July 01, 2019

Ron Sweetman is in Jazz Heaven


Ron Sweetman, 86, of Ottawa, Ontario peacefully checked into the jazz club in the sky on October 24, 2018.

Frequently described as being “sweet by name, sweet by nature,” Ron truly lived up to his wonderful surname. He was a wonderful husband, father, mentor, and loyal friend.

Ron was born in England in 1932. He initially trained and worked as a chartered accountant before eventually finding his true professional calling as an international management consultant. Although based in Canada, he worked in over 20 other countries over a period of 35 years.

Ron retired in 2012 to devote all his energy to his biggest passion, jazz music. A lifelong fan of jazz in all its eclectic forms, Ron hosted a weekly jazz radio show, “In a Mellow Tone”, on CKCU FM in Ottawa for 39 years. He was a founding member of L’Atelier de Musique Experimentale, Jazz Ottawa, and Music Now. Ron was one of the founders of the Ottawa Jazz Festival, as well as contributing album and concert reviews to such international publications as CODA and DownBeat. Ron was also fond of animals, spicy food, whiskey, and an after-dinner cigar. A true gentleman, Ron always had a twinkle in his eye, a funny joke to tell, and kindness in his heart.

Memorial donations may be made in Ron’s name to the Dementia Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County (www.dementiahelp.ca).

October 27, 2013

22 REASONS TO DONATE TO CKCU !!!


TWENTY-TWO REASONS TO DIAL AND DONATE: TO CKCU:


613-520-3920 or toll-free @1-877-520-3920.



(1) CKCU presents a whole range of alternative music that you'll never find on commercial radio, presented by people with passion and authority. If you enjoy CKCU and want it to stay on the air, dial and donate NOW at: 613-520-3920!



(2) We provide a voice and a community billboard for many of the diverse linguistic communities that make up our city. If you enjoy CKCU and want it to stay on the air, dial and donate NOW at: 613-520-3920!



(3) CKCU gives an independent and diverse point of view on political and community affairs. We are not owned by a large profit-oriented corporation or a government. That's why we need your help. If you enjoy CKCU and want it to stay on the air, dial and donate NOW at: 613-520-3920!



(4) We bring you the renowned BBC World news four times every weekday, respected internationally for its independence and broad coverage. If you enjoy the BBC news on CKCU and want it to stay on the air, dial and donate NOW at: 613-520-3920!



(5) CKCU supports local musicians by publicizing their gigs and airing their CDs.

If you enjoy hearing local musicians on CKCU and want it to stay on the air, dial and donate NOW at: 613-520-3920!



(6) We keep you informed of upcoming jazz and blues concerts that you might otherwise miss, by mentioning them on our programs and playing upcoming artists. If you enjoy hearing jazz and blues concerts announced on CKCU and want it to stay on the air, dial and donate NOW at: 613-520-3920!



(7) CKCU receives no subsidy in any form from any level of government – national, provincial or municipal, which is why we need your help. Dial and donate NOW at: 613-520-3920!



(8) CKCU's target for 2013 is $127,000. You can Dial and Donate at 613-520-3920 or 1-877-520-3920. You can pledge by E-mail at www.ckcufm.com. However you pledge, you will receive a tax receipt for donations over $25.00, as we are a registered educational charity. Dial and donate NOW at: 613-520-3920!



(9) We help you get up on a Sunday morning with wonderful gospel music from Gospel Express; every Sunday from 7:00 to 8:00am. If you find that CKCU helps you get up in the morning, dial and donate NOW at: 613-520-3920!



(10) CKCU presents a whole range of jazz programs that you'll never find on commercial radio, presented by people with real knowledge: Starting with SWING IS IN THE AIR, every SUNDAY AFTERNOON from 4:00 to 5:30. If you enjoy SWING IS IN THE AIR and want it to stay on the air, dial and donate NOW at: 613-520-3920!



(11) CKCU presents two hours of blues on BLACK & BLUES presented by blues authority JOHN TACKABERRY, every Sunday from 9:00 to 11:00 pm. If you enjoy hearing great blues on CKCU and want it to stay on the air, dial and donate NOW at: 613-520-3920!



(12) CKCU presents a whole range of WORLD MUSIC every SUNDAY between 1:00pm and 4:pm on THIS ISLAND EARTH. If you enjoy hearing world music on CKCU and want it to stay on the air, dial and donate NOW at:

613-520-3920!



(13) If you want to be at the leading edge of today's music, listen in to ACOUSTIC FRONTIERS, on CKCU every MONDAY from 12:30 to 2:00pm.

If you enjoy hearing leading edge music on CKCU and want it to stay on the air, dial and donate NOW at: 613-520-3920!



(14) Another great jazz program on CKCU is IN A MELLOW TONE, every Wednesday evening from 9:00 to 11:00 pm. If you enjoy hearing jazz on CKCU and want it to stay on the air, dial and donate NOW at: 613-520-3920!



(15) Another great jazz program on CKCU is RABBLE WITHOUT A CAUSE,

every Wednesday evening from 11:00 pm to midnight. If you enjoy jazz on CKCU and want it to stay on the air, dial and donate NOW at: 613-520-3920!



(16) Another great jazz program on CKCU is INFINITE CEILING,

every Thursday evening from 8:30 pm to 10:00pm. If you enjoy jazz on CKCU and want it to stay on the air, dial and donate NOW at: 613-520-3920!



(17) If you want to be at the leading edge of REGGAE music, listen in to REGGAE IN THE FIELDS, on CKCU every SATURDAY from 3:00 to 5:30pm.

If you enjoy reggae on CKCU and want it to stay on the air, dial and donate NOW at: 613-520-3920!



(18) If you like EAST INDIAN music, tune in to CKCU for AN INDIAN MORNING, every SUNDAY from 10:00am to 11:30am. If you enjoy East Indian music on CKCU and want it to stay on the air, dial and donate NOW at: 613-520-3920!



(19) If you want to be at the leading edge of AFRICAN music, listen in to AFROCENTRIK, on CKCU every WEDNESDAY from 11:00 to NOON. If you enjoy African music on CKCU and want it to stay on the air, dial and donate NOW at: 613-520-3920!



(20) If you like LATIN music, tune in to CKCU for BARRIO LATINO, every FRIDAY from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. If you enjoy latin music on CKCU and want it to stay on the air, dial and donate NOW at: 613-520-3920!



(21) In A Mellow Tone's share of the CKCU target is $2,750.00. If you enjoy

In A Mellow Tone and want it to stay on the air, dial and donate NOW at:

613-520-3920!



(22) Un grand “Bonjour” a toutes nos auditeurs d'expression francaise! Si vous aimez la musique que vous entendrez sur les ondes de CKCU, composez le 613-520-3920 toute de suite et offrez-nous votre soutien financiere! Merci beaucoup!   Ron Sweetman.

October 24, 2013

PLAYLIST for IN A MELLOW TONE - OCTOBER 30, 2013


“IN A MELLOW TONE”




Playlist – October 30, 2013





Program Topic: Trumpets





Twenty Trumpets: A rousingly brassy program by twenty trumpeters from around the world to mark our first Funding Drive program, animated by Co-Host Rob Bitschofsky and Host Ron Sweetman.

Please call 613-520-3920 to make your pledge!





Artist: Louis Armstrong

Album: The Early Years

Tune: Way Down Yonder In New Orleans

Label: Collectables



Artist: Terence Blanchard

Album: Magnetic

Tune: Central Focus

Label: Blue Note



Artist: Clifford Brown

Album: At The Cotton Club 1956

Tune: What's New

Label: Lonehilljazz



Artist: Ian Carey

Album: Roads & Codes

Tune: Count Up

Label: Capri



Artist: Ted Curson

Album: Tears For Dolphy

Tune: East 6th Street

Label: Black Lion



Artist: Miles Davis/Gil Evans

Album: Miles Ahead

Tune: Blues For Pablo

Label: Columbia





Artist: Kenny Dorham

Album: & The Jazz Prophets

Tune: DX

Label: GRP



Artist: Dizzy Gillespie

Album: Groovin' High

Tune: Blue 'N' Boogie

Label: Savoy



Artist: Brian Groder

Album: Fluidensity

Tune: Optika

Label: Latham



Artist: Tom Harrell

Album: Total!

Tune: Aurora

Label: Pinnacle



Artist: Thomas Heberer

Album: Knoten

Tune: Baumhaus

Label: Red Toucan



Artist: Thad Jones Big Band

Album: Eclipse

Tune: Arrival

Label: Storyville



Artist: Ibrahim Maalouf

Album: Wind

Tune: Suspicions

Label: Misterproductions



Artist: Artur Majewski

Album: Mikrokolektyw

Tune: Crazy Idea of Jakub S.

Label: Delmark



Artist: Nicholas Payton

Album: Gumbo Nouveau

Tune: Wild Man Blues

Label: Verve

Artist: Craig Pedersen

Album: It's A Free Country

Tune: Crazy

Label: Pedersen/Kerr



Artist: Red Rodney/Ira Sullivan

Album: Fiery

Tune: Red Arrow

Label: Savoy



Artist: Natsuki Tamura

Album: Dragon Nat

Tune: In Berlin, In September

Label: Libra



Artist: Kenny Wheeler

Album: Visions

Tune: Reason's Unknown

Label: Justin Time









“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



Earlier playlists can be found at: www.inamellowtone.com

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October 17, 2013

PLAYLIST for OCTOBER 23, 2013


“IN A MELLOW TONE”




Playlist for October 23, 2013



Program Topic:



Guest host Ron Steeds presents jazz and blues recorded on October 23 between 1929 and



Artist: Bennie Moten



Album: 1929-1930



Tune: Every Day Blues (Yo Yo Blues)



Label: Chronological Classics



Artist: Adrian Rollini



Album: Hittin’ On All Six



Tune: Somebody Loves Me



Label: Proper



Artist: Kokomo Arnold



Album: Complete Recorded Works Vol.4



Tune: Neck Bone Blues



Label: Document



Artist: Benny Goodman



Album: Complete Live Recordings



Tune: Memories of You



Label: Disconforme



Artist: Duke Ellington



Album: Magenta Haze



Tune: Diminuendo in Blue



Label: Membran



Artist: Gene Ammons



Album: 1947 - 1949



Tune: McDougal’s Sprout



Label: Chronological Classics



Artist: Lennie Tristano



Album: Modern Jazz Piano



Tune: Supersonic



Label: Savoy



Artist: Shoe Shine Johnny (Johnny Shines)



Album: The Chess Story Vol.2



Tune: So Glad I Found You



Label: Chess



Artist: Horace Silver



Album: Safari



Tune: Buhaina



Label: Giants of Jazz



Artist: Teddy Charles



Album: The Teddy Charles Tentet



Tune: Show Time



Label: Jazz Beat



Artist: Johnny Griffin



Album: The Congregation



Tune: It’s You Or No One



Label: Blue Note



Artist: Zoot Sims & Bob Brookmeyer



Album: Stretchin’ Out



Tune: Blue And Sentimental



Label: Jazz Beat



Artist: Shirley Scott



Album: Like Cozy



Tune: Gee, Baby Ain’t I Good To You



Label: Prestige



Artist: Lalo Schifrin



Album: Piano, Strings & Bossa Nova



Tune: Maria



Label: Verve



Artist: Marion Brown



Album: Why Not?



Tune: Why Not



Label: ESP Disc



Artist: Bill Evans



Album: Live at Art D’Lugoff’s Top of the Gate



Tune: Emily



Label: Resonance



Artist: Frank Lowe



Album: Exotic Heartbreak



Tune: Broadway Rhumba



Label: Black Saint



Artist: Francois Lindemann



Album: Different Masks



Tune: Ghost Train



Label: Planisphere



Artist: Steve Grossman



Album: Bouncin’ With Mr. A. T.



Tune: Soultrane



Label: Dreyfus Jazz



Artist: Vienna Art Orchestra



Album: The Original Charts



Tune: Asphalt Jungle



Label: Verve



Artist: Hamid Drake & Sabir Mateen



Album: Brothers Together



Tune: Of Mind And Spirit



Label: Eremite



Artist: George Haslam, Borah Bergman, Paul Hession



Album: The Mahout



Tune: M.E.W.



Label: Slam



Artist : Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten



Album : Quintet



Tune: Zardoz



Label: Jazzland



Artist: Inhabitants



Album: A Vacant Lot



Tune: Whistling Pass



Label: Drip Audio



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October 10, 2013

PLAYLIST for OCTOBER 16, 2013


In a Mellow Tone




October 16th



Artist: Tony Scott and the Indonesian All-Stars



Album: Djanger Bali



Tune: Djanger Bali



Label: Saba



Artist: Tony Scott and the Indonesian All-Stars



Album: Djanger Bali



Tune: Gambang Suling



Label: Saba



Artist: Tony Scott and the Indonesian All-Stars



Album: Djanger Bali



Tune: Ilir Ilir



Label: Saba



Artist: Bubi Chen



Album: Kedamaian



Tune: Catik



Label: Hidayat



Artist: Andre Jaume



Album: Merapi



Tune: Elephant



Label: CELP



Artist: Andre Jaume



Album: Merapi



Tune: Dewa Reggae



Label: CELP



Artist: Andre Jaume



Album: Merapi



Tune: Riziere bleue – pematang biru



Label: CELP



Artist: Andre Jaume



Album: Merapi



Tune: Pierre du matin – batu fajar



Label: CELP



: Jazz vs. Gamelan



Artist: Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan



Album: Palace



Tune: Threnody for Carlos Chavez



Label: Centrediscs



Artist: Evan Ziporyn: Gamelan Galak Tika



Album: Gamelan Galak Tika



Tune: Tire Fire: 5



Label: New World Records



Artist: Eberhard Schoener



Album: Bali-AgĂșng



Tune: Ketjak



Label: MIG



Artist: Eberhard Schoener



Album: Bali-AgĂșng



Tune: Gong - Gede



Label: MIG



Artist: Anthony Davis



Album: Episteme



Tune: Wayang No. II (Shadowdance)



Label: Gramavision



Artist: Anthony Davis



Album: Episteme



Tune: Wayang No. IV (Under the Double Moon) Section iii



Label: Gramavision



Artist: Don Cherry



Album: Eternal Rhythm



Tune: Eternal Rhythm Part 1



Label: MPS Records   _________________________________________