KBEM - Butch Thompson's Road Show
Butch Thompson's Road Show: Butch Thompson’s road show will educate listeners about the origins of jazz with live piano solos and narrative from one of the country’s original jazz experts – Minnesota’s own Butch Thompson. The show also aims to educate listeners about the origins of jazz through live solo concerts by Butch Thompson paired with other musicians from genres outside jazz. Each concert would be recorded for broadcast as part of the Jazz Original series. The second year will include a dance element choreographed to classic jazz and original compositions.
- The program will educate more people about original jazz, and show the connections between other genres of music
- Increase the the number of Minnesotans who will have access to these concerts
•Number of attendees at concerts: 501 attendees from four live performances.
•Arbitron numbers for broadcast: Audience share for Butch Thompson’s Jazz Originals averaged 0.5 over two years.
•Number of stations airing the program: No Ampers station carried this show.
- The program will educate more people about original jazz, and show the connections between other genres of music
- Increase the the number of Minnesotans who will have access to these concerts
•Number of attendees at concerts: 501 attendees from four live performances.
•Arbitron numbers for broadcast: Audience share for Butch Thompson’s Jazz Originals averaged 0.5 over two years.
•Number of stations airing the program: No Ampers station carried this show.