuss jazz, as well as a plethora of jazz music pieces that had an effect on me, featured in my music library. I wanted to be a part of the jazz culture and thankful for the opportunity of being a contributor to the continuation of the spreading of the jazz culture for just over a year now.  I am happy to invite you all to send comments and suggestions for this show, even if it is to let me know about new music that you would like to hear played within the time frame of the show to jazzonthejnote@yahoo.com

I am always seeking new ideas to add that will take me out of the box in which I am currently enclosed. Change, in my opinion, often serves as great lessons, and I thank you in advance for those who will chime in and feed me new ideas.

This Sunday on 

Jazz on the JNote

 The newest edition of Jazz on the JNote that will air this Sunday, September 4, 2016 on WNYE 91.5FM at 7:30PM is dedicated to this fraction of the year that seems to separate us from the wild days of summer and bring us to a more structured moment of time. Please join me for beautiful jazz and talk, as part of the Medgar Evers College Community Radio flow on WNYE 91.5FM inspired by the unofficial end of summer. For those in NY, NJ and CT, tune in on WNYE 91.5FM. Anywhere else you are in the world, use this link for mixlr: http://mixlr.com/the-english-connection-media/ to listen to this half hour show.

June 2016 Celebrates One Year of Jazz on the JNote

I am experiencing tender feelings today, with the knowledge that this month makes a year since I started my show Jazz on the JNote.

It was never planned. My role in this situation sort of just happened and from the jumping off point of embarking on this task of creating a show featuring jazz music in hopes to keep jazz music alive, I can honestly say that it has added value to my world.

My humble beginning started without a clue of how but the why was always there. I loved jazz music and I had a goal of conducting research on the topic to write about it. My first show in June of 2015 was a tribute to Sarah Vaughan. I was never in a radio studio until that day and never knew how to operate the equipment but, I did it, just a few months shy of using those examples to build my internship which from, I came up with a thesis topic. I am thankful to Fitz Richardson who is the station manager of Medgar Evers College Radio, for allowing me the opportunity.

I finally found a way to apply my professional writing skills of creating a timeline and script and applying it to something. I sounded nervous in the final mix but, I did it and overnight I became a radio show host. A year later, I have decided to do another tribute to my favorite singer of all time, but this time, with a year of radio hosting and producing which now enables me to operate from the grounds of experience.

When I was in high school, my sister introduced me to jazz music, telling me that it helped to retain information if listened to while studying. That trendy thought was so easy for me to believe as a spoken truth and I started listening to Miles Davis and since then, have more jazz in my music collection than any other genre. I take comfort in the knowledge that jazz music has impacted change on everything about who I am.

And so, with my mission in mind to discover aspects of jazz and racism, I made it a matter for the crowd and I am thankful for the process as well as all those who took time to listen to my ramblings of what I’ve discovered about this culture that has become a part of the blood that runs through my veins. You have been a part of my succeeding in gaining this information.

I must mention however that history is not always the whole truth and though you may gain bits and pieces of valid data, one may never know that total authenticity of what has been mentioned about any topic you think of researching. Sometimes, we research and find conflicting stories compressed in metaphor.  Author of the book, Magical Realism, Maggie Ann Bowers said, “reality is built on prejudices, misconceptions and ignorance as well as on our perceptiveness and knowledge” (Bowers). If at times, you feel the urge to question history, it is because the conventional truth might not seem right.

History may not always be flawless in execution. Remember that heresy, even when written in a book featuring historical data still can be compared to the telephone game when I say something and you repeat what you think you heard which may not always be what was said. I wrote 44 pages for my thesis on jazz and racism based on books, scholarly journals, articles and more. I started my show with a mission to develop my knowledge on understanding on the culture. 

I began with a show on Sarah Vaughan the day after one door closed. And with the new door that opened, I presented it to the most respectable body of people to have ever allowed me placement in their good hearts. Today, I will pay tribute to Sarah Vaughan again, which can be heard this evening, June 5, 2016 at 7:30PM on WNYE 91.5 FM. And to think it has been a year already makes me see how time truly does fly at the speed of light. Where did the year go?

Thank you for making my year purposeful.

This Sunday at 7:30pm on WNYE 91.5FM JAZZ ON THE JNOTE

On Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 7:30pm

Please turn your radio dials to 

WNYE 91.5FM 

For 

Jazz on the JNote

Brought to you from the studios at Medgar Evers College

And

Hosted by

Stephanie Jeannot

This week's show will be attributed 

To

Jazz innovator, trumpeter and vocalist Louis Armstrong.

You can also listen to this show at the same time 

On theenglishconnectionmedia.com 

or 

on theenglishconnectionmedia channel on mixlr.com or tunein.com

Looking forward to connecting with you this Sunday.

But until then, peace and jazz breezes.