Across and beyond the Alamo City, radio listeners tuned in Sunday evenings to hear the familiar voice of “Jazz de México” host Jorge Canavati.
The broadcaster, who dedicated more than 16 years to Trinity University’s independent radio station KRTU, died Friday afternoon, the radio station announced Sunday on social media. A cause of death was not listed.
Canavati passed while “Alfie” by Marian McPartland was playing on the radio, KRTU said in a Facebook post. The radio station called it a “fitting tribute from one legendary jazz broadcaster to another.”…