November 27, 2008

PLAYLIST for DECEMBER 3, 2008

SHOPPING LIST - INSTRUMENTALS

We’ll sample fifteen recent instrumental jazz releases in a variety of styles that you might care to buy for a friend [or yourself]

We’ll take a moment to plug the December 4 concert by the Impressions in Jazz
Orchestra at the Dominion Chalmers United Church, and the brief run at the
Bytowne of the film “’Tis Autumn” [on jazz singer Jackie Paris] from December 10 to 14.


Artist: New Orleans Jazz Babies
Album: Sounds of New Orleans
Tune: Ugly Chile
Label: Storyville

Artist: Paul Barbarin [Johnny Wiggs]
Album: Sounds of New Orleans
Tune: Dardanella
Label: Storyville

Artist: Anat Cohen
Album: Notes From the Village
Tune: A Change Is Gonna Come
Label: Anzic

Artist: Actis Furioso
Album: World People
Tune: Desaparecidos
Label: Leo

Artist: Ovale Trio
Album: Premieres Formes
Tune: Lunch With Pancho Villa
Label: Altrisuoni

Artist: Roger Kellaway
Album: Live at the Jazz Standard
Tune: Doxy
Label: Ipo

Artist: Benny Goodman
Album: In Stockholm 1959
Tune: Honeysuckle Rose
Label: Phontastic

Artist: Charles Mingus [Jackie Paris]
Album: The Young Rebel
Tune: Make Believe
Label: Proper

Artist: Leonardo Cioglia
Album: Contos
Tune: Planalto Central
Label: Quizamba

Artist: Dave Pietro
Album: The Chakra Suite
Tune: Manipura
Label: Challenge

Artist: Steve Ramsdell
Album: Looking For…
Tune: Red Box
Label: Kopaesthetics

Artist: Steve Ramsdell
Album: Looking For…
Tune: The Wait
Label: Kopaesthetics

Artist: Organissimo
Album: Groovadelphia
Tune: My Sweet Potato Pie
Label: Big O

Artist: Tim Warfield
Album: One For Shirley
Tune: Sometimes You Got To Let The People Know
Label: Criss Cross

Artist: James Moody & Hank Jones
Album: Our Delight
Tune: Con Alma
Label: Ipo

Artist: Matana Roberts
Album: The Chicago Project
Tune: Birdhouse 1
Label: Central Control

Artist: Paul Seaforth
Album: Something Real
Tune: I Wasn’t Ready For You
Label: Fine Arts

Artist: Pete Zimmer
Album: Chillin’ Live
Tune: Una Mas
Label: Tippin’

Artist: Ron Kalina & Jim Self
Album: The Odd Couple
Tune: Stolen Moments
Label: Basset Hound

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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

SCHEDULE for DECEMBER 2008 & JANUARY 2009

December 3 Shopping List – Instrumentals: Some instrumental jazz gift suggestions. Will be chosen from Leonardo Cioglia, Anat Cohen, Carlo Actis Dato, Hank Jones, Ron Kalina, Roger Kellaway, James Moody, Organissimo, Ovale Trio,
Dave Pietro, Steve Ramsdell, Matana Roberts, Paul Seaforth, Jim Self, Tim Warfield
& Pete Zimmer.

December 10 Shopping List – Vocals: Some vocal jazz and blues gift suggestions. Will be chosen from Matt Belsante, Rory Block, Charmaine Clamor, Denise Donatelli, Cynthia Felton, Julia Fordham, Cynthia Hilts, Sheila Jordan, Kristin Korb,
Ava Logan, Elaine Lucia, Robin McKelle, Terre Roche, Joe Louis Walker
& Xenia Zampieri.

December 17 Canadian Shopping List: Some gift suggestions of CDS by Canadian instrumentalists and singers including Francois Carrier, Chantal Chamberland,
Morgan Childs, Ron Davis, Marie Josee Houle, Bruno Hubert, Peggy Lee, Mike Martell, Les Poules, Danielle Roger, Paula Shear, John Stetch, Don Thompson and Al Wood.

December 24 Dance Party: Danceable jazz, blues & rhythm ‘n’ blues.

December 31 Best of 2008: Ron’s favourite jazz and blues recordings issued/reissued in 2008: Will include Bik Bent Braam, Don Cherry, Art Farmer, Francois Houle, Chris McGregor’s Blue Notes, Roscoe Mitchell, Sandy Mosse,
Sonny Rollins, George Russell, Cy Touff, Little Walter and Way Out West.

January 7 Listen Before You Buy: Ron reviews recent releases by
Michael Boggioni, Lea DeLaria, Free World, Marcus Goldharber, Danny Green,
Francisco Mela, MOPDTK, Paul Reddick, McCoy Tyner, Mort Weiss & Holly Yarbrough.

January 14 Meet the Cohens: Guest host Alnoor Allidina presents the music of three innovative Israeli composers & musicians: trumpeter Avishai Cohen, bassist Avishai Cohen, and saxophonist Anat Cohen.

January 21 Ray Charles: Guest host Ian Willson plays early works by the great Ray Charles.

January 28 Delmark @ 55: We celebrate fifty-five years of great jazz and blues on the Delmark label. Will include Eric Alexander, John Bennett, King Curtis,
Sleepy John Estes, Francine Griffin, Kalaparush, Sun Ra, Ted Sirota
and Malachi Thompson.

“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

November 25, 2008

REFLECTIONS ON MY TIME AT CKCU

When I arrived in Canada in 1969 I had no radio experience, but had been what I call a “jazz activist” for over 20 years, collecting records, writing and lecturing about jazz, and setting up my first jazz organization. Once settled in Montreal I joined the Montreal Vintage Music Society, and in approximately 1972 was a founder-member of “L’Atelier de Musique Experimentale” [the Experimental Music Workshop], which sponsored Montreal concerts by Marion Brown, Abdullah Ibrahim, Roscoe Mitchell, Rene Thomas and others. In the early ‘seventies, my work took me to Quebec City, where Jean-Pascal Souque invited me onto his jazz program on CKRL at Universite Laval, and to Bermuda, where I prepared programs on Billie Holiday and Jazz Violin for a show hosted by Larry Thomas.

My family and I moved to Ottawa in July 1975, and soon I was hearing about the launch of a new alternative radio station CKCU-FM 93.1. I rang the station as it opened and asked if they needed a jazz programmer: “We’ve got too many already” was the blunt answer. So I was agreeably surprised when Craig Mackie phoned me in April 1976 to say that the regular host of “Blue ‘N’ Boogie” [Paul Hoffman] would be taking the summer off, and would I be interested in standing in for him? Of course I agreed immediately, and did my first show on May 5, 1976. Because I was seen as only a temporary volunteer, I was excused from the training and was given a seasoned operator. This lack of proper training has dogged me ever since, and I still approach the board with more concern than confidence.

When Paul returned in the Fall, I was offered my own show, which I named “In A Mellow Tone”. This was a one hour show on a Monday evening, recorded and re-broadcast Thursday lunchtime. This played havoc with my sense of time; I couldn’t wish listeners “Good Evening” and I could never say someone would be performing “tomorrow”. There was also a management belief that the listeners at Thursday lunchtime would be musically-conservative housewives, and I was enjoined to choose and play, on Monday evening, music that would raise no hackles over Thursday lunch. Working in the Public Service, I had learned that forgiveness is always easier to obtain than permission, so I ignored this advice and heard no more.

When CKCU “went public” in November 1975, various local radio stations generously passed on to us equipment and furniture that they no longer used. This resulted in a studio that looked like the morning after an unsuccessful garage sale. I particularly recall one microphone, held together by scotch tape, which, as I spoke into it, slowly sank further and further downwards until it came to rest on the board beside my flattened face as I attempted to follow its collapse.

The essential philosophy of In A Mellow Tone has been to present jazz from every epoch and in every style, from the first recordings in 1917 to those made yesterday. I have done innumerable programs on individual jazz artists, and whole series on people like Albert Ammons, Clifford Brown, Teddy Bunn, John Carter, Gil Evans, Chris McGregor and Charles Mingus. I have featured cities [Copenhagen, Denver, New Orleans and San Diego], and countries [Denmark, Netherlands, Norway and Turkey]. There have been programs on individual instruments [French Horn and Violin] and on specialized jazz record labels [Delmark, Jazz Crusade, Reel Recordings].

Each year I furnish an introduction to the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, the Guelph Jazz Festival, Ottawa Bluesfest and the Ottawa International Jazz Festival, and each week I list upcoming jazz events right across Canada. I believe it is the combination of diversity and relevance that has kept listeners loyal over thirty-two years.

How has being at CKCU affected my life? Having to protect every Wednesday evening from the demands of work and family requires a discipline that is sometimes sorely tried; my time as an international management consultant from 1990 to 2000 being the extreme trial; my heart-felt thanks to all those generous volunteers who took my place when I really had to be in Algeria, Barbados, Russia, Sri Lanka or Zimbabwe.

What I have gained most from my association with CKCU has been the privilege of working alongside and becoming friends with an amazing group of very fine human beings such as Alnoor Allidina, David Broscoe, Elorious Cain, Matthew Crosier,
Tony Daye, Dave Emmerson, Jacques Emond, Bill Grant, Rachel Hauraney, Jim Hurcomb, Taline Jirian, Mark Keill, Steve Kirkland, Janis Lockwood, Chopper McKinnon,
Pat Moore, Ron Moores, Steven Neale, Mick Panesar, Howard Peart, Gord Peeling,
Joe Reilly, Dave Sarazin, Junior Smith, Ron Steeds, Bernard Stepien,
Alan Surmachynski, John Tackaberry, Jean Thibault, Aidian Thomas, Bruce Walton,
John Westhaver, Ian Willson, Paul Wilson and so many more. We were all united by our fascination with the power of radio and our determination to use it as an independent multi-cultural non-commercial informative medium.

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November 21, 2008

PLAYLIST for NOVEMBER 26, 2008

REEL RECORDINGS

We welcome a new Canadian record company with high musical and technical standards.
We’ll sample their exciting catalogue of previously unissued recordings from Britain in the ‘seventies and early ‘eighties featuring such iconic figures as Lol Coxhill, Elton Dean, Bob Downes, Harry Miller, Mike Osborne and Gary Windo.


Artist: Gary & Pam Windo
Album: Avant Gardeners
Tune: We’re On Our Way
Label: Reel Recordings

Artist: Gary & Pam Windo
Album: Avant Gardeners
Tune: Primal Stream
Label: Reel Recordings

Artist: Lol Coxhill & G. F. Fitz-Gerald
Album: Echoes of Duneden
Tune: Fairy Dance
Label: Reel Recordings

Artist: Ken Hyder’s Talikser
Album: Dreaming of Glenisla
Tune: Tha Cu Ban Againn
Label: Reel Recordings

Artist: Benny Goodman
Album: Charlie Christian
Tune: Honeysuckle Rose
Label: Giants of Jazz

Artist: Ray Russell
Album: Secret Asylum
Tune: Stained Angel Morning
Label: Reel Recordings


Artist: Ray Russell
Album: Secret Asylum
Tune: Sweet Cauldron
Label: Reel Recordings

Artist: Mike Osborne
Album: Force of Nature
Tune: All Night Long
Label: Reel Recordings

Artist: Steve Miller Trio
Album: Meets Elton Dean
Tune: One For Three
Label: Reel Recordings

Artist: Soft Heap
Album: Al Dente
Tune: Remain So
Label: Reel Recordings

Artist: Kevin Ayers
Album: What More Can I Say…..
Tune: Crying
Label: Reel Recordings

Artist: Command All Stars
Album: Curiosities
Tune: African Sunset
Label: Reel Recordings

Artist: Command All Stars
Album: Curiosities
Tune: Just Us Plus Vehm
Label: Reel Recordings

Artist: Bob Downes Open Music
Album: Crossing Borders
Tune: Sad Senorita
Label: Reel Recordings

Artist: Harry Miller’s Isipingo
Album: Full Steam Ahead
Tune: Children At Play
Label: Reel Recordings

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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

November 14, 2008

PLAYLIST for NOVEMBER 19, 2008

A heartfelt “Thank You” to those of you who donated to my two CKCU Funding Drive programs. We collected $2,400 over the two programs. If you wanted to donate, but didn’t quite get around to it, you can still phone 613-520-2898 on weekdays between 10:00am and 5:00pm, or donate anytime on the internet at
www.ckcufm.com. Thanks again!

SHEILA JORDAN

The greatest living jazz singer, Sheila Jordan, turned 80 yesterday. In this
tribute program, we’ll trace her recording career from 1962 to 2008.


Artist: Sheila Jordan with Aki Takase
Album: ABC
Tune: I Hear Your Music
Label: Eastwind

Artist: Sheila Jordan
Album: Portrait of Sheila
Tune: Am I Blue
Label: Blue Note

Artist: Sheila Jordan
Album: Portrait of Sheila
Tune: Falling In Love with love
Label: Blue Note

Artist: Sheila Jordan
Album: Portrait of Sheila
Tune: Hum Drum Blues
Label: Blue Note

Artist: Sheila Jordan
Album: Portrait of Sheila
Tune: Let’s Face the Music and Dance
Label: Blue Note

Artist: Sheila Jordan with George Russell Sextet
Album: Things New
Tune: You Are My Sunshine
Label: RLM

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

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

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

Artist: Sheila Jordan with Vienna Art Orchestra
Album: Quiet Ways: Ballads
Tune: If You Could See Me Now
Label: Amadeo

Artist: Sheila Jordan
Album: Jazz Child
Tune: Everything Happens To Me
Label: High Note

Artist: Sheila Jordan & Theo Bleckmann
Album: Jazz Child
Tune: Oh Henry
Label: High Note

Artist: Sheila Jordan
Album: Little Song
Tune: Little Song
Label: High Note

Artist: Sheila Jordan
Album: Little Song
Tune: Blackbird
Label: High Note

Artist: Sheila Jordan
Album: Little Song
Tune: Barbados
Label: High Note

Artist: Sheila Jordan
Album: Celebration
Tune: Blue Skies
Label: High Note

Artist: Sheila Jordan
Album: Celebration
Tune: All Blues
Label: High Note

Artist: Sheila Jordan
Album: Celebration
Tune: Freddie Freeloader
Label: High Note

Artist: Sheila Jordan
Album: Celebration
Tune: Humdrum Blues
Label: High Note

Artist: Sheila Jordan
Album: Celebration
Tune: Mood Indigo
Label: High Note

Artist: Sheila Jordan
Album: Celebration
Tune: Sheila’s Blues
Label: High Note

Artist: Sheila Jordan & Ellen Johnson
Album: These Days
Tune: Little Messenger
Label: Vocal Visions

Artist: Sheila Jordan & Ellen Johnson
Album: These Days
Tune: The Crossing
Label: Vocal Visions

Artist: Sheila Jordan
Album: From A Mother’s Heart
Tune: Dat Dere
Label: Vocal Visions

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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

November 07, 2008

PLAYLIST for NOVEMBER 12, 2008

A heartfelt “Thank You” to those of you who donated to my two CKCU Funding Drive programs. We collected $2,275 over the two programs. If you wanted to donate, but didn’t quite get around to it, you can still phone 613-520-2898 on weekdays between 10:00am and 5:00pm, or donate anytime on the internet at www.ckcufm.com.
Thanks again!

PAUL QUINICHETTE:

The style and sonority of PAUL QUINICHETTE’s tenor sax so closely resembled that
of LESTER YOUNG [the Prez] that Quinichette became known as the Vice-Prez.
Personally, I find that the beauty of his tone and improvisations takes him far
above the role of mere imitator. Tonight we’ll hear Quinichette’s recordings from
1951 to 1974.

We’ll also give you a taste of the upcoming concert by P. J. Perry at the
NAC Fourth Stage on November 17.

Artist: Paul Quinichette
Album: The Vice President
Tune: Cross Fire
Label: Trip

Artist: Paul Quinichette
Album: The Vice President
Tune: Sandstone
Label: Trip

Artist: Paul Quinichette
Album: The Vice President
Tune: Paul’s Bunion
Label: Trip

Artist: Paul Quinichette
Album: The Vice President
Tune: Crew Cut
Label: Trip

Artist: Paul Quinichette
Album: The Vice President
Tune: I’ll Always Be In Love with You
Label: Trip

Artist: Paul Quinichette
Album: The Vice President
Tune: P. Q. Blues
Label: Trip

Artist: Paul Quinichette
Album: Moods
Tune: Plush Life
Label: Trip

Artist: P. J. Perry
Album: Worth Waiting For
Tune: Blue Daniel
Label: JustinTime

Artist: Paul Quinichette
Album: The Kid From Denver
Tune: Pardon the Blues, Please
Label: Biograph

Artist: Paul Quinichette
Album: The Kid From Denver
Tune: Pennies From Heaven
Label: Biograph

Artist: Paul Quinichette
Album: The Kid From Denver
Tune: The Kid From Denver
Label: Biograph

Artist: Paul Quinichette
Album: The Rare Dawn Sessions
Tune: These Foolish Things
Label: Collectables

Artist: Paul Quinichette
Album: The Rare Dawn Sessions
Tune: Along About This Time of the Year
Label: Collectables

Artist: Paul Quinichette
Album: On the Sunny Side
Tune: On the Sunny Side of the Street
Label: Prestige

Artist: Gene Roland Sextet
Album: The Kid From Denver
Tune: Colonel Hodge
Label: Biograph

Artist: Gene Roland Sextet
Album: The Kid From Denver
Tune: Colonel Hodge
Label: The Creeper

Artist: Paul Quinichette
Album: P. Q.
Tune: Big D
Label: United Artists

Artist: Paul Quinichette
Album: P. Q.
Tune: P. Q.
Label: United Artists

Artist: Gene Roland Septet
Album: The Kid From Denver
Tune: Suitcase
Label: The Creeper

Artist: Gene Roland Septet
Album: The Kid From Denver
Tune: Minor Scene
Label: The Creeper

Artist: Paul Quinichette & Brooks Kerr
Album: Prevue
Tune: The Blues I Love To Hear
Label: Famous Door

Artist: Paul Quinichette & Brooks Kerr
Album: Prevue
Tune: Three Little Words
Label: Famous Door
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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

November 02, 2008

PLAYLIST for NOVEMBER 5, 2008

This is the second of my two CKCU Funding Drive programs. You can Dial and Donate at 613-520-3920 or 1-877-520-3920. You can complete a Pre-Pledge form if you've received one in the mail. You can pledge by E-mail at www.ckcufm.com. However you pledge you will receive a tax receipt for donations over $25.00, as we are a registered educational charity.

LISTEN BEFORE YOU BUY:

A sampling of ten new jazz and blues releases, giving you an opportunity to hear
them before you make that final buying decision.

We’ll also give you a taste of the upcoming concert by P. J. Perry at the
NAC Fourth Stage on November 17.

Artist: John Geggie
Album: Geggie Project
Tune: View From the Bridge
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques

Artist: Thomas Silvestri 5tet
Album: Les Sirenes
Tune: The Rogue
Label: Altrisuoni

Artist: Ben Sidran
Album: Cien Noches
Tune: Take Me To the River
Label: Nardis

Artist: P. J. Perry
Album: Worth Waiting For
Tune: Dig
Label: JustinTime

Artist: Damien Argentieri, Frederic Borey, Alain Tissot
Album: Page 1
Tune: Another Blouzz
Label: Altrisuoni

Artist: Matt Ulery
Album: Music Box Ballerina
Tune: Slow and Awake
Label: Woolgathering

Artist: Carlos Del Junco
Album: Steady Movin’
Tune: Doodle It
Label: Northern Blues

Artist: Gabriel Hasselbach
Album: Cool Down
Tune: Mulberry Street
Label: Wind Tunnel

Artist: Mike Khoury & Piotr Michalowski
Album: Reason Sound Sound Reason
Tune: Resonance
Label: Abzu

Artist: John Geggie
Album: Geggie Project
Tune: Entre Chien et Loup
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques

Artist: Marcus Lauterburg
Album: Mumur
Tune: Elf
Label: Altrisuoni

Artist: Thomas Silvestri 5tet
Album: Les Sirenes
Tune: MTS
Label: Altrisuoni

Artist: Marcus Lauterburg
Album: Mumur
Tune: Horizont
Label: Altrisuoni

Artist: Mike Khoury & Piotr Michalowski
Album: Reason Sound Sound Reason
Tune: Raison d’Etre
Label: Abzu

Artist: John Geggie
Album: Geggie Project
Tune: Ice and Meltwater
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques

Artist: Wayne Wallace
Album: The Nature of the Beat
Tune: No Esta Complicado!
Label: Patois

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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