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Kevin Amos
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- Pittsburgh, PA
- United States
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- What is your profession?
- Promoter, Broadcaster, Other Jazz professional, Writer, Educator
- What Instrument Do you Play?
- Trained in voice but no longer sings.
- Where Are you located?
- Pittsburgh, PA
- How did you find out about TGJN?
- I received an invitation
- About Me:
- Kevin Amos is the Pittsburgh Area Coordinator for Soul-Patrol.com. He is also the producer and host of “One to One” on 88.3 WRCT-FM (www.wrct.org) His professional career spans nearly 30 years in the field of broadcasting.He has logged well over 30,000 hours on non-commercial radio as a voluntee and a independent radio producer since 1978!! Kevin has produced programs for talk radio at WCXJ-AM, a top rated morning show at FM1047 the Beat (Clear Channel), and a live interactive sports show with the Champions Association. He is also the former program director/station manager of WYEP-FM(1978-1984). Kevin is the former Communications Director for the Thomas Merton Center (2007-2008). The center is a long established peace and justice organization. He was also formerly employed as Program Coordinator for the City of Pittsburgh at CITIPARKS in the Office of Special Events and Community Affairs. There he was part of a team that planned and coordinated events like the Great Race and Reservoir of Jazz. He had worked in that office since 2001. Kevin is currently Staff Educator for SLB Radio Productions. He works with chidren and teens teaching them audio techniques. Kevin has also contributed to the Internet as a cyber journalist for the Music Bulletin Board on Prodigy Internet Services and Soul-Patrol.com, the world’s largest independent Black music Web site. He is also a freelance writer for the New Pittsburgh Courier, one of the oldest Black newspapers in the country. Kevin also has an extensive social service background working with youth, families, and homeless and mental health consumers. He is also an advocate of community development and historic presevation within the African American community.His expertise is economic development throught the arts. His involvement in the arts spans most of his life. His has performed in church and school choirs through grade school and high school, acted in children’s theater groups as a high school and college student, been a committed arts advocate and theater arts student, and played in bands in such places as CBGB’s. He is co-producer of AGAP RADIO / The Festival Hour, a program dedicated to the arts and also producer and co-host of Ebony Spectrum. Some of his mentors include Rob Penny, August Wilson, Bob Johnson, and Dr. Harry Clark (his first music teacher). Currently he is an advisory board member for SLB Radio (Saturday Light Brigade), and on the board of directors for the Kingsley Association.
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I was just saying that you knocked this out of the park with TGJN. We have needed something like this for so long and I am telling my friends about this. I said that it is sort of like a myspace for jazz but it is actually so much more. This is real. The people here truly love jazz and we know people like that are not your average people.
I have felt for a long time that straight-ahead jazz has been slipping away from us. I have hope now that there will be a resurgence (or shall I say an insurgency:-) to bring this baby back full force!
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Janie
Events
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Mel Brown Quartet
March 25, 2009 at 8pm to March 27, 2013 at 11pm – Jimmy Mak's
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Saturday JAZZ Nights at Chelsea Wine Bar
November 14, 2009 at 8:30pm to November 15, 2009 at 12:30am – Chelsea Wine Bar
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Orjazz presenta - "La tragica notte del dott. Hives"
November 14, 2009 from 9pm to 11pm – Crevacuore
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Jazz & Art Extravaganza!
November 15, 2009 from 3pm to 8pm – Emmy Lu Gallery
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Lee Summer's "Just Piano Series" presents...
November 19, 2009 from 7pm to 8pm – Triad Theatre
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Workout
December 3, 2009 from 9pm to 11pm – Casale Monferrato
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“Grazie”
December 17, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm – Ivrea
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Welcome Kevin,
Have a great Mother’s day weekend!
Enjoy the ride! Luiz