Doing concert previews is a regular feature on The A-Trane Radio Program but it is a little unusual that all the concerts on today's show are taking place this weekend! Feature previews this afternoon for Jerry Weldon with Cory Weeds Quartet at Frankie's Jazz Club, Kronos Quartet at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Ron Samworth's Etiquette of Dying at the VIFF Centre, Jeremy Ledbetter Trio at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, and Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri at Pyatt Hall and Frankie's After Dark!
Don't tell me we're not living in a golden age of music and if you think there's nothing to do in Vancouver, you're just not paying attention! So as a public service to help you make informed decisions, check out today's A-Trane show at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at 2pm ....
10/18/2024
Pot pourri show on the A-Trane this after with a pretty wide variety of gems for your ears! Upcoming gigs from Jenny Scheinman's All Species Parade at the BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts at Capilano University and her frequent collaborators Ben Goldberg, Todd Sickafoose and Scott Amendola at Tyrant Studios later in the week, Jacqui Naylor and Karin Plato at Frankie's Jazz Club, John Kameel Farah at the Orpheum Annex, Brodie West & Kevin Romain at Coastal Jazz's Ironfest, some Neil Young covers from The Meters & Amy Cervini (AtGR shows sold out) and more!
New releases from Karrin Allyson, Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding, Darius Jones, Peggy Lee/Cole Schmidt and Roy Hargrove along with enough birthday nods to get a crick in your neck!
Got it all happening, all we need is you! At 100.5FM and coopradio . org starting at two ...
10/11/2024
Celebrating the Vibraphone on this afternoon's A-Trane! It's pretty rare to celebrate a Jazz Centenary when the celebrant is still among us but Terry Gibbs turns 100 this Sunday and he's still cookin' and sharp as a tack doing occasional Q&A open zoom sessions! We'll take a sweep across his career as well as sampling the new Dream Band archival release!
Warren Wolf celebrates the history of the vibraphone on his recent Cellar release and we'll pair his performances with some of the originals kicking off with Milt Jackson & John Coltrane's collaboration for JC's first Atlantic recording Bags & Trane!
The Real Jeremy Pelt Fan Page brings his working ensemble to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts tonight and we'll hear some of his vibes collaborations with Warren Wolf, Chien Chien Lu, and Jalen Baker.
More from Atley King and Patricia Brennan along with previews for Mimosa (Frankie's tomorrow), Lido Pimienta (QET on Sunday) and a couple of performances of Ron Samworth's Etiquette of Dying at Secret Lantern Society Headquarters (Oct 16) and VIFF (Oct 27)!
So grab the mallets and turn up the vibrato, catch the vibe at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at two!
10/04/2024
On the A-Trane this afternoon, honoring the legacy of the late Benny Golson who passed away last week at the age of 95 and had an outstanding career of over 70 years as a tenor player, band leader, composer of many standards and legendary arranger.
TWe'll try to touch as many highlights in that career as we can fit in but we'll have time for previews for upcoming gigs from The Real Jeremy Pelt Fan Page, John Kameel Farah, Jenny Scheinman, Lido Pimienta, Jessica Ackerley, ANOHNI and Bill C**n with new releases from Warren Wolf, Roy Hargrove and Thumbscrew!
Tune in for We Remember Benny starting at 2pm at 100.5FM and coopradio . org ...
09/20/2024
Mixed bag on this afternoon['s A-Trane - new releases, upcoming events and birthdays. Theme is taken in by Chico Hamilton born on this day in 1921 and we'll do a feature set celebrating the birthday of alto saxophonist, vocalist and educator Vi Redd. New releases from Matthew Wilson, Jeff Lederer, Kirk Knuffke and more. Upcoming events include VIFF/Infidels screening of Le Chat dans Le Sac (with original soundtrack by John Coltrane), Mike Allen, Peggy Lee & Cole Schmidt, San Pedro Cinco, Tony Wilson & Longhand, Barbara Hannigan singing John Zorn, The Flat Earth Society Orchestra, George Colligan, Kerry Politzer Music and Jazz Is Dead with Marcos Valle!
The A-Trane taking you where you need to go every Friday afternoon at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at two, get on board!
09/15/2024
The first installment of the Solo Sundays series kicks off tomorrow with a rare visit to Vancouver by the wonderful pianist Benny Green. In his early years, he honed his skills with Betty Carter, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messenger and the Ray Brown Trio but he qualifies as a modern master through his performances with his own groups including a long-standing partnership with the late Russell Malone and a number of wonderful solo recordings- don't sleep on the chance to hear him in a small venue like Pyatt Hall.
Thanks to Cory Weeds & Frankie's Jazz Club for making this possible!
09/13/2024
It's not often that I manage to find a version of the Take The "A" Train theme that includes two of this week's features but this week we have Kristin Korb & Benny Green kicking off today's A-Trane! They're both performing this week - Benny Green as part of Cory Weeds' Solo Sundays master piano series at Pyatt Hall and Kristin Korb showcasing her new reimagining of the Eurythmics at Frankie's on Thursday.
Lots more with a feature set for Benjamin Sigerson's brand new release The Forest for The Trees (celebrated at Frankie's tonight), new releases from the Mingus Big Band, Miguel Zenon, Shorter, Jenny Scheinman, Patricia Brennan, Pat Metheny, John Lee, Norma Winstone & Kit Downes with birthday nods to Scott Hamilton, Jelly Roll Morton and much more!
From the Ancient to the Future (and back again), take a ride on the A-Trane time machine at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at two ...
09/06/2024
With all the great music happening in the lower mainland this fall, it only makes sense that this afternoons A-Trane features a Fall Preview with many new releases!
After Roger Kellaway takes in the theme, we'll hear Coltrane's Blue World (at VIFF), the tenoriffic duo Mike Allen & Steve Kaldestad, Jenny Scheinman, projects from Peggy Lee including Open Thread (w Dylan van der Schyff, Handmade Blade and Cole Schmidt - part of the Unwritten Weekends festival, new one from Lucian Ban & Matt Maneri, Cory Weeds' Solo Piano series featuring Benny Green, Eric Reed, and Bill Charlap (with a passing nod to the late Russell Malone), Benjamin Sigerson' keyboard army, Daniel Hersog & Bruno Hubert, Kristin Korb, George Colligan with and without Kerry Politzer Music, The Real Jeremy Pelt Fan Page, Jacqui Naylor, Laura Anglade, and Jazz Is Dead with Brazilian fusion group Azymuth! (And an early happy birthday to Sonny Rollins!)
As my Infidelic friend Tim Reinert likes to say, we're living in a new golden age of music so come share in the wealth starting at 2pm at 100.5FM or coopradio . org ...
08/16/2024
Celebrating birthdays and new releases (and sometimes birthdays with new releases) on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program! After Mulgrew Miller takes in the theme, we'll have an extended feature for Bill Evans who would have been 95 years old today. August 16 birthdays also include Alvin Queen, Mary Stallings, Julie Saury, Mike Downes, Ellery Eskelin, Marcello Melis and Mal Waldron (!)
We'll also have a feature set for the new release from Caity Gyorgy and releases from her co-conspirators Anthony D'Alessandro and Jacob Wutzke!
So start icing the cake and pull out the candles, the celebration of great music starts at two at 100.5FM or coopradio . org (or both!), see you there ...
08/06/2024
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08/02/2024
Back in the saddle again and up for it with some great music on a new A-Trane this afternoon mainly focused on new releases - Conrad Herwig's Latin take on McCoy Tyner, Ryan Oliver's latest (celebrated this weekend at Frankies with special guests Terry Clarke & Dee Daniels), the remarkable Magpie Suite from Sarah Jerrom-McBride, Christine Jensen, Bill Charlap (coming as part of Cory Weeds' Piano Masters series this fall), Meshell Ndegeocello's tribute to the James Baldwin Centenary today, and the late Jim Rotondi's large ensemble project. We'll also squeeze in some music from Matt Choboter (at Frankie's After Dark tonight) and birthday nods to Kenny Burrell and Nana Vasconcelos!
Something for everybody (that includes you!), so check it out this afternoon starting at two pacific ....
A reprise of Vancouver International Jazz Festival previews on The A-Trane Radio Program this afternoon with live features for Lakecia Benjamin, Julian Lage and Ches Smith's We All Break with the addition of a preview for another fantastic show coming this week - Kahil El Zabar & David Murray at Pyatt Hall on Thursday June 20th presented by Tim Reinert and our good friends over at Infidels Jazz!
No apostation here, be a true believer and tune into 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at two pacific ....
05/24/2024
Something a little unusual on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program - the full program for the Vancouver International Jazz Festival from Coastal Jazz is out now and we're going to feature recent concert recordings from three of the headlining artists performing. We'll hear Lakecia Benjamin recorded in Vienna, Julian Lage recorded in Paris and Ches Smith's We All Break recorded in Chicago!
We'll also have time to feature some other events like Marshall Allen's Centenary today (amazingly still out there gigging with and without the Arkestra), John Lee at Frankie's After Dark tonight, the Hard Rubber Orchestra's Fun for the Whole Family tomorrow night at SFU Woodward's and more!
Live Music is definitely the best but it's even better when you're prepared for it, the A-Trane will help you get ready this afternoon at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at two pacific ....
05/22/2024
I wrote about my intersections with Sun Ra's orbit:
From one of those worlds came the earthly embodiment of the musician, philosopher, keyboardist, composer, arranger, bandleader, visionary known to mere mortals as Le Sony’Ra or more commonly Sun Ra. In recent years Sun Ra has come to be recognized as a pioneer of Afro-futurism, the cultural moveme...
05/17/2024
Saxophones, birthdays, large ensembles and combinations thereof get the spotlight on today`s edition of The A-Trane Radio Program!
An extended feature for the RSD release of the Sun Ra Arkestra at Joe Segal`s Jazz Showcase 1976/77 - Sun Ra`s 110th inter-galactic birthday and saxophonist Marshall Allen`s earthly centenary are both coming up in the next week.
May 17th is a birthday shared by the vice-pres Paul Quinichette (1916), Jackie McLean (1931), Roy Nathanson (1951 with a new release from The Jazz Passengers) and Dewey Redman (1931 with his collaboration with Jane Bunnett)! A farewell to the late David Sanborn with some aspects of his music that you may not know. And a preview for Hugh Fraser's VEJI Concert! next Wednesday at the BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts at Capilano University - Hugh's music lives on!
The music lives at The A-Trane Radio Program at 100.5FM and coopradio . org - drop by for a visit (we're always home) starting at two Pacific ....
05/11/2024
Marc JazzWax Myers gave the link to this film in an article about Mingus the other day - I've had the soundtrack for decades but I'd never seen the film with Mingus, Dave Brubeck, Johnny Dankworth, Tubby Hayes and others. The story's a little creepy but the music's great!
All Night Long (1962)
05/10/2024
A spotlight on new releases on today's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program - many of them coming out today! The Ellington Orchestra takes in the theme from Copenhagen 1958 and then a feature set for the Record Store Day release The Mighty Warriors from Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron. A set focusing on the music of Herbie Nichols from Fay Victor (SUNG!), Steve Cardenas, Ben Allison, and Ted Nash (Tell the Birds I Said Hello), Duck Baker and the man himself. Bill Frisell gets his own set with his new Orchestras, Chantal Acda & The Atlantic Drifters, live trio recording led by the late Ron Miles, and a revisiting of the Nino Rota theme Juliet of the Spirits from a new 1989 archival release in a duo with Wayne Horvitz! Shelly Manne performing the music of the late Bill Holman, new ones from Turboprop, The Jazz Passengers memory of the late Curtis Fowlkes, Andrea Superstein at Frankie's tonight, and looking ahead to the first concert from VEJI since the passing of Hugh Fraser.
Lots of shiny new baubles to delight the senses on the A-Trane at Vancouver Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at two ...
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Hi Music Lovers, my name is Nou Dadoun and I’m the host of the A-Trane Radio program on CFRO Vancouver Cooperative Radio; this year marks the 33rd anniversary of my doing the A-Trane.
In these days of auto-tune hits and factory-produced songs, there is a wealth of creative and beautiful music made by real people that flies below the radar of the increasingly fragmented (and too often syndicated) mainstream media. Part of my self-adopted mandate is to connect musicians, presenters, listeners and venues so that music makers can find their audiences and music lovers can feed their Curious Ears for both familiar and unfamiliar sounds. This comes through the information of who’s playing and what’s happening where and programming the best of jazz and other creative musics from around the world, across the country and in our community – I’ve had many artists tell me that the first time they ever heard their music on the radio was on the A-Trane!
Although the Canadian broadcasting rules mandate a minimum of 25% Canadian content for jazz, The A-Trane generally exceeds that quite handily. But in a way that supports the community by giving local artists exposure, playing them alongside current releases from the Canadian and international jazz scene and providing some historical context for the music in general. I think that's necessary to keep an appreciation for the music alive and vibrant - although everyone has their favorite 'golden ages' of jazz, featuring them to the exclusion of the excellent music being produced today risks turning jazz into a museum piece.
I think of the A-Trane as part of the Vancouver Jazz Ecosystem - the Vancouver scene is extremely active and diverse for a city this size. Besides the formally established venues like Frankie’s Jazz Club, Pat’s Pub, The Tangent Cafe etc, the active arts organizations and programmers like Coastal Jazz, the Capilano University series, the Chan Centre, Vancouver New Music etc, there is a wealth of musician-run spaces (Merge, Gold Saucer Studio, China Cloud, Toast Collective etc), house concerts and musical presentations which simply aren’t of interest to the mainstream media outlets in the city. Where can a music lover go to find out about what interesting music is going on in their community? And where can they hear some of the artists beforehand especially the ones they don’t even know that they might be interested in?
The weekly idiosyncratic events listing called The A-Trane Calendar evolved over the years out of my passion for music, my appreciation for the richness of the Vancouver musical community and my desire to contribute to making the scene even better. As a weekly part of the A-Trane, it’s meant as both a community outreach and guide for the music you hear on the radio show.
The medium that makes all this possible is CFRO, a radio cooperative that has been broadcasting in the lower mainland since 1975. The cooperative part means that it’s owned by its members (that’s you and me) and almost all volunteer-driven – you can count the number of employees on the fingers of one hand!
The non-commercial part means that we don’t sell ears to advertisers, we use the airwaves to present our passion in music, public affairs, community access, alternative voices and to strengthen our community. Being non-commercial means that we rely on our members for funding through memberships and donations. This allows us to maintain our independence and ensure that the quality content that we present is solely tied to satisfying our audiences.
So if you’ve ever gone to a concert because you saw it on the A-Trane Calendar or had your gig listed or your music played on the A-Trane or heard something that knocked your socks off, please consider making a donation or taking a membership. It’s an investment in your community that’s sure to pay dividends!
Just click through to the A-Trane Fundraising Page and do what comes natural – you’ll be contributing to your community! It’s even tax-deductible!
