The A-Trane Radio Program CFRO

Hellos 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 of musical diversity! Check it out at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at 2pm Pacific!

If you want to follow along, here's the playlist!

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!

Music 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, Bamba Wassoulou Groove, The Zawose Queens, Emily Wurramar, Shooglenifty, Elisapie, Ruthie Foster, Speeding West (featuring Luca Benedetti) and Bab L'Bluz doing Gnawa music from Morocco!
The world in one festival and one radio program, check it out at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at 2pm and then head down to the best festival site in the world at Jericho Beach Park!







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!

The 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 not too overwhelmed, a lovely piece by the always amazing Pierre Bensusan at the Fox on July 2nd! As always, a one-stop shop for music in your community - The A-Trane Radio Program right on track this afternoon starting at 2pm at 100.5FM or coopradio . org!






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!

The 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 Mary Ancheta's MAQuestra), Kneebody (and a recent release by Ben Wendel), the New Jazz Underground, Peggy Lee & Cole Schmidt, Sharon Minemoto with Jon Bentley, musicmusicmusic Oversize!, Joshua Zubot & Strings, Dean Edward Thiessen & Stranger Friends, Eve Risser and a greasy finish with the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio.

Pick up a program and get out and check out some of the great music happening at this year's festival, let the A-Trane be your guide at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at two pm pacifically!




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!