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1992

A year of firsts: More than 100 public radio stations coast-to-coast participated in the first-ever broadcast of the Playboy Jazz Festival. Non-commercial radio stations (NPR and APR affiliates and independents) were provided free access to 17 1/2 hours of quality jazz entertainment from the two-day festival at the Hollywood Bowl. Many stations aired the entire two days live, while others delayed-broadcast the event throughout the summer. Reporting stations called the radio broadcast one of the highlights of their year and said that they looked forward to carrying the festival on a regular basis. Artists making their Playboy Jazz Festival debut included Mario Bauza, the "godfather" of Afro-Cuban jazz; T.S. Monk, son of the legendary Thelonious Monk; the Manhattan Transfer, in their first solo appearance; Japan's chart-topping fusion stars T-Square; and hot Latin jazz group Manteca, which performed both at the Los Angeles City Hall free community event and on the festival lineup.

Grover Washington Jr. was the winner of the festival's unofficial "crowd-pleaser" award with his high-octane set. The much-honored Playboy Jazz Festival official program captured the Gold Award for Excellence in its category in the annual Ozzie Awards competition. The Playboy Jazz Festival returned to Japan for the second successful year, attracting enthusiastic fans at Sapparo and at the famed Tokyo Dome. West Hollywood was the site for that city's first Playboy Jazz and Food Festival. More than 20,000 fans packed West Hollywood Park for an afternoon of entertainment featuring Poncho Sanchez, Linda Hopkins and the Blazing Redheads.

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