PLAYLIST for MAY 2, 2007

Program Topic:

FIMAV: An introduction to some of the musicians who will be playing in the Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville between May 17 and May 21.


Artist: Marilyn Crispell
Album: Santuerio
Tune: Red Shift
Label: Leo

Artist: Cor Fuhler Trio
Album: La Scena Olandese
Tune: Elf In Een Dozijn
Label: Musica Jazz

Artist: Cor Fuhler Orchestra
Album: Dutch Jazz 2005
Tune: Green Peppers
Label: R N Music

Artist: Michael Snow/Jack Vorvis
Album: Jack & Mike
Tune: Blues In The Clocktower
Label: Track & Light

Artist: John Zorn
Album: Naked City
Tune: I Want To Live
Label: Elektra

Artist: Oliver Jones
Album: Then and Now
Tune: Lullaby of Birdland
Label: Justin Time

Artist: Anthony Braxton Quartet
Album: Victoriaville 1992
Tune: Composition # 159
Label: Victo

Artist: John Tilbury
Album: The Hands of Caravaggio
Tune: The Hands of Caravaggio Part Four
Label: Erstwhile

Artist: Joane Hetu
Album: Mets Ta Langue
Tune: Dans La Joie L’Amour
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques

Artist: Eugene Chadbourne/David Fox
Album: The Foxbourne Chronicles
Tune: Sonata For Banjo And Piano
Label: Assembled Sound

Artist: Eugene Chadbourne/Rene Lussier
Album: L’Oasis
Tune: Alabama Jubilee
Label: Victo

Artist: Anthony Braxton Sextet
Album: Victoriaville 2005
Tune: Composition # 345
Label: Victo


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PLAYLIST for APRIL 25, 2007

Program Topic:

THE DUKE BOX: A selection from the eight-CD box put out by Storyville Records. These rare Duke Ellington recordings were made for the radio,
at concerts, at dances throughout the 1940s.
I have tried to choose rarely heard or unique pieces.


Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Duke Box
Tune: In a Mellotone
Label: Storyville

Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Duke Box
Tune: Blue Goose
Label: Storyville

Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Duke Box
Tune: So Far, So Good
Label: Storyville

Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Duke Box
Tune: Merry-Go-Round
Label: Storyville

Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Duke Box
Tune: On The Air
Label: Storyville

Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Duke Box
Tune: Chatterbox
Label: Storyville

Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Duke Box
Tune: Whispering Grass
Label: Storyville

Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Duke Box
Tune: Slap Happy
Label: Storyville

Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Duke Box
Tune: Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Label: Storyville

Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Duke Box
Tune: Oh Babe, Maybe Someday
Label: Storyville

Artist: Derome/Guilbeault/Tanguay
Album: 10 Compositions de Jean Derome
Tune: Etymologie
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques

Artist: Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir
Album: I’ll Take You There
Tune: Hammer & Nails
Label: Justin Time

Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Duke Box
Tune: I Don’t Want Anybody At All
Label: Storyville

Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Duke Box
Tune: You’ll Never Know
Label: Storyville

Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Duke Box
Tune: Tonight I Shall Sleep
Label: Storyville

Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Duke Box
Tune: I Don’t Know What Kind of Blues I’ve Got
Label: Storyville

Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Duke Box
Tune: Goin’ Up
Label: Storyville

Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Duke Box
Tune: Lighter Attitude
Label: Storyville

Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Duke Box
Tune: Amor, Amor
Label: Storyville

Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Duke Box
Tune: Frantic Fantasy
Label: Storyville

Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Duke Box
Tune: Sono
Label: Storyville

Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Duke Box
Tune: Paradise
Label: Storyville

Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Duke Box
Tune: How You Sound
Label: Storyville

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PLAYLIST for APRIL 18, 2007

Program Topic:

This Wednesday April 18 will be our second tribute to the late great tenor-saxophonist DEWEY REDMAN on In A Mellow Tone.

In our first program we featured Dewey as a sideman. In this second tribute,
we feature him as a leader on sessions recorded between January 1966 and December 1992. Dewey's sidemen on these recordings include Ed Blackwell, Ted Daniel, Charles Eubanks, Charlie Haden, Mark Helias, Leroy Jenkins,
Eddie Moore and Sirone.


Artist: Dewey Redman
Album: Look For The Black Star
Tune: Look For The Black Star
Label: Arista Freedom

Artist: Dewey Redman
Album: The Ear Of The Behearer
Tune: Boody
Label: Impulse

Artist: Karen Young
Album: En Vol III
Tune: Bebop Bulgare
Label: Justin Time

Artist: Dewey Redman
Album: Coincide
Tune: Seeds And Deeds
Label: Impulse

Artist: Dewey Redman
Album: Coincide
Tune: Somnifacient
Label: Impulse

Artist: Dewey Redman
Album: Musics
Tune: Need To Be
Label: Galaxy

Artist: Dewey Redman
Album: Sound Signs
Tune: Half Nelson
Label: Galaxy

Artist: Dewey Redman
Album: The Struggle Continues
Tune: Love Is
Label: ECM

Artist: Dewey Redman
Album: African Venus
Tune: Turnaround
Label: Evidence

Artist: Christine Jensen
Album: A Shorter Distance
Tune: I Loves you Porgy
Label: Effendi


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PLAYLIST for APRIL 11, 2007

Program Topic:

LATIN TINGE: Jazz with that distinctive Latin beat.
We’ll also take time to welcome the wonderful and unique Sheila Jordan to Ottawa. [Sheila’s appearing at Café Paradiso April 13 and 14].


Artist: Montreal Guitar Trio
Album: Montreal Guitar Trio
Tune: Entrez Dans La Danse
Label: Banyan

Artist: Montreal Guitar Trio
Album: Montreal Guitar Trio
Tune: Breizh Tango
Label: Banyan

Artist: Marco Figuera
Album: Brazilliance
Tune: Preta-Porter de Tafeta
Label: Blue Toucan

Artist: Marco Figuera
Album: Brazilliance
Tune: Aluamania
Label: Blue Toucan

Artist: Pablo Aslan
Album: Buenos Aires Tango Standards
Tune: La Cachila
Label: Zoho

Artist: Pablo Aslan
Album: Buenos Aires Tango Standards
Tune: Tinta Verde
Label: Zoho

Artist: Sheila Jordan
Album: Lost And Found
Tune: Anthropology
Label: Muse

Artist: Peter Primamore
Album: Grancia
Tune: Crossing Over
Label: Blue Apples

Artist: Peter Primamore
Album: Grancia
Tune: Mill Walk
Label: Blue Apples

Artist: Glauco Sagebin
Album: When Baden Meets Trane
Tune: Earlier Departure
Label: Blue Toucan

Artist: Glauco Sagebin
Album: When Baden Meets Trane
Tune: Rio Negro
Label: Blue Toucan

Artist: Zapato Negro
Album: Zapato Negro
Tune: Secundo Recreo
Label: Cellar Live

Artist: Zapato Negro
Album: Zapato Negro
Tune: Frankness
Label: Cellar Live

Artist: Conrad Herwig
Album: Sketches of Spain y Mas
Tune: Seven Steps to Heaven
Label: Half Note

Artist: Conrad Herwig
Album: Sketches of Spain y Mas
Tune: Petits Machins
Label: Half Note


Artist: Wayne Wallace
Album: The Reckless Search For Beauty
Tune: El Duende Africano
Label: Patois

Artist: Wayne Wallace
Album: The Reckless Search For Beauty
Tune: Rhythm & Rhyme
Label: Patois

Artist: Sheila Jordan
Album: Lost And Found
Tune: The Very Thought of You
Label: Muse

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IN A MELLOW TONE for APRIL & MAY 2007

April 4 Listen Before You Buy: Ron reviews recent jazz and blues releases from Salil Bhatt, the Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble, Doug Cox,
Michael Dessen, Guillermo Gregorio, Pandelis Karayorgis, Doug MacDonald, Nate McBride, William Parker and Joey Wright.

April 11 Latin Tinge: Recordings with that distinctive Latin rhythm by Pablo Aslan, Marco Figuera, Conrad Herwig, Montreal Guitar Trio, Peter Primarore, Glauco Sagebin, Wayne Wallace and Negro Zapato.

April 18 Dewey Redman: In our second tribute to this great saxophonist who died on September 2, 2006, we hear Dewey as a leader.
His bands included Ed Blackwell, Ted Daniel, Charles Eubanks, Charlie Haden, Mark Helias, Leroy Jenkins, Eddie Moore, Joshua Redman and Sirone.

April 25 The Duke Box: We celebrate Duke’s birthday on April 29 by listening to The Duke Box, a Storyville collection of concert, radio and studio recordings by the Duke and his Orchestra made between January 1940 and February 1949.

May 2 FIMAV: A preview of the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, which runs this year from May 17 to 21. Already announced are Anthony Braxton, Corkestra, Marilyn Crispell, Joane Hetu, Michael Snow, John Tilbury and John Zorn.

May 9 Listen Before You Buy: The cream of the crop of recent jazz and blues releases by the Actis Band, Isaiah Ceccarelli, Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Lori Freedman, Jeff Newall and Scott Tinkler.

May 16 Keyboards: Recordings featuring the piano or organ by the ARC Trio, Brian Browne, Mel Davis, Ganelin Trio, Lafayette Harris,
Denman Maroney, New York Electric Piano, Roberta Piket and Matt Ray.

May 23 Voices: The voices of Terry Alexander, Leo Ardizzone, Janice Borla, Andrew Distel, Steve Evans, Lauren Hooker, Kerry Linder,
Frank London, Rebecca Parris, Evalyn Parry, Michael Powers, Jane Stuart, Grady Tate, Marlene Ver Planck, and Julian Yeo.

May 30 OIJF: Some of the many interesting artists appearing at the Ottawa International Jazz Festival between June 21 and July 1.

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PLAYLIST for APRIL 4, 2007

LISTEN BEFORE YOU BUY: Seven new releases. Three feature guitarists, one is by an interesting young trombonist, one is by an innovative trio of clarinet, piano and drums, and two are by big bands; one pretty obscure and one highly-regarded [recorded at FIMAV 2005 in a tribute to Percy Heath].
We’ll also take time to welcome Spring and the wonderful and unique Sheila Jordan to Ottawa. [Sheila’s appearing at Café Paradiso April 13 and 14].


Artist: Doug MacDonald
Album: Gentle Rain
Tune: These Foolish Things
Label: Sea Breeze

Artist: Doug MacDonald
Album: Gentle Rain
Tune: Miss Ann’s Tempo
Label: Sea Breeze

Artist: Joey Wright
Album: Jalopy
Tune: Interpol
Label: Black Hen

Artist: Joey Wright
Album: Jalopy
Tune: Jethro Monk
Label: Black Hen

Artist: Doug Cox & Salil Bhatt
Album: Slide to Freedom
Tune: Pay Day
Label: Northern Blues

Artist: Doug Cox & Salil Bhatt
Album: Slide to Freedom
Tune: Soul of a Man
Label: Northern Blues

Artist: Roy Eldridge
Album: Roy Eldridge
Tune: Easter Parade
Label: Crescendo

Artist: Roswell Rudd [Sheila Jordan]
Album: Blown Bone
Tune: You Blew It
Label: Emanen

Artist: Michael Dessen
Album: Lineal
Tune: Something Singular
Label: Circumvention

Artist: Michael Dessen
Album: Lineal
Tune: What Space Can Hide the Liberty of a Line
Label: Circumvention

Artist: Gregorio/Karayorgis/McBride
Album: Chicago Approach
Tune: Spring Signs
Label: Nuscope

Artist: Gregorio/Karayorgis/McBride
Album: Chicago Approach
Tune: Catalpa
Label: Nuscope

Artist: Gregorio/Karayorgis/McBride
Album: Chicago Approach
Tune: Chicago Space II
Label: Nuscope

Artist: Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble
Album: Pragmatic Optimism
Tune: Body and Soul
Label: 360

Artist: Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble
Album: Pragmatic Optimism
Tune: Stolen Moments
Label: 360

Artist: William Parker
Album: For Percy Heath
Tune: Part One
Label: Victo

Artist: William Parker
Album: For Percy Heath
Tune: Part Two
Label: Victo


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and around the world on the Internet at

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