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Alan Grant

Miami, Florida

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Alan Grant, world famous jazz DJ, producer and musician, passed away after an amazing 93 years on earth. After buying his first saxophone as a teenager in Brooklyn with money won from a craps game, he went on to play in the Army band in WWII, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, was an Honor Guard...

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Alan Grant, Stuie, Joe Rico, the Maj and the girl DJ whose name I can't recall, all at WBUS. This was a time for Jazz in Miami. had the program lasted a little longer, it would have been on Miami Vice!

Never knew the man. Listened to his recording as MC at a place called Note in New York City. I had recordings of Wes Montgomery and wanted to see if he was alive but amazingly he live a long productive life. RIP. Jaz notes forever.

I worked with Alan doing some assistant engineering on his Four Queens shows in Las Vegas and did some in-studio work with him at KNPR. That was 20+ years ago, and I still think of him once in a while as one of the great music legends, and characters, I've been privileged to work with. He really helped open my eyes to what real jazz was, and is. Thanks Alan.

I talked to Alan at the Four Queens here in las Vegas...after an NPR broadcast. He was very gracious with both his experiences and his knowledge. Andy Bolton

The voice and the name of Alan Grant means "Jazz" to me, because when I was a graduate student at Stanford in early 1970s, I used to listen to KJAZZ, and his way of presenting was an important aspect of jazz enjoyment...

The world lost a wonderful man! So sorry. We loved Alan and GiGi. Ross and Mary Hurdle

Alan 'raised me up' in the music, listening under the covers to the Half Note gig on Friday nights as a kid. Some people should live forever. Thank you, man, from the bottom of my heart.

Stu, Deena, Family,
It was a long time ago, But I Still remember Alan from LHP. That was a cool man.

So sorry to hear about your father. I offer my condolences to you. Your father sounded like a wonderful man.