Live On Hope Street was a music, culture, and news program that aired on Los Angeles radio station KUSC-FM in 1996. On 14 June of that year, host Bonnie Grice interviewed Charlie and Ruth regarding Quartet West’s Now Is The Hour (1996, Verve). The album was nominated for a Grammy the following year. By the end of 1996, Live On Hope Street was cancelled, KUSC reverted to an all-classical music format, and Ms. Grice moved to a different radio station. I’m posting the relevant audio here. The entire show was 30 minutes. Solid, Jackson.
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Live On Hope Street
KUSC-FM
Host: Bonnie Grice
Interview with Charlie Haden and Ruth Cameron
Includes excerpts of the following songs (all from Charlie Haden Quartet West Now Is The Hour (1996, Verve):
Here’s Looking At You (Charlie Haden)
Marable’s Parable (Charlie Haden)
Palo Alto (Lee Konitz)
Now Is The Hour (Adapted By Clement Scott, Dorothy Stewart; Composed By Maewa Kaihau)
The Left Hand Of God (Victor Young)

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