IN A MELLOW TONE for JANUARY/FEBRUARY

Below is the JANUARY/FEBRUARY schedule for IN A MELLOW TONE.

There are eight Wednesdays, hence eight programs. Three of them feature a mixture of recent releases; on January 6 we’ll feature vocals, trombones and guitars, on January 13 we'll feature saxes, pianos and blues, and February 3 has not been put together yet.

On January 20 and 27 we'll play the three-CD boxed set by Monk's Casino, who were one of the highlights of the 2009 Ottawa Jazz Festival. For this box, this tight quintet have recorded their version of every published composition of Thelonious Monk. It is an amazing creative achievement.

February 10 will be a different sort of recent releases program, because I've put aside recent recordings featuring unusual instruments and/or unusual instrumentation. This will be an interesting exploration.

On February 17, to complement Mark Miller's recent biography of pianist Herbie Nichols, we'll be playing Herbie's trio and quartet recordings from 1952 thru 1957.

Finally, on February 24, the marvelous interplay of two bop masters, alto saxophonist Lee Konitz. and tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh, recorded in Copenhagen in 1975

I hope that you will find this programming of interest,

Meanwhile, here's wishing you a Happy New Year!

January 6 Listen Before You Buy: Recent jazz and blues releases [with an emphasis on vocals, trombones and guitars] by Charito, Steve Davis, Graham Dechter,
Angela Hagenbach, Jeff Hamilton, Al Henderson, Rachelle House, Kristina,
Nick La Riviere, Pamela Luss, Joe Martin, Dom Minasi, Antoinette Montague, Oslandarly Sextet, Edward Ratliffe, Massimo Sammi, Ben Sidran, Kelley Suttenfield, and Wayne Wallace.

January 13 Listen Before You Buy: Recent jazz and blues releases [with an emphasis on saxes, pianists and blues] by American Music Project, Chelsea Baratz, John Beasley, Keith Bennett, Sharel Cassity, Crepuscule Trio, Jon Gordon,
Chris Green, Jimmy Heath, Komeda Project, Mike Longo, Chris Potter, Pulse, Q’d Up, Art Sherrod, Rossano Sportiello, Victor Wainwright, Joe Louis Walker and James Weidman.

January 20 Monk’s Casino Part 1: Alexander von Schlippenbach [piano],
Axel Dorner [trumpet], Rudi Mahall [bass clarinet], Jan Roder [bass] and
Uli Jennessen [drums] play every published Thelonious Monk composition. An amazing achievement.

January 27 Monk’s Casino Part 2: Alexander von Schlippenbach [piano],
Axel Dorner [trumpet], Rudi Mahall [bass clarinet], Jan Roder [bass] and
Uli Jennessen [drums] play every published Thelonious Monk composition. An amazing achievement.

February 3 Listen Before You Buy: Recent jazz and blues releases.

February 10 Unusual: Unusual instruments and unusual instrumentation. Will include Abbatoir, Artvark Saxophone Quartet, Svend Asmussen, Carlo Actis Dato,
Brian Groder, Darryl Harper, Jade Blue, Bill McBirnie, Not the Wind Not the Flag, Tom Reese, Daniel Smith and Eldad Tarmu.

February 17 Herbie Nichols: To complement Mark Miller’s recent book on pianist Herbie Nichols, we’ll play Herbie’s quartet recordings from March 1952 and his trio recordings from May 1955, August 1955, April 1956 and November 1957.

February 24 Warne Marsh & Lee Konitz: The booking of the Warne Marsh-Lee Konitz Quintet to play in Copenhagen in December 1975 re-united tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh and alto saxophonist Lee Konitz, two students of pianist Lennie Tristano who hadn’t played together for at least twenty years. Everyone was happy with the results.

“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 and monthly schedules check: http://www.inamellowtone.com

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