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PJ: Did you consider yourself a jazz fan at that time? A regular concert goer or anything?

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PJ: What else were you listening to at that time?

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PJ: So why has this become a jazz label?

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PJ: Seems like you’ve definitely gotten more into jazz as time has gone on.

JW: I should say that I’ve always liked jazz, no question. And I did have a really good friend who sort of turned me on to jazz, basically, and introduced me to many, many great jazz players, from Wes Montgomery to Pat Metheny. He loved jazz a lot. He used to send me names: "Go out and buy this record!" "Go get [John] Scofield’s record!" "Get this record! Get that one!" You know? And I would get them, and I’d listen to them. And I always had jazz music on in the house [growing up]; in my parents’ house they’d have some orchestra on Harry James’ orchestra or something playing somewhere. So that was always around.

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PJ: Or is there anything special about the Canadian scene or aesthetic?

JW: Oh, absolutely. In the Canadian scene, there’s a grant system, and a funding system, that allows you to record Canadian artists, and facilitates that recording, and promotion of that recording. It helps significantly. That’s not the only reason that we would record an artist . and not every artist can participate in the grants. But bottom line: there is a unique system in the country that allows you to take an artist from A to B, and helps in the recording, promotion, marketing, and touring, showcasing, and has access to funds that allow to pay a certain percentage of what it costs you. So in other words, your gamble is a lot less than if you were to court somebody else. The festivals I mean, the festivals will take a Canadian act that’s going through, that they know they don’t have to pay huge dollars for they’ll take that and run it across the country. So there are a lot of things that facilitate, and make sense recording a Canadian act.

Now, it’s got to be good, and it’s got to be right. I mean, David Murray’s not Canadian; Billy Bang’s not Canadian. I can go through a list of artists [on Justin Time] that aren’t. But we do record our fair share.

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PJ: One more question: for people who are more traditionally jazz fans, why would they listen to Secret City’s records?

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