LISTEN BEFORE YOU BUY: We will sample sixteen recent jazz and blues CDs,
seven which feature the human voice, two saxophonists, two violinists, a largely electronic quartet, a pianist, a clarinetist, a multi-instrumentalist and a big band.
We’ll also play a sample of the Sultans of String who will appear at Café Paradiso on Thursday & of tenor saxophonist Kirk MacDonald who will be sharing the stage at Café Paradiso with Roddy Ellias on Saturday.
Artist: Sophie Berkal-Sarbit
Album: Young & Foolish
Tune: Letter From Home
Label: 7 Arts
Artist: Rita Chiarelli
Album: Sweet Paradise
Tune: Home
Label: Mim
Artist: Kellylee Evans
Album: The Good Girl
Tune: Lost
Label: Enliven
Artist: Kellylee Evans
Album: The Good Girl
Tune: Glad It’s You
Label: Enliven
Artist: Element Choir
Album: At Rosedale United
Tune: Dapple
Label: Barnyard
Artist: John Blake
Album: Motherless Child
Tune: Steal Away
Label: ARC
Artist: Sultans of String
Album: Yalla Yalla !
Tune: Stomping at the Rex
Label: McKhool
Artist: Kirk MacDonald
Album: The Revellers
Tune: Embraceable You
Label: Unity
Artist: Guy Frank Pellerin
Album: Periplo
Tune: Sur les Collines
Label: Cosmic-Ride
Artist: Guy Frank Pellerin
Album: Periplo
Tune: Feu Dans l’Eau
Label: Cosmic-Ride
Artist: Mort Weiss
Album: Raising the Bar
Tune: Tea For Two
Label: SMS Jazz
Artist: Champian Fulton
Album: The Breeze & I
Tune: I’m Confessin’
Label: Gut String Records
Artist: Carsten Dahl Experience
Album: Humilitas
Tune: Dem Tanzen Fur Thomas
Label: Storyville
Artist: Gray Code
Album: Floating Point
Tune: Dronehead
Label: Circumvention
Artist: Sherman Irby Quartet
Album: Live at the Otto Club
Tune: Countdown
Label: Unit
Artist: Ian Tordella
Album: Magnolia
Tune: Shadow Dancing
Label: Circumvention
Artist: Barb Jungr
Album: The Men I Love
Tune: You Ain’t Going Nowhere
Label: Naim
Artist: Marc Pompe
Album: Hi-Fly
Tune: Good Bait
Label: Marc Pompe
Artist: Stuff Smith
Album: Five Fine Violins
Tune: Stand By Blues
Label: Storyville
Artist: Michael Treni
Album: Turnaround
Tune: Turnaround
Label: The Bell
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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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April 30, 2010
April 29, 2010
MAY & JUNE on IN A MELLOW TONE
May 5 Listen Before You Buy: Recent jazz and blues recordings. May include
Sophie Berkal-Subit, John Blake, Rita Chiarelli, Carsten Dahl, Christine Duncan, Kellylee Evans, Champian Fulton, Gray Code, Sherman Irby, Barb Jungr,
Guy Frank Pellerin, Marc Pompe, Stuff Smith, Ian Tordella and Michael Treni.
May 12 Origin & Porter: A sampling of the recordings issued by these two innovative record companies, whose artists include Rashied Ali, Curt Berg, Henry Grimes,
Dana Hall, Khan Jamal, Phil Kelly, John Moulder, Marcus Nordal, Nu Band, Old Dog, Odean Pope, Tom Tallitsch & Matt Vashlishan.
May 19 Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura: Recent recordings by this highly-talented couple, pianist Satoko Fujii and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura.
May 26 Mamie Smith: This star of the stage, the recording studio and the silver screen was born 127 years ago today. We’ll hear recordings from her recording and film careers.
June 2 Listen Before You Buy: The cream of the crop of recent jazz and blues issues.
Will be chosen from Antonio Adolfo, Cindy Blackman, Ran Blake, Bluesmasters,
Frank Carlberg, Francois Carrier, Anat Cohen, Andrew Downing, John Fedchock,
John Goldsby, Butch Harrison, Ron Miles, Hugh O’Connor, Organissimo,
Ken Peplowski, Monica Ramey, Stryker/Slagle Band, Sultans of String,
Gabriele Tranchina, Trichotomy and Pharez Whitted.
June 9 Ottawa International Jazz Festival: A preview of the many fine artists appearing at this year’s Ottawa Jazz Festival between June 24 and July 4. Will include Eric Boeren, Dave Brubeck, Etienne Charles, Anat Cohen, Bill Frisell,
Robert Glasper, Herbie Hancock, Roy Hargrove, Christine & Ingrid Jensen,
Joe Lovano, MOPDTK, Joshua Redman, David Sanborn and John Scofield.
June 16 Europe Calling: Recent jazz issues recorded in Europe by Ab Baars,
Sean Bergin, Salvatore Bonafede, Ian Carr, the ICP Orchestra, David Liebman,
New York Art Quartet, Evan Parker, Little Red Suitcase, Roberto Magris,
Tineke Postma, Don Rendell, Martin Taylor and Bo van der Graff.
June 23 Sonny Rollins & Don Cherry in Copenhagen: The 1963 Copenhagen concert by the Rollins/Cherry Quartet, with Henry Grimes and Billy Higgins.
June 30 Ottawa Bluesfest: CKCU’s blues guru John Tackaberry will give us an introduction to the blues and gospel artists who will be appearing at this year’s Ottawa Bluesfest between July 6 and July 18.
“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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Sophie Berkal-Subit, John Blake, Rita Chiarelli, Carsten Dahl, Christine Duncan, Kellylee Evans, Champian Fulton, Gray Code, Sherman Irby, Barb Jungr,
Guy Frank Pellerin, Marc Pompe, Stuff Smith, Ian Tordella and Michael Treni.
May 12 Origin & Porter: A sampling of the recordings issued by these two innovative record companies, whose artists include Rashied Ali, Curt Berg, Henry Grimes,
Dana Hall, Khan Jamal, Phil Kelly, John Moulder, Marcus Nordal, Nu Band, Old Dog, Odean Pope, Tom Tallitsch & Matt Vashlishan.
May 19 Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura: Recent recordings by this highly-talented couple, pianist Satoko Fujii and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura.
May 26 Mamie Smith: This star of the stage, the recording studio and the silver screen was born 127 years ago today. We’ll hear recordings from her recording and film careers.
June 2 Listen Before You Buy: The cream of the crop of recent jazz and blues issues.
Will be chosen from Antonio Adolfo, Cindy Blackman, Ran Blake, Bluesmasters,
Frank Carlberg, Francois Carrier, Anat Cohen, Andrew Downing, John Fedchock,
John Goldsby, Butch Harrison, Ron Miles, Hugh O’Connor, Organissimo,
Ken Peplowski, Monica Ramey, Stryker/Slagle Band, Sultans of String,
Gabriele Tranchina, Trichotomy and Pharez Whitted.
June 9 Ottawa International Jazz Festival: A preview of the many fine artists appearing at this year’s Ottawa Jazz Festival between June 24 and July 4. Will include Eric Boeren, Dave Brubeck, Etienne Charles, Anat Cohen, Bill Frisell,
Robert Glasper, Herbie Hancock, Roy Hargrove, Christine & Ingrid Jensen,
Joe Lovano, MOPDTK, Joshua Redman, David Sanborn and John Scofield.
June 16 Europe Calling: Recent jazz issues recorded in Europe by Ab Baars,
Sean Bergin, Salvatore Bonafede, Ian Carr, the ICP Orchestra, David Liebman,
New York Art Quartet, Evan Parker, Little Red Suitcase, Roberto Magris,
Tineke Postma, Don Rendell, Martin Taylor and Bo van der Graff.
June 23 Sonny Rollins & Don Cherry in Copenhagen: The 1963 Copenhagen concert by the Rollins/Cherry Quartet, with Henry Grimes and Billy Higgins.
June 30 Ottawa Bluesfest: CKCU’s blues guru John Tackaberry will give us an introduction to the blues and gospel artists who will be appearing at this year’s Ottawa Bluesfest between July 6 and July 18.
“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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April 22, 2010
PLAYLIST for APRIL 28, 2010
FIMAV: An introduction to some of the many artists who will be appearing at the Festival International de Musique Actuelle in Victoriaville between May 20 & May 23.
We’ll also play a sample of one group and two artist appearing shortly in Ottawa; Hugh O’Connor, whose CD release party takes place at the National Arts Centre Fourth Stage on May 3, the group Sultans of String who will appear at Café Paradiso on May 6& tenor saxophonist Kirk MacDonald who will be at Café Paradiso on May 8 with Roddy Ellias.
My thanks to David Broscoe, Mark Keill and Bernard Stepien for kindly lending me some of the CDs for tonight’s program.
Artist: Vialka
Album: Curiosities of Popular Customs
Tune: Only the Wong Survive
Label: Via
Artist: Sam Shalabi
Album: Osama
Tune: Der El-Bahri From The Air
Label: Alien 8 recordings
Artist: Xavier Charles/John Butcher/Axel Dorner
Album: The Contest of Pleasures
Tune: Kumquat
Label: Potlach
Artist: Philippe Lauzier/Pierre-Yves Martel
Album: Sainct Laurens
Tune: Pecos
Label: &
Artist: Philippe Lauzier/Kim Myhr/Nils Ostendorf/Martin Taxt/Toma Gouband
Album: Spin Ensemble
Tune: Lontano
Label: Spin
Artist: Hugh O’Connor
Album: For the First Time
Tune: Ignunt Oil
Label: True North
Artist: Sultans of String
Album: Luna
Tune: Kitchen Party
Label: McKhool
Artist: Kirk MacDonald Quartet
Album: Songbook Volume 1
Tune: Goodbye Glenn
Label: Addo
Artist: Askak Maboul [Catherine Jauniaux]
Album: Un Peu de l’ame des Bandits
Tune: Alluvions
Label: Crammed Discs
Artist: Malcolm Goldstein/Rainer Weins/John Heward
Album: Chants Caches
Tune: Trio 6
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques
Artist: Barre Phillips
Album: Camouflage
Tune: Around Again
Label: Victo
Artist: Ben Goldberg Quintet [Carla Kihlstedt]
Album: the door, the hat, the chair, the fact
Tune: Dog’s Life
Label: Cryptogramophone
Artist: Bill Dixon/Cecil Taylor/Tony Oxley
Album: Cecil Taylor/ Bill Dixon/Tony Oxley
Tune: T-C x B
Label: Victo
Artist: Urs Leimgruber/Fritz Hauser
Album: Duho
Tune: 0.2
Label: Unit
Artist: Urs Leimgruber/Fritz Hauser
Album: Duho
Tune: 0.6
Label: Unit
Artist: Kim Myhr/ Philippe Lauzier/Nils Ostendorf/Martin Taxt/Toma Gouband
Album: Spin Ensemble
Tune: Praeludium
Label: Spin
Artist: Rene Lussier/Pierre Tanguay
Album: La Vie Qui Bat Chevre
Tune: Changements Attribuables a l’Homme
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques
Artist: Rene Lussier/Pierre Tanguay
Album: La Vie Qui Bat Chevre
Tune: Tete de Cochon
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques
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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
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We’ll also play a sample of one group and two artist appearing shortly in Ottawa; Hugh O’Connor, whose CD release party takes place at the National Arts Centre Fourth Stage on May 3, the group Sultans of String who will appear at Café Paradiso on May 6& tenor saxophonist Kirk MacDonald who will be at Café Paradiso on May 8 with Roddy Ellias.
My thanks to David Broscoe, Mark Keill and Bernard Stepien for kindly lending me some of the CDs for tonight’s program.
Artist: Vialka
Album: Curiosities of Popular Customs
Tune: Only the Wong Survive
Label: Via
Artist: Sam Shalabi
Album: Osama
Tune: Der El-Bahri From The Air
Label: Alien 8 recordings
Artist: Xavier Charles/John Butcher/Axel Dorner
Album: The Contest of Pleasures
Tune: Kumquat
Label: Potlach
Artist: Philippe Lauzier/Pierre-Yves Martel
Album: Sainct Laurens
Tune: Pecos
Label: &
Artist: Philippe Lauzier/Kim Myhr/Nils Ostendorf/Martin Taxt/Toma Gouband
Album: Spin Ensemble
Tune: Lontano
Label: Spin
Artist: Hugh O’Connor
Album: For the First Time
Tune: Ignunt Oil
Label: True North
Artist: Sultans of String
Album: Luna
Tune: Kitchen Party
Label: McKhool
Artist: Kirk MacDonald Quartet
Album: Songbook Volume 1
Tune: Goodbye Glenn
Label: Addo
Artist: Askak Maboul [Catherine Jauniaux]
Album: Un Peu de l’ame des Bandits
Tune: Alluvions
Label: Crammed Discs
Artist: Malcolm Goldstein/Rainer Weins/John Heward
Album: Chants Caches
Tune: Trio 6
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques
Artist: Barre Phillips
Album: Camouflage
Tune: Around Again
Label: Victo
Artist: Ben Goldberg Quintet [Carla Kihlstedt]
Album: the door, the hat, the chair, the fact
Tune: Dog’s Life
Label: Cryptogramophone
Artist: Bill Dixon/Cecil Taylor/Tony Oxley
Album: Cecil Taylor/ Bill Dixon/Tony Oxley
Tune: T-C x B
Label: Victo
Artist: Urs Leimgruber/Fritz Hauser
Album: Duho
Tune: 0.2
Label: Unit
Artist: Urs Leimgruber/Fritz Hauser
Album: Duho
Tune: 0.6
Label: Unit
Artist: Kim Myhr/ Philippe Lauzier/Nils Ostendorf/Martin Taxt/Toma Gouband
Album: Spin Ensemble
Tune: Praeludium
Label: Spin
Artist: Rene Lussier/Pierre Tanguay
Album: La Vie Qui Bat Chevre
Tune: Changements Attribuables a l’Homme
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques
Artist: Rene Lussier/Pierre Tanguay
Album: La Vie Qui Bat Chevre
Tune: Tete de Cochon
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques
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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
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April 15, 2010
PLAYLIST for APRIL 21, 2010
HENRY GRIMES: The amazing return to the jazz scene of legendary bassist
Henry Grimes is one of the most positive stories in jazz history.
Tonight we’ll follow his recording career since his return, sampling his sessions from 2003 to 2008.
Artist: Henry Grimes
Album: More Call
Tune: More Call
Label: JazzNewYork Productions
Artist: Dennis Gonzalez’s Inspiration Band
Album: Nile River Suite
Tune: The Nile Runs Through My Heart
Label: Daagnim
Artist: Henry Grimes Trio
Album: Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival
Tune: Flowers for Albert
Label: Ayler
Artist: Henry Grimes Trio
Album: Sublime Communication
Tune: The Seven For Six Mambo
Label: JazzNewYork Productions
Artist: Henry Grimes Trio
Album: Sublime Communication
Tune: Moon Mystique
Label: JazzNewYork Productions
Artist: Marc Ribot
Album: Spiritual Unity
Tune: Spirits
Label: Pi
Artist: Henry Grimes & Rashied Ali
Album: Going to the Ritual
Tune: Eternal Mysticism, Virtue and Calm
Label: Porter
Artist: Henry Grimes & Rashied Ali
Album: Going to the Ritual
Tune: This Must Have Always Happened
Label: Porter
Artist: Profound Sound Trio
Album: Opus de Life
Tune: This Way, Please
Label: Porter
Artist: Profound Sound Trio
Album: Opus de Life
Tune: Beyonder
Label: Porter
Artist: Henry Grimes
Album: Solo
Tune: Solo
Label: Ilk
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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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Henry Grimes is one of the most positive stories in jazz history.
Tonight we’ll follow his recording career since his return, sampling his sessions from 2003 to 2008.
Artist: Henry Grimes
Album: More Call
Tune: More Call
Label: JazzNewYork Productions
Artist: Dennis Gonzalez’s Inspiration Band
Album: Nile River Suite
Tune: The Nile Runs Through My Heart
Label: Daagnim
Artist: Henry Grimes Trio
Album: Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival
Tune: Flowers for Albert
Label: Ayler
Artist: Henry Grimes Trio
Album: Sublime Communication
Tune: The Seven For Six Mambo
Label: JazzNewYork Productions
Artist: Henry Grimes Trio
Album: Sublime Communication
Tune: Moon Mystique
Label: JazzNewYork Productions
Artist: Marc Ribot
Album: Spiritual Unity
Tune: Spirits
Label: Pi
Artist: Henry Grimes & Rashied Ali
Album: Going to the Ritual
Tune: Eternal Mysticism, Virtue and Calm
Label: Porter
Artist: Henry Grimes & Rashied Ali
Album: Going to the Ritual
Tune: This Must Have Always Happened
Label: Porter
Artist: Profound Sound Trio
Album: Opus de Life
Tune: This Way, Please
Label: Porter
Artist: Profound Sound Trio
Album: Opus de Life
Tune: Beyonder
Label: Porter
Artist: Henry Grimes
Album: Solo
Tune: Solo
Label: Ilk
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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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April 08, 2010
PLAYLIST for APRIL 14, 2010
BESSIE SMITH: Bessie Smith, the Empress of the Blues, was born on April 15, 1894. Tonight we’ll hear some of Bessie’s original ‘twenties recordings and recreations by LaVern Baker [1958], Dinah Washington [1958], Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan [1980] and Amina Claudine Myers [1980].
We’ll also play you a sample of two upcoming Ottawa concerts; Jane Bunnett and the Cuban Piano Masters on April 15 at Dominion Chalmers United Church, and pianist Frank Kimbrough guesting with John Geggie and Jean Martin on April 17 at the NAC Fourth Stage.
Artist: Bessie Smith
Album: The Complete Recordings
Tune: Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
Label: Columbia
Artist: Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan
Album: Trouble in Mind
Tune: Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
Label: SteepleChase
Artist: LaVerne Baker
Album: Sings Bessie Smith
Tune: Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
Label: Collectables
Artist: Bessie Smith
Album: The Complete Recordings
Tune: Backwater Blues
Label: Columbia
Artist: Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan
Album: Trouble in Mind
Tune: Backwater Blues
Label: SteepleChase
Artist: LaVerne Baker
Album: Sings Bessie Smith
Tune: Backwater Blues
Label: Collectables
Artist: Dinah Washington
Album: Sings Bessie Smith
Tune: Backwater Blues
Label: Verve
Artist: Jane Bunnett
Album: And The Cuban Piano Masters
Tune: Como Fue
Label: World Pacific
Artist: Frank Kimbrough
Album: Lullabluebye
Tune: Fu Bu
Label: Palmetto
Artist: Bessie Smith
Album: The Complete Recordings
Tune: Careless Love
Label: Columbia
Artist: Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan
Album: Trouble in Mind
Tune: Careless Love
Label: SteepleChase
Artist: Dinah Washington
Album: Sings Bessie Smith
Tune: Careless Love
Label: Verve
Artist: Bessie Smith
Album: The Complete Recordings
Tune: Jailhouse Blues
Label: Columbia
Artist: Amina Claudine Myers
Album: Salutes Bessie Smith
Tune: Jailhouse Blues
Label: Leo
Artist: Dinah Washington
Album: Sings Bessie Smith
Tune: Jailhouse Blues
Label: Verve
Artist: Bessie Smith
Album: The Complete Recordings
Tune: After You’ve Gone
Label: Columbia
Artist: LaVerne Baker
Album: Sings Bessie Smith
Tune: After You’ve Gone
Label: Collectables
Artist: Dinah Washington
Album: Sings Bessie Smith
Tune: After You’ve Gone
Label: Verve
Artist: LaVerne Baker
Album: Sings Bessie Smith
Tune: Gimme A Pigfoot
Label: Collectables
Artist: LaVerne Baker
Album: Sings Bessie Smith
Tune: Empty Bed Blues
Label: Collectables
Artist: Dinah Washington
Album: Sings Bessie Smith
Tune: Send Me to the ‘Lectric Chair
Label: Verve
Artist: Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan
Album: Trouble in Mind
Tune: Trouble in Mind
Label: SteepleChase
Artist: Amina Claudine Myers
Album: Salutes Bessie Smith
Tune: Wasted Life Blues
Label: Leo
Artist: Amina Claudine Myers
Album: Salutes Bessie Smith
Tune: Dirty No-Gooder’s Blues
Label: Leo
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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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We’ll also play you a sample of two upcoming Ottawa concerts; Jane Bunnett and the Cuban Piano Masters on April 15 at Dominion Chalmers United Church, and pianist Frank Kimbrough guesting with John Geggie and Jean Martin on April 17 at the NAC Fourth Stage.
Artist: Bessie Smith
Album: The Complete Recordings
Tune: Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
Label: Columbia
Artist: Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan
Album: Trouble in Mind
Tune: Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
Label: SteepleChase
Artist: LaVerne Baker
Album: Sings Bessie Smith
Tune: Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
Label: Collectables
Artist: Bessie Smith
Album: The Complete Recordings
Tune: Backwater Blues
Label: Columbia
Artist: Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan
Album: Trouble in Mind
Tune: Backwater Blues
Label: SteepleChase
Artist: LaVerne Baker
Album: Sings Bessie Smith
Tune: Backwater Blues
Label: Collectables
Artist: Dinah Washington
Album: Sings Bessie Smith
Tune: Backwater Blues
Label: Verve
Artist: Jane Bunnett
Album: And The Cuban Piano Masters
Tune: Como Fue
Label: World Pacific
Artist: Frank Kimbrough
Album: Lullabluebye
Tune: Fu Bu
Label: Palmetto
Artist: Bessie Smith
Album: The Complete Recordings
Tune: Careless Love
Label: Columbia
Artist: Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan
Album: Trouble in Mind
Tune: Careless Love
Label: SteepleChase
Artist: Dinah Washington
Album: Sings Bessie Smith
Tune: Careless Love
Label: Verve
Artist: Bessie Smith
Album: The Complete Recordings
Tune: Jailhouse Blues
Label: Columbia
Artist: Amina Claudine Myers
Album: Salutes Bessie Smith
Tune: Jailhouse Blues
Label: Leo
Artist: Dinah Washington
Album: Sings Bessie Smith
Tune: Jailhouse Blues
Label: Verve
Artist: Bessie Smith
Album: The Complete Recordings
Tune: After You’ve Gone
Label: Columbia
Artist: LaVerne Baker
Album: Sings Bessie Smith
Tune: After You’ve Gone
Label: Collectables
Artist: Dinah Washington
Album: Sings Bessie Smith
Tune: After You’ve Gone
Label: Verve
Artist: LaVerne Baker
Album: Sings Bessie Smith
Tune: Gimme A Pigfoot
Label: Collectables
Artist: LaVerne Baker
Album: Sings Bessie Smith
Tune: Empty Bed Blues
Label: Collectables
Artist: Dinah Washington
Album: Sings Bessie Smith
Tune: Send Me to the ‘Lectric Chair
Label: Verve
Artist: Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan
Album: Trouble in Mind
Tune: Trouble in Mind
Label: SteepleChase
Artist: Amina Claudine Myers
Album: Salutes Bessie Smith
Tune: Wasted Life Blues
Label: Leo
Artist: Amina Claudine Myers
Album: Salutes Bessie Smith
Tune: Dirty No-Gooder’s Blues
Label: Leo
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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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April 04, 2010
PLAYLIST for APRIL 7, 2010
LISTEN BEFORE YOU BUY: We’ll sample fourteen recent releases from solo bass to a
16-piece big band, with some emphasis on pianists.
We’ll also play you a foretaste of two upcoming Ottawa concerts; Jane Bunnett and the Cuban Piano Masters on April 15 at Dominion Chalmers United Church,
and pianist Frank Kimbrough guesting with John Geggie and Jean Martin on April 17 at the NAC Fourth Stage.
Artist: Empirical
Album: Out ‘n’ In
Tune: So He Left
Label: Naim
Artist: Empirical
Album: Out ‘n’ In
Tune: Out But In
Label: Naim
Artist: Antoine Berthiaume
Album: Small Tease
Tune: Chamallow Toine
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques
Artist: Antoine Berthiaume
Album: Small Tease
Tune: Biscuit Vole
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques
Artist: Fred Fried and Core
Album: Core 3.0
Tune: April’s March
Label: Ballet Tree
Artist: Jane Bunnett
Album: And The Cuban Piano Masters
Tune: Social Club Buena Vista
Label: World Pacific
Artist: Frank Kimbrough
Album: Lullabluebye
Tune: Centering
Label: Palmetto
Artist: Jay D’Amico Trio
Album: Nocturne
Tune: Earth Day Theme
Label: CAP
Artist: Jay D’Amico Trio
Album: Nocturne
Tune: The Dove
Label: CAP
Artist: Steve Colson
Album: The Untarnished Dream
Tune: Warriors
Label: Silver Sphinx
Artist: Peggy Duquesnel
Album: Summertime Lullaby
Tune: Drivin’ Blues
Label: Joyspring Music
Artist: William Parker
Album: At Somewhere There
Tune: For Don Cherry
Label: Barnyard
Artist: William Parker
Album: At Somewhere There
Tune: For Ella Parker
Label: Barnyard
Artist: Dave Sharp’s Secret Seven
Album: 7
Tune: Africano
Label: Vortex
Artist: Kiya Tabassian, Pierre-Yves Martel, Ziya Tabassian
Album: Montreal-Chelsea 227km
Tune: Montreal
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques
Artist: Kiya Tabassian, Pierre-Yves Martel, Ziya Tabassian
Album: Montreal-Chelsea 227km
Tune: Dunvegan
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques
Artist: Trio This
Album: That
Tune: Pug Nose
Label: GM
Artist: James Carney Group
Album: Ways & Means
Tune: Pow Wow
Label: Songlines
Artist: Nicole Ratte
Album: When Somebody Thinks You’re Wonderful
Tune: La Maison Sous Les Arbres
Label: Nicole Ratte Jazz
Artist: Pierre Labbe 4tet
Album: Manivelle
Tune: La Kuchika
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques
Artist: Big Crazy Energy New York Band
Album: Inspirations
Tune: Out Of The Night
Label: Rosa
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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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16-piece big band, with some emphasis on pianists.
We’ll also play you a foretaste of two upcoming Ottawa concerts; Jane Bunnett and the Cuban Piano Masters on April 15 at Dominion Chalmers United Church,
and pianist Frank Kimbrough guesting with John Geggie and Jean Martin on April 17 at the NAC Fourth Stage.
Artist: Empirical
Album: Out ‘n’ In
Tune: So He Left
Label: Naim
Artist: Empirical
Album: Out ‘n’ In
Tune: Out But In
Label: Naim
Artist: Antoine Berthiaume
Album: Small Tease
Tune: Chamallow Toine
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques
Artist: Antoine Berthiaume
Album: Small Tease
Tune: Biscuit Vole
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques
Artist: Fred Fried and Core
Album: Core 3.0
Tune: April’s March
Label: Ballet Tree
Artist: Jane Bunnett
Album: And The Cuban Piano Masters
Tune: Social Club Buena Vista
Label: World Pacific
Artist: Frank Kimbrough
Album: Lullabluebye
Tune: Centering
Label: Palmetto
Artist: Jay D’Amico Trio
Album: Nocturne
Tune: Earth Day Theme
Label: CAP
Artist: Jay D’Amico Trio
Album: Nocturne
Tune: The Dove
Label: CAP
Artist: Steve Colson
Album: The Untarnished Dream
Tune: Warriors
Label: Silver Sphinx
Artist: Peggy Duquesnel
Album: Summertime Lullaby
Tune: Drivin’ Blues
Label: Joyspring Music
Artist: William Parker
Album: At Somewhere There
Tune: For Don Cherry
Label: Barnyard
Artist: William Parker
Album: At Somewhere There
Tune: For Ella Parker
Label: Barnyard
Artist: Dave Sharp’s Secret Seven
Album: 7
Tune: Africano
Label: Vortex
Artist: Kiya Tabassian, Pierre-Yves Martel, Ziya Tabassian
Album: Montreal-Chelsea 227km
Tune: Montreal
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques
Artist: Kiya Tabassian, Pierre-Yves Martel, Ziya Tabassian
Album: Montreal-Chelsea 227km
Tune: Dunvegan
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques
Artist: Trio This
Album: That
Tune: Pug Nose
Label: GM
Artist: James Carney Group
Album: Ways & Means
Tune: Pow Wow
Label: Songlines
Artist: Nicole Ratte
Album: When Somebody Thinks You’re Wonderful
Tune: La Maison Sous Les Arbres
Label: Nicole Ratte Jazz
Artist: Pierre Labbe 4tet
Album: Manivelle
Tune: La Kuchika
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques
Artist: Big Crazy Energy New York Band
Album: Inspirations
Tune: Out Of The Night
Label: Rosa
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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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April 01, 2010
APRIL & MAY on IN A MELLOW TONE
April 7 Listen Before You Buy: Recent jazz and blues releases by
Antoine Berthiaume, Big Crazy Energy New York Band, James Carney, Steve Colson,
Jay D’Amico, Peggy Duquesnel, Empirical, Fred Fried, Pierre Labbe, William Parker, Nicole Ratte, Dave Sharp, Trio This and Kiya Tabassian.
April 14 Bessie Smith: The Empress of the Blues was born on April 15, 1894.
Tonight we play from four Bessie Smith tribute albums by Laverne Baker,
Amina Claudine Myers, Archie Shepp and Dinah Washington.
April 21 Henry Grimes: An update on this great bassist’s recording activities. We’ll play CDs that Henry has made in 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2008, solo and with Rashied Ali,Roy Campbell, Andrew Cyrille, Hamid Drake, Paul Dunmall, Dennis Gonzalez, David Murray, Marc Ribot and Chad Taylor.
April 28 FIMAV: An introduction to the many artists appearing at the Festival International de Musique Actuelle in Victoriaville between May 20 and May 23.
May 5 Listen Before You Buy: Recent jazz and blues recordings. May include
Sophie Berkal-Subit, John Blake, Rita Chiarelli, Carsten Dahl, Christine Duncan, Kellylee Evans, Champian Fulton, Gray Code, Sherman Irby, Barb Jungr,
Guy Frank Pellerin, Marc Pompe, Stuff Smith, Ian Tordella, Michael Treni
and Mort Weiss.
May 12 Origin & Porter: A sampling of the recordings issued by these two innovative record companies, whose artists include Rashied Ali, Curt Berg,
Henry Grimes, Dana Hall, Khan Jamal, Phil Kelly, John Moulder, Marcus Nordal,
Nu Band, Old Dog, Odean Pope, Tom Tallitsch & Matt Vashlishan.
May 19 Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura: Recent recordings by this highly-talented couple, pianist Satoko Fujii and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura.
May 26 Mamie Smith: This star of the stage, the recording studio and the silver screen was born 127 years ago today. We’ll hear recordings from her recording and film careers.
“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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Antoine Berthiaume, Big Crazy Energy New York Band, James Carney, Steve Colson,
Jay D’Amico, Peggy Duquesnel, Empirical, Fred Fried, Pierre Labbe, William Parker, Nicole Ratte, Dave Sharp, Trio This and Kiya Tabassian.
April 14 Bessie Smith: The Empress of the Blues was born on April 15, 1894.
Tonight we play from four Bessie Smith tribute albums by Laverne Baker,
Amina Claudine Myers, Archie Shepp and Dinah Washington.
April 21 Henry Grimes: An update on this great bassist’s recording activities. We’ll play CDs that Henry has made in 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2008, solo and with Rashied Ali,Roy Campbell, Andrew Cyrille, Hamid Drake, Paul Dunmall, Dennis Gonzalez, David Murray, Marc Ribot and Chad Taylor.
April 28 FIMAV: An introduction to the many artists appearing at the Festival International de Musique Actuelle in Victoriaville between May 20 and May 23.
May 5 Listen Before You Buy: Recent jazz and blues recordings. May include
Sophie Berkal-Subit, John Blake, Rita Chiarelli, Carsten Dahl, Christine Duncan, Kellylee Evans, Champian Fulton, Gray Code, Sherman Irby, Barb Jungr,
Guy Frank Pellerin, Marc Pompe, Stuff Smith, Ian Tordella, Michael Treni
and Mort Weiss.
May 12 Origin & Porter: A sampling of the recordings issued by these two innovative record companies, whose artists include Rashied Ali, Curt Berg,
Henry Grimes, Dana Hall, Khan Jamal, Phil Kelly, John Moulder, Marcus Nordal,
Nu Band, Old Dog, Odean Pope, Tom Tallitsch & Matt Vashlishan.
May 19 Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura: Recent recordings by this highly-talented couple, pianist Satoko Fujii and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura.
May 26 Mamie Smith: This star of the stage, the recording studio and the silver screen was born 127 years ago today. We’ll hear recordings from her recording and film careers.
“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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