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There is a staggering number of great new jazz releases coming out all the time!  So on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program, we're going to start what I think might become a regular feature - A New Releases show to highlight a number of great recent releases that we haven't had a chance to visit - every week I run out of time way before I run out of music!

So we'll hear music from organist Lou Bennett (who takes in the theme), Billy Hart, Mark Turner, two from Dave Douglas, Tomeka Reid, James Brandon Lewis & the Messthetics (coming to the WISE on Apr 19 presented by Coastal Jazz), the Duke Ellington Orchestra with early versions of compositions from the Far East Suite recorded in Copenhagen in 1964, Bill Frisell (happy 75th birthday!), Thomas Morgan & Immanuel Wilkins (& WOODS) with his Murmuration, Kate Wyatt (coming to Frankie's Apr 3) with her Murmurations, the JazzLab Orchestra with Claire Devlin (now part of The Ostara Project) and Jacques Kuba Seguin (coming to the Evergreen Ctr Apr 9th presented by the Polish Canadian Jazz Society), Jessie Davis (opening the new JazzCultural in NYC tonight), Daphne Roubini (at Frankie's this weekend), Kirk Knuffke, Bernie Senensky with Pj Perry, Marquis Hill, Joel Ross, The Sistering featuring Kate McGarry, Jake Baxendale from New Zealand, Charles McPherson, Ben Wendel and his mallet ensemble, Steven Bernstein with a pair of singles -  a straight retronym valve trumpet trio and a remix by Scotty Hard Nation, John Scofield & Dave Holland, Michael Formanek in a tribute to his late collaborator Susan Alcorn, Chad Taylor, and finishing with the recent Art Pepper recorded at the old Cellar with Al Neil (?) or Chris Gage (?) in the late 50s.

And there's lots more where that came from - so clear out your backlog, tune into 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at two Pacific Time, a perfect balance of tunes to help you celebrate the equinox!

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The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadoun
on every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm Pacific
Celebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986
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Celebrating the recent birthday of one of our living jazz elders on The A-Trane Radio Program this afternoon - George Coleman is still cookin' at 91 as his recent gig at Smalls Jazz Club demonstrates! We'll take a sweep across his career from his first recording with Lee Morgan in 1957 to his most recent release (still on the charts) George Coleman With Strings.

Other birthdays include Roy Haynes (with Phineas Newborn to take in the theme) and Blue Mitchell. Preview sets for Dálava at the Zameen Art House tonight and Tord Gustavsen's trio at Christchurch on Tuesday.

Brand new single from Sharon Minemoto was released today and it gives us a glimpse of the story of her family's displacement in the Japanese-Canadian internment of the Second World War.
A psychedelic goodbye to Country Joe MacDonald (did you know that he was named after Joseph Stalin?) and the Fish with a brief side trip to Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Kid Ory's Muskrat Ramble! Passing nods to upcoming gigs from James Brandon Lewis with the Messthetics in April and Omar Sosa/Seckou Keita tonight!

Eschewing obfuscations for clarity in great radio this afternoon at 100.5FM or coopradio . org (won't it be great when we can actually post links again?) this afternoon at two (no longer standard or daylight savings but) Pacific Time!

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The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadoun
on every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm Pacific
Celebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986
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It's somehow ironic that Women get shortchanged again with a 23 hour International Women's Day!

Celebrating the music of great Jazz Women on this afternoon's International Women's Day edition of The A-Trane Radio Program - of course, we celebrate great music by Women all year but it's always fun to take a theme and to run with it to hear some great music.  In previous years, I've mixed contemporary and historical recordings by Women but we're mainly concentrating on currently active practitioners today and recent releases wherever possible!

We'll hear music from Anais Reno who takes in the theme, Alice Coltrane, Alina Bzhezhinska, Lakecia Benjamin, Nala Sinephro with Nubya Garcia, Chelsea Carmichael, Brandee Younger with Courtney Bryant, and Muriel Grossman.  A set featuring the members of Artemis - Renee Rosnes, a new release from Ingrid Jensen, Nicole Glover, Noriko Ueda and Allison Miller.  A preview set for DominiqueFils-Aimé who is at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts tomorrow night and The Ostara Project doing a free concert tonight at the West Vancouver Memorial Library and returning for a gig in June.  Brand new releases from Melissa Aldana with Cecile McLorin Salvant, the Maria Schneider Orchestra and Monika Herzig.  A happy birthday to Ayelet Rose Gottlieb which is followed by Kris Davis, Alexa Tarantino and Kate Wyatt.  And we finish with an oblique happy birthday to Wes Montgomery from Emily Remler recorded live in 1988.

Enough Feminine Musical Energy to power your radio through the weekend, tap in at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at 2pm PT!

Happy International Women's Day to all who celebrate!

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The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadoun
on every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm Pacific
Celebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986
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Lotsa 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 Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Dominique Fils-Aimé (Mar 7th), Julian Lage (with a new release Oct 14), and Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita Music (Mar 13).  As well as the return of Tortoise featuring Jeff Parker at the Pearl Mar 6 and Michael Blake wrapping up his west coast tour at La Fabrique St. George tomorrow afternoon.  More new releases from Daphne Roubini/Black Gardenia, Kassa Overall, and birthdays for Sara Serpa, Leo Watson and Dexter Gordon who takes in the theme.

Music to get you through crazy times, the state of the scene is strong (the Union not so much)!  Hear us flex our musical muscles at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at 2 PM pacifically!

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The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadoun
on every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm Pacific
Celebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986
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On 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 Infidels Jazz Presents: Sun Ra Arkestra at The Pearl (taking in the theme from a rare Saturn performance in 1977), some paranormal adventures from Mike Rud, some smokin' B3 from Michael Blake, and some Monk from Arvind Ramdas!

Filled out with a goodbye nod to the Reverend Jesse Jackson exhorting Cannonball Adderley to Walk Tall and a couple of other birthdays - Craig Taborn today and Kate Olson this weekend.

Why go anywhere else when you can celebrate the music past, present and future at 100.5FM or listen live at coopradio . org starting at 2pm pacific!  We gotcha covered!

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And if you like what you hear, consider a donation to Vancouver Cooperative Radio!

The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadoun
on every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm Pacific
Celebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986
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Besides 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 Year Group.  Then Ale Avery Nunez, Alex Samaras, the Atlantic Jazz Collective (featuring Norma Winstone), Caity Gyorgy, and Laura Anglade for Jazz Album of the Year Vocal!

Our second feature of the afternoon is this weekend's 6th Annual edition of Jazz at the Bolt, the festival organized by Cory Weeds and Tim Reinert/ Infidels Jazz at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.  Music from the Vancouver Jazz Orchestra, Champian Fulton, Jacob Chung, Madeleine Elkins, Brandon Oscar Suarez, Julian Borkowski (featured with Neil Gray), The Bill Coon Double Quartet, Ralph A. Moore & Peter Washington (guesting with Charles Chen - see what I did there?), Paul Pigat, Tyler Henderson, Sharon Minemoto, KneeJerk, and Arvind Ramdas - a sampling of the great music happening this weekend!

And we'll fill it out with Mike Rud and Michael Blake (both at Frankie's Jazz Club next weekend), and recent releases from James Danderfer and Emad Armoush & the Avant-Garde Flamenco Trio!

We've got everything but back bacon and maple syrup, check it out starting at two pm Pacific, we stand on guard for thee!

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The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadoun
on every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm Pacific
Celebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986
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Pretty 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 Joni Mitchell, finishing with the late Chick Corea!

We'll say goodbye to Ken Peplowski (who also took in the theme with the Nagel-Heyer All-Stars) and catch some upcoming previews from Ballake Sissoko & Derek Gripper (on tomorrow night at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts), artists appearing at this year's Jazz at the Bolt including Champian Fulton & Klas Lindquist, Bill Coon's Double Quartet, Ralph A. Moore (with Charles Chen) and Arvind Ramdas (the last also at Frankie's this Thursday). We'll take it out with the latest from Kahil El Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble appearing tonight at The Revue Stage on Granville Island courtesy of our friends over at Infidels Jazz! (And a brief unannounced nod to pianist Art Simmon's centenary yesterday to fill out the time-slot!.)

Covering all the bases, playing all the hits, best game in town for your Friday afternoon - suit up at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at two pacific!

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The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadoun
on every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm Pacific
Celebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986
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On 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 in advance of the awards this weekend that includes Lakecia Benjamin, Chick Corea, Nicole Zuraitis, Sullivan Fortner, Michael Mayo, Arturo O'Farrill (playing Carla Bley's last commissioned work), Laila Biali, The Sun Ra Arkestra (also coming to Vancouver in February courtesy of our friends at Infidels Jazz), and Branford Marsalis doing the music of Keith Jarrett.

That last one doubles as part of a preview of Chris Gestrin doing Jarrett's music tonight at Pyatt Hall (those Infidels again!), then other preview this week for Thomas Marriott (tomorrow night at Frankie's) and Ayelet Rose Gottlieb (workshops this week culminating in a show at Tyrant Studios next Thursday). Even a happy birthday today to Ahmed Abdul-Malik!

So pick your preferred medium (100.5FM or coopradio . org) and get the Jazz Message starting at two pm Pacific - ten four good buddy (whatever that means) ....

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The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadoun
on every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm Pacific
Celebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986
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This 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 Urbaniak, and previews for the David Binney Action Trio (tonight at the Hargrove for Coastal Jazz), François Houle and new music from Bellbird (Infidels Jazz Presents: François Houle / Bellbird at Alliance Français Vancouver Theatre Theatre), Gordon Grdina's Haram (the Hollywood on Sunday Jan 25) and Rachel Therrien Trumpet at the ACT Theatre tonight!

Jazz in all its permutations and instantiations every Friday afternoon at 100.5FM and coopradio . org starting at 2 pm Pacific! Tune in and get a taste!

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The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadoun
on every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm Pacific
Celebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986
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Fresh 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 and Aldo Romano, a farewell to Bob Weir and previews for Neil Swainson, Neil Gray, Itamar Erez and Nancy Newman!

Catch it at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at 2pm Pacific, The A-Trane taking the pulse of the jazz scene since 1986!

If you want to follow along, here's the playlist!  (Look for the broadcast date!)

And if you like what you hear, consider a donation to Vancouver Cooperative Radio!

The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadoun
on every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm Pacific
Celebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986
100.5FM or coopradio.org  Check it out!