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Hobart Taylor
Since: 2024 | Position: Radio / Podcast Host | Location: Irvine | Page Views: 11,441 
About Me
I am a radio programmer and Jazz Director at KUCI FM in Irvine, CA.
I began as a radio programmer at KPFT in Houston Texas in the 1970's. Since then I have been an artists' manager for Lucinda Williams, J.C. Hopkins, The After the End of the World Quartet, and other artists. I have contributed articles to the Houston Chronicle and DownBeat magazine. I have lectured on jazz at Nanjing University, Nanjing, China and been a programmer/producer at Taintradio.org. I have a presence on both Soundcloud and Mixcloud under my Taintradio DJ name, Allston Boylston. I currently serve as Jazz Director and a programmer at KUCI FM on the Campus of the University of California, Irvine.
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My Jazz Story
I love jazz because it celebrates the passion and consciousness of folks reconciling personal and cultural pain and redemption.
I was first exposed to jazz at age 6 at the Detroit Jazz Festival
I met Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Big Joe Turner, Nicole Mitchell, Carla Bley, Don Was, and a bunch of other folks.
The best show I ever attended was too many to name, all the Sun Ra shows.
The first jazz record I bought Broadway My Way Nancy Wilson
My advice to new listeners open your heart and minds, ignore genre, dismiss noone, and breathe.
Or whatever else you have in mind.
My House Concert Story
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This page was last updated on 2026-09-09.
