This is our second Funding Drive program, and your last chance to dial and donate to In A Mellow Tone by dialling 613-520-3920 between now and 11:00pm.
LISTEN BEFORE YOU BUY: We’ll sample nine recent jazz releases, by South African alto saxophonist Dudu Pukwana, the latino group Black Butterflies, American violinist Christian Howes, American trumpeter Sarah Wilson, Canadian singer Kellylee Evans, American saxophonist Charles Lloyd, Austrian bassist Georg Breinschmid, Canadian avant-rockers Fond of Tigers, and veteran American boppers The Cookers.
We’ll give you a preview of Ottawa multi-instrumentalist Linsey Wellman’s solo alto sax CD, which he’ll be launching at Club SAW on November 18.
Artist: Dudu Pukwana
Album: 60s’ Soho Sounds
Tune: Jauana’s Dream
Label: Cadillac
Artist: The Black Butterflies
Album: 1 de Mayo
Tune: Music Heals All Wounds
Label: The Black Butterflies
Artist: Christian Howes
Album: Out of the Blue
Tune: Sing Me Softly of the Blues
Label: Resonance
Artist: Linsey Wellman
Album: Ephemera
Tune: Track 4
Label: LinseyWellman
Artist: Sarah Wilson
Album: Trapeze Project
Tune: To New Orleans
Label: Brass Tonic Records
Artist: Kellylee Evans
Album: Nina
Tune: Do What You Gotta Do
Label: Plus Loin Music
Artist: Charles Lloyd
Album: Mirror
Tune: Monk’s Mood
Label: ECM
Artist: Georg Breinschmid
Album: Brein’s World
Tune: Blues Five
Label: Preiser Records
Artist: Fond of Tigers
Album: Continent and Western
Tune: Misc. Romance
Label: Drip Audio
Artist: Christian Howes
Album: Out of the Blue
Tune: When Will the Blues Leave
Label: Resonance
Artist: Dudu Pukwana
Album: 60s’ Soho Sounds
Tune: Messengers
Label: Cadillac
Artist: Sarah Wilson
Album: Trapeze Project
Tune: Blessing
Label: Brass Tonic Records
Artist: Kellylee Evans
Album: Nina
Tune: Love Me or Leave Me
Label: Plus Loin Music
Artist: Charles Lloyd
Album: Mirror
Tune: Ruby, My Dear
Label: ECM
Artist: The Cookers
Album: Warriors
Tune: Ladybugg
Label: Jazz Legacy
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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.
