Re: Incognito

Jim Ayson (jra@europa.com)
Wed, 18 Oct 1995 03:14:03 +0800


At 02:58 PM 10/16/95 -0700, Elson Trinidad wrote:

>> I saw Incognito this past Saturday (here in Hawaii). They were brought
out by
>> CD 101.9 which is a "soft-jazz" station but I forgive them (to a point :-)).
>
>That's the funny thing; the only radio airplay Incognito gets in the US is
>on those 'Yuppie Jazz' stations, you know, the ones that play Kenny G.
>instead of Charlie Parker and Jeff Lorber instead of Herbie Hancock :)
>Oh well, at least they help get Bluey & Co. on the top 10 Jazz album charts.

That's not surprising - Incognito gets played here on those so-called
"yuppie jazz" stations too. (though over here we call it "pogi jazz"). I
initially thought of them as "just another lite jazz band" in the vein of
Hiroshima and company, so I was surprised that they turned up on this in the
A-J category. But yes, I do like them, and if they can only get played on
such radio stations, I say that's better than no airplay at all. Question:
is there such a thing as a station with an all-AJ format?

Another question, more Incognito related: someone played me this tune by
them that has this vocal harmony line "na-na-na-na, na-na-na-hey" over and
over again. It was suggested that my band cover this, and we did like it. I
didn't get the song title though, which is a big help in finding a copy of
the album. If the clue is sufficient, any tips on the album title and the
song title is very much appreciated.

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