Who are the Jazz Police?
Tim O’Connor (oconnort@acf2.nyu.edu): Back when I’m Your Fan came out, I read an LC quote somewhere — possibly the tour program book, which I’ve misplaced — in which he said it was a reference to how his band would try to slip in jazzy snatches when they rehearsed, and that he, being more a musical purist than they, would scold them for it and suggest (humorously) that fines would be levied against any musician who improvised a jazz riff. So LC came to be known (again, good-humoredly) as the Jazz Police during the recording of the album. As usual, the quote was ultra-wry and endearing….
