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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...

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, Rene...

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...

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...

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 Bu...

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 o...

Repeat from Jan 12 2024 -- Special program for the first new A-Trane of 2024, celebrating the Centenary of the great Max Roach today with the broadcast of a performance by the Max Roach Quartet at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre on Mar 18 1988 originally presented by Coastal Jazz. Along with more looking back and forward with great music, the A-Trane is the place to be! Check it out at 100.5FM...

Looking forward and looking back, kicking off 2026 in style on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program ! A new release from Carsten Dahl takes in the theme and then a nod to Milt Jackson's birthday yesterday leads into a survey of some great contemporary vibes players with Joel Ross , Patricia Brennan , Sasha Berliner , and Steve Nelson . Of course Nelson is part of the all-star ense...

Seasonal fun on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program - an extended feature for Carla's Christmas Carols, Carla Bley's brass quintet arrangements of some traditional tunes and a couple of her own compositions taken from both the official ECM Records 2009 release and an unofficial live contemporaneous concert. The first part of the show will be a retrospective of the late percussion...

A musical pot-pourri on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program ! A short feature on the late Gordon Goodwin and the Big Phat Band (his arrangement of Take the A Train also takes in the theme), the RSD release of Pre-Rahsaan Roland Kirk live at the Village Gate in 1963 (with 3 different outstanding pianists), previews for Winter Morning Walks: musica intima & Triology at the Blue...

Celebrating December 5th Birthdays on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program ! Bumper crop of birthdays including bassist Art Davis, Italian pianists Stefano Bollani & Enrico Pieranunzi, cellist Tomeka Reid , South African alto Gwigwi Mrwebi, Ellington vocalist Kay Davis, trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf, Little Richard, and the centenary of the New Orleans saxophonist Alvin "Red" Tyle...