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Philadelphia Radio Icon Bob Perkins Interviewed at AAJ

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Bob Perkins
"It's BP with the GM!" That's how the famed and venerable jazz disc jockey Bob Perkins signs on the air, with the code for “Bob Perkins with the good music." And it's not just a slogan. Perkins has a way of selecting jazz that resonates with his listeners' tastes and represents thoughtful choices on his part that invariably convey something important about the music. His program always flows along and entices the listener. As he himself notes, his trade secret is “big ears"--his ability to listen. And he is listening not only to the music but to the musicians, the audience, and the tenor of the times. He wants to know what's on his listeners' minds, and he uses that information in his programming. Plus, Perkins frequently has musicians as guests on his show.

Veteran AAJ Contributor Victor L. Schermer sat down with Perkins recently, to discuss how this deep-listener, now in his seventies, grew up during WWII America, his unexpected coming to radio in the 1960s, and his ultimate emergence as one of America's elite jazz radio personalities.

Check out Bob Perkins: The Art of Listening at AAJ today!

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