January 30, 2010

PLAYLIST for FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Program Topic:

LISTEN BEFORE YOU BUY: We’ll sample fourteen recent jazz and blues releases
of a more traditional nature.

We’ll squeeze in a plug for the February 6 concert by the Mike Essoudry Octet at the NAC Fourth Stage, and the February 14 concert by the Robert Fontaine Quartet at
Le Café Aux Quatres Jeudis.

Artist: Albert Ammons
Album: Boogie Woogie Kings
Tune: Pinetop’s Blues
Label: Delmark

Artist: Pete Johnson
Album: Boogie Woogie Kings
Tune: Pinetop’s Blues
Label: G-Flat Blues

Artist: Cripple Clarence Lofton
Album: Boogie Woogie Kings
Tune: Streamline Train
Label: Delmark

Artist: Meade Lux Lewis
Album: Boogie Woogie Kings
Tune: Whistlin’ Blues
Label: Delmark

Artist: Bob Greene
Album: St. Peter Street Strutters
Tune: Winin’ Boy Blues
Label: Delmark

Artist: Memphis Nighthawks
Album: Jazz Lips
Tune: Buddy’s Habits
Label: Delmark

Artist: Mike Essoudry Octet
Album: Passage
Tune: The River
Label: OAC/CCA

Artist: Robert Fontaine Quartet
Album: Live at the Cube
Tune: Blues for Duane
Label: RFQ

Artist: Sundar Viswanathan
Album: What A Dream I Had
Tune: How Long Has This Been Going On?
Label: InSound

Artist: Julian Yeo
Album: Deep Purple Dreams
Tune: Love For Sale
Label: JY

Artist: Kat Parra
Album: Dos Amantes
Tune: Hanukia
Label: Jazz Me

Artist: Nancy Harms
Album: In the Indigo
Tune: I Wished On the Moon
Label: NH

Artist: Duke Ellington Orchestra
Album: The Treasury Shows #14
Tune: I’ll Buy That Dream
Label: Storyville

Artist: Duke Ellington Orchestra
Album: The Treasury Shows #14
Tune: Hop Skip and Jump
Label: Storyville

Artist: Duke Ellington Orchestra
Album: The Treasury Shows #14
Tune: Riff N’ Drill
Label: Storyville

Artist: Mendelson Joe
Album: Live at Sixty-Five
Tune: They Will Take Your Pants
Label: Old Bold

Artist: John Stein
Album: Raising the Roof
Tune: Moanin’
Label: Whaling City Sound

Artist: Robin Banks & Christian Dozzler
Album: Livin’ Life
Tune: Livin’ Life
Label: Blueswave

Artist: Tail Dragger
Album: Live at Rooster’s Lounge
Tune: Stop Lying
Label: Delmark

Artist: RG Royal Sound Orchestra
Album: Impact
Tune: New York New York
Label: RG Records

Artist: Bruno Hebert
Album: Rocky Mountain Jazz
Tune: Sweet and Sour
Label: Cellar Live

Artist: Ralf Buschmeyer
Album: Rocky Mountain Jazz
Tune: Boo’s Delight
Label: Cellar Live

Artist: Ross Taggart
Album: Rocky Mountain Jazz
Tune: Mr. Randle
Label: Cellar Live

Artist: Sinistrio
Album: Rocky Mountain Jazz
Tune: Colourbox
Label: Cellar Live

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“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/audio.html

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

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January 28, 2010

FEBRUARY/MARCH on IN A MELLOW TONE

February 3 Listen Before You Buy: Recent jazz and blues releases in more traditional styles by Albert Ammons, Robin Banks, Ralf Buschmeyer, Duke Ellington, Bob Green, Nancy Harms, Bruno Hebert, Mendelson Joe, Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis, Cripple Clarence Lofton, Memphis Nighthawks, Kat Parra, RG Royal Sound, Sinistrio, John Stein, Ross Taggart, Taildragger, Sundar Viswanathan and Julian Yeo.

February 10 Unusual: Unusual instruments and unusual instrumentation. Will include Abbatoir, Artvark Saxophone Quartet, Svend Asmussen, Carlo Actis Dato,
Brian Groder, Darryl Harper, Pierre-Yves Martel, Bill McBirnie, Not the Wind Not the Flag, Nous Percons les Oreilles, Tom Reese, Daniel Smith and Eldad Tarmu.

February 17 Herbie Nichols: To complement Mark Miller’s recent book on pianist
Herbie Nichols, we’ll play Herbie’s quartet recordings from March 1952 and his trio recordings from May 1955, August 1955, April 1956 and November 1957.

February 24 Warne Marsh & Lee Konitz: The booking of the Warne Marsh-Lee Konitz Quintet to play in Copenhagen in December 1975 re-united tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh and alto saxophonist Lee Konitz, two students of pianist Lennie Tristano who hadn’t played together for at least twenty years. Everyone was happy with the results.

March 3 Listen Before You Buy: Recent jazz and blues releases in more adventurous styles by Jason Adasiewicz, Charlie Apicella, Ryan Blotnick, Phil Brown,
James Carney, Empirical, Charles Evans, Lori Freedman, Von Freeman, Gordon Grdina, Amy Horvey, Klaxon Gueule, Billy Lavender, Dana Reason, Aram Shelton
and Leo Wadada Smith.

March 10 Japanese Women Pianists: Our contribution to International Women’s Day will be a survey of Japanese Women Pianists, including Toshiko Akiyoshi,
Satoko Fujii, Hiromi, Keiko Matsui, Junko Onishi, Aki Takase and Eri Yamamoto.

March 17 Hakon Kornstad: We’ll focus on the leading Norwegian saxophonist
Hakon Kornstad, using his recordings made between 2000 and 2007.

March 24 Stan Tracey: The iconic English pianist, composer and band-leader’s recordings, from piano duets to Octets to his 20-piece Orchestra, recorded between 1976 and 2006 with sidemen Alan Barnes, Harry Beckett, Malcolm Griffiths,
Peter King, Evan Parker, Alan Skidmore, Art Themen, Keith Tippett and Don Weller.

March 31 Sonny Rollins & Don Cherry: The beautiful concert in Copenhagen on
January 15, 1963 by Sonny Rollins, Don Cherry, Henry Grimes and Billy Higgins.


“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/audio.html

For playlists for each program and monthly schedules check: http://www.inamellowtone.com


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January 21, 2010

PLAYLIST for JANUARY 27, 2010

Artist Album Track Label

Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #2 Let's Cool One Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #2 Let's Call This Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #2 Jackie-Ing Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #2 Humph Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #2 Functional Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #2 Work Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #2 I Mean You Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #2 Monk's Mood Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #2 Four In One Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #2 Round Midnight Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #2 Played Twice Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #2 Friday the 13th Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #2 Ugly Beauty Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #2 Bye-Ya Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #2 Oska T Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 Bolivar Blues Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 Well You Needn't Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 Brakes Sake Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 Nutty Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 Who Knows Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 Blue Monk Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 North of the Sunset Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 Blue Sphere Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 Boo Boo's Birthday Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 Ask Me Now Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 Think of One Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 Raise 4 Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 Japanese Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 Children's Song Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 Blue Monk Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 We See Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 Bright Mississippi Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 Reflections Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 Five Spot Blues Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 Light Blue Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 Teo Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 Rhythm-A-Ning Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 A Merrier Christmas Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 Straight No Chaser Intakt
Alex von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #3 Epistrophy Intakt
Geggie Trio+Donny McCaslin Across the Sky Le Marais Plunge
Mike Essoudry Octet Passage Passage 1 OAC/CCA

January 15, 2010

PLAYLIST for JANUARY 20, 2010

Below you will find the playlist for the January 20 edition of In A Mellow Tone.
The January 20 and January 27 programs will be devoted to the amazing achievement of Alexander von Schlippenbach's Quintet [von Schlippenbach-piano; Axel Dorner-trumpet; Rudi Mahall-bass clarinet; Jan Roder-bass; Uli Jennessen-drums]. Their amazing achievement is the recording, over three CDs, of every published composition of Thelonious Monk.

At the end of tonight's program we'll try to squeeze in a cut by Jeri Brown, who is singing at Brookstreet Hotel on Friday and at Cafe Paradiso (with Roddy Ellias) on Saturday, and the January 30 concert at the NAC Fourth Stage by Donny McCaslin, John Geggie, Nancy Walker and Nick Fraser.

This new playlist layout is a result of the computerization of our playlists at CKCU. Please bear with me as I learn to use this new system!

Artist Album Track Label

Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #1 Thelonious Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #1 Locomotive Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #1 Trinkle-Tinkle Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #1 Stuffy Turkey Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #1 Coming on the Hudson Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #1 Bemsha Swing Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #1 52nd Street Theme Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #1 Pannonica Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #1 Evidence Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #1 Misterioso Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #1 Sixteen Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #1 Skippy Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #1 Monk's Point Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #1 Green Chimneys Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #1 Little Rootie Tootie Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #1 San Francisco Holiday Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #1 Off Minor Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #1 Gallop's Gallop Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #1 Crepescule With Nellie Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #1 Hackensack Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #1 Consecutive Second's Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #2 Brilliant Corners Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #2 Eronel Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #2 Monk's Dream Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #2 Shuffle Boil Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #2 Hornin' In Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #2 Criss Cross Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #2 Introspection Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #2 Ruby My Dear Intakt
Alexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino #2 In Walked Bud Intakt
Jeri Brown Mirage On the Sunny Side of the Street
Geggie Trio+Donny McCaslin Across the Sky Ruelles Plunge

All In A Mellow Tone playlists will now also appear at www.ckcufm.com
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January 08, 2010

PLAYLIST for JANUARY 13, 2010

LISTEN BEFORE YOU BUY: We’ll sample nineteen recent jazz and blues releases,
with an emphasis on saxes, pianos and blues. The saxophonist leaders are
Chelsea Baratz, Sharel Cassity, Jon Gordon, Chris Green, Jimmy Heath and
Chris Potter. The pianist leaders are John Beasley, Mike Longo, Rossano Sportiello and James Weidman. The blues come from Keith Bennett, Victor Wainright and
Joe Louis Walker.
We’ll squeeze in a plug for the January 30 concert by John Geggie, Donny McCaslin, Nancy Walker and Nick Fraser at the NAC Fourth Stage.

Artist: The Pulse
Album: The Pulse
Tune: Irritation
Label: Storyville

Artist: The American Music Project
Album: On the Bright Side
Tune: Lonnie’s Lament
Label: Inarhyme

Artist: Q’d Up
Album: Quintessence
Tune: Dark City Streets
Label: Jazz Hang

Artist: Komeda Project
Album: Requiem
Tune: Dirge for Europe
Label: WM

Artist: James Weidman
Album: Three Worlds
Tune: Mirrored Images
Label: Inner Circle Music

Artist: Geggie Trio & Donny McCaslin
Album: Across the Sky
Tune: Son of a Shoe
Label: Plunge

Artist: Crepuscule Trio
Album: Unveil
Tune: Freak Seen
Label: Circumvention

Artist: Sharel Cassity
Album: Relentless
Tune: Call to Order
Label: Jazz Legacy

Artist: Jon Gordon
Album: Evolution
Tune: One For Liam
Label: ArtistShare

Artist: Victor Wainwright & Wild Roots
Album: Beale Street to the Bayou
Tune: Blues Grass
Label: Wild Roots

Artist: Victor Wainwright & Wild Roots
Album: Beale Street to the Bayou
Tune: Sold Down River
Label: Wild Roots

Artist: Keith Bennett Band
Album: Jumpin’ at the Yale
Tune: Big Boss Man
Label: Paradox

Artist: Joe Louis Walker
Album: Between a Rock & the Blues
Tune: Eyes Like A Cat
Label: Stony Plain

Artist: Rossano Sportiello
Album: It Amazes Me
Tune: It’s the Talk of the Town
Label: Sackville

Artist: Rossano Sportiello
Album: It Amazes Me
Tune: Chinatown My Chinatown
Label: Sackville

Artist: John Beasley
Album: Positootly!
Tune: The Eight Winds
Label: Resonance

Artist: Mike Longo
Album: Sting Like A Bee
Tune: Daahoud
Label: CAP

Artist: Chris Potter
Album: Coming Together
Tune: Killing Me Softly With A Song
Label: Inarhyme

Artist: Chris Green Quartet
Album: Merge
Tune: Lotus Blossom
Label: Single Malt

Artist: Chelsea Baratz
Album: In Faith
Tune: In Faith
Label: CB

Artist: Heath Brothers
Album: Endurance
Tune: Two Tees
Label: Jazz Legacy

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“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/audio.html

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

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January 03, 2010

PLAYLIST for JANUARY 6, 2010

LISTEN BEFORE YOU BUY: We’ll sample nineteen recent jazz and blues releases,
with an emphasis on singers, trombones and guitars. First up are three trombonists,
Steve Davis, Nick La Riviere and Wayne Wallace, followed by four singers, Charito, Angela Hagenbach, Rochelle House and Kristina. Then two more trombonists,
Al Henderson and Joe Martin, followed by guitarists Massimo Sammi, Dom Minasi
and Graham Dechter. Four more singers, Pamela Luss, Antoinette Montague,
Kelley Suttenfield and Ben Sidran, and to round out the program, three groups who neither sing, play trombones nor play guitars - the Jeff Hamilton Trio, the
Oslandailey Jazztet and Edward Ratliff. Enjoy!

Artist: Steve Davis
Album: Eloquence
Tune: Lament
Label: Jazz Legacy

Artist: Nick La Riviere
Album: Too Much To Do
Tune: It Never Entered My Mind
Label: NRCD

Artist: Wayne Wallace Quintet
Album: Bien Bien!
Tune: Solid
Label: Patois

Artist: Charito & Michel Legrand
Album: Watch What Happens
Tune: Once Upon A Summertime
Label: CT Music

Artist: Angela Hagenbach
Album: The Way They Make Me Feel
Tune: The Way He Makes Me Feel
Label: Resonance

Artist: Rochelle House
Album: Water
Tune: Feel Like Making Love
Label: House

Artist: Kristina
Album: Offshore Echoes
Tune: The 59th Street Bridge Song
Label: Patois

Artist: Al Henderson
Album: Regeneration
Tune: But Now It’s Over
Label: Cornerstone

Artist: Joe Martin
Album: Not By Chance
Tune: Once Before
Label: Anzic

Artist: Massimo Sammi
Album: First Day
Tune: First Day
Label: Sammi

Artist: Dom Minasi String Quartet
Album: Dissonance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Tune: Slow Dance in the Bottomless Pit
Label: Konnex

Artist: Graham Dechter
Album: Right On Time
Tune: Squatty Roo
Label: Capri

Artist: Pamela Luss with Houston Person
Album: Sweet & Saxy
Tune: Star Eyes
Label: Savant

Artist: Antoinette Montague
Album: Behind the Smile
Tune: Give Your Mama One Smile
Label: In the Groove

Artist: Kelley Suttenfield
Album: Where Is Love?
Tune: Sugar
Label: Rhombus

Artist: Ben Sidran
Album: Dylan Different
Tune: Subterranean Homesick Blues
Label: Nardis

Artist: Jeff Hamilton Trio
Album: Symbiosis
Tune: Blues For Junior
Label: Capri

Artist: Oslandailey Jazztet
Album: Evidence
Tune: Title Goes Here
Label: Sea Breeze

Artist: Edward Ratliff
Album: Those Moments Before
Tune: Movin’ On Over
Label: Strudelmania

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“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/audio.html

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

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