June 30, 2011

JULY & AUGUST on IN A MELLOW TONE

“IN A MELLOW TONE”

July 6 Listen Before You Buy: Recent jazz releases with an emphasis on exploratory musicians and groups such as Ambush Party, Aperture Trio, Eastern Boundary, New Tricks, Paw Music, The Rent, Premier Roeies, Toca Loca and Vertical Squirrels.

July 13 Professor Longhair: The epitome of good-times New Orleans music;
the piano and vocals of Henry Roeland Byrd, better known as
Professor Longhair, in recordings from 1949 to 1978.

July 20 Nels Cline: Co-Host Jim Riel will present an overview of the diverse and exciting improvisation-focused recordings of guitarist
Nels Cline, who is better known for his work with Wilco.

July 27 Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis: The first of two programs on his 1958 “Cookbook” sessions with Shirley Scott, Jerome Richardson,
George Duvivier & Arthur Edgehill.

August 3 Listen Before You Buy: Recent jazz and blues releases, with an emphasis on jazz saxophonists and blues performers. Will include saxophonists Ernest Dawkins, Jean Derome, Steven Lugerner, Ken Peplowski, Jim Snidero & Walt Weiskopf and blues artists Rory Block, Rita Chiarelli, Clarence Johnson & Grana Louise.

August 10 Guelph Jazz Festival: A preview of the artists appearing at this unique jazz event between September 7 and September 11. Artists will include Jane Bunnett, Nicolas Caloia, Christine Duncan, Gerry Hemingway, Kidd Jordan, William Parker, Paul Plimley, The Rent, Henry Threadgill, Marianne Trudel, Trevor Watts and Veryan Weston.

August 17 Don Ellis: This brilliant trumpeter, composer and arranger achieved a lot in his short life [July 25, 1934 – December 17, 1978]. We’ll hear his recordings from 1960, 1961, 1966, 1967 and 1977.

August 24 Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis: The second of two programs on his 1958 “Cookbook” sessions with Shirley Scott, Jerome Richardson,
George Duvivier & Arthur Edgehill.

August 31 Listen Before You Buy: Recent jazz releases, with an emphasis on bassists, percussionists and vocalists. Will include
Laura Ainsworth, Bones & Tones, Bryan Carter, Katchie Cartwright,
Harris Eisenstadt, Barry Elmes, Robert Hurst, Donald Ray Jackson,
Lisa Kirchner, Beata Pater, Deborah Pearl, Mads Vinding and Dave Young.

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June 29, 2011

WHAT'S ON ELSEWHERE JUNE 29, 2011

MONTREAL: Jazz Festival to July 4.
Casa del Popolo:
Sala Rossa:

TORONTO: Arraymusic: Toronto Improvisors Orchestra on second Friday of each month.
First Canadian Place: Kellylee Evans July 21.
Hugh’s Room: Hilario Duran Big Band with Jane Bunnett July 20.
Old Mill:
Quotes: Randy Sanke June 30.
Rex: Laura Hubert Band July 2.
Salty Dog: Greg Pilo Quartet July 5.
Tranzac: Monk’s Music on the 1st and 3rd Sunday & Lina Allemano Four on 2nd Sunday of each month.

EDMONTON: Kellylee Evans June 30.

VANCOUVER: Round House: Gord Grdina Trio + Mats Gustafsson July 1.

ASPEN, Colorado: Jazz Aspen Snowmass to July 2.

N.Y.C.
Clemente Soto Velez: Oliver Lake Trio July 11.
Downtown Music Gallery: In-store concerts every Sunday @ 6:00pm.
Music in Gardens on Sundays: Info@visionfestival.org.

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PLAYLIST for JUNE 29, 2011

“Living Proof” - The blues with a touch of soul coming to the CISCO OTTAWA BLUESFEST that starts on Tuesday July 5th. Music from Buddy Guy, John Primer, Smokin’ Joe Kubek & B’nois King, Andrew “Jr.Boy” Jones, Lonnie Brooks, Ray Bailey, The Funky Meters and many more. My name is John Tackaberry, host of Black & Blues every Sunday night from 9 to 11 p.m. filling in tonight for Ron Sweetman with some tips on what to catch in blues at FEST.
Tonight I want to highlight just a few of the performers with special appeal to blues fans amongst the numerous acts on a variety of stages.The FEST will get off to a “funky good time” on Tuesday July 5th down at “Le Breton Flats” with Bootsy Collins performing on the “Hard Rock Stage” at 9:30. Then Wednesday the eclectic California born musician who has roots in blues, jazz, reggae and rock Ben Harper returns to the FEST to play on the “MBNA Stage” at 9:15. Harper rocks as well as having cut a live disc with The Blind Boys of Alabama. Here Harper with a song off his latest disc Give Till It’s Gone – “Feel Love”. (All Music Guide to Rock, page 506)
Give Till It’s Gone [Cut 4] “Feel Love” 3:46
En duo [Cut 8] “Trouble In Mind” 2:44
From The Water [Cut 3] “Built Right On The Ground” 2:43
“Built Right On The Ground” – The great Canadian guitarist Colin Linden who is now based in Tennessee will be at the CISCO OTTAWA BLUESFEST on Sunday July 17th performing in the “Barney Danson Theatre” at 5:45. And he will playing on the “Hard Rock Café” on Saturday July 16th with Black & The Rodeo Kings. Dawn Tyler Watson and Paul Deslauriers gave us their version of “Trouble In Mind” off en duo from Justin Time. They are playing the “Barney Danson Theatre” at 6:15 on Saturday July 16th. And Ben Harper who gigs on Wednesday July 6th on the “MBNA Stage”. This is “Living Proof”a special In A Mellow Tone preview of blues with a touch of soul coming to the CISCO OTTAWA BLUESFEST. Thursday July 8th you can hear The Jimmy Bowskill Band at 7:30 on the “Hard Rock Café Stage” and the retro- rock of the Saskatchewan band The Sheepdogs play on the “Subway Stage” and at 9 o’clock the Canadian singer who has had his share of Blood, Sweat & Tears – David Clayton-Thomas is on the “Hard Rock Stage”. Over the years he has sung the blues but last year he released a collection of Soul Ballads. Here he is with his take on Curtis Mayfield’s “People Get Ready”.
Soul Ballads [Cut 3] “People Get Ready” 3:46
Let Your Hair Down [Cut 1] “Snatch It Back And Hold It” 3:56
The Steve Miller Band and their cover of Buddy Guy and Junior Wells’ song “Snatch It Back And Hold It” off Let Your Hair Down from Roadhouse Records. That band is on the “MBNA Stage” at the FEST on Wednesday July 8th at 9:30. And we heard David Clayton- Thomas who is on the “Hard Rock Café Stage” at 9 with “People Get Ready”. “Living Proof” is name of this edition of In A Mellow Tone featuring some of the blues with a touch of the soul coming our way at the CISCO OTTAWA BLUESFEST. Miller who is from Milwaukee, Wisconsin came to fame in the sixties in San Francisco as a blues-rocker before his hits as a rock n’ roll man. But in the last couple of years he has gone back to the blues with the release of Bingo! an album of covers of blues songs in 2010. And he followed that one up this year with Let Your Hair Down, another set of blues covers on a disc dedicated to harmonica man Norton Buffalo who in October 2010 after blow on songs for the recording. On Friday a Louisiana born guitarist Sherman Robertson who grew up in Houston in the Fifth Ward the home of Albert Collins and his mentor Clarence Green will be on the “Barney Danson Stage” for the first of a couple of gigs at the label. Here is Robertson who spends a lot of time in Europe with “Guitar Man” off his 1998 disc on AudioQuest called Going Back Home. (All Music Guide to Blues, page 402 and Living Blues, Issue # 113, June 2010, page 44)
Going Back Home [Cut 1] “Guitar Man” 4:14
Born To Sing The Blues [Cut 7] “Worried Down With The Blues” 6:57
“Worried Down With The Blues” – Larry McCray with a song from his 1998 disc on House Of Blues. That man from Arkansas who grew up in Michigan will be back at the FEST for a couple of gigs including one on Saturday, July 9th at 6:30 on the “National Bank Stage”. And we heard blues out of Texas from Sherman Robertson who plays in the “Barney Danson Theatre” on Friday July 8th at 9 p.m. That night the popular blues influenced rockers out of Akron – The Black Keys are on the “MBNA Stage”. “Living Proof” – Blues with a touch of soul coming to the CISCO OTTAWA BLUESFEST from July 5th to 17th. McCray gigs at 6:30 on Saturday July 9th. This local blues band opens the FEST that day on the “Subway Stage”.
Here are Wicked Grin with “Midnight Howl” off down to the corner on Phoenix Records.
down to the corner [Cut 6] “Midnight Howl” 4:35
The Jesse Greene Band [Cut 1] “Mojo Man” 3:02
The Jesse Green Band with “Mojo Man” another fine local band playing at 6 p.m. on the “National Bank Stage” on Thursday July 14th. And we heard Wicked Grin who play on the “Subway Stage” at 2 p.m. on Saturday July 9th with “Midnight Howl” off down to the corner.

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June 22, 2011

WHAT'S ON ELSEWHERE - JUNE 22, 2011

MONTREAL: Jazz Festival June 25 to July 4.
Casa del Popolo: Suoni per il Popolo to June 25.
Gord Grdina Trio + Mats Gustafsson June 29.
Sala Rossa: Suoni per il Popolo to June 25. Atomic June 23.

MANOTICK: Michael Jerome Brown @ Mill Tavern June 26.

KINGSTON: Jazz Festival from June 23 to June 25 with Dave Holland,
Kurt Elling, Christian McBride and the Shuffle Demons.

TORONTO: Arraymusic: Toronto Improvisors Orchestra on second Friday of each month.
First Canadian Place: Kellylee Evans July 21.
Hugh’s Room: Hilario Duran Big Band with Jane Bunnett July 20.
Music Gallery: Gord Grdina Trio + Mats Gustafsson June 28.
Old Mill: Richard Whiteman June 23. Bill McBirnie June 25.
Pilot Tavern: Bob Brough Quartet June 25.
Tranzac: Monk’s Music on the 1st and 3rd Sunday & Lina Allemano Four on 2nd Sunday of each month.

BANFF: Hilario Duran Big Band with Jane Bunnett June 23.

WINNIPEG: Kellylee Evans June 23.

EDMONTON: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra @ Edmonton Jazz Festival on June 28.
Kellylee Evans June 30.

SASKATOON: Kellylee Evans June 24.
Hilario Duran Big Band with Jane Bunnett June 25.

VANCOUVER: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra @ Orpheum Theatre June 26.
Round House: Gord Grdina Trio + Mats Gustafsson July 1.

VICTORIA: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra @ Royal Theatre June 25.
Hilario Duran Big Band with Jane Bunnett June 28.

ASPEN, Colorado: Jazz Aspen Snowmass June 24-July 2.
Kellylee Evans June 29.

N.Y.C.
Clemente Soto Velez: Maryanne De Prophetis, Katie Bull, Lorenzo Sanguedolce June 27. Downtown Music Gallery: In-store concerts every Sunday @ 6:00pm.
Music in Gardens on Sundays: Info@visionfestival.org.

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June 16, 2011

PLAYLIST for JUNE 22, 2011

REX STEWART: The great Ellingtonian cornetist recording outside the Ellington Orchestra –in Paris in 1939, in New York in 1940, 1946, 1947 and 1957, and in Baden in 1966.

Artist: Rex Stewart and His Feetwarmers
Album: Django All Star Sessions
Tune: Montmartre [Django’s Jump]
Label: Capitol

Artist: Rex Stewart and His Feetwarmers
Album: Django All Star Sessions
Tune: Low Cotton
Label: Capitol

Artist: Rex Stewart and His Feetwarmers
Album: Django All Star Sessions
Tune: Finesse
Label: Capitol

Artist: Rex Stewart and His Feetwarmers
Album: Django All Star Sessions
Tune: I Know That You Know
Label: Capitol

Artist: Rex Stewart and His Feetwarmers
Album: Django All Star Sessions
Tune: Solid Old Man
Label: Capitol

Artist: Rex Stewart’s Big Seven
Album: The Complete H.R.S. Sessions
Tune: Cherry
Label: Mosaic

Artist: Rex Stewart’s Big Seven
Album: The Complete H.R.S. Sessions
Tune: Solid Rock
Label: Mosaic

Artist: Rex Stewart’s Big Seven
Album: The Complete H.R.S. Sessions
Tune: Bugle Call Rag
Label: Mosaic

Artist: Rex Stewart’s Big Seven
Album: The Complete H.R.S. Sessions
Tune: Diga Diga Doo
Label: Mosaic

Artist: Rex Stewart and His Orchestra
Album: Blues, Boogie & Bop
Tune: Boy Meets Horn
Label: Mercury

Artist: Rex Stewart and His Orchestra
Album: Blues, Boogie & Bop
Tune: Jug Blues
Label: Mercury

Artist: Rex Stewart and His Orchestra
Album: Blues, Boogie & Bop
Tune: That’s Rhythm
Label: Mercury

Artist: Rex Stewart’s Big Four
Album: The Complete H.R.S. Sessions
Tune: Flim Flam
Label: Mosaic

Artist: Rex Stewart’s Big Four
Album: The Complete H.R.S. Sessions
Tune: Blues Kicked the Bucket
Label: Mosaic

Artist: Rex Stewart’s Big Four
Album: The Complete H.R.S. Sessions
Tune: Madeleine
Label: Mosaic

Artist: Rex Stewart’s Big Four
Album: The Complete H.R.S. Sessions
Tune: Loopin’ Lobo
Label: Mosaic

Artist: Cootie Williams & Rex Stewart
Album: The Big Challenge
Tune: I’m Beginning To See The Light
Label: Fresh Sound

Artist: Cootie Williams & Rex Stewart
Album: The Big Challenge
Tune: Walkin’ My Baby Back Home
Label: Fresh Sound

Artist: Cootie Williams & Rex Stewart
Album: The Big Challenge
Tune: When Your Lover Has Gone
Label: Fresh Sound

Artist: Cootie Williams & Rex Stewart
Album: The Big Challenge
Tune: I Knew You When
Label: Fresh Sound

Artist: Rex Stewart & the Henri Chaix Orchestra
Album: Baden 1966
Tune: Blues For Zizi
Label: Sackville

Artist: Rex Stewart & the Henri Chaix Orchestra
Album: Baden 1966
Tune: Happy Go Lucky Local
Label: Sackville

Artist: Rex Stewart & the Henri Chaix Orchestra
Album: Baden 1966
Tune: Love Do I
Label: Sackville

Artist: Rex Stewart & the Henri Chaix Orchestra
Album: Baden 1966
Tune: St. Louis Blues
Label: Sackville

Artist: Rex Stewart & the Henri Chaix Orchestra
Album: Baden 1966
Tune: Sour-mash Strut
Label: Sackville

Artist: Rex Stewart & the Henri Chaix Orchestra
Album: Baden 1966
Tune: Headshrinker Blues
Label: Sackville

Artist: Rex Stewart & the Henri Chaix Orchestra
Album: Baden 1966
Tune: Conversation Piece
Label: Sackville
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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/listen

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

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June 15, 2011

WHAT'S ON ELSEWHERE - JUNE 15, 2011

MONTREAL: Jazz Festival June 25 to July 4.
Casa del Popolo: Suoni per il Popolo to June 25. Gord Grdina Trio + Mats Gustafsson June 29.
Sala Rossa: Suoni per il Popolo to June 25. Satoko Fujii Ma-Do June 19.
Craig Taborn, William Parker & Gerald Cleaver June 21. Peter Brotzmann Trio &
The Thing June 22. Atomic June 23.

MANOTICK: Michael Jerome Brown @ Mill Tavern June 26.

TORONTO: Arraymusic: Toronto Improvisors Orchestra on second Friday of each month.
Hugh’s Room: Hilario Duran Big Band with Jane Bunnett July 20.
Old Mill: Joe Sealy June 16. Richard Whiteman June 23. Bill McBirnie June 25.
Pilot Tavern: Bob Brough Quartet June 25.
Quotes: Vern Dorge & Canadian Jazz Quartet June 17.
Tranzac: Monk’s Music on the 1st and 3rd Sunday & Lina Allemano Four on 2nd Sunday of each month.

REGINA: Hilario Duran Big Band with Jane Bunnett June 19.

MEDICINE HAT: Hilario Duran Big Band with Jane Bunnett June 21.

BANFF: Hilario Duran Big Band with Jane Bunnett June 23.

EDMONTON: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra @ Edmonton Jazz Festival on June 28.

SASKATOON: Hilario Duran Big Band with Jane Bunnett June 25.

VANCOUVER: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra @ Orpheum Theatre June 26.

VICTORIA: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra @ Royal Theatre June 25.
Hilario Duran Big Band with Jane Bunnett June 28.

ASPEN, Colorado: Jazz Aspen Snowmass June 24-July 2.

N.Y.C. Downtown Music Gallery: In-store concerts every Sunday @ 6:00pm.
Music in Gardens on Sundays: Info@visionfestival.org.

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June 09, 2011

PLAYLIST for JUNE 15, 2011

Listen Before You Buy: Recent jazz releases by eight guitarists and six big bands.


Artist: Brian Carpenter’s Ghost Train Orchestra
Album: Hothouse Stomp
Tune: Mojo Strut
Label: Accurate

Artist: Brian Carpenter’s Ghost Train Orchestra
Album: Hothouse Stomp
Tune: Dixie Stomp
Label: Accurate

Artist: Brian Carpenter’s Ghost Train Orchestra
Album: Hothouse Stomp
Tune: Slide Mr. Jelly Slide
Label: Accurate

Artist: I Compani
Album: Mangiare !
Tune: New Dutch Anthem
Label: icdisc.nl

Artist: I Compani
Album: Mangiare !
Tune: Madame Kafka’s Dinner Song
Label: icdisc.nl

Artist: Pierre Labbe + 12
Album: Tremblement de Fer
Tune: Serpentes et Echelles
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques

Artist: Pierre Labbe + 12
Album: Tremblement de Fer
Tune: Le 2e Souk
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques

Artist: Eliane Amherd
Album: Now and From Now On
Tune: Batucada
Label: ELI

Artist: Eliane Amherd
Album: Now and From Now On
Tune: Me Fe Tan Pliji
Label: ELI

Artist: The Sheryl Bailey 4
Album: For All Those Living
Tune: Moblin’
Label: PureMusic Records

Artist: The Chris Crocco Fluid Trio +
Album: The Chris Crocco Fluid Trio +
Tune: Silvia
Label: GPA

Artist: Chad Coe with Peter Leitch
Album: Sympatico
Tune: Parisian Thoroughfare
Label: Sympatico Records

Artist: Fred Hess Big Band
Album: Into the Open
Tune: Sooz Blooz
Label: Alison Records

Artist: NJJAZZ Initiative
Album: Mad About Thad
Tune: Elusive
Label: Jazzheads

Artist: John Vanore and Abstract Truth
Album: Contagious Words
Tune: Substructure
Label: Acoustical Concepts Inc.

Artist: Lou Volpe
Album: Hear and Now
Tune: Coltrane of Thought
Label: Jazz Guitar Records

Artist: Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord
Album: Quavers!
Tune: Faith-Based Initiative
Label: Hot Cup

Artist: Gord Grdina Trio with Mats Gustafsson
Album: Barrel Fire
Tune: Burning Bright
Label: Drip Audio

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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/listen

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

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June 08, 2011

WHAT'S ON ELSEWHERE - JUNE 8, 2011

MONTREAL: Jazz Festival June 25 to July 4.
Casa del Popolo: Suoni per il Popolo to June 25. Gord Grdina Trio + Mats Gustafsson June 29.
Sala Rossa: Suoni per il Popolo to June 25. Joelle Leandre, Francois Houle & Raymond Strid June 12. David S. Ware June 14. Satoko Fujii Ma-Do June 19.
Craig Taborn, William Parker & Gerald Cleaver June 21.
Peter Brotzmann Trio & The Thing June 22. Atomic June 23.

MANOTICK: Michael Jerome Brown @ Mill Tavern June 26.

TORONTO: Arraymusic: Toronto Improvisors Orchestra on second Friday of each month.
Hugh’s Room: Hilario Duran Big Band with Jane Bunnett July 20.
Old Mill: John Sherwood June 9. Norman Amadio June 11. Richard Whiteman June 23. Bill McBirnie June 25. Joe Sealy June 16.
St. Andrew-by-the-Lake: Joelle Leandre, Francois Houle & Raymond Strid June 11.
Tranzac: Monk’s Music on the 1st and 3rd Sunday & Lina Allemano Four on 2nd Sunday of each month.

REGINA: Hilario Duran Big Band with Jane Bunnett June 19.

WINNIPEG: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra June 14.

MEDICINE HAT: Hilario Duran Big Band with Jane Bunnett June 21.

BANFF: Hilario Duran Big Band with Jane Bunnett June 23.

EDMONTON: Yardbird Suite: Joelle Leandre, Francois Houle & Raymond Strid June 10.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra @ Edmonton Jazz Festival on June 28.

SASKATOON: Hilario Duran Big Band with Jane Bunnett June 25.

VANCOUVER: Western Front: Joelle Leandre, Francois Houle & Raymond Strid June 9.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra @ Orpheum Theatre June 26.

VICTORIA: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra @ Royal Theatre June 25.
Hilario Duran Big Band with Jane Bunnett June 28.

ASPEN, Colorado: Jazz Aspen Snowmass June 24-July 2.

BURLINGTON, Vermont: Discover Jazz Festival to June 12 with Herbie Hancock,
Terence Blanchard, Roy Hargrove, Sheila Jordan & Myra Melford.

CHICAGO: Blues Festival June 10-12.

D.C: Jazz Festival to June 13.

N.Y.C. Clemente Soto Velez:
Downtown Music Gallery: In-store concerts every Sunday @ 6:00pm.
Music in Gardens on Sundays: Info@visionfestival.org.
Vision Festival: To June 11.

June 02, 2011

PLAYLIST for JUNE 8, 2011

Ottawa International Jazz Festival: Seventeen of the artists or groups who will be appearing at the Ottawa International Jazz Festival between June 23 and July 3.

Artist: Elvis Costello
Album: My Flame Burns Blue
Tune: Hora Decubitus
Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Artist: The Thing
Album: Bag It!
Tune: Mystery Song
Label: Superjazz

Artist: Atomic
Album: Theater Tilters Volume 1
Tune: Fissures
Label: Jazzland

Artist: Kurt Elling
Album: Flirting With Twilight
Tune: Lil’ Darlin’
Label: Blue Note

Artist: Tania Gill
Album: Bolger Station
Tune: Ah Ti Tah
Label: Barnyard

Artist: Sisters Euclid
Album: Faith Cola
Tune: Big Al
Label: Poverty Playlist

Artist: Joshua Redman
Album: Freedom in the Groove
Tune: Home Fries
Label: Warner Brothers

Artist: Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
Album: Infernal Machines
Tune: Transit
Label: Newamsterdamrecords

Artist: Chet Doxas Quartet
Album: Sidewalk Etiquette
Tune: Upstart
Label: Justin Time

Artist: Vijay Iyer
Album: Solo
Tune: Epistrophy
Label: ACT

Artist: Lucky Peterson
Album: Alligator Records 20th Anniversary Collection
Tune: I’m Free
Label: Alligator

Artist: James Cotton
Album: Seems Like Yesterday
Tune: I Don’t Know
Label: Just A Memory

Artist: Gord Grdina Trio with Mats Gustafsson
Album: Barrel Fire
Tune: F. R. W.
Label: Drip Audio

Artist: Jon Irabagon
Album: The Observer
Tune: Makai and Tacoma
Label: Concord

Artist: Myra Melford
Album: Above Blue
Tune: Two But Live
Label: Arabesque

Artist: Kenny Wheeler Sonny Greenwich Quintet
Album: Live at the Montreal Bistro
Tune: For Kenny Wheeler
Label: Justin Time

Artist: Marianne Trudel Septet
Album: Espoir et Autres Pouvoirs
Tune: Rires Sur La Greve
Label: Effendi
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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/listen

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

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June 01, 2011

WHAT'S ON ELSEWHERE - JUNE 1, 2011

MONTREAL: Jazz Festival June 25 to July 4.
Casa del Popolo: Suoni per il Popolo June 5 to 25.Charles Gayle June 8. Gord Grdina Trio + Mats Gustafsson June 29.
Sala Rossa: Suoni per il Popolo June 5 to 25. Joelle Leandre, Francois Houle & Raymond Strid June 12. David S. Ware June 14. Satoko Fujii Ma-Do June 19. Craig Taborn, William Pasrker & Gerald Cleaver June 21. Peter Brotzmann Trio & The Thing June 22. Atomic June 23.

MANOTICK: Michael Jerome Brown @ Mill Tavern June 26.

TORONTO: Arraymusic: Toronto Improvisors Orchestra on second Friday of each month.
Hugh’s Room: Hilario Duran Big Band with Jane Bunnett July 20.
Old Mill: John Sherwood June 2 & June 9. Arlene Smith June3. Stacie McGregor June 4. Norman Amadio June 11. Richard Whiteman June 23. Bill McBirnie June 25. Joe Sealy June 16.
St. Andrew-by-the-Lake: Joelle Leandre, Francois Houle & Raymond Strid June 11.
Tranzac: Monk’s Music on the 1st and 3rd Sunday & Lina Allemano Four on 2nd Sunday of each month.
Woodbine Park: Waterfront Blues June 3-5.

REGINA: Hilario Duran Big Band with Jane Bunnett June 19.

WINNIPEG: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra June 14.

MEDICINE HAT: Hilario Duran Big Band with Jane Bunnett June 21.

BANFF: Hilario Duran Big Band with Jane Bunnett June 23.

EDMONTON: Yardbird Suite: Joelle Leandre, Francois Houle & Raymond Strid June 10.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra @ Edmonton Jazz Festival on June 28.

SASKATOON: Hilario Duran Big Band with Jane Bunnett June 25.

VANCOUVER: Western Front: Joelle Leandre, Francois Houle & Raymond Strid June 9.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra @ Orpheum Theatre June 26.

VICTORIA: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra @ Royal Theatre June 25.
Hilario Duran Big Band with Jane Bunnett June 28.

ASPEN, Colorado: Jazz Aspen Snowmass June 24-July 2.

BURLINGTON, Vermont: Discover Jazz Festival June 3-12 with Herbie Hancock,
Terence Blanchard, Roy Hargrove, Sheila Jordan & Myra Melford.

CHICAGO: Blues Festival June 10-12.

D.C: Jazz Festival to June 13.

N.Y.C. Clemente Soto Velez:
Downtown Music Gallery: In-store concerts every Sunday @ 6:00pm.
Music in Gardens on Sundays: Info@visionfestival.org.
Vision Festival: June 5 – 11.