[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 157 (Friday, September 11, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E832]
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                  IN RECOGNITION OF EDWARD JAMES LOVE

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                           HON. RASHIDA TLAIB

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 11, 2020

  Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Edward James 
Love, better known as Ed Love, a legend in Detroit's music scene, on 
the occasion of his retirement. Ed Love is the renowned voice of 
``Destination Jazz: The Ed Love Program'', playing jazz classics and 
new material each week on Detroit's WDET radio station.
  Born in Parsons, Kansas, Mr. Love was raised in a family of music 
lovers and whose parents instilled in him a great appreciation for jazz 
music. He began studying the trumpet in grade school and continued his 
studies through junior college. After graduating from Parsons Junior 
College in Kansas, Mr. Love chose to pursue a career in broadcasting at 
the Pathfinder Broadcast School in Kansas City, Missouri, where he 
graduated at the top of his class.
  Ed Love's first job in broadcasting came in 1951 at radio station 
KIND in Independence, Kansas. In 1952 he joined the United States Air 
Force and served as an Armed Forces Radio staffer in the Philippines, 
during the Korean War. After returning home from the war, Mr. Love 
returned to KIND to continue his career in radio. Throughout the 1950s, 
Ed Love worked at radio stations in New York, West Virginia, and 
Pennsylvania.
  In 1959, fate brought Ed Love to Detroit, where he went to convalesce 
among family and friends from a severe case of influenza. Mr. Love was 
delighted to discover the proliferation of jazz clubs and lively 
musical scene in the city of Detroit. From then on, Ed Love made his 
home in Detroit. Pursuing his passion for music by night, Mr. Love 
worked as a U.S. postal carrier by day, a job he held for more than 
thirty-five years.
  During his tenure in Detroit, Mr. Love worked at a variety of jazz 
stations before landing at Detroit's National Public Radio affiliate 
WDET in 1983. His weekly show, Destination Jazz: The Ed Love Program, 
grew into a one of the station's most popular programs, responsible for 
introducing several generations of young people to jazz. His deep and 
mellifluous voice is familiar not only to Detroiters, but also to the 
national audiences who heard his syndicated National Public Radio (NPR) 
program, The Evolution of Jazz--a program that ran for six years and 
was heard on several stations around the US and two stations in Puerto 
Rico.
  Ed Love overcame a stroke suffered in 1994 to continue making an 
impact in the world of music. There is no doubt that his passion for 
music has left a lasting impression on appreciators of jazz locally and 
across our nation. Please join me in recognizing his many contributions 
as we wish him well in his retirement from more than six decades in 
broadcasting.

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