PLAYLIST for FEBRUARY 28, 2007

Program Topic:

Eight Big Bands (and plugs for two local concerts).


Artist: Paul Whiteman
Album: Carnegie Hall Concert 12-25-38
Tune: Rhapsody in Blue
Label: Nostalgia Arts

Artist: Netherlands Metropole Orchestra
Album: Freeze!
Tune: Freeze!
Label: TMD

Artist: Anna Williams
Album: Odyssey
Tune: Afro Blue
Label: BBG

Artist: Chris Tarry
Album: Sorry to be Strange
Tune: Wind-Up Bird
Label: Cellar Live

Artist: Nathan Hubbard
Album: Compositions 1998-2005
Tune: Departing Landscapes
Label: Circumvention

Artist: Nathan Hubbard
Album: Compositions 1998-2005
Tune: Discrepancy in Flow II
Label: Circumvention

Artist: One Moore
Album: The Summary: Music of Thad Jones Volume 2
Tune: Little Pixie
Label: ipo

Artist: One Moore
Album: The Summary: Music of Thad Jones Volume 2
Tune: Birdsong
Label: ipo

Artist: Wayne Wallace
Album: Dedication
Tune: Spiritual
Label: Patois

Artist: Wayne Wallace
Album: Dedication
Tune: Blues Image
Label: Patois

Artist: Jimmy Heath
Album: Turn Up the Heath
Tune: Gemini
Label: Planet Arts

Artist: Fred Stride
Album: Forward Motion
Tune: A Few Shades Darker
Label: Cellar Live

Artist: Canto General
Album: Viva La Black Live at Ruvo
Tune: Mra
Label: Ogun

Artist: Canto General
Album: Viva La Black Live at Ruvo
Tune: Thoughts to Geoff
Label: Ogun


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PLAYLIST for FEBRUARY 21, 2007

Program Topic:

Two pioneering groups; Soft Machine from the ‘seventies and the Microscopic Septet from the ‘eighties.


Artist: Soft Machine
Album: Virtually
Tune: All White
Label: Cuneiform

Artist: Soft Machine
Album: Virtually
Tune: Kings and Queens
Label: Cuneiform

Artist: Soft Machine
Album: Virtually
Tune: Pigling Bland
Label: Cuneiform

Artist: Soft Machine
Album: Floating World Live
Tune: Bundles
Label: Moonjune

Artist: Soft Machine
Album: Floating World Live
Tune: Land of the Bag Snake
Label: Moonjune

Artist: Soft Machine
Album: Legacy
Tune: Fresh Brew
Label: Moonjune

Artist: Soft Machine
Album: Legacy
Tune: New Day
Label: Moonjune

Artist: Nancy Walker
Album: When She Dreams
Tune: Vigil
Label: Justin Time

Artist: Rake-Star
Album: Some Ra
Tune: Discipline 33
Label: Spool/Line

Artist: Microscopic Septet
Album: Take the Z Train
Tune: Mr. Bradley, Mr. Martin
Label: Cuneiform

Artist: Microscopic Septet
Album: Take the Z Train
Tune: Kelly Grows Up
Label: Cuneiform

Artist: Microscopic Septet
Album: Take the Z Train
Tune: Pack the Ermines, Mary
Label: Cuneiform

Artist: Microscopic Septet
Album: Let’s Flip!
Tune: Boo Boo Coming
Label: Cuneiform

Artist: Microscopic Septet
Album: Let’s Flip!
Tune: Let’s Flip
Label: Cuneiform

Artist: Microscopic Septet
Album: Off Beat Glory
Tune: Crepuscule With Nellie
Label: Cuneiform

Artist: Microscopic Septet
Album: Off Beat Glory
Tune: Baghdad Blues
Label: Cuneiform

Artist: Microscopic Septet
Album: Beauty Based On Science
Tune: Off Color
Label: Cuneiform

Artist: Microscopic Septet
Album: Beauty Based On Science
Tune: Come From Behind
Label: Cuneiform

Artist: Microscopic Septet
Album: Beauty Based On Science
Tune: Little Bobby
Label: Cuneiform

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PLAYLIST for FEBRUARY 14, 2007

Program Topic:

Combining Black History Month with St. Valentine’s Day, we bring you twenty-two black divas from the ‘twenties.


Artist: Mamie Smith
Album: The Best of Mamie Smith
Tune: Crazy Blues
Label: Columbia

Artist: Josephine Baker
Album: J’ai Deux Amours
Tune: You’re Driving Me Crazy
Label: Golden Stars

Artist: Esther Bigeou
Album: Esther Bigeou
Tune: West Indies Blues
Label: Document

Artist: Lucille Bogan
Album: The Best of Lucille Bogan
Tune: Barbecue Bess
Label: Columbia

Artist: Ida Cox
Album: Ida Cox Volume 1
Tune: Graveyard Dream Blues
Label: Document

Artist: Arizona Dranes
Album: Preachin’ the Gospel
Tune: God’s Got A Crown
Label: Columbia

Artist: Lillian Glinn
Album: Lillian Glinn
Tune: I’m A Frontdoor Woman With A Backdoor Man
Label: Document

Artist: Adelaide Hall
Album: Crooning Blackbird
Tune: Creole Love Call
Label: Jazz Archives

Artist: Juluka
Album: Cologne Zulu Festival
Tune: Umanqoba
Label: World Network

Artist: Nancy Walker
Album: When She Dreams
Tune: Blues for the Hatchet Man
Label: Justin Time

Artist: Lucille Hegamin
Album: Lucille Hegamin Volume 1
Tune: The Jazz Me Blues
Label: Document

Artist: Katherine Henderson
Album: Clarence Williams & the Blues Singers
Tune: Lonesome Lovesick Blues
Label: Document

Artist: Jessie May Hill
Album: Preachin’ the Gospel
Tune: Sunshine in the Shadows
Label: Columbia

Artist: Alberta Hunter
Album: Female Blues 1922-1927
Tune: If You Can’t Hold the Man You Love
Label: RST

Artist: Lizzie Miles
Album: Lizzie Miles Volume 3
Tune: I Hate A Man Like You
Label: Document

Artist: Ma Rainey
Album: Ma Rainey
Tune: Barrel House Blues
Label: Black Swan

Artist: Bessie Smith
Album: The Complete Recordings Volume 1
Tune: Down Hearted Blues
Label: Columbia

Artist: Trixie Smith
Album: Trixie Smith Volume 1
Tune: Choo Choo Blues
Label: Document

Artist: Victoria Spivey
Album: Woman Blues!
Tune: That Man
Label: Prestige

Artist: Mary Stafford
Album: Female Blues Singers Volume 13
Tune: I’m Gonna Jazz My Way Right Straight Thru Paradise
Label: Document

Artist: Eva Taylor
Album: Eva Taylor Volume 3
Tune: West End Blues
Label: Document

Artist: Hociel Thomas
Album: Hociel Thomas
Tune: Adam and Eve Had the Blues
Label: Document

Artist: Sippie Wallace
Album: Sippie Wallace Volume 1
Tune: Devil Dance Blues
Label: Document

Artist: Ethel Waters
Album: Ethel Waters
Tune: Sympathetic Dan
Label: Laserlight


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IN A MELLOW TONE for FEBRUARY/MARCH 2007

February 7 Listen Before You Buy: The cream of the crop of recent jazz releases from Catz in Hatz, Eugene Chadbourne, Jack DeJohnette,
Kahil El’Zabar, Curtis Glatter, Gordon Grdina, Gypsy Schaeffer,
Nathan Hubbard, Jonathan Poretz and Jodi Proznick.

February 14 Black Divas: Combining Black History Month with St. Valentine’s Day, Ron brings us the music of Black Divas of the ‘Twenties such as Josephine Baker, Ester Bigeou, Lucille Bogan, Ida Cox Arizona Dranes,
Lillian Glinn, Adelaide Hall, Lucille Hegamin, Alberta Hunter, Lizzie Miles,
Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, Mary Stafford, Hociel Thomas,
Sippie Wallace and Ethel Waters.

February 21 Two Great Groups: A double-header featuring two pioneering groups; Soft Machine from the ‘seventies and the Microscopic Septet from the ‘eighties.

February 28 Big Bands: Recent big band releases by the Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble, Jimmy Heath, Thad Jones, Nathan Hubbard, Netherlands Metropole Orchestra, Fred Stride, Wayne Wallace and Paul Whiteman.

March 7 Annie Whitehead: In our International Women’s Day special, we profile British trombonist Annie Whitehead.

March 14 John Carter: The last of five programs featuring the five suites of clarinetist/composer John Carter's "Roots and Folklore: Episodes in the Development of American Folk Music". Tonight "Shadows On A Wall” recorded April 1989 with Bobby Bradford, Andrew Cyrille,
Marty Ehrlich, Fred Hopkins, Benny Powell and Don Preston.

March 21 Frank Melrose: The legendary pianist member of the Melrose music publishing family, professionally known as “Kansas City Frank”, one of the few white musicians to be accepted into the black jazz and blues communities in the ‘twenties and ‘thirties. We’ll hear him in solo performances and with Jimmy Cobb, Junie Cobb, Pete Daily, Johnny Dodds, Bud Freeman,
Bud Jacobson, Wingy Manone, Herb Morand, Frank Teschmacher and
George Wettling.

March 28 Sax Appeal: Risk being seduced by the saxophones of Tyrone Birkett, Elton Dean, Quamon Fowler, Ian Hendrickson-Smith,
Keefe Jackson, Sam Rivers, Matthias Schubert, Gebhard Ullman and
Cory Weeds.

“In A Mellow Tone” is on CKCU every Wednesday from 9:00 to 11:00pm
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PLAYLIST for FEBRUARY 7, 2007

Program Topic:

LISTEN BEFORE YOU BUY: Recent jazz releases.


Artist: Jodi Proznick
Album: Foundations
Tune: Reaction
Label: Cellar Live

Artist: Jodi Proznick
Album: Foundations
Tune: Duke of York
Label: Cellar Live

Artist: Gordon Grdina
Album: Unlearn
Tune: Pads
Label: Spool/Line

Artist: Gordon Grdina
Album: Unlearn
Tune: Origin
Label: Spool/Line

Artist: Ken Vandermark 5
Album: Burn the Incline
Tune: Roulette
Label: Atavistic

Artist: Catz in the Hatz
Album: Resilience
Tune: Angel Eyes
Label: Rhombus

Artist: Jonathan Poretz
Album: A Lot of Livin’ To Do
Tune: Come Rain or Come Shine
Label: Pacific Coast Jazz

Artist: Gypsy Schaeffer
Album: Portamental
Tune: Sleep
Label: Peace Time

Artist: Gypsy Schaeffer
Album: Portamental
Tune: Ponus Ridge
Label: Peace Time

Artist: Jack DeJohnette
Album: Golden Beams Collection Volume 1
Tune: Song For the Rain Forest
Label: Golden Beams

Artist: Kahil El’Zabar
Album: Big M – A Tribute to Malachi Favors
Tune: Malachi
Label: Delmark

Artist: Kahil El’Zabar
Album: Big M – A Tribute to Malachi Favors
Tune: Crumb-Puck-U-Lent
Label: Delmark

Artist: Eugene Chadbourne & Dave Fox
Album: The Foxbourne Chronicles
Tune: Chantarelle & Chardonnay
Label: Umbrella

Artist: Eugene Chadbourne & Dave Fox
Album: The Foxbourne Chronicles
Tune: Time Remembered
Label: Umbrella

Artist: Curtis Glatter & Nathan Hubbard
Album: Rivulet
Tune: Mobile: Alabaster
Label: Circumvention

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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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