“IN A MELLOW TONE”
September 5 Listen Before You Buy: The cream of the crop of recent jazz releases by Gustavo Aguilar, Claudia Quintet, Lafayette Gilchrist, Jerry Manasia, Albrecht Maurer, Michael McClennan,
Pete McGuinness, Kalman Olah, Jaco Pastorious and Erik Truffaz.
September 12 Steve Lacy- Roswell Rudd Quartet: Previously unreleased recordings from 1962, 1999 and 2002 with sidemen
Jean-Jacques Avenel, John Betsch, Dennis Charles and
Bob Cunningham.
September 19 Guitars: String along with Alain Caron,
Antonio Forcione, Jean-Marc Hebert, Jon Hemmersam, Michel Heroux, Ed Johnson, John McLaughlin, Dom Minasi, Steve Parisien and Danny Weis.
September 26 Reeds: Enjoy the clarinet of Andy Biskin, the sax of Harry Allen, Dan Block, Lol Coxhill, Paul Dunmall, Andre Larue, Muhledy, David Murray and Joe Temperley,
and the bassoon of Daniel Smith.
October 3 Listen Before You Buy: The cream of the crop of recent jazz and blues releases including Paul Dunmall, Kelly Eisenhour, Stacey Kent, Johnny Max, John McLaughlin, Alexa Weber Morales,
Jef Neve, Michael Jefry Stevens, Jennifer Scott and Matt Wilson.
October 10 Thelonious Monk on Blue Note: To celebrate the 90th birthday of the great composer and pianist, Ron will feature his earliest studio recordings, made for the Blue Note label between October 1947 and May 1952 with sidemen Art Blakey, Lou Donaldson, Kenny Dorham, Milt Jackson, Al McKibbon, Gene Ramey, Max Roach, Sahib Shihab, Idrees Sulieman, Lucky Thompson and Shadow Wilson.
October 17 Bing Crosby’s Radio Show: When Bing Crosby had his own radio show, one of his favourite guests was Louis Armstrong.
We’ll hear Bing and Louis together in 1949, 1950 and 1951.
October 24 United Nations Day: To celebrate United Nations Day, we bring you jazz from around the world.
October 31 Listen Before You Buy: Ron reviews recent jazz and blues releases including Andy Biskin, Mason Casey, Eddie Daniels,
Miles Davis, David Rogers, Mem Shannon, Turtle Island Quartet, and Carol Wellsman.
“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, check: http://www.inamellowtone.com
Bill Coleman, 1904-1981
About Me
- Ron Sweetman
- Ron Sweetman has been an activist for jazz and blues since arriving in Canada in 1969. He was a founder member of L’Atelier de Musique Experimentale (1972), Jazz Ottawa (1976), and Music Now (1997). He has written for CODA magazine since 1970, and has been a member of the Down Beat International Critics Poll since 1982. He has hosted his weekly jazz and blues radio show “In A Mellow Tone” on CKCU-FM 93.1 since May 1976. In his spare time, Ron is a management consultant.
