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The lazy days of summer on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program with a varied mix. A feature that I've been wanting to get to for a while - Art Pepper at the Cellar in the 1950s put out earlier this year on the Omnivore record label with (depending on who you believe) Chris Gage or Al Neil (or some combination thereof) on piano. Two of the gentlemen responsible for this release -...

Featuring pianists on this afternoon's edition of  The A-Trane Radio Program ! Most of the show will be handed over to the great pianist Mal Waldron whose birthday is this weekend on August 16th - either his centenary or his 101st depending on which source you use. We'll hear early recordings with John Coltrane, Billie Holiday (including his dedication to Billie with Jackie McLean), Eric Dolphy an...

Just enjoying some jazz on a summer's day on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program with a bit of a reconstruction of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival as a preview of this weekend's screening of the classic Bert Stern film with an opening concert by Laura Crema at the VIFF Centre this Sunday presented by Infidels Jazz . Some music from the film and some from releases that have come ou...

I was lucky enough to spend 10 days at this year's Montreal International Jazz Festival ( https://montrealjazzfest.com/en/program/artists ) and this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program will do a recap of some of the many artists I heard! We'll hear from Diana Krall (who takes in the theme), a Coltrane/Miles Centenary set with Giant Steps from the Tiberi Tapes (thanks to Ken Druker for...

On this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program we're paying tribute to the great Canadian pianist Oliver Jones who passed away this week at the age of 91. Besides taking in the theme, we'll feature an episode of Marian McPartland 's Piano Jazz that featured Oliver Jones along with some other favourite pieces. The Fort Langley Jazz and Arts Festival is on this weekend and we'll have a fea...

Bit of an unusual show on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program ! We start with a couple of birthdays - Joe Morello takes in the theme and then a feature set to celebrate the centenary of trumpeter Ray Copeland who played with Monk, Lionel Hampton, Randy Weston and more. Then we head to Jericho Park for this weekend's Vancouver Folk Music Festival ! A feature set for the great Bill...

Rebroadcasting a great show from July 10th 2020 on this afternoon's edition of the A-Trane Radio Program.  Celebrating birthdays for Cootie Williams (who takes in the theme) and Lee Morgan.  Most of the show is handed over to the great composer Ennio Morricone who had passed away shortly before this show originally aired.  Besides featuring a number of his film soundtrack themes, we'll also hear c...

Between the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, the North Shore Jazz Series, presentations by Infidels Jazz , Cory Weeds and others, a lot of great music will be happening in the lower mainland in the next few weeks and the next few editions of The A-Trane Radio Program will be steeped in an eclectic set of previews. This is Part 3 of the 2026 Vancouver International Jazz Festival Plus Preview!...

Between the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, the North Shore Jazz Series, presentations by Infidels Jazz , Cory Weeds and others, a lot of great music will be happening in the lower mainland in the next few weeks and the next few editions of The A-Trane Radio Program will be steeped in an eclectic set of previews. This is Part 2 of the 2026 Vancouver International Jazz Festival Plus Preview!...

Between the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, the North Shore Jazz Series, presentations by Infidels Jazz , Cory Weeds and others, a lot of great music will be happening in the lower mainland in the next few weeks and the next few editions of The A-Trane Radio Program will be steeped in an eclectic set of previews. This is Part 1 of the 2026 Vancouver International Jazz Festival Plus Preview!...

Having some fun on this afternoon's edition of the  The A-Trane Radio Program , there's a fabulous new release of the Carla Bley Band in Hamburg in 1984 and that lends itself to a nice feature set that will lead into other musicians doing the music of Carla Bley -  Arturo O'Farrill , Gary Burton,  Steve Cardenas   Ben Allison Music  &  TheodoreRussell Nash ,  Norma Winstone  & Kit Downes,...

Continuing our retrospective of the late Sonny Rollins on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program . We'll sketch his interactions and mutual admirations between Sonny & John Coltrane with a rare Sonny performance of a Coltrane composition Naima! Following last week's 1950s highlights, we pickup with recordings with Don Cherry, Coleman Hawkins/Paul Bley, Jim Hall and Oliver Nelson...

Celebrating the legacy of the great Sonny Rollins on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program!  So much so that this will be part one covering mostly 1950s classic recordings but it will include a great concert that Sonny did for Coastal Jazz back in March of 1992 at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre in the second half of the show.  We'll even throw in a legacy Name those Tunes from...

Buncha previews on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program with music by Christian McBride and Ursa Major featuring the inestimable Nicole Glover coming to the BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts at Capilano University this Wednesday at the behest of our friends over at Infidels Jazz with an opening set from Arvind Ramdas.  The Hard Rubber Orchestra is featuring New Mu...

This afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program is entirely handed over to a celebration of the music and life of musician, educator, and all-round great gal Kate Hammett-Vaughan.  Although she had struggled for some years, she never lost her spirit and positive outlook on life so many of us were surprised to hear that she had passed away last week. The theme is the only track not by Kate -...

Although Keith Jarrett is a legendary improviser, he is also a formidable composer and on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program, we'll celebrate his performance of his compositions and other interpretations by Don Byron with Drew Gress, Ariel Pocock with Julian Lage, Branford Marsalis, Chet Atkins (!), Turboprop led by Ernesto Cervini, Chucho Valdés Oficial with Jay Rodriguez, Gary...

Just some musical fun on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program, lotsa birthdays with nods to Duke's last week (an extended 1949 arrangement of the theme with the orchestra gets us going), Ambrose Akinmusire, Shirley Horn, the late Carlos Ward, Kate Hammett-Vaughan, James Newton and an oblique recognition of the centenary last week of Chicago impresario Joe Segal whose Jazz Showcase...

This afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program is the 3rd and last show of this year's Spring Membership Drive!  Some birthdays - a rare solo theme from Duke takes in the show and we celebrate Johnny Griffin's day today with a new release on Storyville.   Previews for Pat Metheny with tunes drawn from his recent setlist, for Nick Hempton at Frankie's Jazz Club this weekend and Cory Weeds tr...

Celebrating the Centenary of the great Randy Weston on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program!  Perhaps more than any other jazz musician of his era, he connected his music to the rhythms of Africa and the legacy of Black civilizations from around the world! Drawing from his autobiography African Rhythms (composed by him and arranged by Willard Jenkins) we'll take a sweep across his...

A-Trane Features: Ellington at 125 Celebrating Duke Ellington at 125 - the semi-hemi-demi-sesqui-centennial - on this afternoon's Spring Membership Drive edition of The A-Trane Radio Program! We'll hear sets celebrating his 1962 rebirth with Coltrane, Hawkins, Max & Mingus and more, the Far East Suite into the 21st century, early Duke and updates, Ellington the pianist and some of his disciple...

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 fro...

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...

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 contemporar...

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 th...

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 Aki...