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| INTERVIEW WITH JACK DE KEYZER (CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE) DW: And there are so many types of jazz � smooth jazz, the crazy stuff, fused with blues and rock� JK: Yeah, it�s all good. DW: Although you were born in the U.K., your formative years were spent in Hamilton. I was quite shocked at the lack of immediate attention here to the fact that you had won a Juno. As a two-year resident of Hamilton, exiled financially from Toronto, I have gotten the impression that Hamiltonians, while willing to take credit for the success of their artists, performing or otherwise, do little to promote and sponsor them beyond their own borders. Do you agree with this or is it simply that Hamilton musicians don't really care what the rest of the world thinks of them? JK: Well, I just finished doing an interview yesterday with Graham at the Hamilton Spec(tator) and there will be quite bit on that subject in his article. But really I wouldn't say that Hamilton doesn't support their musicians. DW: Certainly they support them in Hamilton itself but they don't do much to spread the word about them anywhere else. For example, the Toronto Star and Toronto Sun are distributed in Hamilton, but I don't think I've ever seen the Hamilton Spectator in my daily jaunt to Toronto. JK: Yeah, that's probably true. But I think Hamilton musicians just need to get out and promote themselves more, in places like Toronto, to get their exposure. DW: Well, I've noticed that there seems to be this hesitation at both ends. Toronto tends to hire its own musicians to play in Toronto and Hamilton does the same. I'd like to see more of a free trade exchange type of thing, from city to city and even country to country. JW: Yeah, that would be good. (continued on next page) |
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