Discovering Jazz

1. Episode 388: More Exciting International Discoveries from 2026

   9 de noviembre de 2026Episodio 388A continuación

   Some more fantastic, fun, and enjoyable new jazz releases from 2026. Albums from Austria, Germany, Scandinavia, Jamaica via the U.S., Ireland, Canada's capital city, U.S.A,. Here's what I play on this episode …

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   Some more fantastic, fun, and enjoyable new jazz releases from 2026. Albums from Austria, Germany, Scandinavia, Jamaica via the U.S., Ireland, Canada's capital city, U.S.A,.

   Here's what I play on this episode:

   1. Come Fly With Me--Monty Alexander
   2. Maire Ni Eidhin- Shadowlands
   3. Lionel--Wolfgang Muthspiel
   4. Madelena--Elsa Johanna Mohr & Flavio Nunes
   5. Corcovado--Elsa Johanna Mohr & Flavio Nunes
   6. As The River Flows--Atlantis Jazz Ensemble
   7. A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing--The Holland Court Jazz Trio
   8. You Can't Just Keep the Music--Caleb Wheeler Curtis
   9. He's a Demon, He's a Devil, He's a Doll--Nicole Zuraitis
   10. Don't Ask--Georg Breinschmid
   11. Undercover Lover--Rymden

2. Episode 387: Jacob Do, Up and Coming Heralded Name in the Jazz World

   3 de noviembre de 2026Episodio 387A continuación

   An unusual episode for Discovering Jazz, where I talk with and feature the music of one up and coming jazz artist. Tenor saxophonist Jacob Do is from Edmonton, Alberta. I talk with him about how he discovered …

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   An unusual episode for Discovering Jazz, where I talk with and feature the music of one up and coming jazz artist. Tenor saxophonist Jacob Do is from Edmonton, Alberta. I talk with him about how he discovered jazz, and play tracks from his first full length album, "First Chorus".

   I also play a bit of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. And a track from an octet of some of Edmonton's best jazz players for which Jacob directs and arranges.

   Jacob came through the Yardbird Suite's "Littlebirds" program that has helped to keep jazz thriving through mentoring young talent.

   You will hear some truly great playing by Jacob and his combo of Edmonton's Dave Laing on drums and Paul Johnston-bass, plus Saskatchewan's Donny Kennedy on alto sax and pianist Andre White. And a lovely version of Stardust that uses Hoagy Carmichael's original chords

   And on the last track I play, Jacob is joined by the legendary PJ Perry on alto sax.

3. Episode 386: More Favourite Canadian Jazz Albums From 2026

   27 de octubre de 2026Episodio 386A continuación

   More of some of my favourite Canadian Jazz albums released this year. You'll hear the following recordings: Variations Sur Une Turlute by Montreal's Greenhouse Ensemble. From Mezzanine. Broken Dreams--The …

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   More of some of my favourite Canadian Jazz albums released this year. You'll hear the following recordings:

   1. Variations Sur Une Turlute by Montreal's Greenhouse Ensemble. From Mezzanine.
   2. Broken Dreams--The Atlantis Jazz Ensemble, from Mystic Suite.
   3. The Ballerina by Kris Davis and her trio of Robert Hurst and Johnathan Blake. From Lost in Geneva.
   4. Evidence (Thelonious Monk) by Ernesto Cervini Trio, from Water Pistols at Dawn
   5. Pro Olmir (a tribute to Brazilian jazz guitarist Olmir Stocker) by Ona. From Traces of Brazil, Voices of Toronto
   6. June Moon, by Winnipeg guitarist Jocelyn Gould, from So Delighted
   7. Landings by Nanaimo, B.C. raised trumpeter, Ingrid Jensen. From the album of the same name.
   8. Inner Traces by Dave Holland, Norma Winstone, and the London Vocal project. From Vital Spark: compositions by Canadian born Kenny Wheeler.
   9. The Highest Mountain (Clifford Jordan) by Edmonton saxophonist Jacob Do. From his upcoming album First Chorus.

   Note: Jacob Do will be special guest on next week's episode, talking about this wonderful new album, how he discovered jazz, and his upcoming Canadian tour.

4. Episode 385: Favourite Canadian Jazz Albums of 2026

   20 de octubre de 2026Episodio 385A continuación

   I've been listening to a lot of new releases over the past year, many of them by Canadian artists. It inspired me to put together a two part series of some of my favourites. For part 1, here are the recordings …

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   I've been listening to a lot of new releases over the past year, many of them by Canadian artists. It inspired me to put together a two part series of some of my favourites. For part 1, here are the recordings from which I've played a track.

   JOSH COHEN: WE ARE HOME TARA DAVIDSON'S MARNIE PROJECT: REFLECTION OF AN ECHO ALEXIS MARTIN ENSEMBLE: LES POLES, VOL. 1 EMIE R. ROUSSEL TRIO: TERR ARDESHIR POURKERMATI: INTRODUCING ARDESHIR SHARON MINEMENTO: GOODBYE, STRAWBERRY HILL SAM WILSON: SOWING SPRING SAMUEL BONNET TRIO: SLOW VIRGINIA MACDONALD: IN SEARCH OF VIRGINIA MACDONALD

   Always interested in hearing which of these albums, or the tracks I'm playing, resonate with you.

5. Episode 384: Jazz Recordings Inspired By Love, Part 2

   13 de octubre de 2026Episodio 384A continuación

   You'll hear the music and some of the stories about the creation of this music inspired by love. Here is what I play on this episode: Song For My Father--Horace Silver His father's picture is on the album …

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   You'll hear the music and some of the stories about the creation of this music inspired by love. Here is what I play on this episode:

   1. Song For My Father--Horace Silver His father's picture is on the album cover.
   2. Newborn--Josh Cohen, composed while his baby daughter slept against his chest
   3. Love is For Always--Sun Ra and his Arkesta. One person on Reddit claimed it is the "only song in jazz that is about the essence of love"
   4. Joy Spring--Clifford Brown and Max Roach. That was the nickname Clifford Brown gave to his wife.
   5. Atomic Peace---Alice Coltrane. She picked up the harp that John had ordered for her before his passing.
   6. Lotus Blossom--Duke Ellington. He is sitting at the piano playing this Billy Strayhorn tune while the rest of the band are packing up.
   7. The Intimacy Of The Blues---Duke Ellington and Orchestra. From a whole album dedicated to Billy Strayhorn recorded shortly after his death.
   8. Pisenka dia Martynk (Song For Little Martynka)--Leszek Kulakowski. From Poland My Homeland.
   9. Speak Low--Fraser MacPherson. From a cd released from radio broadcasts, inspired by a love for Vancouver's unheralded jazz musicians of the 60's.

6. Episode 383:Jazz Albums Created Out of Love

   6 de octubre de 2026Episodio 383A continuación

   I'm playing recordings where 'love' inspired the particular composition or album. It includes love for a partner, a child or infant, musical companions, love that came from a spiritual awakening, love for a …

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   I'm playing recordings where 'love' inspired the particular composition or album. It includes love for a partner, a child or infant, musical companions, love that came from a spiritual awakening, love for a pet, and in one instance for a generation of family members subjected to hardships born by racial discrimination.

   And in the middle of it all I make a very short detour by playing an old 78rpm record of an old time fiddle tune----a detour that eventually takes us back to Wayne Shorter. Sort of.

   Addendum: SONG LIST

   1. Prayer for Tomorrow--John Donaldson (From "We Were Together, I Forget The Rest) 2926
   2. Acknowledgment--John Coltrane (from A Love Supreme)
   3. Rosebud (for Keiko Robson)--Sharon Minemoto. (Goodbye Strawberry Hill, the theme being the internment of people of Japanese Ancestra duriing and after World War II. The love is Minemoto's love for her family who had to go through this.
   4. Ceora--Lee Morgan (from Cornbread). Love for a young girl Morgan and his partner informally fostered
   5. Ana Marie--Wayne Shorter. (reflects the love Shorter and much of the jazz community felt for Ana Maria Shorter)
   6. Diana--Wayne Shorter (from Native Dancer, a tribute to Diane Purim, infant daughter of Airto and Flora)
   7. Big Four Special---Wally Traugott. (a detour....a Canadian old time fiddler who later was recording engineer for Native Dancer)
   8. Infant Eyes---Reuben James (Wayne Shorter stated "I saw all infancy in Miyako's eyes, everyne who'd ever been an infant")
   9. My Lima---Josh Cohen. (from We Are Home. Dedicated to his late dog who was diagnosed with cancer at age 4).

7. Episode 382: Jazzy Nursery Rhymes and Children's Songs, Pt. 2

   29 de septiembre de 2026Episodio 382A continuación

   Here we go again. Up the slide. Down the slide! Here's the song list of nursery rhymes, children's songs, and adult songs children will enjoy....all performed by jazz artists and mostly in a style that jazz …

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   Here we go again. Up the slide. Down the slide!

   Here's the song list of nursery rhymes, children's songs, and adult songs children will enjoy....all performed by jazz artists and mostly in a style that jazz fans will appreciate. (Well, maybe not always!).

   Here's the set list:

   1. Won't You Be My Neighbour--Johnny Costa
   2. My Favourite Things--Betty Carter (some children might get freaked out by this version of it)
   3. Your Feets Too Big--Fats Waller (every kid will love this one and drive their parents nuts singing it)
   4. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star---Carol Welshman (honest! I'm not kidding).
   5. Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat--Jamie Cullum
   6. St. Thomas--Sonny Rollins (probably more for adults....but it was a nursery song in The Virgin Islands)
   7. Cielito Lindo--Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio (may have heard dirty lyrics to that one as children. Especially if they listened to Oscar Brand records.
   8. Little Twelvetoes---Bob Dorough (from Schoolhouse Rock. Great for those who are mathematically inclined)
   9. Good Little Girl--Phil Woods with Vicki Doney and Bob Dorough. (from Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne--who wrote Winnie The Pooh).
   10. Bibbidi Bobbido Boo (French version)---Stacey Kent. (From Walt Disney's Cinderella).
   11. Salt Peanuts (Dizzy Gillespie)--Bob Mover and Walter Davis Jr.
   12. Children's Song (This Old Man, he played nick nack on my......)---Thelonious Monk
   13. Linus and Lucy--Vince Guaraldi (from Charlie Brown's Christmas)
   14. Brahm's Lullaby--Dave Brubeck (recorded when he was 91).

8. Episode 381: Jazzy Nursery Rhymes and Children's Songs

   22 de septiembre de 2026Episodio 381A continuación

   You wouldn't normally think of Pop Goes The Weasel, Old MacDonald Had a Farm, Hickory Dickory Dock, or The Mickey Mouse March as being jazz, would you? Well Wynton Marsalis, John Coltrane, Chick Webb w Ella …

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   You wouldn't normally think of Pop Goes The Weasel, Old MacDonald Had a Farm, Hickory Dickory Dock, or The Mickey Mouse March as being jazz, would you? Well Wynton Marsalis, John Coltrane, Chick Webb w Ella Fitzgerald, Julie London, Bob Dorough, Cory Weeds, Anthony Newley, Medeski Martin & Wood, Jackie McLean, and Vancouver's Jennifer Scott recreate these and other children's tunes in a new way turning them into jazz. And Slim Gaillard gets into the picture too creating his own song.

   Part 1 of a 2-part series on Jazzy Nursery Rhymes and Children's Songs.

9. Episode 380: 10 Years of Discovering Jazz, Part 2

   15 de septiembre de 2026Episodio 380A continuación

   Celebrating this podcast's 10th Anniversary, I play the old intro I used, and look at some of my favourite episodes from 2017 to today.--with 'today' being some random picks of the thousands of new jazz albums …

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   Celebrating this podcast's 10th Anniversary, I play the old intro I used, and look at some of my favourite episodes from 2017 to today.--with 'today' being some random picks of the thousands of new jazz albums released in 2026. And do a bit of bragging (sorry about that) explaining how an award winning Trent Radio program got turned into a podcast. And throw in a couple quotes from some reviews.

   Which reminds me....if you like this podcast, would you be willing to rate it (on itunes, apple music, or wherever you get your podcasts)? I'd love to know who is out there enjoying the podcast and hear some ideas that might make it better.

   This podcast has moved from Peterborough, Ontario to Victoria, B.C., and now comes from Edmonton, Alberta.

   Here is what I play on this episode:

   1. Everything You Could Be--Christopher Parnis. The title track from a 2024 album by an up and coming bassist and composer who I first interviewed when he was a young student in Peterborough. You can hear a short segment from that interview.

   2. Giant Steps--John Coltrane, from Year 2 of the Podcast, episodes 52 to 54 on The Jazz Solo.

   3. Elephantasy--Tom Varner. From one of my favourite episodes, on Jazz French Horn, Episode 77.

   4. If You Never Come To Me--Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim. From one of my "Real Book Obscurities" episodes from 2020.

   5. Enough's Enough--Angela Verbrugge. From Victoria. A fine singer and composer who was so encouraging of this podcast during its Victoria years. She assisted with three episodes on a series of episodes on jazz vocalists. This one is from my "Adieu to Victoria" episode.

   6. Big Yellow Taxi--Tommy Banks Orchestra (from he Montreaux Jazz Festival, 1978). This was one of the tunes played in preparation for my move back to my original hometown of Edmonton, Alberta. Featured a number of Edmonton jazz musicians.

   7. Confirmation---Charlie Parker This was one of the tunes that is so often called out at jam sessions. I had a few episode on tha topic.

   8. All the Things You Are--Wes Montgomery with the Wynton Kelly Trio. Probably the most called out tune at Edmonton's Yardbird Suite jazz jams.

   9. Out of The Blue--Jan Harbeck Quartet. Illustrating the music of today....a random sample of 2026 jazz releases.

   10. White Pain Peeling---a brief excerpt of AI jazz on a label called Volna Blu. Hopefully this is NOT the future of jazz.

   11. Dystopian Bulgar--Collin Sherman. From an album calledOuroborosuite. It refers to an ancient symbol of a snake eating its own tail. A random pick from the over 3000 new jazz releases that I've found.

10. Episode 379: Celebrating 10 Years of Discovering Jazz

    8 de septiembre de 2026Episodio 379A continuación

    Discovering Jazz started out as a community radio program broadcast on CFFF (Trent Community Radio) in Peterborough, Ontario in 2016. In 2017 it was selected by The National Campus and Community Radio …

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    Discovering Jazz started out as a community radio program broadcast on CFFF (Trent Community Radio) in Peterborough, Ontario in 2016. In 2017 it was selected by The National Campus and Community Radio Assocation (NCRA) as the best music program in Canada. (Since then the music categories have been divided into various genres). That's when I decided to turn it into a podcast---September of 2017.

    Here it is 10 years later, having moved first to Victoria, B.C., and now Edmonton, Alberta.

    For this episode I play tracks from a few albums that I selected as one of my favourites of the various years.

    You'll hear music by artists ranging from Fats Waller to Poland's Wojtek Mazolewski. That also includes bob Dorough, Sons of Kemet, Kenny Washington, Jeremy Ledbetter Trio, Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, Allen Lowe & the Constant Sorrow Orchestra, Fergus McCreadie, Ellas Kapell, and Susan Alcorn.

    Then next week I'll focus on some of my favourite episodes of the past 10 years.

11. Episode 378: New Jazz Albums, Part 4

    1 de septiembre de 2026Episodio 378A continuación

    Here's what you'll hear in this episode. Did you know that Ida Lupino was the first female movie star to transform into a director. Carla Bley wrote a tune commemorating her. This episode starts with trumpeter …

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    Here's what you'll hear in this episode.

    1. Did you know that Ida Lupino was the first female movie star to transform into a director. Carla Bley wrote a tune commemorating her. This episode starts with trumpeter Ingrid Jensen and her interpretation of that delightful composition. And I really like what Marvin Sewell is doing on guitar on this track. From her latest album called Landings.

    2. The tone of Noah Preminger's saxophone is often heralded. I play a track from his latest album, Dark Days.

    3. Keyvan Chemarani is an acclaimed French-Iranian percussionist. His new album, Tales of Nar, focuses on his intereste in finding a common language among different tradtions and cultures, here exploring Persian and Indian traditions through the ens of jazz and contemporary classical music.

    4. The Ize Trio and their Global Prayer album has been rated by reviewer Thierry de Clemensat as one that "may become one of the defining jazz albums of 2026".

    5. An Irving Berlin composition from Goldings, Bernstein, and Stewart's latest album.

    6. The Holland Jazz Court and a wonderful album called Inverted Tango. And whoever heard of a Jimi Hendrix tune being played on a tango album? You'll hear it here!

    7. Monty Alexander has recorded his lovely tune Skamento before. But I really like this version of it, from an upcoming released called A Jamarican in Paris.

    8. Stephen Emmer's Asymmetrical Dot is like an exercise in minimalism. Or is it? On this track he collaborates with Beth Hirsch from the group "Air".

    9. The episode ends with a young Canadian clarinetist who is starting to make a big name for herself. Virginia MacDonald from an album called In Search of Virginia MacDonald.

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12. Episode 377: Selected New Jazz Albums, Part 3

    25 de agosto de 2026Episodio 377A continuación

    This selection of new albums---many of them featuring female vocalists--continues a theme of 'old meets new'. The first two tracks are particularly spectacular. Starting with an avant-garde treatmen of …

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    This selection of new albums---many of them featuring female vocalists--continues a theme of 'old meets new'.

    The first two tracks are particularly spectacular. Starting with an avant-garde treatmen of Thelonious Monk's Round About Midnight, as performed by te Armaroli-Schiaffini 6tet with singer Giulia Cianca. In fact the whole album is quite fascinating.

    I follow it with one of the most dramatic readings of Send In The Clowns, by Cecil McLorin Salvant from her incredible new album called Every Breath I Take. With breath taking orchestrations by Vancouver born Darcy James Argue.

    The rest of the episode contains a variety of interesting and very listenable tracks by Immanuel Wilkins, Elina Duni & Rob Luft, the Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project (jazz accordion!), Fergus McCreadie, Catherine Russell, Gabrielle Cavassa, Emie R. Roussel Trio, and Dave Holland with the London Vocal Project.

    Here is a full track list. · · Here is the track list for Episode 377. Selected New Jazz Albums, Part 3 1. Round About Midnight--Armaroli-Schiaffini 6Tet (from Monkian Florilegio) 2. Send In The Clowns--Cecile McLorin Salvant with the Metropole Orchestra with orchestrations by Darcy James Argue (from Every Breath I Take) 3. Merengue x Fantasy--Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project 4. You Can't Pull The Wool Over My Eyes--Catherine Russell (from Live At Jazz At Lincoln Center). 5. Jazzonia--Dave Hollland with London Vocal Project. (from Vital Spark) 6. Ani More Nuse--Elina Duni and Rob Luft (from Reaching For The Moon) 7. Ford The River--Fergus McCreadis (from The Shieling--Companion Album) 8. Leur des feuilles oubliees--Emie R. Roussel Trio (from Terr) 9. Prisoner of Love--Gabrielle Cavassa (from Diavolo) 10. Put 100 On The Blue Chain--Immanuel Wilkins (from Complete Live At The Village Vanguard).

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13. Episode 376: Selected New Jazz Releases Part 2

    18 de agosto de 2026Episodio 376A continuación

    I'm finding that listening to many of the jazz albums released this year, I'm getting a clearer perspective on the connection between jazz's history and where we are today. The episode starts with the new Ellas …

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    I'm finding that listening to many of the jazz albums released this year, I'm getting a clearer perspective on the connection between jazz's history and where we are today.

    The episode starts with the new Ellas Kapell (a Swedish quartet) and their fascinating version of Rodgers and Hart's "I Didn't Know What Time It Was". I like this group partly because I can actually understand what they are doing....and I love it!

    I follow it with Edmonton's most recorded jazz pianist, the amazing Chris Andrew and his first solo piano album. Here he does his rendition of a Gigi Gryce tune first recorded by The Clifford Brown Sextet in 1954.

    Other old tunes given a new life in this episode include Misty....an uptempo version by Jeff Goldblum and his Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, with guest vocalist Melody Gardot. Then there's an old New Orleans tune recorded by Ernie K Doe in 1960, here performed by Charlie & The Tropicales (Charlie Halloran with New Orleans singer and guitaris Sal Baby Geloso). T'ain't It The Truth. And then there's a jazz big band arrangement of James Taylor's Fire and Rain that ends the episode.

    That particular tune provides a powerful finish to the episode, where I have two similar themes providing an extreme contrast between the most out there avant garde recording and something that resembles 'smooth jazz'. Martin Kuchen's Chase The Demons Out--which feels "disturbingly current as the war aain ravages the Middle East, where rockets, aircraft, and attack drones serve the ambitions of those in power" transforms into that sweet James Taylor song that only vaguely suggests the background of sizzling temperatures and fire in some parts of the world and the torrential rain storms we've experienced in parts of Alberta and Ontario.

    And between all that?

    The further evolution of the "Bluegrass Meets Jazz" first begun (as far as I know) by Tony Trischka and now evolving into the latest album by The Punch Brothers featuring mandolinist Chris Thile.

    Then there's somebody you may know.....but this is the first time I've heard her and been wowed! Singer Nicole Zuraitis and her latest album called The Devil I Knew. With a delightful tenor saxopohone solo by Donny McCaslin.

    One totallly new discovery and an album I've been listening to a lot is Montreal's Greenhouse Ensemble, putting together a composition they describe as "folowing the rhythm of the tides in all their unpredictability an force with the image of drifting down the St. Lawrence River toward the open sea".

    Then there is bassist Avishai Cohen with a title inspired by the pronunciation of 'blues' by his Japanese fan base.

    And last but not least, the fifteenth album by Vijay Iyer, Henry Threadgill, and Dafnis Prieto and a track that has been described by one reviewer as "holding a steady course between sway and swagger---like three old pros on a joyride".

14. Episode 375: 2026 Albums That Stir Up Interest or Curiosity

    11 de agosto de 2026A continuación

    I found 72 albums released this year that stirred up my interest or curiosity, then randomly selected a few that I'm playing for you.

15. Episode 374: Random Selection of Albums From 2026

    4 de agosto de 2026Episodio 374A continuación

    Has jazz changed substantially over the past 60 years? I can't really answer that. But maybe hearing a track from some albums selected randomly from the over 2500 new releases from 2026 (plus a couple …

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    Has jazz changed substantially over the past 60 years? I can't really answer that. But maybe hearing a track from some albums selected randomly from the over 2500 new releases from 2026 (plus a couple historical ones) might give you a clue.

    My table of random numbers made these selections:

    SIMON MOULLIER: CEIBA. Joshua Redman says this is one of the best modern mainstream instrumental jazz albums he has heard in years.

    LIS WESSBERT WITH VERONIKA RUD: THE THE WAKE OF BLUE. The album sounds is a pleasant and interesting listening experience.

    DASHA BEETS: SALUTE TO RITA. Netherlands singer Rita Reys was a great influence on her. Songbook standards.

    KRIS DAVIS: LOST IN GENEVA. Canadian pianist and composer with a track from her soon to be released new album.

    GORAN KAIJFES SUBTROPIC ARKESTA w. AVIN OMAR. Kurdish music from Sweden.

    JUST IN TIME, BROADWAY SOUNDTRACK. With actor/singer Jonathan Groff and a salute to Bobby Darin

    JUZZ: II. Jazz-rock, Features Spanish guitarist and composer Virxilio da Salva

    BRYAN MURRAY: WOLF. A saxophonist, with a trio of chordless jazz

    KEYVAN CHEMIRANI: TALES OF NAR. Influenced by Irainian Classical music. Probably my favourite of the lot.

    COURTNEY PINE:OUT OF THE GHETTO, A MODERN DAY JAZZ STORY. from a 2 cd set that spans four decades.

    JAZZ DISPENSARY-MAGIA BRASILERIA. Brazilian jazz recordings from themid 1960's to mid 70's. Cal Tjader w Charlie Byrd.

16. Episode 373: Richard Rodgers and Jazz, Part 3

    28 de julio de 2026Episodio 373A continuación

    The last episode of Richard Rodgers and Jazz. This week I explore more jazz interpretations of his great tunes. I include some insightful observations from the book The Jazz Standards by Ted Gioia of some of …

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    The last episode of Richard Rodgers and Jazz. This week I explore more jazz interpretations of his great tunes. I include some insightful observations from the book The Jazz Standards by Ted Gioia of some of those tunes.

    Artists you'll hear include Brad Mehldau, Buddy Greco, Sarah Vaughan, Bob Dorough, The Bad Plus, Betty Carter, Frank Sinatra, Oscar Peterson, Sophie Milman, Andrew Hill, Tony Bennett, and Hank Mobley.

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17. Episode 372: Richard Rodgers and Jazz, Part 2

    21 de julio de 2026Episodio 372A continuación

    More great jazz recordings of Richard Rodgers tunes. And I dive a bit into his life and how he developed his songwriting skills. You'll hear great interpretations of songs such as Manhattan, Bewitched Bothered …

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    More great jazz recordings of Richard Rodgers tunes. And I dive a bit into his life and how he developed his songwriting skills. You'll hear great interpretations of songs such as Manhattan, Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered, People Will Say We're in Love, Blue Room, Isn't It Romantic, No Strings, I Could Write a Book, Do I Hear a Waltz (one he wrote with Stephen Sondheim), and Mountain Greenery.

    Here is a link to a couple great articles about Richard Rodgers:

    https://www.city-journal.org/article/richard-rodgers-enigma-variations

    https://www.nytimes.com/1974/07/14/archives/the-split-personality-of-richard-rodgers-the-music-of-richard.html

    Some of the artists you'll hear include Emma Smith, Peggy Lee, Betty Carter & Ray Charles, Joshua Redman, Blossom Dearie, Hazel Scott with Charles Mingus and Max Roach, Coleman Hawkins, Diana Krall, Ella Fitzgerald, Karin Plato, Miles Davis Quintet, and....you won't believe what Eugene Chadbourne does to "People Will Say We're In Love". And no doubt people will say a lot of things when they hear that. :)

18. Episode 371: Richard Rodgers and Jazz, Part 1

    14 de julio de 2026Episodio 371A continuación

    This is Part 1 of a series on the songs of Richard Rodgers (of Rodgers & Hart and Rodgers & Hammerstein). In this and the next two episodes, you'll hear recordings by: -Shorty Rogers and his Men -Mel Torme …

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    This is Part 1 of a series on the songs of Richard Rodgers (of Rodgers & Hart and Rodgers & Hammerstein).

    In this and the next two episodes, you'll hear recordings by:

    -Shorty Rogers and his Men -Mel Torme -Emmet Cohen -Chet Baker -Ahmad Jamal Trio -Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass -George Shearing -Ellas Kapell -Alex Samaras -Paul Whiteman Orchestra -Gene Krupa -Reinhardt Winkler -Emma Smith -Blossom Dearie -Joshua Redman -Ella Fitzgerald -Hazel Scott with Charles Mingus and Max Roach -Diana Krall -Karin Plato -Miles Davis -Betty Carter & Ray Charles -Coleman Hawkins -Peggy Lee -Eugene Chadbourne -The Bad Plus -Buddy Greco -Betty Carter -Brad Mehldau -Sophie Milman -Andrew Hill -Tony Bennett -Hank Mobley -Oscar Peterson -Frank Sinatra -Wynn Murray -Bob Dorough -Sarah Vaughan

    And hopefully you'll also get a sense as to why jazz musicians like these compositions so much.

19. Episode 370: More Notable New Acquisitions

    7 de julio de 2026Episodio 370A continuación

    More great albums --cd's and vinyl-- that have been sent in the mail, uploaded, or bought second hand from a thrift store or jazz club. They range from Lena Horne (originally recorded in 1948) to some albums …

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    More great albums --cd's and vinyl-- that have been sent in the mail, uploaded, or bought second hand from a thrift store or jazz club.

    They range from Lena Horne (originally recorded in 1948) to some albums released this year by Ellas Kapell, The Ona Ensemble, Emie R. Roussel, JabFung, The Jazzlab Orchestra and Greenhouse Ensemble. Also the latest from Victoria's Angela Verbrugge, with New York pianist, Ray Gallon. And inbetween---a 1969 album by The Gary Burton Quartet, and a 2005 live album from a phenomenal guitarist (originally from Edmonton---where I live), Mike Rud.

20. Episode 369: Notable New Acquisitions

    30 de junio de 2026Episodio 369A continuación

    I play tracks from and talk about some of the most notable albums I've acquired over the last few months. A lot of them are Canadian, quite a few are new releases, and a couple are from years past. BillyChilds …

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    I play tracks from and talk about some of the most notable albums I've acquired over the last few months. A lot of them are Canadian, quite a few are new releases, and a couple are from years past.

    BillyChilds GreenhouseEnsemble AlexisMartin JubilationGospelChoir&BigBand JabFung Duchess GuidoBasso DougRiley MarkTonelli EnjoyYourself

21. Episode 368: More New Jazz Albums with Weird Titles

    23 de junio de 2026Episodio 368A continuación

    Here's what you'll hear on this week's episode. In order. Dance To The Bass Drum (Not The Bass), from "Here Goes Nothing". By Brian Claxton (playing bass) A Danish group called Smag Pa Dig Selv, and an album …

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    Here's what you'll hear on this week's episode. In order.

    1. Dance To The Bass Drum (Not The Bass), from "Here Goes Nothing". By Brian Claxton (playing bass)
    2. A Danish group called Smag Pa Dig Selv, and an album called "This Is Why We Lost". The track I play features Victoria Sondergaard on vibraphone.
    3. Siril Malmedal Hauge and Kjetil Muledid. From Norway. An album called "I Remember Oranges".
    4. Polka Dots and Raybans, the title track by guitarist Mike Clement.
    5. We are.Profoundly.Predisposed.to Drowning. By Anne Efternoler, Maria Laurette Friis, and Johanna Bochert. So what is it that's drowning? I try to answer that, and play a track called "What Remains Between Us Is Beyond Exhaustion".
    6. The Eerie Glow of Jellyfish, by Urs Leimbruber, Jacques Demierre, and Thomas Lehn.
    7. Two tracks from I Love Life Even When I'm Hurting, by saxopohonist and composer Dave McMurray. With vocal by Kern.
    8. A jazz album called "Bluegrass".
    9. A tune that draws from the cry of the white Bellbird.
    10. Latin Jazz Meets Opera, by opera singer Christopher Sanchez and Cuban jazz pianist Dayramir Gonzales.

22. Episode 367: New Albums With Weird Titles

    16 de junio de 2026Episodio 367A continuación

    It's not just a few classic jazz albums that have weird titles (see Episode 364). Of the 2000 or so new releases so far this year, there are some strange ones. But does the music or the story behind them …

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    It's not just a few classic jazz albums that have weird titles (see Episode 364). Of the 2000 or so new releases so far this year, there are some strange ones. But does the music or the story behind them reflect the title? Some do and some don't.

    Here are some of the titles:

    -The Vigil and The Sleeping Giant. -Whiskey Scented Kisses -Deface The Currency -Manifestations of a Diasporic Groove and Spirit -Our Community Will Not Be Erased -Blues in Blueprint: 12 Variations of the Blues -Asymmetrical Dot -Dance! Skip! Hop! -Kinda Out West

    In this episode I play a track from some of those new releases, and, when possible, explore the reasons behind those titles.

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23. Archives, Episode 319: Appreciating Sonny Rollins, Pt. 2

    9 de junio de 2026Episodio 319A continuación

    As a tribute to the recently deceased saxophonist and composer, Sonny Rollins, I'm re-posting two epsodes from last year. This is Part 2. As well as some tracks from some of his albums, I also present some …

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    As a tribute to the recently deceased saxophonist and composer, Sonny Rollins, I'm re-posting two epsodes from last year.

    This is Part 2. As well as some tracks from some of his albums, I also present some musical contributions he made to The Rolling Stones, Leonard Cohen, and Thelonious Monk.

24. Archives, Episode 318: Why Sonny Rollins is So Legendary

    2 de junio de 2026Episodio 318A continuación

    As a tribute to legendary jazz saxophonist, Sonny Rollins, who left us May 25, I'm reposting this episode from last year, Part 1 of a two part series on Sonny Rollins. Lots on his life, and I play some of his …

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    As a tribute to legendary jazz saxophonist, Sonny Rollins, who left us May 25, I'm reposting this episode from last year, Part 1 of a two part series on Sonny Rollins. Lots on his life, and I play some of his finest recordings. Starting with the first time he was on a record.

25. Episode 366: Records,Poetry & Insights from Sean Murphy, Part 2

    26 de mayo de 2026Episodio 366A continuación

    Part 2 of my interview with poet, essayist, podcaster, and jazz fanatic Sean Murphy. And I also play tracks from albums he recommended---plus one from an ensemble from Montreal called Bellbird, where you can …

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    Part 2 of my interview with poet, essayist, podcaster, and jazz fanatic Sean Murphy. And I also play tracks from albums he recommended---plus one from an ensemble from Montreal called Bellbird, where you can hear some 'circular breathing' on the saxophone.

    Sean also talks about a master of circular breathing---David S. Ware, as well as Rahsaan Roland Kirk. And I play music by both.

    But the beginning of this episode is all about the great reed player Eric Dolphy who was taken from us all too early, all because it was assumed that his diabetic collapse was drug induced---even though Dolphy was a tee-tolar who never touched drugs.

    Sean also talks about how Roland Kirk and Jaki Byard incorporate the whole history of jazz within their playing.

    We also play music (and talk about) Matthew Shipp, Billie Holiday, and The JB's (James Brown's backup band). The episode ends with Bud Powell, and a powerful poem that wonders about the possibility that those artists who the ones 'paid to adjudicte' classify as insane might be "unassuming gods...meant to guide us through this oblivion where serenity is scarce as water". This is narrated under the backdrop of Bud Powell's "Un Poco Loco".

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26. Episode 365: Jazz Poetry and Insights from Sean Murphy

    19 de mayo de 2026Episodio 365A continuación

    This is Part 1 of a great session with poet, essayist, podcaster, and jazz fanatic, Sean Murphy. Sean talks about some jazz artists and recordings that most inspired him---and continue to inspire him. And he …

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    This is Part 1 of a great session with poet, essayist, podcaster, and jazz fanatic, Sean Murphy. Sean talks about some jazz artists and recordings that most inspired him---and continue to inspire him. And he reads some of his poems that reflect that inspiration---from two of his 8 books, Blackened Blues and Kinds of Blue.

    The music this week is by Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Butch Warren, and Duke Ellington. And I attempt to introduce him to an obscure Canadian pianist named Chris Gage.

    You'll also hear some fascinating insights about art in general--and why the jazz of the late 50's to late 60's was so brilliant yet 'passed by' at the time.

27. Episode 364: Classic Jazz Albums with Weird Titles

    12 de mayo de 2026Episodio 364A continuación

    Gnu High, Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus MIngus, Now He Sings Now He Sobs, Weasels Ripped My Flesh, In Case You Forget How Bad He Really Was, Deer Wan, Mingus Ah Um!, Nude Ants. I play a track from each of these …

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    Gnu High, Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus MIngus, Now He Sings Now He Sobs, Weasels Ripped My Flesh, In Case You Forget How Bad He Really Was, Deer Wan, Mingus Ah Um!, Nude Ants. I play a track from each of these albums--many of which, despite (or because?) of their titles ended up on a lot of "classic jazz albums you must hear" lists.

    In many of these instances I try to figure out the relevance of the title. With limited success, I admit. Except for Chick Corea's Now He Sings, Now He Sobs. Corea himself explained that one.

    But it's all great music!

28. Episode 363: Great Singers and Downbeat's Blindfold Test

    5 de mayo de 2026Episodio 363A continuación

    This week I play recordings by some excellent jazz singers, and singer Janis Siegel's reaction to hearing those recordings. In this episode you will hear: Kurt Elling with the WDR Big Band Dianne Reeves with …

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    This week I play recordings by some excellent jazz singers, and singer Janis Siegel's reaction to hearing those recordings.

    In this episode you will hear:

    Kurt Elling with the WDR Big Band Dianne Reeves with Christian McBride Kate Kortum Jose James Alicia Hall Moran Jo Lawry with Allison Miller and Linda May Han Oh Aimee Nuviola and Gonzalo Rubalaba Alex Samaras James Brown Janis Siegel

    Includes two versions of The Best Is Yet To Come.

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29. Archives: Episode 107: Six More Great Songs

    28 de abril de 2026Episodio 107A continuación

    This is a 6 year old podcast from May, 2020, when I was living in Victoria, B.C. It was one of a number of podcasts where I celebrated songs that had interesting stories behind them, playing some different …

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    This is a 6 year old podcast from May, 2020, when I was living in Victoria, B.C. It was one of a number of podcasts where I celebrated songs that had interesting stories behind them, playing some different versions of them.

    The six songs are:

    Don't Blame Me

    Lover Man

    Have You Seen Miss Jones

    Honeysuckle Rose

    Good Morning Heartache

    A Night in Tunisia

    And one of those songs one might make a case that its the only song that makes a link between The Everly Brothers, Charlie Parker, and The Three Stooges. Guess which one?

30. Episode 362:From Swing to Bebop to Hardbop, Ken Burns Jazz

    21 de abril de 2026Episodio 362A continuación

    This is part 2 of music inspired by Ken Burns PBS jazz series from 2001. A fast paced episode where I squeeze in 15 pieces of great music. the Swing artists include Fletcher Henderson, Benny Goodman, Billie …

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    This is part 2 of music inspired by Ken Burns PBS jazz series from 2001. A fast paced episode where I squeeze in 15 pieces of great music. the Swing artists include Fletcher Henderson, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, Count Basie, Lester Young, Mary Lou Williams, and Chick Webb with Ella Fitzgerald. And its virtually all DANCEABLE!

    Then I give you a voice clip from Howard Levy talking about the transition from swing to bebop.

    The beboppers presented are Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. And I conclude the episode with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Ray Charles, and Regina Carter. Not quite so danceable.

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