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Highlights and extended interviews from 91.5 Jazz and More's morning show.
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So Oh, so so so We are KUNV Las Vegas HD 1, 91.5 Jazz and More. Jazz and More, the Rebel HD 2. Nevada's number one college station. And the latest national and Nevada news on HD 3. jazz alive in Las Vegas broadcasting cool for 42 years 42 years from the AUNV studios inside the Hank Green's fun school of journalism and media studies on the campus of UNLV another hour of America's best smooth jazz and more So So so so
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so so
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91.5 Jadsen Moore with Damian Escobar kicking off our 10 o'clock hour.
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And good morning to you. I'm Kim Lindsay. And I'm with you this morning as we pay tribute to our dear colleague. He was a friend of family here to us at KUNV, John Natchin, who passed away unexpectedly yesterday at the age of he was only 67 years old and right now we're all this of course We're in shock and Kind of seems surreal This song here this week at the station, right so Definitely, we are all and that's his friends family and friends are just you know Right now in shock and we want to celebrate his life. I've known John since he joined KUNV about 30 years ago. And we were radio buds, music buds, and I as well as the staff here at KUNV, we're good so Mrs. Presence. John would come in the morning, he would get here early before his show, do his show prep, and then he walked the halls in the morning. He'll stop by our offices, he'll tell us something funny, tell us something important. But he would always stop by and get his morning going, get our morning going too. I can still see him right now, really in my mind, I can still see him kind of just standing by my door for a quick conversation, quick chat and those are the things that we're going to hold dear to our heart. John Ashton worked very, very hard on the show. And I think you can tell that because he has so many fans, that's why he's 20 now, but he had so many listeners, but because he was so great at what he did, right? He would have us laughing, he would be ticket giveaways, playing back the calls that when you call in and leave a comment, but he had so much fun with the show, but he worked hard for it. Okay, he worked hard for the show and he had just started the Smooth Jazz Radio Countdown and we're going to actually play his last countdown in the 11 o'clock hour. So I hope you can stick around and enjoy that. I'd like to say thank you to, we would all like to say thank you to John Katz, John Katz-Lamidos. He did a beautiful write-up of John's career, his accomplishments. In the Review Journal, I do urge you, encourage you to kind of read that one because it really gives you just a real sense of John, who he was, all the things that he's done, and of course, many, many more. But it's a great read, and I'd like to encourage you to read it. And besides being a veteran broadcaster, John was also a legendary drummer and percussionist. He worked with the likes and icons of Buddy Greco, Pritula Clark, Jack Jones, and he was a principal percussionist with the Henderson Symphony Orchestra. So just in the community doing great work and that's why we love him. Also, thank you to Eric Bonici. He posted a beautiful tribute for John on behalf of the Nevada Broadcasters Association, the foundation. John was inducted into the Nevada Hall of Fame class of 2013, so definitely legendary there. Today, this hour, we're going to open up, I'm going to open up the phone lines if you would like to call leave a comment to share some thoughts with us We would love to hear you 702 895 5 8 6 8 that is our lifeline right now I'm gonna play a favorite song one of one of John's favorite songs We're gonna play a couple and he loved this one the friends of distinction grazing in the grass,
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Grimping in the grass,
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Grimping in the grass,
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Baby can you dance?
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Want a trip?
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Just watch him as the world goes fast.
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Grimping in the grass, Grimping in the grass, Baby can you dance? There are so many fun things to see while grazing in the grass Grazing in the grass, feel the gas, baby can you dig it? It's starting in an island of trees Baby, baby, that's it, look at it, baby, can you dig it? Everything is so clear, you can see it And everything is so near, you can feel it And it's real, so real, so real, so real, so real, so real Can you dig it? Woo! I can dig it, he can dig it, she can dig it, we can dig it, they can dig it, you can dig it Oh, let's dig it, can you dig it, baby? I can dig it, he can dig it, she can dig it, we can dig it, they can dig it, you can dig it Oh, let's dig it, can you dig it, baby? And the sun beaming down between the leaves Raising the grass, raising the gas, baby can you hear me? And the fire starting in and out of the trees Raising the grass, raising the gas, baby can you hear me? Everything is so clear, you can see it And everything is so real, you can feel it And it's real, so real, so real, so real, so real, so real Can you dig it? Woo, yeah! I can dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it Oh, let's dig it Can you dig it baby? 91.5 Jadsen Moore with the Friends of Distinction. Right now I have a long time listener on the line. Dre, good morning to you. Good morning. How is everybody this beautiful Friday? Okay, we're getting by over here.
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And thank you for calling in because you called in and you said you've been listening for a long time, you enjoy John. And you wanted to dedicate Mr. Magic Grover, this morning, because we're running through the hour and I said to you it's about eight minutes, so we're going to get that in for you. We're going to get that in for you next week. But in the meantime, you have some nice thoughts about the show and John.
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John's delivery, John's message, John wore his faith on his sleeve. John was full of positivity. And my father was a drummer.
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Okay.
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And I'm a bassist. Yes.
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And a vocalist. And just thinking about John, you know, you think of, God, my God, you go back to the jazz great. And then you got some rock and roll greats, like Neil Peart, for instance. You know, oh gosh, he was all of the above. So that's why for me a dedication song from me to John was all that he brought to the community and to the table and to the air. Go over and watch it Mr. Magic.
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Hands down.
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Hands down. And we so appreciate your comments, your love for John, and thank you so much. We're gonna keep the lines kind of moving right now and thank you for calling in, Andre. Appreciate you. Thank you.
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Thank you, appreciate you guys.
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Thank you.
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Good morning.
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Hello. Hi, good morning. Who am I speaking with? Good morning.
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Good morning. My name's Randy Sostek.
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I'm from Chicago. I knew John when he was quite young. And through a lot of his adult life as well. John played in my grade school band, the Chicago CYO band. He came from a very musical family. His grandfather was a famous percussionist, Bobby Christian. His uncle played drums, his mother was a singer. John was very talented from a very young age. And fun to work with, a musical sponge. He had talent to begin with, and he studied and really became a fine player. John knew a lot of the people from the Chicago Musicians Union, and when the officers would come to Las Vegas for the convention, annual convention at the Riviera, I was not an officer but I come to the convention and John and the officers and I would get together and have breakfast next door to the Riviera. Always a fun visit.
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Yes, Fandy, and just beautiful memories, right? We appreciate you calling in and sharing that with our listeners.
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It's a pleasure. It was quite a shock when I heard about this last night. I didn't want to go by without calling in and saying a little bit about John because he was a terrific guy.
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Thank you. We appreciate you. Thank you, bye bye Good morning, who am I speaking with? Good morning Good morning, Kim. Good morning. Who am I speaking with? It's Chris. Chris? Hi, how are you? I'm okay. Sad? Yeah, yeah I was shocked actually. Absolutely Yeah, I know he was a dear friend of yours. Yes.
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Yes.
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Yeah.
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So are we live right now?
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We are live, yes.
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You're live.
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Yes.
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You know, I wanted to share a couple of things, and he was a dear, dear friend, and his family and his dog, Maddie, he loved his guys at the dog park. We used to talk about that. But I just saw him literally last month, luckily, at Jazz in the Park at the county and he looked so good and he and Magdalena were there and we just visited for a little bit. We were going to get together because he was so kind. When Gary died he called me up and towers power, you know, he loved and so they were playing at the Aliente and he took me over there. He's like, you got to get out of the house. I remember, yes. But one of my campaigns, and I can't remember what year it was, he and Walt Blatton and Tony Branco came and set up in my house and played for all my... Oh my goodness. It was so fun. I mean, wow. I don't know how he arranged it. It was really, it was just delightful. He was just a good soul and a kind person. And even though he was born in New York, we were from Chicago too, so we would talk cubbies and you know, pizza and all that kind of stuff. So to my fellow Chicagoans out there, this is a great loss. He was just funny and kind and a gentleman and talented and passionate about it. He was looking so good and he'd overcome that health issue.
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He was looking good.
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He was. So, you know, good memories, you know, to the Musicians Union. I saw him again. We reconnected during the strike back in the 80s when Mark Lennon headed up the local 360 nights. That's how old I am. I remember us walking the strip together and some of that. So, you know, he was a passionate person. But what I really, I was so glad. He was so thrilled about doing this new program. And so I'm glad you're going to play a little bit of that later on today, just in memory of him. He contributed so much. He really promoted the youth getting involved in the music and the broadcasting side of everything. and make a few comments. My heart goes out to them. All right, you take care. Thank you, Chris.
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Appreciate you.
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Thank you.
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Good morning.
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Good morning. Welcome in. Good morning.
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Good morning.
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Who am I speaking with? Hey, Kim. It's Kim Dooley calling. Oh, my Kim sister and our former morning host.
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Good morning.
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My dear, and I know you're busy, and I won't keep you, but how could I not call and show my love for John Nash and come on?
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Yeah, that part.
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Yes.
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Yeah. How are you?
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How are you?
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Because I know you have your hands full and your heart is heavy.
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How are you? I am. I'm holding up and I think all of us at the station and everyone who knows John, you know, we're trying to just, you know, wrap our head around it. And thank you for asking. You know, it is shocking. It is. Yeah. It was unexpected, obviously, so we just want to make sure we give him some love this morning and thank you for calling. I look to my left and I see Greg Magnuson's with me.
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Oh, man, you've got a full house. Hello. John, he touched so many areas. You've talked about the musician part and community. I've seen him play with the symphony, but for me, it's K-U-N-V and just to be a tiny sliver of that history and to have known John.
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He loved nothing more than a pledge drive, Kim.
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Come on!
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You know they were never going to be the same. But yeah, that's that part.
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He and George Lyons just barring and I used to think it was just wonderful to tune in and listen to stories. Your hands are full, your heart's full. I love you and I wish you well and it's a great tribute you're doing
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and take care and all the best and all the best to John's family. Love you, mommy. And we'll be in touch. Thank you for calling in.
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Good morning, Greg Magnuson.
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Good morning. It is, you know, this gave me comfort to look over and see you. Thank you for coming up here. You are welcome. You are why I came down here. Of course, for John, but to support you. Thank you, we appreciate you. Greg Matteson, one of our very distinguished midday hosts, and he spent many years here on the air, and you know,
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it's good to see you. Good to see you too. Absolutely. And John, you could spend the calls with people sharing their love for John.
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If you looked at Facebook...
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I know!
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I spent a lot of time yesterday just scrolling and reading the comments. So much love and so many friends, former students, sharing their love and comments about John and just how much they will miss him. I spent a lot of time and it gave all of us kind of like this piece like, okay, more than love. So we were going to actually, we had calls. We had like 19, our operations manager, Jason Beatty is in here helping me also navigate and we had like 19 calls on our voicemail also yesterday. our voicemail also yesterday. So let's listen to one. We're going to take a little pause and come back with another song that John loved.
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heart cried out for him. Pornation is the very reason that I fell in love with
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91.5. His hip way of talking was very charming and his musical program absolutely soothed my soul. I will forever stay funky every time his name is brought into my thoughts. Farewell, John Nation.
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Las Vegas and this country loves you. Hi, this is Joyce Lance. I live here in Las Vegas, but I am originally from Chicago. And I am so sorry to hear about John passing. I was just telling my husband the other day that I'm not happy that he took over my blues on Sunday, but I really did enjoy the top 20 countdown. I want to express my condolences to his family, his immediate family, his girlfriend he talked about all the time, and his radio station family.
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So sorry to hear about John. Thank you for being from Chicago and making me feel welcome in Las Vegas. Goodbye.
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This past Thursday, KUNV, the UNLV community, Las Vegas, musicians, and jazz fans across Southern Nevada said an unexpected goodbye to John Nashen. John passed over at peace, knowing the countless lives he has touched. From his years performing as a celebrated percussionist on the strip, or with the Henderson Symphony, to the decades he spent working in broadcasting, both on the air and behind the scenes. John's endless drive, leadership, and passion for excellence reflected in everything he did. It continues to echo in our hallways and in our hearts.
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♪ Close the door, I'm just can't stay here and feel no pain.
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With a heavy heart, we say thank you to John Nashon for teaching us to never give up, to keep on smiling, and to always keep it funky.
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This station is supported by Pfizer and BioNTech.
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This hour of 91.5 Jazz and More is presented by the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Presenting three-time Grammy nominated blues rock artist Joe Bonamassa.
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Performing live in concert on Friday, August 4th at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Tickets on sale at Ticketmaster.com.
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Las Vegas remembers John Nashen. Hello there, my name is Michael Griffin, a
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longtime KUND listener. Besides being a great DJ and music lover, John Nashon, set the tone for making 91.5 Jazz and More the best all-around station in Las Vegas. Without a doubt, his class and knowledge of music will be missed. Rest in peace, John Nashon. Hello, my name is Duncan Stewart. I was a 45-year radio personality and moved to Las Vegas two years ago. I'm not in the business anymore, but I immediately started listening to John Nash, and he had an unequivocally unique way of relating to listeners. You were just like you had your best friend in the seat in the car. And I heard the news of his passing today, and it just really hit me hard. I just had many, many, many good memories of listening to him, and I'm just grateful for the two years I've lived here that I discovered John.
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May he rest in peace. Thank you.
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Thank you. We appreciate your calls and calls. And this is what we're here for today, to pay tribute to John Ashen, and thank you so much. We have Tony on the line who called in. Good morning, Tony.
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My name is Tony Savage and I met John back in 1977 for the first time and we have been friends ever since. I was with Inglewood Humperdinck for many, many years and I was playing at the Riviera with him and met John at the Musician's Union and he was playing some show. I don't know if he was with Greco at that time or not. But when I got the call yesterday morning about what had happened, it just gutted me, you know, I feel like everybody else. But I gotta tell you, John was, had a heart of gold. And he was a great musician. Forget about his talent for a minute as far as as far as playing drums and percussion. But he had a knowledge about jazz and the music business and how to make it more relatable to the general public. And he did that on his radio show. And he did it not only with the radio show, but he did it with his podcasts and things like that. The funny thing is, I had been trying to get a hold of John for the past four days. I'd sent him messages and texts and called, left a voicemail, Facebook. I wanted him to review an album, a new CD. And I was going, this is not right. John usually gets right back to me, you know? And so I got a phone call yesterday morning telling me what had happened, and I just about hit the floor. But I wanna say to Las Vegas, I live up here in Reno, Nevada, and I just wanna tell the people of Vegas and Southern Nevada that you have lost an icon, but you've also lost a real, real, real dear, good friend to the music community and to Las Vegas itself and the surrounding areas. He was a gem.
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Yes he was, Tony. Yes he was. Just a friend to all. He was a little crotchety, but he was a friend. And that's why we love him.
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Absolutely. If you know, you know. Yes, if you know, you know.
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Listen, keep up the good work. And no, John is in perfect health right now, and he is just, he's up there swinging his
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butt.
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Yes, sir. Appreciate you, Tony. Thank you for calling.
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Thank you so much.
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You're welcome.
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Bye-bye.
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Bye-bye. Okay, I'm picking up the next... Okay, we're picking up our next call, and... Okay.
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Oh, there we go.
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Good morning. Who am I speaking with?
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Hi, Kim.
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Hi. Hi. Who is this? Can you hear me? Oh, I'm sorry. You know what? We're doing this live. And we're going to get it together.
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Oh, my gosh.
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Who am I speaking with?
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Amy Kraft.
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Amy. Oh
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Thank you so much, and I mean I spent a lot of time at the radio station being a Student DJ, and I worked with you and John and I did modern jazz vibrations and John trained me He taught me a lot about the radio station and the journalism department in general. And he was also a huge mentor for me musically. When I was training with him, we found out I was a drummer and we instantly became friends. And that began like a lifelong journey of him coming up to me like, Amy, listen to this. This is how you set up a band, a big band. Or Amy, check this out. This is one of the best drummers ever. And then he recruited me for the Henderson Symphony Orchestra, and I've been playing with them for about five years. And he would train me in the Henderson Symphony Orchestra too, and it's so hard to think that he's gone. It was so sudden. But thank you so much for doing this tribute, Kim. This is wonderful.
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Thank you. Thank you, Amy. And as you say, you have history here at the station and of course with John. Didn't you pet sit for him also? Watch this, doggie. Didn't you watch the...
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Were you doing some pet sitting for him too?
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Remind me.
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Am I right? No, I did. I watched Maddie and Jazz.
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You know, it's so funny.
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I saw something on Facebook because I would hang out with his dogs when he was out of town. Right. And it said, you know, you have a true friend when you take naps at people's houses. And I would just watch his dog and turn on the TV and fall asleep on the couch while he was in Chicago with his kids.
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Yes.
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I'm like, oh, that's so true. That's good for it. But if I could, I'll send you a recommendation for a song because he used to say this over and over to me. He would say this is the perfect song for a drummer to learn how to set up hits in a big band. Really? And he thought it was perfectly crafted.
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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I'm sure it's in there because he was crazy for it. It's called Big Swing Face by Buddy Rich.
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Oh, wow. Okay. Oh, I'm gonna have to look through Big Swing Cage.
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Big Swing Face.
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Okay. Okay, Buddy Rich. Okay. Thank you. I appreciate you. Thank you so much for calling in.
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Thank you so much, Jim.
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Lovely lady. We'll be in touch. Okay, so speaking of songs, John Ashton played with Sheena Easton and about a month, a couple of months ago, he was like, Kim, Morning Train, Sheena Easton, can we get that into the playlist? So let's go, let's go. This one's for John. And oh, in the meantime, if you'd like to call in with your comments, 702-895-5868.
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0-2-895-5868. A stretchin' and a yawnin', another day ahead It seems to last forever, and time goes slowly by So babe, our knees together, then the stars collide There's a moment that is with me, time can take a flight A moment that is with me, everything's alright Nighttime is the right time, we take our time My baby takes the morning train He works from nine to five And then he takes another home again To find me waiting for him My baby takes the morning train, he works the night till five Then he takes another home again to find me waiting for him He takes me to a movie, to a restaurant to go Slow dancing, anything I want Only when he's with me, I catch your light only when you get near Makes me feel alright My baby takes the morning train It works from nine to five And then he takes another home again To find me waiting for him All day I think of him, dreaming of him constantly I'm crazy mad for him and he's crazy mad for me Crazy mad for you When he steps out that tree, I'm instantly full of fire To earn his pay, so he can play all night And my baby takes the morning train He works from nine to five And then he takes another home again To find me waiting for him He's always on that morning train He works so hard To find me waiting for him My baby takes the morning train He works from 9 to 5 Waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting for him
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I just heard him yesterday morning on the radio and today I just hear he's gone.
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So, well, life sure is short, but keep your heads up.
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One afternoon, many moons ago, John Nashan announced the giveaway of two Aaron Neville tickets. I was the lucky fifth caller and won the tickets. John didn't just process the ticket giveaway and hang up. We actually had a very friendly conversation about KUNV, 915, jazz music, being a musician, living in Las Vegas. Anytime I saw John at an event, I would go out of my way to stop by and say hello. It made me realize I wasn't lucky because I won those tickets. I was lucky because I met John Nashen. Go in peace, John.
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Love that. Love that. Thank you so much for your calls. And right now, it's a pleasure to have our general manager in also on our tribute to John Nashen, Dr. Ashton Ritley joins me. Good morning.
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Good morning, Kim. Under these circumstances, I don't enjoy talking on the radio. At this time, it really is a celebration of John with his stories, with all his accolades, with everything he did for this radio station and this community. He was almost like a historian of sorts. This is what we used to do in the past. This is what works. This is what doesn't work. Don't even try it. I'm like, John, I understand. I understand what you're telling me. And so truly just to have all the listeners call in that aren't even fans. They're really just supporters. He would come in here regardless if it was the weekend show that he did for a while, it was the afternoon show he did for a while, it was the midday show he's done, and then really placing him in the mornings was where he felt most comfortable out of every slot that he's been on KUNV. And his passing is truly a loss for us, as well as the greater Nevada community. I'm just going to say Nevada, and even nationwide in some respects as a drummer and percussionist. And it really is a sight to just have people call in and just share their stories. And so I do appreciate all the listeners for giving support to the station, but truly we just pass that support on to his family at this time as they're going through things and making arrangements. And so truly, truly, truly our prayers and hearts are with the family and we just will share information as we get it. And I just can't say enough about John, but I will leave it up to the listeners and those that knew him best best to really talk about John.
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Thank you. Thank you, sir. We so appreciate you coming in and sharing what we are experiencing here at the station, our thoughts, of course. Again, we did some this week, so it's still very fresh for everyone. We have Sam Lipman also with us. Sam, whether you know him from the station, HD3, or Facebook, he is just, you know, Jim around here does so much. He works with me actually as a music assistant, music director. Hi, good morning, Sam. Hi, Kim. I just want to say about John, I'm still in shock about his passing. It's so sad. But I wanted to say also one thing that I remember really well, back in 2014 when I first started here, when KUV, when I first had my radio show, my first radio show, I had to, one of these things we had to do as new DJs, we had to shadow a professional DJ and of course guess who I shadowed? John. And I loved every second of it and remember him for that and seeing him at Gatsby's recently for the shows there and for everything that he had done for the radio station doing his morning show from nine to 12, the Morning Groove, which was always an excellent show. He always did a great job. So I will miss John greatly. Yes, yes, Sam. So what I can say is rest easy, big guy. We love that, rest easy, big guy. And thank you, Sam. We have on the phone, may I ask who I'm speaking with?
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Yeah, this is Ty Shanti.
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How are you doing, Kim?
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Fine, hi, Ty, how are you? Great to hear my voice.
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Like everyone else, I'm actually in shock. I just got so accustomed to having John be an integral part of my day. Often times we take these things for granted, because John has been there for so long through all different day parts. Actually, hearing the news yesterday was a huge shock. I've always been a huge fan of John's, and one thing about John is that he was
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I lost you.
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Okay, we accidentally typed, we're still listening, please, sorry that this call dropped right there, I think, is that this live radio? Hi Kim, I lost you before, I wasn't sure if I was going to get
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through because I'm on a cell phone so you never know.
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Okay, good morning.
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Good morning.
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Thank you. And who am I speaking with?
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This is Linda Baker.
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Linda!
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I thought I was going to, sorry.
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How are you doing?
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I just wanted to call in and definitely talk about John and my memories of him real quick. If I'm on the air.
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You're live, yes ma'am.
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Great. I met John a few years ago. I had been hearing him for years on KU&B on the radio. Then I got a radio show and actually came in one day to train. I remember John was on the air and we went into the studio. That was back in the days when he had his ponytail. I remember I was just so blown away, first of all, to be in the studio and meet him in person because I had been hearing him for so many years. But I'll never forget, and this would be really cool if you could get this on the playlist, he was playing the Sergio Mendez song, Masque Nada. And I'll never forget, it was blasting in there while he was sitting there talking to me. And I was just blown away by his confidence and how comfortable he was at the board. And after that, he was such a mentor to me while I was doing the show and such a mentor and teacher for everybody and all the students and had such a passion about sharing the knowledge and training people and helping and just knew so much about music and such an interesting friend and because of his health issues a couple of years ago, I stayed in touch with him a lot during COVID in those times. So when I heard the news yesterday, I was just completely numb because I had just talked to John a couple of weeks ago about, you know, a customer I was working with for some underwriting. So anyway, such a special person, and I'll never, never forget him. So I just wanted to call and share what a special person he is to me and so many other people out there.
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Thank you, Linda. Thank you for sharing that. And, yes, we appreciate you. And we're going to pick up Ty. I'm sorry we dropped that call. Hi, Ty. You're back live on the air.
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I am.
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I am. I'm not going to take up too much time. I just wanted to go ahead and just share that with me being actually originally from Chicago as well, John had a very special connection to me and because he always kept it so real and he was true to his music, that was something I truly identified with over the years with my various different jazz shows. Actually listening to Tony Savarese this morning brought me back to my old shows up in Reno to Quest of Midnight and The Forum. And the impact that John had on our entire state is something that's immeasurable. From his live sets that he would do as a musician to the shows and day parts he would host at the station to all of his show just so I could hear him say,
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Nash it out. Signature, yes indeed, along with pepping your stuff and grooving your
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move. I just messed it up. So many John-isms. He will be sorely missed, no doubt about it. But I want you guys to continue on in the spirit of John. I know that he's actually felt throughout the entire station throughout the entire day and for what you and he Have done for our community. We just wanted to to to say thank you
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And I want to send our prayers to his family during this time as well. Thanks for taking my call. Thank you
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I appreciate you. Thank you so much. So, thank you. We have about 14 minutes left Then we're going to play at 11 o'clock, John's last recording of his top 20 smooth jazz countdown. We're gonna play that from 11 in the noon. So hope you can stick around and enjoy it. Amy Crossley mentioned Buddy Rich and Drummer Drummer's Song. So we're gonna take a listen to this. We're gonna listen to Big Swing Face. And if you'd like to call in before we get out of here, please give us a call now with your thoughts for John. us a call now with your thoughts for John 702-895-5868.
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Oh, I'm so sorry. the the So, Oh, Oh, yeah. so Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah. This past Thursday, KUNV, the UNLV community, Las Vegas, musicians, and jazz fans across Southern Nevada said an unexpected goodbye to John Nashen.
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John passed over at peace, knowing the countless lives he has touched. From his years performing as a celebrated percussionist on the strip, or with the Henderson Symphony, to the decades he spent working in broadcasting, both on the air and behind the scenes, John's endless drive, leadership, and passion for excellence reflected in everything he did. It continues to echo in our hallways and in our hearts. With a heavy heart, we say thank you to John Nashen for teaching us to never give up, to
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Hello, my name is James Flynn. My deepest sadness for John Nashen passing. He was a really all-around guy I'm very saddened and I share my loss thank you
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hello just wanted to say something for Mr. Nashee what an awesome awesome awesome, awesome talent he is and he will definitely be missed. Mr. Nash, he was one of the first DJs to really get me listening to 91.5 back, oh my goodness, that was a decade ago. I'm a long time now, but yeah, he's awesome. That was his talent. That was his gift from God. He's great at it. And he will definitely, as he's already missed. So I was also able to volunteer in there. At least on one occasion, I remember, he was so warm and kind and welcomed me into the studio. And I was just in there with him. So he's a great person. And he'll really be missing you this one little giant and what he did so I bless you Mr. Smashing and I bless you and your family. Hey thank you all my name is
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Burdell, Burdell McConnell. Thank you. Thank you Burdell. Thank you for everyone who's called and we have about four minutes or three and a half minutes left within the show before we get to John's last Smooth Jazz Radio Countdown which we're going to play back for you so I would like to take Robert. Good morning, Robert. Are you there?
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Yes, good morning.
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Thank you for holding. Appreciate it.
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I'm always listening to KUMB, and I'm always hearing his voice, John. He's a cool cat on the radio. But what I heard this morning, it really affected me. I shook his hand and met him at the last concert here at the county building this year. Yes. And he was a sharp dresser. I like the way he dressed and all that, but I was really excited to hear that. And I know y'all going through it, but it's going to be kind of a little hard to hear KUAV not being able to hear it. It is keeping it funky and all that. He was a cool cat. To his entire family, he'll be missed. The radio world, didn't know him personally, but I knew him because I'm a fellow musician as well and listened to him on the radio. So God bless y'all and keep his, keep his legacy
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alive.
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Yes, sir. Will do. And thank you so much, Robert. We appreciate you. Okay, thank you. Your life, who am I speaking with?
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Hi, Kim, it's Christy Samson.
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Hi, Christy. Hi, Christy. How are you? Howdy, Miss Samson.
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We have to call.
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Greg is with me.
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Greg, it's so good to hear your voice.
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My daughters and I had to call and say how sorry we were. He was a staple every afternoon when they'd come home from school. And they would say, oh, smash and dash, and time to get our homework done. So we wanted to call and give our condolences to his family and his girlfriend, and I know he has a grandson in Arizona. Thank you for doing this for him.
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It's more than an honor. And thank you for calling in, Kiss the Girls for me.
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Tell him hi.
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I will, I will. Take care of yourself. Thank you. Thank you.
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Good morning. Who am I speaking with?
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Hi, this is Elsie Hamilton.
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Hi, Elsie. Good morning.
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Good morning. I wanted to call in and give my condolences to the K UND family, the Nashen family. My heart truly bleeds with you. I listen to him every morning. He has a great voice. And recently I just won tickets to a movie. And so I'm just, I'm in shock.
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And I know he will be dearly missed throughout our community. Fly high, John Ashen.
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Thank you, fly high. Thank you, Elsie, for calling in. We have about 30 seconds left now within this hour. Thank you so much to all of you who have called in. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts, your condolences for John. If you would like to leave a voicemail and we can play it back later, please give us a call on our voicemail at 702-895-0065. Thank you, Greg, for coming in.
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Kim, you're welcome.
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Rest in peace, Masha and John Nash.
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Absolutely, Sam. Absolutely, Sam. Thank you and our condolences to his family and friends.
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