about
JBRS is an weekly, award-winning, 2-hour syndicated radio show produced in jazzy Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The program’s syndication network includes stations from B.C. to Newfoundland, as well as in other countries.
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professional
JBRS offers stations and listeners a professionally produced weekly jazz show that taps into a robust promotional network of labels, promoters and artists bringing the latest releases to the airwaves & podcast. Employing current digital technology the production brings the highest standard of technical quality to each episode.
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international
Originally broadcast on a small community station in Montreal, Canada, today the program airs on stations both inside and outside the country. Episodes of JBRS have found an audience on the airwaves in the United States, Europe, and New Zealand. Additionally since April 2021, the show’s MixCloud Channel has started developing a podcast audience around the world.
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entertaining
JBRS programming is informed by a programming ethos that values entertainment over education or ‘challenging’ audiences. Each episode is crafted like a composition controlling variety, energy, and pacing – mixing the latest recordings with classic tracks from the Golden Age of Jazz. Additional variety is supplied by including Roots Blues, Acid Jazz and World influences.
To provide programming flexibility to stations, hour-one of the full 2-hour show is also packaged as a stand-alone 1-hour program available through our distribution partners.
" life is a lot like jazz, it's best when you improvise "
george gershwin
TIMELINE
JUNE 11 2004 – Taylor is brought in to host a long-standing Friday midnight jazz show on a small community radio station. Called ‘DANCING ON THE TABLES’ the program is rebranded to ‘JAZZ BOULEVARD’ – ‘JAZZ’ for the genre and ‘BOULEVARD’ coming from the station’s location on Montreal’s St. Laurent Boulevard;
February 2009 – JBRS is honored to receive a SOBA (Sounds of Blackness Award) for the program’s role in supporting Black Culture in Montreal;
October 2016 – with the station under financial duress and making radical changes to its programming, JBRS leaves behind uncertainty. Already airing on other stations via syndication, the program continues to grow its syndication network;
April 2021 – with over 12k subscribers on podcast portals the difficult but necessarty decision is made to centralize all podcasts on the JBRS Channel on MIXCLOUD which offers licensed podcasting of musical material providing artists and labels with revenue.
moz taylor
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Moz’s original degree led to a career in Corporate Auditing and IT before a second degree in Music reoriented him towards work as a composer for projects in Film and Dance, and songwriting. Following a stint living in the US his return to Montreal in 2004 found him sitting behind a board in a small radio station hosting a midnight jazz show – originally as a hobby!
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For years while studying Music, he supported himself working as a film projectionist – he holds a Provincial License as a projectionist.
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There is good jazz – there is not so good jazz (like all genres). Each week programming the show, he filters out the latter so that you can enjoy the former.
20th year on-air
1000 EPISODES (as of Sept '23)