While waiting in the terminal at LAX in 3/14 for several hours - Morning Dance.

Maybe not so, "rare."

Interesting.
In the early 1990s, Ramsey Lewis hosted BET on Jazz, a two-hour program that aired most weeknights before the development of BET's cable jazz channel. From your description, I don't think it's the same program with a different title. Since Rites of Summer was released in 1988, I suspect Sound and Style was also a 1990s program.
Anybody else got different info?

They could of been taped in the 80's.

I've got some aging video of a BET show that Ramsey Lewis hosted called "Jazz Central." He did one with Spyro in which Ramsey remarked on perhaps three too many occasions about the band's "longevity." They did at least two more "Jazz Centrals" which were hosted by Sunny Sumter and Angela Stribling.

Yes, Gary, that's the show I was talking about. But it didn't use any SG music for its theme. Even though he says he thinks the other program was done in the 1980s, I'm thinking it was later if it uses Yosemite as its theme.

Yeah, I mean I dont know for sure. That was just my first impression. It was just that old muffled fuzzy sound and viewing quality that made me think that. I guess it could of been the tail end of the 80's. If anyone has BET Jazz and IO, check to see when Sound and Style is on and see for yourselves.

Woody,

Jazz Central has a train station theme in both intro and decor - "Now boarding, train something something, destination Jazz Central" then a whistle sounds. There's no real music to speak of.

I kinda doubt that the ones I've seen are from the 80s because Joel and Scott are in the band each time and Dave is never there.

hehehe!! Thanks Rick....This time it worked like a dream.

And Yes....I was traveling incognito!!!

"Getaway" -- when on hold for an MCI operated conference call (today).

Jim