“IN A MELLOW TONE”
August 4 Listen Before You Buy: The cream of the crop of recent jazz and blues releases, by Willie Buck, Corey Christiansen, Drumheller, Curtis Fuller, Gordon Grdina, Mark Lomax, Thomas Marriott, Jamie Ousley, Monica Ramey, Scenes,
John Skillman, Speak, Sultans of String, Ray Vega, Carrie Wicks and Yotam.
August 11 Pianorama: The piano stylings of Beegie Adair, Antonio Adolfo,
Ran Blake, Salvatore Bonafede, Hal Galper, Keith Jarrett, Russ Kassoff,
Andrew Oliver, Michael Jefry Stevens and Trichotomy.
August 18 Guelph Jazz Festival: A preview of the artists who will be appearing at the Guelph Jazz Festival between September 8 and September 12. The schedule includes: Muhal Richard Abrams, Jim Black, Jane Bunnett, Taylor Ho Bynum,
the Chicago Underground Duo, Sylvie Courvoisier, Marilyn Crispell, Andrew Cyrille, Mark Feldman, Henry Grimes, Marilyn Lerner, George Lewis, Charles Lloyd,
Roscoe Mitchell, Pauline Oliveros, the Ratchet Orchestra, Marc Ribot & Chad Taylor.
August 25 Sax Appeal: A flurry of saxophones with Dave Anderson,
Tobias Delius, Paul Dunmall, Peter Epstein, David Liebman, James Moody,
Ken Peplowski, Odean Pope, Tineke Postma, Peter van Bergen, Paul van Kemenade,
The Wellstone Conspiracy and Michael Zilber.
September 1 Listen Before You Buy: Recent jazz and blues releases by
Dave Anderson,Andy Cohen, Grady Champion, Chris Colangelo, Les Copeland,
Gordon Grdina, Hilary Kole, Chris Massey, Makoto Ozone, Dave Peck, Adam Schroeder, Rob Stone, Way Out West, Dave Wilson, Phil Wilson & Tim Woods.
September 8 Guest Host: TBA
September 15 Europe Calling: Recent releases recorded in Europe by Michiel Braam, Joost Buis, Mark Charig, Elastic Jargon, Roberto Magris, Grid Mesh,
Nico Huijbregts, I Compani, ICP Orchestra, Alexey Lapin, Evan Parker, Kate Westbrook and Mike Westbrook.
September 22 Mingus in Amsterdam: The April 10, 1964 concert with Johnny Coles [trumpet], Eric Dolphy [alto sax, flute and bass clarinet], Clifford Jordan [tenor sax], Jaki Byard [piano] and Dannie Richmond [drums].
September 29 Commitment: The 1981-1983 recordings of the pioneering group Commitment with Will Connell Jr. [flutes, alto sax, bass clarinet], Jason Kao Hwang
[violin, viola & bird calls], William Parker [bass] and Zen Matsuura [drums].
“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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Bill Coleman, 1904-1981
About Me
- Ron Sweetman
- Ron Sweetman has been an activist for jazz and blues since arriving in Canada in 1969. He was a founder member of L’Atelier de Musique Experimentale (1972), Jazz Ottawa (1976), and Music Now (1997). He has written for CODA magazine since 1970, and has been a member of the Down Beat International Critics Poll since 1982. He has hosted his weekly jazz and blues radio show “In A Mellow Tone” on CKCU-FM 93.1 since May 1976. In his spare time, Ron is a management consultant.
