Carolina Connection
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Writer/Radio Announcer/ Educator |
| Location | Chapel HIll, North Carolina, United States |
| Introduction | Larry Reni Thomas is a veteran jazz writer/radio announcer, whose busy, colorful career has spanned close to three decades, and has included stints at seven, mostly non-commercial radio stations, including WHQR-FM, WNCU-FM and WCOM-FM, where he is presently host of Sunday Night Jazz. He has written for downbeat, Urban Journal and All ABout Jazz.com. Dubbed "Dr. Jazz," by musician Bro. Yusuf Salim, Thomas, who is the host and producer of The Carolina Jazz Connection, considers himself foremost "a gentleman and a scholar and a servant of the people." |
| Interests | writing, reading, traveling, jogging and music |
| Favorite movies | Round Midnight, Malcolm X, Bird |
| Favorite music | Dexter Gordon "Our man In Paris", Miles Davis Greatest Hits, Duke Ellington Straight Ahead |
| Favorite books | Catcher in the Rye, Stolen Legacy, The Destruction of Black Civilization |