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alanfair1
About Me
My Jazz Story
I love jazz because...
I was first exposed to jazz when I was bought a record player for my 15th birthday and my great
auntie gave me some money to buy a record, In fact 2 because she told me to buy her a Jim Reeves
l.p. I bought that and then asked the shopkeeper for a jazz record for less than 30 shillings, which
was all I had. He sold me a record I knew nothing about, it was a Realm Jazz release(inexpensive
label!)'John Coltrane on West 42nd Street' ..What an introduction, essentially serendipitous and it
changed my life.
I met [musician name]...
The best show I ever attended was...
The first jazz record I bought was...
My advice to new listeners...
Or whatever else you have in mind.