Symphony Sid

Symphony Sid ( born December 14, 1909 in New York City; † September 14, 1984; Sid Torin or Symphony Sid Torin, real name Sidney Tarnopol ) was an American jazz DJ.

Life

Torin was born in New York's Lower East Side and grew up in Brooklyn. The nickname Symphony Sid refers to his work in a record store by Symphony Records, where he introduced the first R & B plates. In the clientele it was said then that it had bought the plates at Symphony Sid. When he was a disc jockey at the transmitter WBNX in the Bronx, the name stuck. He worked over the years for many stations as WMCA and WJZ. He was known for his knowledge of jazz and had a loyal audience.

The hint "the dial set right there close to eighty on the dot" in the song Jumpin 'With Symphony Sid, written by Lester Young with lyrics by King Pleasure, is an indication of the position on the previously common radio dial, where you Symphony could find Sid's Friday night show. Torin sent the late 1940s, every Friday night live from such well-known clubs like The Three Deuces, Royal Roost, Bop City and Birdland. His announcements are, inter alia, to listen to the WMCA of 1948 broadcast live images of the first version of Birth of the Cool of Miles Davis.

He was, however, dismissed at WJZ, after they had detected him using drugs. After he had found a job in New York for over a year, he took a job in Boston at WBMS, where he played alongside jazz and R & B, and later rock and roll, but also country music ( in WCOP ) and gospel.

Later, back in New York, he played more Latin American music at WEVD AM & FM and was reviled as "Jazz - traitor ". His record collection he bequeathed to his engineer, Marty Wilson, who took over the program and re- played jazz.

He sat down in Florida to rest.

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