PLAYLIST for DECEMBER 23, 2009

JIMMY YANCEY: I’ve been wanting to do a feature program on JIMMY YANCEY, known as “The Father of Blues Piano” for as long as I’ve done this program, but some of his recordings are hard to find, and only recently did I fill in the gaps in my collection.
We’ll start with his first recording, for Solo Art in May of 1939, and then move on to his RCA Victor session in October, 1939. The next session, in September 1940, was also for RCA Victor, and included two vocals by Jimmy. We move forward to December 1943 where Jimmy had a very fruitful session for the Session label.
Then three cuts from the rare wire recordings made in June 1951, I believe at Jimmy’s house, and finally we hear six cuts from his final recording session, made for Atlantic in July 1951.
All his recordings were made in his home town, Chicago. Many of his recordings include vocals by his wife, Mama Estelle Yancey, but I have excluded these so that we can concentrate on Jimmy’s piano playing, which was beautifully simple, and simply beautiful.
After our Yancey feature, some seasonal tunes from Sonny Thompson, Tampa Red, and The Hot Club of San Francisco.

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: The Best of Jimmy Yancey
Tune: Two O’Clock Blues
Label: Blues Forever

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: The Best of Jimmy Yancey
Tune: Lucille’s Lament
Label: Blues Forever

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: The Best of Jimmy Yancey
Tune: Steady Rock Blues
Label: Blues Forever

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: The Best of Jimmy Yancey
Tune: South Side Stuff
Label: Blues Forever

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: The Best of Jimmy Yancey
Tune: Yancey’s Getaway
Label: Blues Forever

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: Barrelhouse Boogie
Tune: Yancey Stomp
Label: Bluebird

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: Barrelhouse Boogie
Tune: State Street Special
Label: Bluebird

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: Barrelhouse Boogie
Tune: Tell ‘Em About Me
Label: Bluebird

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: Barrelhouse Boogie
Tune: Five O’Clock Blues
Label: Bluebird

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: Barrelhouse Boogie
Tune: Slow and Easy Blues
Label: Bluebird

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: Barrelhouse Boogie
Tune: Crying In My Sleep
Label: Bluebird

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: Barrelhouse Boogie
Tune: Death Letter Blues
Label: Bluebird

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: Barrelhouse Boogie
Tune: Yancey’s Bugle Call
Label: Bluebird

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: Barrelhouse Boogie
Tune: 35th and Dearborn
Label: Bluebird

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: The Best of Jimmy Yancey
Tune: Eternal Blues
Label: Blues Forever

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: The Best of Jimmy Yancey
Tune: White Sox Stomp
Label: Blues Forever

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: The Unissued 1951 Wire Recordings
Tune: Elephant Rag
Label: Document

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: The Unissued 1951 Wire Recordings
Tune: Mellow Blues
Label: Document

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: The Unissued 1951 Wire Recordings
Tune: Fives
Label: Document

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: Chicago Piano
Tune: Mournful Blues
Label: Atlantic

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: Chicago Piano
Tune: Yancey Special
Label: Atlantic

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: Chicago Piano
Tune: How Long Blues
Label: Atlantic

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: Chicago Piano
Tune: Shave ‘Em Dry
Label: Atlantic

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: Chicago Piano
Tune: Salute to Pinetop
Label: Atlantic

Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: Chicago Piano
Tune: Blues For Albert
Label: Atlantic

Artist: Sonny Thompson
Album: The Complete Recordings Volume 1
Tune: Not On A Xmas Tree
Label: Blue Moon

Artist: Tampa Red
Album: The Bluebird Recordings 1934-1936
Tune: Christmas and New Year’s Blues
Label: RCA

Artist: Hot Club of San Francisco
Album: Hot Club Cool Yule
Tune: Sugar Rum Cherry
Label: Azica

Artist: Hot Club of San Francisco
Album: Hot Club Cool Yule
Tune: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Label: Azica

Artist: Hot Club of San Francisco
Album: Hot Club Cool Yule
Tune: Cool Yule
Label: Azica


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PLAYLIST for DECEMBER 16, 2009

BIG BANDS: We’ll be playing from seven recently released recordings by contemporary big bands. For want of a better criterion, I’m playing the smallest [15] band first and the largest [21] last, with the others fitted in by incremental size.
So we start with Glenn Cashman and the Southland Big Band from Los Angeles, then onto the 16-pieces of Barry Romberg’s Random Access from Toronto. The Aggregation from New York City also contains 16 musicians. Mike Olson leads 17 musicians in a recording made in Minneapolis which uses probably the most experimental arrangements. Tenor-saxophonist Fred Hess leads his 17 musicians in Denver, although some are New York residents. Ed Palermo’s New York based 20-piece band has the distinction of being dedicated to the music of Frank Zappa.
The Knoxville Jazz Orchestra comes out at 21 musicians because, although the band normally numbers 15 members, on this recording it is augmented by six guests, including pianist/producer Donald Brown.

Artist: Glenn Cashman and the Southland Big Band
Album: Glenn Cashman and the Southland Big Band!
Tune: Aguas de Marco
Label: Primrose Lane

Artist: Glenn Cashman and the Southland Big Band
Album: Glenn Cashman and the Southland Big Band!
Tune: Blues in the Tunnel
Label: Primrose Lane

Artist: Barry Romberg’s Random Access
Album: Was, Shall, Why, Because
Tune: Stratus Fractus
Label: Romhog

Artist: The Aggregation
Album: Groove’s Mood
Tune: Brasilia
Label: DBCD

Artist: The Aggregation
Album: Groove’s Mood
Tune: Wade in the Water
Label: DBCD

Artist: Mike Olson
Album: Incidental
Tune: Incidental 5
Label: Henceforth

Artist: Mike Olson
Album: Incidental
Tune: Incidental 1
Label: Henceforth

Artist: Fred Hess Big Band
Album: Hold On
Tune: Hold On
Label: Dazzle

Artist: Fred Hess Big Band
Album: Hold On
Tune: Opposites Attract
Label: Dazzle

Artist: Ed Palermo Big Band
Album: Eddy Loves Frank
Tune: Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing?
Label: Cuneiform

Artist: Ed Palermo Big Band
Album: Eddy Loves Frank
Tune: Dupree’s Paradise
Label: Cuneiform

Artist: Knoxville Jazz Orchestra
Album: Blues Man From Memphis
Tune: Daddy’s Girl Cynthia
Label: Blue Canoe

Artist: Knoxville Jazz Orchestra
Album: Blues Man From Memphis
Tune: Blues For Brother Jerome
Label: Blue Canoe

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PLAYLIST for DECEMBER 9, 2009

DUTCH TREAT: We’ll be playing from twelve recently released European recordings;
the majority [seven] from Holland, plus two from Germany, two from Switzerland,
and one from Italy. Reversing that order, we’ll start with Italy’s Actis Dato’s Quartet on his own label, followed by Baltic guitarist Juozas Milasius, Dutch trumpeter Eric Vloeimans, Swiss piano trio FM Trio, American pianists Lewis Porter and Marc Rossi, Surinam-flavoured Dutch band De Nazaten with guest James Carter, guitarist Pablo Montagne’s quartet, the cello & computer duo who call themselves Abattoir, solo pianist Gianni Lenoci, the exciting partnership of the Dutch group New Nicks with the Dutch Artvark Saxophone Quartet, an empathetic trombone-bass duet between Dutch trombonist Wolter Wierbos and Dutch bassist Wilbert de Joode,
and we’ll end with a lengthy trombone solo by Wolter Wierbos.

Artist: Actis Dato Quartet
Album: World Tour
Tune: Michoacan
Label: Dato [Italian]

Artist: Juozas Milasius
Album: Slow
Tune: Scalpel Sad
Label: Nemu [German]

Artist: Juozas Milasius
Album: Slow
Tune: Pawnshop Accountant
Label: Nemu [German]

Artist: Eric Vloeimans
Album: Live at Yoshi’s
Tune: Fatima
Label: Challenge [German]

Artist: FM Trio
Album: Ligne Libre
Tune: Grains and Dots
Label: Altrisuoni [Swiss]

Artist: Lewis Porter & Marc Rossi
Album: Transformation
Tune: Ezz-thetic
Label: Altrisuoni [Swiss]

Artist: De Nazaten & James Carter
Album: Skratyology
Tune: Skratyology
Label: Strotbrock [Dutch]

Artist: Pablo Montagne Quartet
Album: Chaque Objet
Tune: Funkdom
Label: Evil Rabbit [Dutch]

Artist: Abattoir
Album: Abattoir
Tune: Endless Summer
Label: Evil Rabbit [Dutch]

Artist: Gianni Lenoci
Album: Ephemeral Rhizome
Tune: Afrika Metropolitaine
Label: Evil Rabbit [Dutch]

Artist: New Nicks & Artvark Sax Quartet
Album: Busy Busy Busy
Tune: Dextro
Label: No Can Do [Dutch]

Artist: New Nicks & Artvark Sax Quartet
Album: Busy Busy Busy
Tune: Whosa Mwatana
Label: No Can Do [Dutch]

Artist: Wolter Wierbos & Wilbert de Joode
Album: Deining
Tune: Overstag
Label: Dolfijn [Dutch]

Artist: Wolter Wierbos
Album: 3 Trombone Solos
Tune: Amsterdam
Label: Dolfijn [Dutch]

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PLAYLIST for DECEMBER 2, 2009

CANADIAN GIFT LIST: Some suggestions of seasonal gifts by Canadian jazz artists. We’ll start with two contemporary trumpeters [Brad Turner and Lina Allemano] followed by the flute of Bill McBirnie and the trombone of Darren Sigesmund.

On to the saxes, specifically the soprano and tenor saxes of Kirk MacDonald and the tenor sax of Cory Weeds, followed by three guitarists [John Hanson, Ken Aldcroft and Ted Quinlan].

Next up is the piano duo of Andy Milne and Benoit Delbecq [who’s French but he’s Andy’s piano partner], and then we become surrounded by bassists, namely John Geggie, Dave Young, Normand Guilbeault and Michael Herring. The quintet Field Trip comes next, followed by an all-star group led by percussionist Terry Clarke [on his first date as a leader]. We sign off with the duo Not the Wind Not the Flag.

We will take a moment to give away a pair of tickets for the December 9 concert
by Michael Kaeshammer at the Shenkman Arts Centre.


Artist: October Trio + Brad Turner
Album: Looks Like It’s Going To Snow
Tune: Wait
Label: Songlines

Artist: Lina Allemano Four
Album: Gridjam
Tune: Cameo
Label: Lumo

Artist: Bill McBirnie Quartet
Album: Mercy
Tune: Airegin
Label: McB

Artist: Darren Sigesmund
Album: Strands II
Tune: Last Tango
Label: DS

Artist: Kirk MacDonald Quartet
Album: Songbook Volume 1
Tune: Fleeting
Label: Addo

Artist: Cory Weeds Quintet
Album: Everything’s Coming Up Weeds
Tune: 323 Shuter
Label: Cellar Live

Artist: John Hanson
Album: It’s A Sin To Tell A Lie
Tune: Skylark
Label: Sin

Artist: John Hanson
Album: It’s A Sin To Tell A Lie
Tune: Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me
Label: Sin

Artist: Ken Aldcroft’s Convergence Ensemble
Album: Our Hospitality
Tune: Work Song
Label: Trio

Artist: Ted Quinlan
Album: Streetscape
Tune: Speakeasy
Label: Addo

Artist: Andy Milne & Benoit Delbecq
Album: Where is Pannonica?
Tune: Le Meme Jour
Label: Songlines

Artist: Geggie Trio + Donny McCaslin
Album: Across the Sky
Tune: Brume
Label: Plunge

Artist: Geggie Trio + Donny McCaslin
Album: Across the Sky
Tune: Le Marais
Label: Plunge

Artist: Dave Young Quartet
Album: Mean What You Say
Tune: Will You Still Be Mine?
Label: DY

Artist: Normand Guilbeault Ensemble
Album: Hommage a Mingus: Live at Upstairs 2008
Tune: Eclipse
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques

Artist: Michael Herring’s Vertigo
Album: Dark Materials
Tune: Bearings on Cair Paravel
Label: Romhog

Artist: Field Trip
Album: No Destination
Tune: Sweet Insignificance
Label: Addo

Artist: Terry Clarke
Album: It’s About Time
Tune: Say Hello to Calypso
Label: Blue Music

Artist: Not the Wind Not the Flag
Album: Tintinabulum
Tune: Tintinabulum
Label: Barnyard

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DECEMBER & JANUARY on IN A MELLOW TONE

Firstly I would like to thank each and every one of you who donated during CKCU's recent Funding Drive. Through your generosity, CKCU went beyond its target of $109,000, and In A Mellow Tone achieved its target of $2,400. My sincere thanks to you all.

Attached you will find the December/January schedule for In A Mellow Tone. A lot of the programs are based on recent releases; as each year ends there is a flood of new releases. To make coherent programs out of this avalanche, we'll feature Canadian artists on December 2, European labels on December 9, Big Bands on December 16, vocalists, trombonists and guitarists on January 6 and saxophonists, pianists and blues artists on January 13.

On December 23 I'm doing a program that I have meant to do for years; a study on the Father of Blues Piano, the great Jimmy Yancey. The next week [December 30] I'll look back across the year 2009 and play some of the recordings that pleased me most. The last two programs in January 2010 will be devoted to a prodigous project - recording every published composition of Thelonious Monk- carried out in a brilliant and inspired manner by Alexander von Schlippenbach and his associates.

I hope that you will be able to tune in and enjoy these programs.

Cheers,

Ron.

December 2 Gift List – Canadian: Suggestions of seasonal gifts by Canadian jazz and blues performers. Will include Ken Aldcroft, Lina Allemano, Terry Clarke,
Field Trip, John Geggie, Normand Guilbeault, John Hanson, Michael Herring,
Kirk McDonald, Andy Milne, Not the Wind Not the Flag, October Trio, Ted Quinlan, Darren Sigesmund, Cory Weeds and Dave Young.

December 9 Dutch Treat: Recent recordings issued on Dutch, German, Italian and Swiss labels by Abbatoir, James Carter, Carlo Actis Dato, FM Trio, Gianni Lenoci, Juozas Milasius, Pablo Montague, New Nicks, Lewis Porter, Marc Rossi, Eric Vloeimans and Wolter Wierbos.

December 16 Contemporary Big Bands: Meet The Aggregation, Fred Hess Big Band,
Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, Palermo Big Band, Barry Romberg Ensemble & Southland Big Band.

December 23 Jimmy Yancey: The recordings of Jimmy Yancey, “The Father of Blues Piano”, whose piano playing was beautifully simple and simply beautiful. We’ll play his recordings from May 1939, October 1939, September 1940, December 1943, June 1951 and July 1951.

December 30 Best of 2009: Ron plays some of his favourite acquisitions in 2009, including Ab Baars, Sean Bergin, Bobby Bradford, Alex Cline, Chris McGregor, Harry Miller, MOPDTK, King Oliver, Roswell Rudd, John Stevens, Keith Tippett, Stan Tracey and Corey Wilkes.

January 6 Listen Before You Buy: Recent jazz and blues releases [with an emphasis on vocals, trombones and guitars] by Charito, Steve Davis, Graham Dechter, Angela Hagenbach, Jeff Hamilton, Al Henderson, Rachelle House, Kristina, Nick La Riviere, Pamela Luss, Joe Martin, Dom Minasi, Antoinette Montague,
Oslandarly Sextet, Edward Ratliffe, Massimo Sammi, Ben Sidran, Kelley Suttenfield, and Wayne Wallace.

January 13 Listen Before You Buy: Recent jazz and blues releases [with an emphasis on saxes, pianists and blues] by American Music Project, Chelsea Baratz, John Beasley, Keith Bennett, Sharel Cassity, Crepuscule Trio, Jon Gordon, Chris Green, Komeda Project, Mike Longo, Chris Potter, Pulse, Q’d Up, Art Sherrod,
Rossano Sportiello, Victor Wainwright, Joe Louis Walker and James Weidman.

January 20 Monk’s Casino Part 1: Alexander von Schlippenbach [piano],
Axel Dorner [trumpet], Rudi Mahall [bass clarinet], Jan Roder [bass] and
Uli Jennessen [drums] play every published Thelonious Monk composition.
An amazing achievement.

January 27 Monk’s Casino Part 2: Alexander von Schlippenbach [piano],
Axel Dorner [trumpet], Rudi Mahall [bass clarinet], Jan Roder [bass] and
li Jennessen [drums] play every published Thelonious Monk composition.
An amazing achievement.



“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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