LISTEN BEFORE YOU BUY: A Baker’s Dozen of recent jazz releases by three bassist-leaders, four percussionist-leaders, and six singers – one male and five female.
Artist: Bones & Tones
Album: Bones & Tones
Tune: Dance For Suroo
Label: Freedom Art Records
Artist: Bones & Tones
Album: Bones & Tones
Tune: Configuration
Label: Freedom Art Records
Artist: Deborah Pearl
Album: Souvenir Of You
Tune: Scattin’ Back To Harlem
Label: Evening Star
Artist: Robert Hurst
Album: Bob Ya Head
Tune: Alice and John
Label: Bebob Records
Artist: Robert Hurst
Album: Bob Ya Head
Tune: Munyungo in Da Jungle
Label: Bebob Records
Artist: Laura Ainsworth
Album: Keep It To Yourself
Tune: Skylark
Label: Eclectus Records
Artist: Laura Ainsworth
Album: Keep It To Yourself
Tune: That’s The Kind of Guy I Dream Of
Label: Eclectus Records
Artist: Beata Pater
Album: Blue
Tune: West Wind
Label: B&B Records
Artist: Harris Eisenstadt
Album: Canada Day II
Tune: To Seventeen
Label: Songlines
Artist: Harris Eisenstadt
Album: Canada Day II
Tune: To See/Tootie
Label: Songlines
Artist: Katchie Cartwright
Album: Tales & Tongues
Tune: Triste
Label: HCW
Artist: Mads Vinding Trio
Album: Open Minds
Tune: How Deep Is The Ocean
Label: Storyville
Artist: Mads Vinding Trio
Album: Open Minds
Tune: Someday My Prince Will Come
Label: Storyville
Artist: Barry Elmes Quintet
Album: Redshift
Tune: Reading Week
Label: Cornerstone
Artist: Lisa Kirchner
Album: Something To Sing About
Tune: Prince of the City
Label: Albany Records
Artist: Donald Ray Johnson
Album: It’s Time
Tune: Louisiana Country Girl
Label: Donald Johnson
Artist: Dave Young Quintet
Album: Aspects Of Oscar
Tune: Cake Walk
Label: Modica Music
Artist: Dave Young Quintet
Album: Aspects Of Oscar
Tune: Just Friends
Label: Modica Music
Artist: Bryan Carter
Album: Enchantment
Tune: Rat Race
Label: Imaginate Records
“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/listen
Earlier playlists can be found at: 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.
