December 28, 2007

PLAYLIST for JANUARY 2, 2008

LISTEN BEFORE YOU BUY: Nine new releases. Five are in various styles of jazz, three feature blues guitar, and one is world music with a jazz feel. Diversity is everything!

Artist: Deep Blue Organ Trio
Album: Folk Music
Tune: A Deeper Blue
Label: Origin

Artist: Deep Blue Organ Trio
Album: Folk Music
Tune: The Chant
Label: Origin

Artist: Mr. Groove
Album: Little Things
Tune: Hal’s Shuffle
Label: Diamond Disc

Artist: David Finck
Album: Future Day
Tune: Black Eyes
Label: Sound Brush

Artist: David Finck
Album: Future Day
Tune: Four Flags
Label: Sound Brush

Artist: Frank Rosolino & Carl Fontana
Album: Trombone Heaven
Tune: Well, You Needn’t
Label: Uptown

Artist: David Wilcox
Album: Boy In the Boat
Tune: Catman
Label: Stony Plain

Artist: David Wilcox
Album: Boy In the Boat
Tune: Step It Up & Go
Label: Stony Plain

Artist: Ian Siegal
Album: Swagger
Tune: High Horse
Label: Nugene

Artist: Ian Siegal
Album: Swagger
Tune: I Can’t Believe You Wanna Leave
Label: Nugene

Artist: Mem Shannon
Album: Live: A Night at Tipitina’s
Tune: No Religion
Label: Northern Blues

Artist: Mem Shannon
Album: Live: A Night at Tipitina’s
Tune: No Such Thing
Label: Northern Blues

Artist: Zack Brock
Album: Live at the Jazz Factory
Tune: Left Over Stub From the Wax Museum
Label: Secret Fort

Artist: Jason Kao Hwang & Sang Won Park
Album: Local Lingo
Tune: Ari Rang
Label: Euenymus

Artist: Frank Rosolino & Carl Fontana
Album: Trombone Heaven
Tune: All Blues
Label: Uptown



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December 23, 2007

PLAYLIST for DECEMBER 26, 2007

Program Topic:

BEST OF 2007: Fifteen of the acquisitions that gave me great pleasure during 2007. The first five come from the historical jazz/blues tradition; of the next six, four are remarkable discoveries of significant recordings never released before, and two are CD reissues of significant but long unavailable recordings; and the final four are examples of the best that’s happening here and now.

Artist: Miff Mole & his Molers
Album: Miffology
Tune: Imagination
Label: Living Era

Artist: Art Hodes
Album: Friar’s Inn Revisited
Tune: That’s A Plenty
Label: Delmark

Artist: Aki Takase
Album: Plays “Fats” Waller
Tune: Handful of Keys
Label: Enja

Artist: Joe Temperley & Harry Allen
Album: Cocktails for Two
Tune: Blues in the Closet
Label: Storyville

Artist: Sleepy John Estes
Album: On the Chicago Blues Scene
Tune: Walking Down Beale Street
Label: Delmark

Artist: George Russell
Album: Things New
Tune: Stratusphunk
Label: RLR

Artist: Don Cherry
Album: Live at Café Monmartre
Tune: Complete Communion
Label: ESP

Artist: Charles Mingus
Album: In Paris:The Complete Atlantic Sessions
Tune: Love Is A Dangerous Necessity
Label: Universal

Artist: Ornette Coleman
Album: Whom Do You Work For?
Tune: Whom Do You Work For
Label: Get Back

Artist: Roswell Rudd
Album: Blown Bone
Tune: Blues for the Planet Earth
Label: Emanen

Artist: Art Ensemble of Chicago with Don Pullen
Album: Fundamental Destiny
Tune: Fundamental Destiny
Label: AECO

Artist: Michael Moore
Album: Osiris
Tune: Tailwind to Kyele
Label: Ramboy

Artist: Marty Ehrlich & Myra Melford
Album: Spark!
Tune: Up Do
Label: Palmetto

Artist: Trio M
Album: Big Picture
Tune: Naïve Art
Label: Cryptogramophone

Artist: Keith Tippett, Julie Tippetts, Louis Moholo & Canto General
Album: Viva La Black at Ruvo
Tune: Mra
Label: Ogun

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December 15, 2007

PLAYLIST for DECEMBER 19, 2007

Program Topic:

BEN WEBSTER: Selections from the recently-released Storyville eight-CD box of Ben Webster “DIG BEN”, mainly recorded in Europe from 1964 onwards.

Artist: Ben Webster
Album: Dig Ben
Tune: In A Mellotone
Label: Storyville

Artist: Ben Webster
Album: Dig Ben
Tune: Stridin’ With Ben
Label: Storyville

Artist: Ben Webster/Milt Hinton
Album: Dig Ben
Tune: All The Things You Are
Label: Storyville

Artist: Ben Webster
Album: Dig Ben
Tune: Stardust
Label: Storyville

Artist: Ben Webster
Album: Dig Ben
Tune: My Romance
Label: Storyville

Artist: Ben Webster
Album: Dig Ben
Tune: Our Love Is Here To Stay
Label: Storyville

Artist: Ben Webster/Buck Clayton
Album: Dig Ben
Tune: Avalon
Label: Storyville

Artist: Ben Webster
Album: Dig Ben
Tune: Come Sunday
Label: Storyville

Artist: Ben Webster
Album: Dig Ben
Tune: Sunday
Label: Storyville

Artist: Ben Webster/Clark Terry
Album: Dig Ben
Tune: Things Ain’t What They Used To Be
Label: Storyville

Artist: Ben Webster
Album: Dig Ben
Tune: Did You Call Her Today – take 1
Label: Storyville

Artist: Ben Webster
Album: Dig Ben
Tune: Did You Call Her Today – take 3
Label: Storyville

Artist: Ben Webster
Album: Dig Ben
Tune: Did You Call Her Today – take 4
Label: Storyville

Artist: Ben Webster
Album: Dig Ben
Tune: Did You Call Her Today – take 5
Label: Storyville

Artist: Ben Webster
Album: Dig Ben
Tune: Did You Call Her Today – take 6
Label: Storyville

Artist: Ben Webster/Matty Peters
Album: Dig Ben
Tune: Baby It’s Cold Outside
Label: Storyville

Artist: Ben Webster
Album: Dig Ben
Tune: Cotton Tail
Label: Storyville

Artist: Ben Webster/Dexter Gordon
Album: Dig Ben
Tune: In A Mellotone
Label: Storyville


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December 10, 2007

PLAYLIST for DECEMBER 12, 2007

Program Topic:

PIANISTS: Nine first-class pianists who all have recent releases, in a variety of formats and styles. (There could be some more good gift ideas here).

Artist: Art Hodes
Album: Friar’s Inn Revisited
Tune: The Real Thing
Label: Delmark

Artist: Art Hodes
Album: Friar’s Inn Revisited
Tune: Tin Roof Blues
Label: Delmark

Artist: Cyrus Chestnut
Album: Cyrus Plays Elvis
Tune: Hound Dog
Label: Koch

Artist: Nancy Walker
Album: Need Another
Tune: Positive Spin
Label: Timely Manor

Artist: McCoy Tyner
Album: McCoy Tyner Quartet
Tune: Blues on the Corner
Label: Half Note

Artist: Francois Bourassa
Album: Rasstones
Tune: Fa Do Do
Label: Effendi

Artist: Dorian Perotin
Album: Solos and Duos
Tune: Caravan
Label: Altrisuoni

Artist: Dorian Perotin
Album: Solos and Duos
Tune: Herbie’s Spirit
Label: Altrisuoni

Artist: Bill Mays Invention Trio
Album: Fantasy
Tune: Vocalise
Label: Palmetto

Artist: Bill Mays Invention Trio
Album: Fantasy
Tune: Invention #8
Label: Palmetto

Artist: Bill Mays Invention Trio
Album: Fantasy
Tune: Ah-Leu-Cha
Label: Palmetto

Artist: Marty Ehrlich & Myra Melford
Album: Spark!
Tune: Hymn
Label: Palmetto

Artist: Marty Ehrlich & Myra Melford
Album: Spark!
Tune: Blue Delhi
Label: Palmetto

Artist: Trio M
Album: Big Picture
Tune: Modern Pine
Label: Cryptogramophone

Artist: Trio M
Album: Big Picture
Tune: Brainfire & Buglight
Label: Cryptogramophone

Artist: Mike Westbrook Brass Band
Album: Mama Chicago
Tune: Mama Chicago #2
Label: Jazzprint

Artist: Mike Westbrook Brass Band
Album: Mama Chicago
Tune: Senator’s Song
Label: Jazzprint

Artist: Mike Westbrook Brass Band
Album: Mama Chicago
Tune: Mama Chicago #3
Label: Jazzprint


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and around the world on the Internet at

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December 01, 2007

PLAYLIST for DECEMBER 5, 2008

Program Topic:

SHOPPING LIST: Some gift suggestions – 8 new CDs, two books, two magazines and a calendar. We will also take a few minutes to honour the memory of the 14 victims of the Montreal massacre of December 6, 1989.

Artist: Giacomo Gates
Album: Luminosity
Tune: The Blues Are Out Of Town
Label: doubledavemusic

Artist: Giacomo Gates
Album: Luminosity
Tune: Full of Myself
Label: doubledavemusic

Artist: Faulkner Evans
Album: ARC
Tune: Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum
Label: Omnitone

Artist: Faulkner Evans
Album: ARC
Tune: Bar Enigma
Label: Omnitone

Artist: Stacey Kent
Album: Breakfast on the Morning Tram
Tune: Ces Petits Riens
Label: Blue Note

Artist: Stacey Kent
Album: Breakfast on the Morning Tram
Tune: Hard Hearted Hannah
Label: Blue Note

Artist: Evalyn Parry
Album: 14 (for December 6)
Tune: 14 (for December 6)
Label: Borealis

Artist: Katie Bull
Album: The Story, So Far
Tune: Which!
Label: Corn Hill Indie

Artist: Katie Bull
Album: The Story, So Far
Tune: Go Ahead
Label: Corn Hill Indie

Artist: Bill Coon & Ron Peters
Album: No Boundaries
Tune: Yesterdays
Label: Modern Hot

Artist: Bill Coon & Ron Peters
Album: No Boundaries
Tune: SC Blues
Label: Modern Hot

Artist: Blind Blake
Album: 16 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920’s
Tune: Seabord Stomp
Label: Blues Images

Artist: Bernie Kenerson
Album: Just You & Me
Tune: Stayin’ In Shape
Label: Bernup

Artist: Carol McCartney
Album: A Night In Tunisia
Tune: You Don’t Know What Love Is
Label: Moxy

Artist: Carol McCartney
Album: A Night In Tunisia
Tune: Jersey Bounce
Label: Moxy

Artist: MOPDTK
Album: Shamokin !!!
Tune: Andover
Label: Hot Cup

Artist: MOPDTK
Album: Shamokin !!!
Tune: Andover
Label: Hot Cup



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

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and around the world on the Internet at

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