It’s quite amazing how musicians can perform the one song is so many different ways. In the show for Sunday May 27, we’re going to be looking at one song, recorded by literally hundreds of musicians, and listening to how …
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Tonught’s show is going to be featuring musical brothers. With a bit of cheating. There’quite a few musical families out there, and we certainly enjoy the fruits of their labours. The Marsalis family in the US, for one, and of …
Read moreFruity Jazz
Tonight we played music with references to fruit. Charlie Parker’s Scrapple From The Apple, for instance, and a version of Tangerine by Ray Brown with John Pizzarelli. We stretched the friendship just a tad with Art Pepper Red Pepper Blues, …
Read moreNew Orleans Jazz Festival
New Orleans is one of my favourite cities in the world. The music, the food, the people, the music, the buildings, the culture … And did I mention the music? It’s not your typical American city. The influences of the …
Read moreMarch 4, 2007
This week, we showcased Unusual Subjects, a theme with bands and artists doing songs in ways that you probably wouldn't normally expect.
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