July 7 Listen Before You Buy: Ron reviews recent jazz and blues releases by the
Bluesmasters, Dither, Tom Graf, Rocky Jackson, Mendelson Joe, Ron Miles,
One For All, Karin Plato, Project Trio, Taeko and Tomas Ulrich.
July 14 Myra Melford: An update on this eminent pianist’s recording activities since 2000, with Alex Cline, Mark Dresser, Andrew Drury, Marty Ehrlich, Satoko Fujii, Ben Goldberg, Tanya Kalmanovitch, Chris Speed, Cuong Vu
and Matt Wilson.
July 21 Lester Young: Rare recordings from clubs and concerts, made between 1951 & 1956 with sidemen Miles Davis, Jesse Drakes, Gus Johnson, Jo Jones, Connie Kay,
John Lewis, Gene Ramey, Horace Silver, Earl Swope, Idrees Sulieman & Rene Utreger.
July 28 Albert Ayler at La Fondation Maeght: We celebrate the fortieth anniversary of this famous concert in St Paul de Vence on July 27, 1970 by Albert Ayler,
Allen Blairman, Call Cobbs, Mary Maria Parks and Steve Tintweiss.
August 4 Listen Before You Buy: The cream of the crop of recent jazz and blues releases. Will be chosen from Willie Buck, Joost Buis, Mark Charig,
Corey Christiansen, Elastic Jargon, Curtis Fuller, Gridmesh, I Compani,
ICP Orchestra, Alexey Lapin, Mark Lomax, Thomas Marriott, Jamie Ousley,
Melvyn Poore, Monica Ramey, Scenes, Matthias Schubert, John Skillman, Speak,
Sultans of String, Roger Turner, Ray Vega, Carrie Wicks and Yotam.
August 11 Pianorama: The piano stylings of Beegie Adair, Antonio Adolfo, Ran Blake, Salvatore Bonafede, Michiel Braam, Hal Galper, Nico Huijbregts, Keith Jarrett,
Russ Kassoff, Roberto Magris, 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.
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.
“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: 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.
