April 3 Listen Before You Buy: Recent jazz releases by pianists Antonio Adolfo,
Neil Alexander, Peter Beets, Lee Dunlop Boyd, Carsten Dahl, Aaron Diehl,
Duke Ellington, Alexander Hawkins, Jeremy Manasia and Ben Sidran,
introduced by Ron Sweetman.
April 10 April 10: Co-Host Ron Steeds plays jazz and blues recorded on April 10 between 1928 and 1994. Expect to hear Bix Beiderbecke, Lillian Glinn, Charlie Christian, Count Basie,
Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, John Hardy, Don Byas, Wardell Gray, Max Roach,
John Wright, Pee Wee Russell, Charles Mingus, Joe Henderson, Dexter Gordon,
Miles Davis, Joseph Bowie & Oliver Lake, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Ron McLure,
Dewey Redman and Trio San Francisco.
April 17 Ben Goldberg: Co-Host Jim Reil will explore the recordings of clarinetist Ben Goldberg,
as a leader and with Nels Cline, Marty Ehrlich, Junk Genius, Myra Melford and Tin Hat.
April 24 Listen Before You Buy: Ron Sweetman plays recent jazz releases by saxophonists Shirantha Beddage, Michael Blake, Ernest Dawkins, Jean Derome, Joshua Kwarsman, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Mike Murley, Dean Pallen & Dann Zinn.
May 1 Listen Before You Buy: Recent jazz and blues releases, and a preview of some of the artists coming to Victoriaville for FIMAV between May 16 and May 19, hosted by Ron Sweetman.
May 8 Keith Jarrett: New Co-Host Rob Bitschofsky surveys the career of fabled pianist Keith Jarrett,
who celebrates his 68th birthday today.
May 15 Sidney Bechet: Join Ron Sweetman in celebrating the 116th anniversary of the great clarinetist and soprano saxophonist's birthday with a program featuring his recordings for the King Jazz label, made between July 1945 and December 1947 with Danny Barker, Wellman Braud, Big Sid Catlett, Baby Dodds, Pops Foster, Kaiser Marshall, Mezz Mezzrow, Hot Lips Page and Sammy Price.
May 22 Aidian Thomas: In his introductory program, new Co-Host Aidian Thomas presents a
survey of his current listening interests, including Josh Abrams, the Gabriel Alegria
Afro-Peruvian Sextet, Orrin Evans and Pat Metheny's Orchestrion recording.
May 29 May 29: Co-Host Ron Steeds plays jazz and blues recordings made on May 29.
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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.
