May 13, 2008

"Summer night" - Sharon Minemoto Trio (You can see the ocean from here)
"Church music" - Spring Heel Jack (Songs & themes)
"Lolly pop pop" - Rented Mule (Rented mule)
"An eye" - Thollem McDonas, Arrington de Dionyso (Intuition, science, and sex)
"Song for my father" - Victor Wooten (Palmystery)
"The outlaw" - Horace Silver (Live at Newport '59)
"The chase" - Kenny Carr (Changing tide)
"Warren brings his lunch" - Jean Martin, Evan Shaw (Piano music)
"By water" - Rabnett 5 (Leopardism)
"Of" - Fieldwork (Door)
"Midnight in Berlin" - Rita Chiarelli with the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra (Uptown goes downtown)
"Corcovado (quiet nights of quiet stars)" - Rebecca Jenkins (Blue skies)
"Son of Mr. Bulldog" - The Mebusas (Variations in time: a jazz perspective)
"Spinner" - Bloom Project (Prismatic season)
"Cool blues" - Lou Donaldson (Here 'tis)
"Almost certainly dreaming" - The Chris Tarry Group (Almost certainly dreaming)
"(Smell my) special ingredients" - Stanton Moore Trio (Emphasis! (on paranthesis))
"Munchin'" - Saskia Laroo (Really jazzy)
"A chant for Monk" - Clifton Joseph (Variations in time: a jazz perspective)
"India" - David Liebman/Mike Murley Quartet (Day and night)
"Candlelight (Margaret's theme)" - Rent Romus' Jazz On The Line Quartet (Flimtrax - ROBOT (Rats and other memos))
"Mercy kitchen" - Steuart Liebig/Tee-Tot Quartet (Always outnumbered)
"Mystic brew" - Ronnie Foster (Droppin' science: greatest samples from the Blue Note lab)
"Ghost dog" - Rob Brown Ensemble (Crown trunk root funk)

This was a notable show in a few ways. Everything played was brand new, fairly new (last few months), newly released though recorded in years past, or newly re-released. So, the operative word was "new". Also, I played two vocal performances one-after-the-other; not being the biggest fan of vocal jazz, I don't think I've done that before.

Fave tracks this week: "Midnight in Berlin" by Rita Chiarelli (yes, it's a vocal track!); "Son of Mr. Bulldog" by the Mebusas (great cheesy organ); and "Candlelight (Margaret's theme)" by Rent Romus. I dug pretty much everything else too.

I'll be away for the next three shows. Naomi from Jazz For Quantum Cats will be taking my show on May 20 and Philip from Morning Joy will be doing the following two. I am in their debt. I'll be back on air on June 10.

Andrew

May 6, 2008

"Café ole" - The Café Ole (Café Ole)
"Structure a la malle" - Aaly Trio + Ken Vandermark (Hidden in the stomach)
"Far east sweets" - Medeski, Martin, & Wood (Let's go everywhere)
"Dish it up" - Paul Renz (ReBop)
"Fireball" - Uri Caine Trio (Blue wail)
"Prettiest town of Goderich" - The Chris Tarry Group (Almost certainly dreaming)
"Fat mama" - Herbie Hancock (Fat Albert rotunda)
"You can talk during this" - Ryan Blotnick (Music needs you)
"Blues migration" - The James Danderfer Group (Accelerated development)
"Howling for Judy" - Jeremy Steig (Droppin' science: greatest samples from the Blue Note lab)
"Bedouin dreams" - The Classical Jazz Quartet (Play Tchaikovsky)
"Red dog" - Duke Robillard (A swingin' session with Duke Robillard)
"Rejoicing" - Geraldine Laurent (Time out trio)
"Triad mutations II" - Steve Coleman and Five Elements (Weaving symbolics)
"With this love" - Gerry Hebert Quartet (The Beat Niq sessions volume 2: constructive interference)
"Olive" - Martin & Fisher (Little man on the boat)
"Bulgarian pulse" - Kristian Alexandrov (Akoustika)
"Two depths" - Lori Freedman & Scott Thomson (Plumb)
"Now" - Chris MacGregor's Brotherhood of Breath (Eclipse at dawn)
"The best is yet to come" - Robert Young and the Big Beat Band (In the key of Frank)
"Ailantus glandulosa" - Amm (In search of Syd)
"Buddha realm" - Brad Mehldau Trio (Live)
"Boogie on reggae woman" - Chris Greene Quartet (Soul and science, voulme one)

A good show all round, I thought. Lots of Canadian content and a wide variety of sounds. The top of my list for this week is "Triad mutations II" by Steve Coleman and Five Elements. What a great sound. I'll have to play "Triad mutations I" and "Triad mutations III" sometime in the not-too-distant future.

One more program and then I'm gone for three weeks. More on this in next week's posting.

Andrew

April 29, 2008

"Sosumi" - Mark Eisenmann (Sweet & lovely)
"Pot pourri pour parce que" - Raymond Boni (Pot-pourri pour parce que)
"(Sifting through the) African diaspora" - Stanton Moore Trio (Emphasis! (on paranthesis))
"Flex" - Victor Wooten (Palmystery)
"Joshua" - Miles Davis (Seven steps to heaven)
"Sleep is for tomorrow" - Rabnett 5 (Leopardism)
"Akhenaten (Amenophis, Amenhotep IV)" - The Roy Campbell Ensemble (Akhenaten suite)
"Elevation of love" - Esbjorn Svensson Trio (Seven days of falling)
"That's what you want" - David Liebman/Mike Murley Quartet (Day and night)
"Blues in F (in 'n out)" - Joe Henderson (The standard Joe)
"Eupen" - Spring Heel Jack (Songs & themes)
"Which way to Domino's?" - Jean Martin, Evan Shaw (Piano music)
"Senor blues" - Horace Silver (Live at Newport '58)
"Monterey mist" - Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars (Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival)
"Rocking horse" - Rob Brown Ensemble (Crown trunk root funk)
"Charthel hill" - Jeff Coffin & Charlie Peacock (Arc of the circle)
"Afro green" - Caribbean Jazz Project Featuring Dave Samuels (Afro bop alliance)

This show featured perhaps the smallest number of tracks played (17). This was probably because of the Raymond Boni track which goes on for 20+ minutes. I've actually been trying to play this for a number of weeks but I haven't been able to find enough time to squeeze it in; no problem today.

Andrew

April 22, 2008

"Semaphore" - Mike Gauthier Quartet (Reflections in blue)
"Black hole sun" - Brad Mehldau Trio (Live)
"Detras de las rejas…!" - Dino Saluzzi (Senderos)
"Ritual dance" - Michael Hedges (Platinum & gold collection)
"Airto" - Charlie Watts Jim Keltner Project (Charlie Watts Jim Keltner Project)
"Skylark" - Geraldine Laurent (Time out trio)
"Father's time" - Gerry Hebert Quartet (The Beat Niq sessions volume 2: constructive interference)
"Peace in the valley" - The Jazz Passengers (Implement yourself)
"La primera" - Cumako (No borders)
"Naphtalys feilach" - Arcane V
"When you hear music" - Out To Lunch (Excuse me while I do the boogaloo)
"Triangle sun" - Cor Fuhler (Corkestra)
"LR (come to me)" - Doug MacDonald (Beautiful friendship)
"Bajo del sol" - Bill Bruford's Earthworks featuring Tim Garland (Random acts of happiness)
"Chorales for America: walkabout" - Kamikaze Ground Crew (The scenic route)
"Pierre et le loup" - Stefano Bollani (Smat smat)
"Thinning air" - Ryan Blotnick (Music needs you)
"Dragon fly" - Keefe Jackson's Project Project (Just like this)
"Where's the music" - Medeski, Martin, & Wood (Let's go everywhere)
"Refraction 2" - Jason Moran (Artist in residence)
"Summer" - Elisabeth Kontomanou (Back to my groove)
"Space Erna: Part I - Erna in space" - Association P.C.
"Pare cochero" - Hilario Duran Trio (New danzon)

Kind of an odd show today. Two jazz performances by rock drummers (Charlie Watts, Bill Bruford) and some European jazz-prog music (Arcane V and Association P.C.), not that I minded any of it. Fave new tune on this show: though it owes a lot to Bill Frisell and Paul Motian, I liked "Thinning air" by Ryan Blotnick.

Andrew


Andrew

April 15, 2008

"MacBain's/The sailor's bonnet" - Duane Andrews (Crocus)
"La fiesta (CD 1)" - Chick Corea & Gary Burton (The new crystal silence)
"Hamp's blues" - The Oscar Peterson Trio with Herb Ellis (Hello Herbie)
"Pharoah's revenge (Tutankhamen) intro part 2" - The Roy Campbell Ensemble (Akhenaten
suite)
"Hunting wabbits" - Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band (XXL)
"Rice dice mice" - Jeff Coffin & Charlie Peacock (Arc of the circle)
"Sambatude" - Paul Renz (ReBop)
"Thankfulness" - Mem3 (Pennsylvania grey)
"Mano libre" - Cumako (No borders)
"Elvin's empire" - John Fedchock New York Big Band (Up & running)
"Roll credits" - Ben Allison & Man Sized Safe (Little things run the world)
"From the lonely afternoon" - Flora Purim (Carry on)
"The lesson" - Victor Wooten (Palmystery)
"Etheric cleanse" - Jim Ryan's Forward Energy (Configurations 2002)
"Stolen moments" - Caribbean Jazz Project Featuring Dave Samuels (Afro bop alliance)
"The man who fell from earth" - Flanger (Outer space/inner space)
"First snow" - Brian Buchanan (Avenues)
"Exuberance" - Rob Brown Ensemble (Crown trunk root funk)
"Sunrise in Montreal" - Rabih Abou-Khalil (The sultan's picnic)
"Noodle rave" - Trey Anastasio (The horseshoe curve)
"Perpetual motion" - Jacob Varmus (All the things we can still can be)
"Saturday morning church" - Tuatara (Breaking the ethers)
"4.23" - Chris Greene Quartet (Soul and science, voulme one)
"1,000 yards" - Spring Heel Jack (Songs & themes)

Like last week, there was a fair amount of new material today. I suspect that next week will feature more older tracks though it depends on what crosses my path in the next seven days.

My favourites this week are "Pharoah's revenge" by the Roy Campbell Ensemble, "Rice dice mice" by Coffin and Peacock, and "Roll credits" by Ben Allison. Most of the rest are very good too.

Andrew

April 1, 2008

OK, I got my hands on an April 1 list. One week late (sorry), here are tracks I played:

"Changes" - Gerry Hebert Quartet (The Beat Niq sessions volume 2: constructive interference)
"Ecstatic little porpoises" - Jacob Varmus (All the things we can still can be)
"Birds of a feather" - Caribbean Jazz Project Featuring Dave Samuels (Afro bop alliance)
"Blues for C. Piff" - Sabertooth (Dr. Midnight: live at the Green Mill)
"Folk players" - Spring Heel Jack (Songs & themes)
"Cherokee" - Jacky Terrasson (Mirror)
"Her smile" - Gilad Atzmon (Refuge)
"Alien blueprints" - The Chris Tarry Group (Almost certainly dreaming)
"Four folk songs" - Ben Allison & Man Sized Safe (Little things run the world)
"Evenrude-fifty (trembling)" - Brian Blade Fellowship (Perceptual)
"Spectacular" - Campbell Ryga (Spectacular)
"Pharoah's revenge part 2" - The Roy Campbell Ensemble (Akhenaten suite)
"Forgotten world" - Tigran Hamasyan Trio (New era)
"Seven steps to heaven" - The Matt Savage Trio (Hot ticket)
"Mugshot" - Russell Malone (Live at Jazz Standard volume two)
"Sonic ecosystem" - Rob Brown Ensemble (Crown trunk root funk)
"Tragic interrruption" - Mem3 (Pennsylvania grey)
"No mystery" - Chick Corea & Gary Burton (The new crystal silence)
"A good move" - Moutin Reunion Quartet (Sharp turns)
"Sensei-tions" - Andy Milne (Solo piano)

Lots of new stuff here, both recently released and hot off the press. Falling into the "cool new stuff" category are "Pharoah's revenge part 2" by The Roy Campbell Ensemble (featuring great violin by Billy Bang), "Four folk songs" by Ben Allison, and "Folk players" by Spring Heel Jack. Also great, at least in the last section, was the track by the Brian Blade Fellowship; it's not often that you hear pedal steel played in a jazz (ish) context. The cool title award goes to "Alien blueprints" by the Juno award-winning Chris Tarry Group.

Andrew

April 8, 2008

If you follow the dates in the title fields for these posts, you'll notice that one date is missing, April 1, 2008. I completely forgot to post the info last week and then when I remembered, I couldn't find my notes. I will endeavour to dig up the setlist and post it. In the meantime, here's the list for April 8:

"At my critical counterpart" - Ganesh Anandan, John Gzowski (Shruti project)
"Countdown" - Brad Mehldau Trio (Live)
"The wanderer " - Floratone (Floratone)
"Moonbird" - Larry Goldings (Organ-ized: an all-star tribute to the Hammond B3 organ)
"Aquarian groove"- Sadao Watanabe (Rememberance)
"What a life" - Elisabeth Kontomanou (Back to my groove)
"Landshark pt. 2" - DK3 (Alternative to what?)
"Not a spec of cereal" - Barry Romberg's Random Access Part Three (Barry Romberg's Random Access Part Three)
"Ich, bin, George" - Flat Earth Society (Presents psychoscout)
"Jermoe the negligent nanny" - Out To Lunch (Excuse me while I do the boogaloo)
"Yemenja" - John Hicks/Elsie Wood, Inc. (Luminous)
"Room #251" - Campbell Ryga (Spectacular)
"Bow river falls" - Dave Douglas (Bow river falls)
"Nastissimo" - Gregg August Sextet (One peace)
"Funk in deep freeze" - Doug MacDonald (Beautiful friendship)
"Watt" - Bernard Falaise (Clic)
"Same clothes, different day" - The Chris Tarry Group (Almost certainly dreaming)
"The goldhearted miner" - Esbjorn Svensson Trio (Tuesday wonderland)
"Green peppers" - Cor Fuhler (Corkestra)
"Segment" - Hilario Duran Trio (New danzon)
"El nino perdido" - Cumako (No borders)
"Tijuana gift shop" - Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (Don't be afraid…)
"Down by the river" - The National Parks (Timbervision)
"Iron man" - The Bad Plus (Give)

The last hour of the featured a special guest, Pat Maiani from C-Jazz, talking about the Calgary Jazz Festival, which will run from June 24-29, 2008. We talked about some of the performers who will be part of the event (and other upcoming C-Jazz concerts) and played some of their music. It was a pleasure to have Pat join me. The website for the Festival is www.calgaryjazz.com/2007/Festival/cjazzfestival.htm.

Andrew