More memories of VOA jazz to Cuba.

Father of Cuban-born single-reed player Paquito D'Rivera "introduced him to jazz and he learned more from the radio show 'Willis Conover Jazz Hour' which was broadcast to Cuba by the Voice of America. Curiously, the Voice of America was barred by law from broadcasting in the United States, so Conover’s show, arguably the best jazz programming ever broadcast on radio, had a tremendous impact outside of the United States while we suffered here with very little decent jazz radio at that time." Berkeley Daily Planet, 9 June 2006. Posted: 13 Jun 2006 Permalink Print