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The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2026-02-27 - Kenny Wheeler, Andy Milne, Dexter Gordon, PreviewsLotsa previews on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program! Brad Turner is leading the Capilano University A Band with Jennifer Scott in a celebration of the music of Kenny Wheeler. He was kind enough to share the repertoire for tonight and we'll feature most of it in two extended sets. Another set for Andy Milne who is in for two performances at the Vancity Theatre to lead into the film True North and then leading a trio at Frankie's on Sunday night. More previews include John Lee on Hammond B3 at Frankie's tonight and tomorrow. At the C...
2026-02-283h 34The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2026-02-20 - Bobby Jaspar Centenary, Mike Rud, Michael Blake, Arkestra, PreviewsOn this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program we're celebrating the centenary today of the great Belgian musician Bobby Jaspar who played with the greatest musicians of the era back in his day but is little spoken about today. Among others we'll hear him with John Coltrane & Mal Waldron, with his wife Blossom Dearie, in JJ Johnson's group, with Miles Davis, Herbie Mann, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Donald Byrd, Wynton Kelly, a rare vocal performance from Kenny Burrell, Chet Baker and one of his last performances with fellow Belgian guitarist Rene Thomas at Ronnie Scott's.Some previews include the I...
2026-02-213h 33The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2026-02-13 - Socan, Juno Nominations, Jazz at the Bolt, PreviewsBesides being World Radio Day, this is Socan Reporting Week which is a perfect reason to feature great Canadian Music on this (almost) All-Canadian edition of The A-Trane Radio Program! Keith Hartshorn-Walton took in a low-brass flavoured version of the theme.Our first Canadian feature is a rundown of the Jazz Juno Nominees for this year: Anthony D'Alessandro, Aretha Tillotson, Justin Gray, Renee Rosnes, and Nancy Walker for Jazz Album of the Year Solo. Then Steve Holt, Alexis Baro, the Shuffle Demons, the CODE Quartet, and the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra (with Jill Townsend) for Jazz Album of the Ye...
2026-02-183h 32The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2026-02-06 - Grammy Wrapup, Ken Peplowski RIP, Jazz at the Bolt, PreviewsPretty wide variety of great music on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program with a Grammy wrapup that includes John Coltrane's first recordings with Miles Davis from Miles '55, Samara Joy, Sullivan Fortner, Mavis Staples, Nate Smith with both Marquis Hill and the vocal ensemble säje, Caetano Veloso And Maria Bethânia, the Christian McBride Big Band, Gonzalo Rubalcaba with Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro, Miles Caton & Ludwig Göransson (from the Sinners OST), Justin Gray with Drew Jurecka, Buddy Guy, Remy Le Boeuf with the Nordkraft Big Band & Danielle Wertz, some great archival recordings from
2026-02-073h 31The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2026-01-30 - Grammy Rundown, Richie Beirach RIP, PreviewsOn this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program, the first half of the show will be handed over to a retrospective of the late Richie Beirach who passed away earlier this week. We'll hear him in many contexts across his career including with his long-time collaborator Dave Liebman (Richie's visits to Vancouver were mostly in the context of their working quartet Quest), in all-star trios and solo. The late Ian McDougall, who passed away the same day as Richie, takes in the theme with his regular collaborators including Oliver Gannon.We'll also have a quick Grammy rundown...
2026-02-013h 36The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2026-01-23 - Ralph Towner RIP, Silver in Seattle, Binney Action Trio, PreviewThis afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program largely handed off to a retrospective of the great guitarist, pianist and composer Ralph Towner who passed away earlier this week. We'll hear him in multiple contexts including his solo recordings, with the Paul Winter Consort, the long-standing quartet Oregon, a guest appearance with Weather Report and collaborations with Jan Garbarek, Gary Burton (birthday today!), Azimuth, Gary Peacock, Paolo Fresu and others.Duck Baker takes in the theme and an addition feature for the recent (Horace) Silver in Seattle 1965, birthdays for Django Reinhardt, Marty Paich, Curtis Counce, the late Michal...
2026-01-263h 33The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2026-01-16 - Monk in Bremen, Pyroclastic Records, Rebecca Kilgore RIPFresh sounds on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program - I think we finally have all the technical difficulties ironed out!Feature sets this afternoon for the Sunnyside archival release of the Thelonious Monk quartet in Bremen 1965, a feature for the Pyroclastic Records label which includes the new release from Kris Davis with the Lutosławski Quartet and recent releases from Trio of Bloom, Patricia Brennan, Brandon Seabrook, Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, and Ned Rothenberg, and a farewell tribute to the late Rebecca Kilgore. We'll also squeeze in birthdays for Betty Roche (the theme!), Robert Wilkins a...
2026-01-203h 31The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2026-01-09 - 2024 Repeat - Max Roach CentenaryRepeat from Jan 12 2024--Special program for the first new A-Trane of 2024, celebrating the Centenary of the great Max Roach today with the broadcast of a performance by the Max Roach Quartet at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre on Mar 18 1988 originally presented by Coastal Jazz.Along with more looking back and forward with great music, the A-Trane is the place to be!Check it out at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at two!If you want to follow along, here's the playlist!The A-Trane Radio Program with your host N...
2026-01-203h 32The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2026-01-02 - Vibes, Sonny Greenwich, Primary Influences, previewsLooking forward and looking back, kicking off 2026 in style on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program!A new release from Carsten Dahl takes in the theme and then a nod to Milt Jackson's birthday yesterday leads into a survey of some great contemporary vibes players with Joel Ross, Patricia Brennan, Sasha Berliner, and Steve Nelson.Of course Nelson is part of the all-star ensemble at Frankie's Jazz Club this weekend along with David Hazeltine, Steve Davis, Cory Weeds, Ken Lister and Jesse Cahill so we have a set featuring all of them in various...
2026-01-063h 31The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2025-12-19 - Marilyn Mazur, Carla's Christmas Carols, Dec 19 BDs, PreviewsSeasonal fun on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program - an extended feature for Carla's Christmas Carols, Carla Bley's brass quintet arrangements of some traditional tunes and a couple of her own compositions taken from both the official ECM Records 2009 release and an unofficial live contemporaneous concert.The first part of the show will be a retrospective of the late percussionist Marilyn Mazur who passed away last week featured in projects and collaborations with Miles Davis, Nils Petter Malvaer, Eivind Aarset, Bugge Wesseltoft, Lotte Anker, Marilyn Crispell, Jan Garbarek, Jean-Michel Pilc, Norma Winstone, Pierre Dorge...
2025-12-203h 30The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2025-12-12 - Roland Kirk RSD, Dec 12 Birthdays, Previews, NRsA musical pot-pourri on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program!A short feature on the late Gordon Goodwin and the Big Phat Band (his arrangement of Take the A Train also takes in the theme), the RSD release of Pre-Rahsaan Roland Kirk live at the Village Gate in 1963 (with 3 different outstanding pianists), previews for Winter Morning Walks: musica intima & Triology at the Blueshore tonight, Peter Bernstein at Frankie's, Antibalas at the Pearl, The Leading Ladies with Ellington/Strayhorn's setting of the Nutcracker at a few venues starting with Brentwood tonight, the B3 Kings at the Shadbolt...
2025-12-133h 32The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2025-12-05 - Cory Weeds & Other December 5th Birthdays, PreviewsCelebrating December 5th Birthdays on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program!Bumper crop of birthdays including bassist Art Davis, Italian pianists Stefano Bollani & Enrico Pieranunzi, cellist Tomeka Reid, South African alto Gwigwi Mrwebi, Ellington vocalist Kay Davis, trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf, Little Richard, and the centenary of the New Orleans saxophonist Alvin "Red" Tyler! Not to mention the birthday of our very own Cory Weeds who gets his own feature set!Dave Brubeck takes in the theme - his birthday is tomorrow and we'll have previews for Doug Webb & Brian Charette (in at Frankie's this...
2025-12-083h 30The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2025-11-28 - Gigi Gryce Centenary, Previews, NRsHaving lots of fun on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program! The first part of the show will be dedicated to the Centenary today of the great composer, arranger and alto saxophonist Gigi Gryce!Then we'll have a number of previews - The Nightcrawler and Ale Avery Nunez at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts tonight, Paul Pigat at Frankie's Jazz Club tonight and next weekend Doug Webb & Brian Charette (at Frankie's to celebrate Cory Weeds' birthday) with Brian hanging around to launch his new recordings with the Vancouver Jazz Orchestra! And finally, we'll mix it up w...
2025-12-083h 36The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2025-11-21 - Jack DeJohnette, Coleman Hawkins, Sheila JordanBuilding tributes to three great musicians around live performances on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program! The legendary Coleman Hawkins celebrates his birthday today and we'll hear a number of live performances including the 1940 performance of Body and Soul from the Savory Collection. Sheila Jordan's Celebration of Life took place earlier this week on what would have been her 97th birthday. We'll hear the full second set of her duo with Cameron Brown at Ironworks from March of 2017 along with a number of other iconic performances. Finally we'll hear Jack DeJohnette with his Special Edition at the Edmonton...
2025-12-083h 30The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2025-11-07 - Pharoah Sanders, Fall Membership DriveSpecial Autumn Airlift Membership Drive edition of The A-Trane Radio Program featuring the music of Pharoah Sanders this afternoon. The last few years have seen a number of reissues and archival releases featuring the music of "Little Rock" and we're going to do a bit of a survey across them.We'll hear from Izipho Zam (My Gifts) on Strata-East Records, the Alice Coltrane 1971 Carnegie Hall Concert, Love is Here - the Complete Paris ORTF Recordings, Harvest Time and a sampling of the Complete Theresa Recordings box set on Mosaic - the last reissue project initiated by the late...
2025-12-083h 34The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2025-10-31 - The Jazz That Made UsSpecial Edition of The A-Trane Radio Program this Friday Oct 31st to kick off this year's Vancouver Co-op Radio CFRO Fall Membership Drive! I'll be joined in the studio by fellow broadcasters John Orysik, Rob McGregor and Marc Lindy to reflect on the Jazz that Made Us - the players and performances that got us into the music and kept us there!Of course, we'll do some previews, classics and definitely include music by the late Jack DeJohnette and it is Halloween of course!What got you into the music? Let me know through a comment...
2025-11-303h 55The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2025-10-24 - Ryan Oliver, Phil Dwyer, Chet Doxas, Previews, BDs, NRsVancouver Jazz audiences are lucky to have three of Canada's finest saxophonists in town this weekend - Ryan Oliver at Tyrant Studios tonight and La Fabrique tomorrow, Phil Dwyer with his trio at Frankie's Jazz Club tonight and tomorrow and Chet Doxas with the Capilano University Jazz students at the BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts at Capilano University tonight!We'll have feature sets for each of them on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program along with previews for Cat Toren's Human Kind, Tony Wilson's tribute to Albert Ayler, Sharon Minemoto at Hero's Welcome,
2025-10-253h 30The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2025-10-17 - PJ Perry, Rudresh, Previews, BDs, NRs etcMixing it up on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program: Previews for Pj Perry, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Madeleine Elkins, Chet Doxas, Rachael & Vilray, and Jocelyn Gould with the VJO; new releases from Mike LeDonne, Jerry Weldon, Kate Wyatt, Saku Mantere, and the west coast all-star group Motivation; sad passages of Will Scarlett and D'Angelo; birthda
2025-10-183h 37The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2025-10-10 - Monk BD, Ches Smith Clone Row, Koln-75, PreviewsThis afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program is mainly split into 3 parts - first we'll celebrate the birthday today of the great Thelonious Monk with a sampling of his performances at the Newport Jazz Festival between 1958 and 1975 including his guest appearance with the Duke Ellington Orchestra in 1962 and his final public performance at Newport in New York in 1975. I was spurred to include Monk's Mood by Bill Charlap's wonderful interpretation at Pyatt Hall on Wednesday!Next up, the much anticipated performance by Ches Smith's Clone Row appearing at the Revue Stage on Granville Island tonight presented by...
2025-10-113h 32The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2025-09-26 - Gary Bartz 85, Danny Thompson RIP, PreviewsTwo principal features on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program, first up is the great Gary Bartz who turns 85 years old today and we'll hear him in a number of settings from Max Roach's group, Miles Davis, & Ntu Troop through to Maisha & Jazz is Dead. Then an extended feature for the late British double bass player Danny Thompson who brought a jazz sensibility to each of the extremely varied projects in which he participated. We'll hear him with Alexis Korner, John McLaughlin, a nascent version of the Brotherhood of Breath, Nick Drake, John Martyn, Pentangle, Stan Tracey, Richard...
2025-09-273h 40The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2025-09-19 - George Garzone 75, Akiko Tsuruga RIP, Hermeto Pascoal RIP etcOn this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program saying goodbye to two stellar musicians who both passed on the same day this week: the Hammond B3 player Akiko Tsuruga and the Brazilian wizard multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal!Also a preview for George Garzone's sold-out Tribute to John Coltrane performance at Tyrant Studios on Tuesday Sept 23rd to celebrate their shared birthdays - Coltrane's 99th and Garzone's 75th! GG is also playing at VIFF the next night to introduce the documentary FIRE MUSIC (tickets still available) and his appearance all presented in conjunction with our friends over at Infidels Jazz!
2025-09-203h 30The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2025-09-12 - Charlie Rouse, Fall Previews, Birthdays, NRsMostly previews and birthdays on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program. Oliver Jones takes in the theme - he turned 91 yesterday and is still participating in some of the Oscar Peterson centenary celebrations happening across the country.Other birthdays observed today are Leo Kottke, Mel Torme, Texas Alexander (I don't know what the hell is that!), Cat Anderson and Baby Face Willette! We'll hear previews and new releases from Elliot Freedman, John Stowell, Bill Frisell's Lookout for Hope, Ches Smith's Clone Row with Mary Halvorson and Liberty Ellman, George Garzone,
2025-09-203h 31The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2025-09-05 - Sonny Rollins, Art Pepper, SaxophonesThe focus is on Saxophones on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program!Vancouver is celebrating this weekend's birthday of Sonny Rollins with a series of concerts recreating albums from his amazing career culminating in a screening of Robert Mugge's documentary at the VIFF Theatre this Sunday (Sonny's actual 95th birthday!) We'll sample from the albums in that tribute series and include the legendary performance of G-Man from that doc!Art Pepper's Centenary was earlier this week and we'll take a sweep across his career in two extended sets separated by his 1960s hiatus demonstrating...
2025-09-063h 31The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2025-08-29 - Esperanza, Bird & Other BirthdaysIn these waning days of summer just taking it easy on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program with preview features and birthdays! An extended feature for the great Esperanza Spalding will take a sweep across her multi-faceted career, collaborations and recordings to preview her highly anticipated performance at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts tonight!Other previews include Campbell Ryga, Pj Perry, Amy Stephen & Amir Haghighi, Rudresh Mahanthappa, and Dave Say's interpretations of Sonny Rollins' Way Out West (he's an old cowhand!) For Charlie Parker's birthday today, we'll mix different versions of Confirmation and Trane's...
2025-09-013h 38The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2025-08-15 - Oscar Peterson CentenaryThis afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program is completely in celebration of the Centenary of the great Oscar Peterson born 100 years ago today. We'll celebrate Oscar the pianist, the accompanist and collaborator and the composer with a mix of requests, career highlights and rarities spanning his 60+ year career! Solo, in duo and his many working trios as well as collaborations with Lester Young, Benny Carter, Billie Holiday, Roy Eldridge, Fred Astaire, Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Louis and Ella, Buddy DeFranco, Nelson Riddle, Phil Nimmons and Nine Plus Six, Joe Pass, Oliver Jones and others!We'll...
2025-08-153h 29The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2025-08-08 - Art Pepper-Nancy King- Joe Daley-etcA few extended features on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program starring with an early celebration of Art Pepper's Centenary with a 1980 weekend starting at Ronnie Scott's going into An Afternoon in Norway at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival released earlier this year. It seems as though every day brings bad news about great musicians we have lost and we'll have tributes to two wonderful artists who we lost this week - Nancy King and Joe Daley! We'll also have time for Benny Carter's birthday today (he takes in the theme from the Montreal Jazz Festival!) and upcoming performance...
2025-08-093h 35The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2025-08-01 - James Moody Centenary, Colligan/Politzer, Previews, NRsKicking off this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program with an overdue celebration of the centenary of the great James Moody with a sweep across his varied career of over 60 years. He takes in the theme with one of his last Grammy-winning recordings and we'll hear him with Renee Rosnes doing Giant Steps (!), Dizzy Gillespie, Eddie Jefferson, Roberta Gambarini, Cheryl Bentyne, and a stellar array of guests from the recent Origin Records release of a concert celebrating his 80th birthday!Previews include at Frankie's Jazz Club this weekend, Kerry Politzer Music from her upcoming release and George...
2025-08-063h 33The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2025-07-25 - Hal Galper RIP, Previews, NRs, BirthdaysHellos and Goodbyes on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program! Goodbyes to Cleo Laine (who takes in the theme), Chuck Mangione, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, and an extended retrospective of the late Hal Galper. Some previews of upcoming performances from Siobhan with her tribute to Aretha Franklin at the Fort Langley Jazz and Arts Festival tomorrow and Frankie's Jazz Club next month, and more for Frankie's from Kirk MacDonald, Bruce Barth, Pat Bianchi, and George Colligan! With birthday nods to Annie Ross, Johnny Hodges, and centenaries for Little Jimmy Scott & Kippie Moeketsi!Mixing it up in the service...
2025-08-063h 32The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2025-07-18 - Vancouver Folk Music Festival + Dudu PukwanaMusic from around the world is the focus of The A-Trane Radio Program this afternoon - we'll start with a couple of birthdays, Brian Auger takes in the theme, he's 86 today. Then an extended feature on the great South African saxophone player Dudu Pukwana who would have been 87 today!But most of the show is handed over to the eclectic lineup for this weekend's Vancouver Folk Music Festival with music from Gordon Grdina's Haram, Ye Vagabonds, Bel & Quinn, Jane Siberry, Samantha Parton (as part of the Be Good Tanyas) Derek Gripper, VIIK, a full set feature for Sue Foley...
2025-07-233h 30The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2025-06-27 - Vancouver International Jazz Festival 2025 Week 2The A-Trane 2025-06-20 - Vancouver International Jazz Festival 2025 Week 2:As in time immemorial, the second A-Trane of this year's Vancouver International Jazz Festival features the artists performing the last weekend through the end of the festival on Canada Day! Kahil El'Zabar takes in theme with the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble and then we'll hear features for Christine Jensen, Nubya Garcia, Marquis Hill, the Dave Robbins Big Band (to be played by the VJO!), Eve Risser, Open Thread (with Peggy & Dylan!), Susie Ibarra, Dido & the Hand People (to be played by Feven Kidane!) and Isaiah Collier! And if you're...
2025-06-273h 31The A-Trane Radio Program CFROThe A-Trane 2025-06-20 - Vancouver International Jazz Festival 2025 Week 1The A-Trane 2025-06-20 - Vancouver International Jazz Festival 2025 Week 1:Continuing the tradition of featuring music upcoming in first week of the 2025 Vancouver International Jazz Festival (Coastal Jazz) on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program!We're as eclectic as the festival itself with featured performances by Gerry Hemingway (WHO takes in the theme!), Izumi Kimura, François Houle, Gordon Grdina, Bill Frisell, Richard Bona, Corey Harris, Makaya McCraven, Immanuel Wilkins (with a side excursion with the Lutoslawski Quartet and a commission from the Jazztopad Festival), Tyler Henderson, Cory Weeds, Betty Davis (celebrated by M...
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Rhythm Changes PodcastRory Hislop: Trumpet, The Gig List, Jazzfest 2022 HangoutRory Hislop plays trumpet, teaches high school music, and is the producer of the gig list at Rhythm Changes. In this extended, more casual episode, Rory and I discuss our experiences so far at the 2022 Vancouver International Jazz Festival and swap takes about our local music scene. Rory plays trumpet, teaches high school music, and was part of the team alongside Nou Dadoun and Tim Reinert who launched the gig list at Rhythm Changes with me.Thank you to 12TH ST Sound for sponsoring this episode. Learn more about Anthony Cenerini's recording studio in New Westminster at 12...
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