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Jazz Beat #17 - Joe Temperley

New England Public Media | By Tom Reney
Published May 17, 2016 at 3:56 PM EDT
Joe Temperley
Joe Temperley

In the latest episode of Jazz Beat, New England Public Radio's Tom Reney remembers baritone saxophone player Joe Temperley and the impact he made on the jazz world. Hailing from Scotland didn't separate Joe from this quintessentially American music; on the contrary, the music drew him to America and drew musicians to him.
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Jazz & World Music JAZZ & WORLDJAZZ BEAT PODCAST
Tom Reney
Tom was honored by the Jazz Journalists Association with the Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Career Excellence in Broadcasting in 2019. In addition to hosting Jazz à la Mode since 1984, Tom writes the jazz blog and produces the Jazz Beat podcast at NEPM. He began working in jazz radio in 1977 at WCUW, a community-licensed radio station in Worcester, Massachusetts. Tom holds a bachelor's degree from UMass Amherst, where he majored in English and African American Studies.


Email Tom at tom_reney@nepm.org.
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