…yet his show is still on the air and I only heard of his death today. :eek:
http://jazzandblues.org/programming/
Robert "Bob" Parlocha (April 18, 1938 – March 15, 2015) was an American jazz expert who was best known as a radio host and programmer. He was also a professional saxophone player and gourmet cook. He was in wide syndication with his nighttime jazz show Jazz With Bob Parlocha.
Bob Parlocha was born in Solano, California, in 1938, to Maria Carter and Carlos Parlocha. His father was Filipino American and his mother half-black, half-Filipino. Parlocha's maternal grandparents, George Washington Carte...
Ive never heard of this.
Zeldar
August 16, 2015, 8:57pm
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Sad to hear. He was a great jock. I listened to his show a lot in times past, but not lately.
Yeah it’s weird. They got someone else on in Boston, but at 4:00 AM it goes back to reruns of Bob Parlocha for the last two hours. Good host. I don’t know if we’ll see the like of 20th century radio people anymore. They’re going to be younger, dumber and more lifeless , if they exist at all.
drad_dog:
Yeah it’s weird. They got someone else on in Boston, but at 4:00 AM it goes back to reruns of Bob Parlocha for the last two hours. Good host. I don’t know if we’ll see the like of 20th century radio people anymore. They’re going to be younger, dumber and more lifeless , if they exist at all.
I agree. I just hope jazz radio survives.