Kini's Cool Cat Jazz Hour
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Kini's Cool Cat Jazz Hour is a popular Dublin radio show featured on Belfield FM every Tuesday night from 9-10. It is presented by Jack Fairbairn
(AKA Kini), who relishes talking in a "jazzy" way, and giving "shout outs" to Simon Bird
. Ken is well known in the Dublin Radio circuit for pioneering the use of feedback and for frequently forgetting the names of jazz musicians. In a November 2010 interview, Kini refuted claims that his knowledge of jazz was purely based on opinions formed by local jazz legend Tom Morris
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Jack Fairbairn: "Never, but I could certainly write a book about how it feels to be high."
"I also resent any implication that I base my knowledge of jazz on Tom Morris; it is well known that our approaches are very different. Tom is a contemporary man. I am not"
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(AKA Kini), who relishes talking in a "jazzy" way, and giving "shout outs" to Simon Bird
Simon Bird
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. Ken is well known in the Dublin Radio circuit for pioneering the use of feedback and for frequently forgetting the names of jazz musicians. In a November 2010 interview, Kini refuted claims that his knowledge of jazz was purely based on opinions formed by local jazz legend Tom Morris
Tom Morris
Tom Morris may refer to:*Old Tom Morris , early golf champion*Young Tom Morris , son of the above, also a golf champion*Tom Morris footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur F.C. in the 1890s and 1900s...
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Quotations
Interviewer: "Considering many of the musicians you play on your show cite drug use as an important influence on their lives and musical careers, have you, Mr. Fairbairn, ever dabbled in the use of experimental drugs?"Jack Fairbairn: "Never, but I could certainly write a book about how it feels to be high."
"I also resent any implication that I base my knowledge of jazz on Tom Morris; it is well known that our approaches are very different. Tom is a contemporary man. I am not"