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The 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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Music BuddyChris Wong - Journeys to the BandstandOne city, two Cellars, seven decades, and thirty vibrant jazz personalities. Journeys to the Bandstand: Thirty Jazz Lives in Vancouver is the debut book by author and veteran music journalist Chris Wong (Vancouver Sun, Georgia Straight, Vancouver Courier). It is an in-depth and rich account of the remarkable life stories of several key protagonists in Vancouver’s jazz and improv scene. From lesser-known icons such as trumpeter John Dawe, to revolutionary shape shifters such as pianist Al Neil, to essential leaders in today's scene such as bassist Jodi Proznick, Wong chronicles this carefully-curated selection of intriguing lives wi...
2024-05-2259 min
Rhythm Changes Podcast with Chris FraserRory 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...
2022-06-2941 min