November 19, 2009

PLAYLIST for NOVEMBER 25, 2009

INTERNATIONAL GIFT LIST: Some suggestions of seasonal gifts by international jazz and blues artists. We’ll start with two contemporary trumpeters [Terence Blanchard and Dennis Gonzalez] followed by two drummer/bandleaders [Andrew Drury and
Alex Cline] both of whose records coincidentally feature Myra Melford.

Ogun have reissued two LPs by alto saxophonist Elton Dean’s Ninesense, so we’ll sample both of these next. From alto to tenor, the tenor saxophones of Jimmy Heath and James Moody, each recorded last year.

Then we take a nostalgic turn, listening to some gospel piano by Cyrus Chestnut, some slide guitar and vocal from Samuel James, some jug band music from
Maria Muldaur and some vocalese by the Manhattan Transfer. We’ll round out the program with two recordings featuring the string bass; Joelle Leandre in a trio setting and a rare Scott LaFaro discovery from 1961.

We will take a moment to plug two upcoming Ottawa concerts, the first by
Josh Rager, Paul Meyers and John Geggie [November 28 at the NAC Fourth Stage] and the second by the Geoff Lapp Trio [November 29 at the First Unitarian Church].


Artist: Terence Blanchard
Album: Choices
Tune: Him or Me
Label: Concord

Artist: Dennis Gonzalez
Album: A Matter of Blood
Tune: Chant de la Fee
Label: Furthermore

Artist: Andrew Drury
Album: My Fingers Will Be Your Tears
Tune: Interlude
Label: Cadence

Artist: Alex Cline
Album: Continuation
Tune: Clearing Our Streams
Label: Cryptogramophone

Artist: Josh Rager
Album: Time and Again
Tune: Train to Lindau
Label: Effendi

Artist: Geoff Lapp Trio
Album: Stained Glass
Tune: Yo Bro
Label: Elephant

Artist: Elton Dean’s Ninesense
Album: Oh! For the Edge
Tune: Friday Night Blues
Label: Ogun

Artist: Elton Dean’s Ninesense
Album: Happy Daze
Tune: Seven For Lee
Label: Ogun

Artist: Heath Brothers
Album: Endurance
Tune: Two Tees
Label: Jazz Legacy

Artist: James Moody
Album: Moody 4 A
Tune: Stablemates
Label: IPO

Artist: Cyrus Chestnut
Album: Spirit
Tune: Blessed Assurance
Label: Jazz Legacy

Artist: Samuel James
Album: For Rosa, Maeve & Noreen
Tune: Cryin’ Blues
Label: NorthernBlues

Artist: Maria Muldaur
Album: Garden of Joy
Tune: Shout You Cats
Label: Stony Plain

Artist: Maria Muldaur
Album: Garden of Joy
Tune: Garden of Joy
Label: Stony Plain

Artist: Maria Muldaur
Album: Garden of Joy
Tune: I Ain’t Gonna Marry
Label: Stony Plain

Artist: Manhattan Transfer
Album: The Chick Corea Songbook
Tune: Children’s Song #15
Label: Four Quarters

Artist: Manhattan Transfer
Album: The Chick Corea Songbook
Tune: Another Roadside Attraction
Label: Four Quarters

Artist: Leandre/Vidal/Boni
Album: Trace
Tune: Des Prunes
Label: Red Toucan

Artist: Scott La Faro
Album: Pieces of Jade
Tune: Woody ‘N You
Label: Resonance


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November 12, 2009

PLAYLIST for NOVEMBER 18, 2009

FUNDING DRIVE: Many thanks to the loyal and generous listeners who supported CKCU during our Funding Drive.

Program Topic:

GEORGE RUSSELL: We bid a sad farewell to composer, arranger, theoretician,
pianist, band-leader George Russell, who died on July 27, 2009. We’ll him first as an arranger/composer with Dizzy Gillespie’s Orchestra in 1947, as a composer whose tunes were recorded by Teddy Charles and Hal McKusick in 1956, and then as a
band-leader playing his own compositions in 1956 [with Art Farmer and Bill Evans], in 1964 [at the Newport Jazz Festival with Don Ellis and John Gilmore and in Bremen and Paris with Thad Jones and Barre Phillips], and in 1982 [with a big band including Ray Anderson and Marty Ehrlich].

We will take a moment to plug two upcoming Ottawa concerts, the first by
Josh Rager, Paul Meyers and John Geggie [November 28 at the NAC Fourth Stage] and the second by the Geoff Lapp Trio [November 29 at the First Unitarian Church @ 30 Cleary Avenue].


Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Album: Night In Tunisia
Tune: Cubana Be
Label: RCA Victor

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Album: Night In Tunisia
Tune: Cubana Bop
Label: RCA Victor

Artist: Teddy Charles Tentet
Album: The Teddy Charles Tentet
Tune: Lydian M-1
Label: Atlantic

Artist: Hal McKusick Quartet
Album: The Complete Bluebird Recordings
Tune: Lydian Lullaby
Label: Lonehill

Artist: Josh Rager
Album: Time and Again
Tune: Side Eye
Label: Effendi

Artist: Geoff Lapp Trio
Album: Stained Glass
Tune: Kathy’s Waltz
Label: Elephant

Artist: George Russell and his Smalltet
Album: The Complete Bluebird Recordings
Tune: Ezz-thetic
Label: Lonehill

Artist: George Russell and his Smalltet
Album: The Complete Bluebird Recordings
Tune: Jack’s Blues
Label: Lonehill

Artist: George Russell and his Smalltet
Album: The Complete Bluebird Recordings
Tune: Ye Hypocrite, Ye Beelzebub
Label: Lonehill

Artist: George Russell Sextet
Album: Things New: Unissued Concerts
Tune: The Outer View
Label: RLR

Artist: George Russell Sextet
Album: Things New: Unissued Concerts
Tune: Stratusphunk
Label: RLR

Artist: George Russell Sextet
Album: Live in Bremen & Paris
Tune: D. C. Divertimento
Label: Gambit

Artist: George Russell Sextet
Album: Live in Bremen & Paris
Tune: The Outer View
Label: Gambit

Artist: George Russell’s New York Band
Album: Live in an American Time Spiral
Tune: Ezz-thetic
Label: Soul Note

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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

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November 05, 2009

PLAYLIST for NOVEMBER 11, 2009

FUNDING DRIVE: Many thanks to the loyal and generous listeners who supported CKCU during our Funding Drive.

PROGRAM TOPIC:

HOAGY CARMICHAEL: We celebrate the 110th anniversary of the birth of composer, pianist, singer and band leader Hoagy Carmichael.

We will concentrate on six of Hoagy's early compositions – Riverboat Shuffle,
Washboard Blues, Star Dust, Georgia On My Mind, Rockin’ Chair and Lazy River,
as interpreted through the years by Hoagy, Louis Armstrong, Mildred Bailey,
the Benson Orchestra of Chicago, Bill Charlap, Ray Charles, Chicago Hot Five, Coleman Hawkins, Red Holloway, Curtis Mosby, Mound City Blue Blowers,
Leon Redbone, Washboard Rhythm Kings and Paul Whiteman.

We will take a moment to plug two upcoming Ottawa concerts, the first by Quartetski
[November 16 at the NAC Fourth Stage] and the second by the Geoff Lapp Trio [November 29 at the First Unitarian Church @ 30 Cleary Avenue].


Artist: Curtis Mosby
Album: Curtis Mosby/Henry Starr
Tune: Riverboat Shuffle
Label: Jazz Oracle

Artist: Benson Orchestra of Chicago
Album: Stardust Melody
Tune: Riverboat Shuffle
Label: RCA

Artist: Hoagy Carmichael
Album: Hoagy Carmichael
Tune: Riverboat Shuffle
Label: V-Disc

Artist: Paul Whiteman
Album: Stardust Melody
Tune: Washboard Blues
Label: RCA

Artist: Hoagy Carmichael
Album: Stardust & Much More
Tune: Washboard Blues
Label: Bluebird

Artist: Quartetski
Album: Quartetski Does Prokofiev
Tune: Feroce
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques

Artist: Geoff Lapp Trio
Album: Stained Glass
Tune: Day Dream
Label: Elephant

Artist: Chicago Hot Five
Album: Washboard Rhythm Kings Volume 1
Tune: Star Dust
Label: Collector’s Classics

Artist: Coleman Hawkins
Album: Dear Old Southland
Tune: Star Dust
Label: Quadromania

Artist: Louis Armstrong
Album: The California Concerts
Tune: Star Dust
Label: Decca

Artist: Hoagy Carmichael
Album: Stardust & Much More
Tune: Star Dust
Label: Bluebird

Artist: Red Holloway
Album: Go Red Go!
Tune: Stardust
Label: Delmark

Artist: Hoagy Carmichael
Album: Stardust & Much More
Tune: Georgia On My Mind
Label: Bluebird

Artist: Mound City Blue Blowers
Album: Red McKenzie Volume II
Tune: Georgia On My Mind
Label: Sensation

Artist: Washboard Rhythm Kings
Album: Washboard Rhythm Kings Volume 1
Tune: Georgia On My Mind
Label: Collector’s Classics

Artist: Mildred Bailey
Album: Stardust Melody
Tune: Georgia On My Mind
Label: RCA

Artist: Bill Charlap
Album: Stardust
Tune: Georgia On My Mind
Label: Blue Note

Artist: Ray Charles
Album: Ray Sings Basie Swings
Tune: Georgia On My Mind
Label: Concord

Artist: Hoagy Carmichael
Album: Stardust & Much More
Tune: Rockin’ Chair
Label: Bluebird

Artist: Mildred Bailey
Album: Stardust Melody
Tune: Rockin’ Chair
Label: RCA

Artist: Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Jack Teagarden
Album: Havin’ More Fun
Tune: Rockin’ Chair
Label: Storyville

Artist: Bill Charlap
Album: Stardust
Tune: Rockin’ Chair
Label: Blue Note

Artist: Hoagy Carmichael
Album: Stardust Melody
Tune: Lazy River
Label: RCA

Artist: Louis Armstrong
Album: Havin’ Fun
Tune: Lazy River
Label: Storyville

Artist: Leon Redbone
Album: Up A Lazy River
Tune: Lazy River
Label: August

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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

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