Who is symphony sid

He started doing remotes from the Hi-Hat. The club built a glass booth at the side of the stage, and Sid would spin records from 10 to 12 nightly. Sometimes Torin lost track of where he was, to humorous effect. Torin had various other enterprises besides radio. The remote broadcasts ended abruptly in December, though, when a fire shut the club, and it stayed closed for about a year. The remote broadcasts did not resume when the club reopened. Symphony Sid had his critics.

Some found his hipster routine tiresome. But he knew what he was doing, and was quite consciously working to appeal to a young multi-racial audience. Symphony Sid remained on the air in Boston until August Norman Furman was already gone by then.

Again he offered Torin a job, and Sid went home. Time was running out for Torin and Furman in Boston anyway. Symphony Sid remained on the radio in New York for another 15 years. He embraced Latin music in the s, and he played Tito Puente and Eddie Palmieri with the same enthusiasm he brought to Charlie Parker in earlier days. In , after 35 years in radio, Torin retired to the Florida Keys.

Symphony Sid Torin died there on Sept 14, Follow his blog at richardvacca. Purchases made on Amazon. Learn about more ways to support us here. Torin's Miami show featured the classic jazz he had promoted all his life, with a splash of Latin music. Torin built up a Harlem audience by playing what were then known as "race records.

But it was his masterful salesmanship as well as his musical taste that won Torin commercial success. Consider his distinctive style: "If you got eyes to be the sharpest, take a tip from Old Daddy Sid and fall by Al's Pants Shop, for the pants with the peg bottom and the wide knee. Columbia Records recently issued a series of albums of Symphony Sid radio broadcasts of Charlie Parker playing with a string orchestra.

Torin, who was 74, married three times. He is survived by a brother-in-law, who was expected to arrive in Miami today, Valles said. The disc jockey said a memorial service will be held for Torin later this week. Valles said he will present a tribute to Symphony Sid, playing recordings of his radio broadcasts each morning through Saturday at 3 a. On Friday and Saturday mornings, Valles will play a recording of Torin's final New York program, originally broadcast in Now it's too late.