PLAYLIST for NOVEMBER 25, 2009

INTERNATIONAL GIFT LIST: Some suggestions of seasonal gifts by international jazz and blues artists. We’ll start with two contemporary trumpeters [Terence Blanchard and Dennis Gonzalez] followed by two drummer/bandleaders [Andrew Drury and
Alex Cline] both of whose records coincidentally feature Myra Melford.

Ogun have reissued two LPs by alto saxophonist Elton Dean’s Ninesense, so we’ll sample both of these next. From alto to tenor, the tenor saxophones of Jimmy Heath and James Moody, each recorded last year.

Then we take a nostalgic turn, listening to some gospel piano by Cyrus Chestnut, some slide guitar and vocal from Samuel James, some jug band music from
Maria Muldaur and some vocalese by the Manhattan Transfer. We’ll round out the program with two recordings featuring the string bass; Joelle Leandre in a trio setting and a rare Scott LaFaro discovery from 1961.

We will take a moment to plug two upcoming Ottawa concerts, the first by
Josh Rager, Paul Meyers and John Geggie [November 28 at the NAC Fourth Stage] and the second by the Geoff Lapp Trio [November 29 at the First Unitarian Church].


Artist: Terence Blanchard
Album: Choices
Tune: Him or Me
Label: Concord

Artist: Dennis Gonzalez
Album: A Matter of Blood
Tune: Chant de la Fee
Label: Furthermore

Artist: Andrew Drury
Album: My Fingers Will Be Your Tears
Tune: Interlude
Label: Cadence

Artist: Alex Cline
Album: Continuation
Tune: Clearing Our Streams
Label: Cryptogramophone

Artist: Josh Rager
Album: Time and Again
Tune: Train to Lindau
Label: Effendi

Artist: Geoff Lapp Trio
Album: Stained Glass
Tune: Yo Bro
Label: Elephant

Artist: Elton Dean’s Ninesense
Album: Oh! For the Edge
Tune: Friday Night Blues
Label: Ogun

Artist: Elton Dean’s Ninesense
Album: Happy Daze
Tune: Seven For Lee
Label: Ogun

Artist: Heath Brothers
Album: Endurance
Tune: Two Tees
Label: Jazz Legacy

Artist: James Moody
Album: Moody 4 A
Tune: Stablemates
Label: IPO

Artist: Cyrus Chestnut
Album: Spirit
Tune: Blessed Assurance
Label: Jazz Legacy

Artist: Samuel James
Album: For Rosa, Maeve & Noreen
Tune: Cryin’ Blues
Label: NorthernBlues

Artist: Maria Muldaur
Album: Garden of Joy
Tune: Shout You Cats
Label: Stony Plain

Artist: Maria Muldaur
Album: Garden of Joy
Tune: Garden of Joy
Label: Stony Plain

Artist: Maria Muldaur
Album: Garden of Joy
Tune: I Ain’t Gonna Marry
Label: Stony Plain

Artist: Manhattan Transfer
Album: The Chick Corea Songbook
Tune: Children’s Song #15
Label: Four Quarters

Artist: Manhattan Transfer
Album: The Chick Corea Songbook
Tune: Another Roadside Attraction
Label: Four Quarters

Artist: Leandre/Vidal/Boni
Album: Trace
Tune: Des Prunes
Label: Red Toucan

Artist: Scott La Faro
Album: Pieces of Jade
Tune: Woody ‘N You
Label: Resonance


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at 93.1FM in Ottawa and around the world on the Internet at

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PLAYLIST for NOVEMBER 18, 2009

FUNDING DRIVE: Many thanks to the loyal and generous listeners who supported CKCU during our Funding Drive.

Program Topic:

GEORGE RUSSELL: We bid a sad farewell to composer, arranger, theoretician,
pianist, band-leader George Russell, who died on July 27, 2009. We’ll him first as an arranger/composer with Dizzy Gillespie’s Orchestra in 1947, as a composer whose tunes were recorded by Teddy Charles and Hal McKusick in 1956, and then as a
band-leader playing his own compositions in 1956 [with Art Farmer and Bill Evans], in 1964 [at the Newport Jazz Festival with Don Ellis and John Gilmore and in Bremen and Paris with Thad Jones and Barre Phillips], and in 1982 [with a big band including Ray Anderson and Marty Ehrlich].

We will take a moment to plug two upcoming Ottawa concerts, the first by
Josh Rager, Paul Meyers and John Geggie [November 28 at the NAC Fourth Stage] and the second by the Geoff Lapp Trio [November 29 at the First Unitarian Church @ 30 Cleary Avenue].


Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Album: Night In Tunisia
Tune: Cubana Be
Label: RCA Victor

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Album: Night In Tunisia
Tune: Cubana Bop
Label: RCA Victor

Artist: Teddy Charles Tentet
Album: The Teddy Charles Tentet
Tune: Lydian M-1
Label: Atlantic

Artist: Hal McKusick Quartet
Album: The Complete Bluebird Recordings
Tune: Lydian Lullaby
Label: Lonehill

Artist: Josh Rager
Album: Time and Again
Tune: Side Eye
Label: Effendi

Artist: Geoff Lapp Trio
Album: Stained Glass
Tune: Kathy’s Waltz
Label: Elephant

Artist: George Russell and his Smalltet
Album: The Complete Bluebird Recordings
Tune: Ezz-thetic
Label: Lonehill

Artist: George Russell and his Smalltet
Album: The Complete Bluebird Recordings
Tune: Jack’s Blues
Label: Lonehill

Artist: George Russell and his Smalltet
Album: The Complete Bluebird Recordings
Tune: Ye Hypocrite, Ye Beelzebub
Label: Lonehill

Artist: George Russell Sextet
Album: Things New: Unissued Concerts
Tune: The Outer View
Label: RLR

Artist: George Russell Sextet
Album: Things New: Unissued Concerts
Tune: Stratusphunk
Label: RLR

Artist: George Russell Sextet
Album: Live in Bremen & Paris
Tune: D. C. Divertimento
Label: Gambit

Artist: George Russell Sextet
Album: Live in Bremen & Paris
Tune: The Outer View
Label: Gambit

Artist: George Russell’s New York Band
Album: Live in an American Time Spiral
Tune: Ezz-thetic
Label: Soul Note

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“In A Mellow Tone” is on CKCU every Wednesday from 9:00 to 11:00pm

at 93.1FM in Ottawa

and around the world on the Internet at

http://www.ckcufm.com/audio.html

Earlier playlists can be found at: www.inamellowtone.com

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PLAYLIST for NOVEMBER 11, 2009

FUNDING DRIVE: Many thanks to the loyal and generous listeners who supported CKCU during our Funding Drive.

PROGRAM TOPIC:

HOAGY CARMICHAEL: We celebrate the 110th anniversary of the birth of composer, pianist, singer and band leader Hoagy Carmichael.

We will concentrate on six of Hoagy's early compositions – Riverboat Shuffle,
Washboard Blues, Star Dust, Georgia On My Mind, Rockin’ Chair and Lazy River,
as interpreted through the years by Hoagy, Louis Armstrong, Mildred Bailey,
the Benson Orchestra of Chicago, Bill Charlap, Ray Charles, Chicago Hot Five, Coleman Hawkins, Red Holloway, Curtis Mosby, Mound City Blue Blowers,
Leon Redbone, Washboard Rhythm Kings and Paul Whiteman.

We will take a moment to plug two upcoming Ottawa concerts, the first by Quartetski
[November 16 at the NAC Fourth Stage] and the second by the Geoff Lapp Trio [November 29 at the First Unitarian Church @ 30 Cleary Avenue].


Artist: Curtis Mosby
Album: Curtis Mosby/Henry Starr
Tune: Riverboat Shuffle
Label: Jazz Oracle

Artist: Benson Orchestra of Chicago
Album: Stardust Melody
Tune: Riverboat Shuffle
Label: RCA

Artist: Hoagy Carmichael
Album: Hoagy Carmichael
Tune: Riverboat Shuffle
Label: V-Disc

Artist: Paul Whiteman
Album: Stardust Melody
Tune: Washboard Blues
Label: RCA

Artist: Hoagy Carmichael
Album: Stardust & Much More
Tune: Washboard Blues
Label: Bluebird

Artist: Quartetski
Album: Quartetski Does Prokofiev
Tune: Feroce
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques

Artist: Geoff Lapp Trio
Album: Stained Glass
Tune: Day Dream
Label: Elephant

Artist: Chicago Hot Five
Album: Washboard Rhythm Kings Volume 1
Tune: Star Dust
Label: Collector’s Classics

Artist: Coleman Hawkins
Album: Dear Old Southland
Tune: Star Dust
Label: Quadromania

Artist: Louis Armstrong
Album: The California Concerts
Tune: Star Dust
Label: Decca

Artist: Hoagy Carmichael
Album: Stardust & Much More
Tune: Star Dust
Label: Bluebird

Artist: Red Holloway
Album: Go Red Go!
Tune: Stardust
Label: Delmark

Artist: Hoagy Carmichael
Album: Stardust & Much More
Tune: Georgia On My Mind
Label: Bluebird

Artist: Mound City Blue Blowers
Album: Red McKenzie Volume II
Tune: Georgia On My Mind
Label: Sensation

Artist: Washboard Rhythm Kings
Album: Washboard Rhythm Kings Volume 1
Tune: Georgia On My Mind
Label: Collector’s Classics

Artist: Mildred Bailey
Album: Stardust Melody
Tune: Georgia On My Mind
Label: RCA

Artist: Bill Charlap
Album: Stardust
Tune: Georgia On My Mind
Label: Blue Note

Artist: Ray Charles
Album: Ray Sings Basie Swings
Tune: Georgia On My Mind
Label: Concord

Artist: Hoagy Carmichael
Album: Stardust & Much More
Tune: Rockin’ Chair
Label: Bluebird

Artist: Mildred Bailey
Album: Stardust Melody
Tune: Rockin’ Chair
Label: RCA

Artist: Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Jack Teagarden
Album: Havin’ More Fun
Tune: Rockin’ Chair
Label: Storyville

Artist: Bill Charlap
Album: Stardust
Tune: Rockin’ Chair
Label: Blue Note

Artist: Hoagy Carmichael
Album: Stardust Melody
Tune: Lazy River
Label: RCA

Artist: Louis Armstrong
Album: Havin’ Fun
Tune: Lazy River
Label: Storyville

Artist: Leon Redbone
Album: Up A Lazy River
Tune: Lazy River
Label: August

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“In A Mellow Tone” is on CKCU every Wednesday from 9:00 to 11:00pm

at 93.1FM in Ottawa and around the world on the Internet at

http://www.ckcufm.com/audio.html

Earlier playlists can be found at: www.inamellowtone.com

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PLAYLIST for NOVEMBER 4, 2009

FUNDING DRIVE: This is the second of two In A Mellow Tone programs taking place during CKCU’s annual Funding Drive. My target for tonight is $1,200. Please be ready to phone 613-520-3920 or go to www.ckcufm.com to make your pledge.

PROGRAM TOPIC:

LISTEN BEFORE YOU BUY: Recent jazz and blues releases by tenor saxophonist
Jim Massoth, pianist Frank Caruso, pianist Fred Simon, pianist Ben Dowling, singer Amanda Martinez, guitarist Joe Beck, singer Laura Theodore, pianist/singer
Ian Shaw, Hawaiian group Waitiki 7, drummer Ted Sirota, pianist/singer
Aaron Moore, tenor saxophonist Eddie Shaw, guitarist Mikkel Ploug, soprano saxophonist Sissel Vera Pettersen, clarinetist/saxophonist Joachim Badenhorst
and drummer Patrick Forgas.

We will take a moment to plug three upcoming Ottawa concerts, the first by
Duke Robillard [November 5 at the Rainbow Bistro], the second by Aretha Franklin [November 8 at the NAC Southam Hall] and the third by Quartetski
[November 16 at the NAC Fourth Stage].


Artist: Jim Massoth & Frank Caruso
Album: Songs From the Kingdom of Jazz
Tune: Bolivia
Label: S&C

Artist: Fred Simon
Album: Since Forever
Tune: What’s the Magic Word?
Label: Naim

Artist: Ben Dowling
Album: World Rising
Tune: Spirit Dance
Label: Visionsound

Artist: Duke Robillard
Album: Stomp the Blues Tonight
Tune: Frankie and Johnny
Label: Stony Plain

Artist: Aretha Franklin
Album: Through the Story
Tune: Think
Label: Arista

Artist: Quartetski
Album: Quartetski Does Prokofiev
Tune: Allegreto Tranquillo
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques

Artist: Amanda Martinez
Album: Amor
Tune: Lupe’s Song
Label: Martinez

Artist: Joe Beck and Laura Theodore
Album: Golden Earrings
Tune: Don’t Smoke In Bed
Label: Whaling City Sound

Artist: Ian Shaw
Album: Somewhere Towards Love
Tune: Memories of You
Label: Splash Point

Artist: Watiki 7
Album: Adventures in Paradise
Tune: Craving
Label: Pass Out records

Artist: Ted Sirota’s Rebel Souls
Album: Seize the Time
Tune: Polo Mze Part One
Label: Naim

Artist: Aaron Moore
Album: It Ain’t Over
Tune: Wading in Deep Water
Label: Delmark

Artist: Eddie Shaw
Album: It Ain’t Over
Tune: For You My love
Label: Delmark

Artist: Joe Beck and Laura Theodore
Album: Golden Earrings
Tune: Everything Is Moving Too Fast
Label: Whaling City Sound

Artist: Ian Shaw
Album: Somewhere Towards Love
Tune: Just Having Fun
Label: Splash Point

Artist: Mikkel Ploug, Sissel Vera Pettersen, Joachim Badenhorst
Album: Equilibrium
Tune: Chords
Label: Songlines

Artist: Forgas Band
Album: Axis of Madness
Tune: The 13th Moon
Label: Cuneiform

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“In A Mellow Tone” is on CKCU every Wednesday from 9:00 to 11:00pm

at 93.1FM in Ottawa and around the world on the Internet at

http://www.ckcufm.com/audio.html

Earlier playlists can be found at: www.inamellowtone.com

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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER SCHEDULE & FUNDING DRIVE TARGETS

Dear Jazz Fan,

Please find below the NOVEMBER/DECEMBER schedule for IN A MELLOW TONE.

The schedule contains nine programs. The November 4 program is the traditional "first program of the month" review of recent jazz and blues releases, and on November 25 and December 2 we'll be playing more recent releases which might be suitable gifts for friends [or yourself]. Three great artists get a program all to themselves - Hoagy Carmichael on November 11, George Russell on November 18 and Jimmy Yancey on December 23. The Dutch Treat on December 9 will expose you to the diversity of styles currently being issued on Dutch labels, the December 16 program will feature Contemporary Big Bands, and we'll end the year with my pick of some of the best releases of 2009.

I'm sending this schedule out rather earlier than usual because the CKCU Annual Funding Drive started on Friday October 23, and runs until Sunday November 8. The target this year is $109,000. My two Funding Drive programs fall on October 28 [the Paramount label] and November 4 [Listen Before You Buy]. I am setting myself [and you] a target of $1,200 for each program, aiming for a grand total of $2,400. We achieved this last year, so there's no reason why we shouldn't achieve it again this year. You can pledge using our Pre-Pledge form sent to you, by going to our website [www.ckcufm.com], or by phoning us at 613-520-3920. You can pay by cheque, by cash or by credit card [Visa or MasterCard].

Those of us who volunteer at CKCU offer you our time, skills and ideas FIFTY-TWO times a year. We ask you, our audience, to assist us just ONCE each year. Your contribution is essential to keeping alternative music, independent current affairs and diverse community programming on the air at CKCU.

Thank you for anything you can do,

Ron.

November 4 Listen Before You Buy: Recent jazz and blues releases by
Joachim Badenhorst, Joe Beck, Frank Caruso, Ben Dowling, the Forgas Band,
Amanda Martinez, Jim Massoth, Mikkel Ploug, Sissel Vera Pettersen, Eddie Shaw,
Ian Shaw, Fred Simon, Ted Sirota, Laura Theodore and the Watike Seven.

November 11 Hoagy Carmichael: We celebrate the 110th birthday of this talented composer, pianist and singer with a variety of jazz artists [including Hoagy] performing his songs.

November 18 George Russell: We bid a sad farewell to innovative jazz composer, pianist, theorist, arranger and band leader George Russell, who died on July 27 of this year. We’ll be playing his recordings from 1947, 1956, 1960, 1964 and 1982.

November 25 Gift List – International: Suggestions of seasonal gifts by international jazz and blues performers, including Terence Blanchard,
Cyrus Chestnut, Alex Cline, Andrew Drury, Denis Gonzales, Heath Brothers,
Samuel James, Scott LaFaro, Joelle Leandre, Manhattan Transfer, James Moody and Maria Muldaur.

December 2 Gift List – Canadian: Suggestions of seasonal gifts by Canadian jazz and blues performers. Will include Ken Aldcroft, Lina Allemano, Normand Guilbeault, Habalinsky Uprising, John Hanson, Andy Milne, Not the Wind Not the Flag,
October Trio and Cory Weeds.

December 9 Dutch Treat: Recent recordings issued on Dutch labels by Abbatoir, Sean Bergin, James Carter, Gianni Lenoci, Pablo Montague, New Nicks
and Wolter Wierbos.

December 16 Contemporary Big Bands: Make the acquaintance of The Aggregation,
Fred Hess Big Band, Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, Palermo Big Band,
Barry Romberg Ensemble and Southland Big Band.

December 23 Jimmy Yancey: The recordings of Jimmy Yancey, “The Father of Blues Piano”, whose piano playing was beautifully simple and simply beautiful.

December 30 Best of 2009: Ron plays some of his favourite acquisitions in 2009, including Ab Baars, Sean Bergin, Roderio Bicudo, Bobby Bradford, Alex Cline,
Chris McGregor, Harry Miller, MOPDTK, King Oliver, Roswell Rudd, John Stevens,
Keith Tippett, Stan Tracey and Corey Wilkes.

“In A Mellow Tone” is on CKCU every Wednesday from 9:00 to 11:00pm at 93.1FM in Ottawa, and around the world on the Internet at: http://www.ckcufm.com/audio.html

For playlists for each program and monthly schedules check: http://www.inamellowtone.com

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