In Episode Nine, Jazz Podcast Host Dave Reis speaks with Carol Louro, daughter of the legendary clarinetist/saxophonist Lionel Soares, about her father’s talent, passion, and dedication. Lionel performed professionally for six decades and was also the proprietor of Dartmouth Music. He studied at The New England Conservatory, Boston Conservatory, Berklee College of Music, and Southeastern Massachusetts University. He studied clarinet with Victor Polachek and Attilio Poto, both members of the Boston Symphony. He studied Theory with Jose DaCosta and studied composition with Hugo Norden and Ron Nelson. As a saxophonist/clarinetist, he worked with the bands of Tommy Reynolds, Al Donahue, Jack Nye, Florian ZaBach, and Mickey Sullivan, among others. Lionel also performed throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.

The Artist Index’s jazz documentarian and Jazz Podcast Series host, Dave Reis, spent nearly 26 years as a Jazz radio show host, among his many other accomplishments. He was one of the original longtime DJs who worked at the former WUSM and its second life, radio station WUMD, 89.3 FM, on the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus.

Dave Reis, AKA David Domingo Reis, began as our guest on In-Focus Podcast 154 and In-Focus Podcast 181. He returns once again as the host of our first-ever ten-part jazz podcast series underwritten by the Fiber Optic Center.

There is no better host for this series than Dave Reis, a walking, talking jazz encyclopedia and local legend himself. Dave grew up surrounded by and hanging with many of the jazz greats. He will be presenting his ten-part Jazz Podcast Series, underwritten by the Fiber Optic Center.

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