Yesterday was a pretty intense day. A few hours after we got the news about James Moody, the 2010 Ondas awards were announced. This is the most important recognition radio people can get in Spain. The news is that veteran jazz broadcaster Juan Claudio Cifuentes, 'Cifu', has been granted the Special Jury Award.
I've already spoken about Cifu and how he's been the education in jazz for many of us in Spain, mainly through his weekly programme on Spanish public TV from 1984 to 1991, but also through his 40 years, and counting, on radio. Jazz is a minority music, even more so in Spain than in our European neighbours, so, besides the recognition to his work, this is, in some way, a small acknowledgement of jazz in Spain, of the people who play it, the people who help make it better known, and the small, but faithful and, hopefully, growing audiences.
I've already spoken about Cifu and how he's been the education in jazz for many of us in Spain, mainly through his weekly programme on Spanish public TV from 1984 to 1991, but also through his 40 years, and counting, on radio. Jazz is a minority music, even more so in Spain than in our European neighbours, so, besides the recognition to his work, this is, in some way, a small acknowledgement of jazz in Spain, of the people who play it, the people who help make it better known, and the small, but faithful and, hopefully, growing audiences.
