February 28 2011

We listened to some of my favorite classic CD's to celebrate Black History month.
They included:
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco
Thelonius Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall
Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker
Mingus Ah Um
Oscar Peterson Trio with Sonny Stitt, Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones
and one of my all time favorites Duke Ellington and John Coltrane

We also listened to Mike Essoudry's new CD "Mash Potatoe Mashers" and Peter Hum's new CD called "A Boys Journey"

January 17, 2011 Radio Show

We talked to singer Patricia Cano and listened to her latest CD "This is the New World" .
Check out her website at http://www.patriciacano.com/

We also listened to the latest CD by Kelly Jefferson called "Next Exit" and the latest from Chucho Valdes called "Chuchos Steps"

Keeping with the Latin theme and Brecker theme we listened to the tune Rainsville from the CD Medianoche by pianist Don Grolnick.
And finally we went back a few years to check out "Vow of Silence" from the Ottawa based band, Los Gringos.

Dec. 13 2010 Radio Show

We had a nice interview in the second hour with Ottawa musician Mark Ferguson.
Mark talked about his newest CD that he recorded with saxophonist Mike Tremblay, called "Home" We also talked about and listened to the CD "Vow of Silence"by Los Gringos which Mark co-leads and "Onward " from the Toronto based band Manteca which Mark is a member of.

In the first hour we listened to Dixie Hop a tune written by saxophonist Bill Evans and performed by the group Soul Bop. It is from thier CD entitled "Soul Bop Live"

We listened to New York trumpet player/composer Alex Sipiagin from his 2004 CD Equilibrium. It includes David Binney, Chris Potter, Scott Colley, Dave Kikoski and Gene Jackson. It is well worth it to check out this CD and the rest of Alex Sipiagin's music.

Brad Meldau's CD Highway Rider was another one of our selections. This includes Joshua Redman, Larry Grenadier and Jeff Ballard.

Kenny Garrett ended the first hour with a selection called Wayne's Thang off the Casino Lights '99 CD.

Thanks

Nov 22 2010 Show

Hi,

Sorry but I was a little late getting this up for the Nov. 22nd show. So here it goes....

Some of the CD's we listened to included:
Michael Brecker's -- "Time is of the Essence"
Esperanza Spualding -- "Chamber Music Society"
Bill Evans -- "Final Village Vanguard Recordings".

We also talked about and high lighted the new big band CD from Montreal Trumpet player/ Arranger Joe Sullivan.

The new CD is called Northern Ontario Suite. It features the writing and arranging of Joe Sullivan and features some of Montreal's best musicians.

It is available through Effendi Records

Enjoy.

October 18, 2010 - Radio Show

Truth Be Told - Mark Egan
Raga Bop Trio -Steve Smith
ClarinetWork- Live at the Village Vanguard - Anat Cohen
Witchi-Tai-To - Jan Garbarek
Live in Paris - Diana Krall
Aliso - David Binney
Quest for Freedom - Dave Liebman-Ritchie Beirach
Evanesence - Maria Schneider
Turn Out the Stars - Bill Evans

Sept 20, 2010 - Radio Show

For this show we listened to:

Wide Angles - Michael Brecker
Corpus Callosum - Andre Leroux
Old Places Old Faces - Joe Sample
Music for Nonet and Strings - Chamber Songs - Alan Ferber
Metheny/Meldau
Jasmine - Keith Jarrett
Jeff Lorber Fusion-Now is the Time - Jeff Lorber Fusion
Lickety Split - Vanguard Jazz Band
Coming Together - Brendan Romaneck

Enjoy.

August 16 2010 Show

Hi,

We listened to a few Yellowjackets CD's. Some of them included Club Nocturne, Altered State, Blues Hats and 25 Years which includes a DVD of one of their concerts.

You can find out more about the Yellowjackets at their website: http://yellowjackets.com/

We also listened to a CD from Tim Ries "The Rolling Stones Project" - http://timries.com/

And we checked out a CD by John Scofield and Vince Mendoza with the Metropole Orkest
You can read more about the CD here: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=36597

I will return to co-host on September 20th with Andre.

Thanks