Listen Before You Buy: Ron Sweetman plays recent jazz and blues releases by vibraphonist Peter Appleyard, trombonists Natalie Cressman, Jay Vonada & Papa Bue, bassists Brian Bromberg & Georg Breinschmid, and blues artists Jimmy Bowskill, Oli Brown, Johnnie Bassett, Linsey Alexander, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Grady Champion, Zac Harmon & Omar Dykes.
Artist: Peter Appleyard with Barbra Lica
Album: Sophisticated Ladies
Tune: Satin Doll
Label: Linus
Artist: Peter Appleyard with Emilie-Claire Barlow
Album: Sophisticated Ladies
Tune: After You’ve Gone
Label: Linus
Artist: The Jimmy Bowskill Band
Album: Back Number
Tune: Salty Dog
Label: Ruf
Artist: Oli Brown
Album: Here I Am
Tune: Devil In Me
Label: Ruf
Artist: Johnnie Bassett
Album: I Can Make That Happen
Tune: Motor City Blues
Label: Sly Dog
Artist: Linsey Alexander
Album: Been There Done That
Tune: I’m Moving
Label: Delmark
Artist: Natalie Cressman
Album: Unfolding
Tune: Flip
Label: Natalie Cressman
Artist: Jay Vonada Trio
Album: Red Pajamas
Tune: Sea Jam
Label: Jayvonada
Artist: Jay Vonada Trio
Album: Red Pajamas
Tune: E in 3
Label: Jayvonada
Artist: Papa Bue & Wingy Manone
Album: & His American Friends
Tune: Breeze
Label: Storyville
Artist: Papa Bue & Albert Nicholas
Album: & His American Friends
Tune: Doctor Blues
Label: Storyville
Artist: Papa Bue & Wild Bill Davison
Album: & His American Friends
Tune: Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
Label: Storyville
Artist: Joanne Shaw Taylor
Album: Almost Always Never
Tune: Beautifully Broken
Label: Ruf
Artist: Grady Champion
Album: Shanachie Days
Tune: I’m Smilin’ Again
Label: GSM Music Group
Artist: Zac Harmon
Album: Music Is Medicine
Tune: Country Boy
Label: Urban Eagle
Artist: Omar & The Howlers
Album: Essential Collection – Omar’s Picks
Tune: Work Song
Label: Ruf
Artist: Brian Bromberg
Album: In the Spirit of Jobim
Tune: Talia
Label: Artistry
Artist: Brian Bromberg
Album: In the Spirit of Jobim
Tune: Tristefinado
Label: Artistry
Artist: Brian Bromberg
Album: Bromberg Plays Hendrix
Tune: The Wind Cries Mary
Label: Artistry
Artist: Brian Bromberg
Album: Bromberg Plays Hendrix
Tune: All Along the Watchtower
Label: Artistry
Artist: Georg Breinschmid
Album: Fire
Tune: Post Bop
Label: Preiser Records
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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.
