2007-12-01 20:51:45

With the advent of practically all the Jazz programmes on BBC Radio 3 now being produced by Somethin-Else Productions, they have been given the power to say yes or no to any artist. In Trevor Watts' case they have told him that he is not a Jazz artist, and therefore that amounts to a virtual ban on Trevor performing on the BBC. Yet they telephoned Trevor to ask him to take part in a Paul Rutherford memorial programme which Trevor refused to do owing to his questioning of their competence to do a good job in that respect, given their judgement on whether what he plays now is Jazz or not. I would say that Trevor has a much better idea than these guys, having been involved in the music for so much longer, in fact it's surprising that they didn't ask for advice rather than imposing their misguided values on the situation. A Pity.