The A-Trane Radio Program CFRO

Two principal features on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program, first up is the great Gary Bartz who turns 85 years old today and we'll hear him in a number of settings from Max Roach's group, Miles Davis, & Ntu Troop through to Maisha & Jazz is Dead. Then an extended feature for the late British double bass player Danny Thompson who brought a jazz sensibility to each of the extremely varied projects in which he participated. We'll hear him with Alexis Korner, John McLaughlin, a nascent version of the Brotherhood of Breath, Nick Drake, John Martyn, Pentangle, Stan Tracey, Richard Thompson - RT and much more!We'll also have time for some previews from Jacqui Naylor, James Danderfer with Miki Yamanaka, Sue Foley, Seamus Blake with The Bloomdaddies, The Mad Professor with Sly & Robbie and solo Keith Jarrett in Jazz Köln.The kind of free form programming that you'll only hear on great non-commercial radio like CFRO 100.5FM or coopradio . org every Friday afternoon starting at two pacific!If you want to follow along, here's the playlist!The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadounon every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm PacificCelebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986100.5FM or coopradio.org  Check it out!

On this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program saying goodbye to two stellar musicians who both passed on the same day this week: the Hammond B3 player Akiko Tsuruga and the Brazilian wizard multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal!Also a preview for George Garzone's sold-out Tribute to John Coltrane performance at Tyrant Studios on Tuesday Sept 23rd to celebrate their shared birthdays - Coltrane's 99th and Garzone's 75th! GG is also playing at VIFF the next night to introduce the documentary FIRE MUSIC (tickets still available) and his appearance all presented in conjunction with our friends over at Infidels Jazz!We'll also hear from another show they're presenting at Zameen Art House with Noah Franche-Nolan tonight!And odds and ends with the Delta Rhythm Boys taking in a (new to me!) version of the A Train theme, new live release from Pharoah Sanders, and nods to Who knows Who from Petra Haden, Pete Townshend/Ronnie Lane, and Richie Havens!Don't get fooled again, tune into Vancouver Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at Two Pacific - take a bow for the new revolution!If you want to follow along, here's the playlist!If you want to follow along, here's the playlist!The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadounon every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm PacificCelebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986100.5FM or coopradio.org  Check it out!

Mostly previews and birthdays on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program. Oliver Jones takes in the theme - he turned 91 yesterday and is still participating in some of the Oscar Peterson centenary celebrations happening across the country.Other birthdays observed today are Leo Kottke, Mel Torme, Texas Alexander (I don't know what the hell is that!), Cat Anderson and Baby Face Willette! We'll hear previews and new releases from Elliot Freedman, John Stowell, Bill Frisell's Lookout for Hope, Ches Smith's Clone Row with Mary Halvorson and Liberty Ellman, George Garzone, James Danderfer with Miki Yamanaka, Holly Cole, Mike DiRubbo, Kit Eakle and Noah Franche-Nolan!Also an opening set that shows some different sides of saxophonist Charlie Rouse from a couple of new reissues from the mid-70s - a progressive release on Strata-East Records and a Brazilian set originally for Douglas expanded on a new Resonance Records release. We'll also hear him (and Coltrane) in settings with Thelonious Monk to round things out.Another well-rounded show - tune in for a balanced jazz diet at 100.5FM or coopradio . org this afternoon starting at 2 PM Pacific (and available soon as a podcast!)If you want to follow along, here's the playlist!If you want to follow along, here's the playlist!The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadounon every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm PacificCelebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986100.5FM or coopradio.org  Check it out!

The focus is on Saxophones on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program!Vancouver is celebrating this weekend's birthday of Sonny Rollins with a series of concerts recreating albums from his amazing career culminating in a screening of Robert Mugge's documentary at the VIFF Theatre this Sunday (Sonny's actual 95th birthday!) We'll sample from the albums in that tribute series and include the legendary performance of G-Man from that doc!Art Pepper's Centenary was earlier this week and we'll take a sweep across his career in two extended sets separated by his 1960s hiatus demonstrating his mastery of the horn in both blazing tempos and achingly beautiful ballads. (Included is the piece dedicated to Laurie Pepper recorded in Toronto with Bernie Senensky, Gene Perla, David Piltch and Terry Clark released on Widow's Taste!)Also included, new releases from David Murray (who also takes in the theme), Nicole Glover, Greg Abate and the new release from George Coleman Sr. and Strings dedicated to you!Blowing our horns at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at Two Pacific!If you want to follow along, here's the playlist!If you want to follow along, here's the playlist!The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadounon every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm PacificCelebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986100.5FM or coopradio.org  Check it out!

In these waning days of summer just taking it easy on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program with preview features and birthdays! An extended feature for the great Esperanza Spalding will take a sweep across her multi-faceted career, collaborations and recordings to preview her highly anticipated performance at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts tonight!Other previews include Campbell Ryga, Pj Perry, Amy Stephen & Amir Haghighi, Rudresh Mahanthappa, and Dave Say's interpretations of Sonny Rollins' Way Out West (he's an old cowhand!) For Charlie Parker's birthday today, we'll mix different versions of Confirmation and Trane's reworking 26-2 as well as a few other nods. Other birthdays include Jerry Dodgion (the theme!), Cecile McLorin Salvant, Dinah Washington, Lester Young (the real Prez!) and Doug Raney!The summer is fading but the Jazz Sun continues to shine on the A-Trane - catch some rays at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at 2 Pacific!If you want to follow along, here's the playlist!The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadounon every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm PacificCelebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986100.5FM or coopradio.org  Check it out!

This afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program is completely in celebration of the Centenary of the great Oscar Peterson born 100 years ago today. We'll celebrate Oscar the pianist, the accompanist and collaborator and the composer with a mix of requests, career highlights and rarities spanning his 60+ year career! Solo, in duo and his many working trios as well as collaborations with Lester Young, Benny Carter, Billie Holiday, Roy Eldridge, Fred Astaire, Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Louis and Ella, Buddy DeFranco, Nelson Riddle, Phil Nimmons and Nine Plus Six, Joe Pass, Oliver Jones and others!We'll also have a set taken from the 1980 CBC TV series Oscar Peterson and Friends with guests Lorne Lofsky, Butch Watanabe, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Toots Thielemans, Joe Pass, Buddy DeFranco and Zoot Sims! We'll also visit a couple of soundtracks which will be shown at the VIFF Centre tomorrow - the 1949 NFB Norman McLaren short Begone Dull Care and the 1979 dedication to Elliot Gould from The Silent Partner.With literally hundreds of albums and thousands of recordings, it's hard to do justice to OP in just 3 1/2 hours but I think there's something there for everybody. Maybe something for you, at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at 2pm Pacific - check it out!If you want to follow along, here's the playlist!The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadounon every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm PacificCelebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986100.5FM or coopradio.org  Check it out!

A few extended features on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program starring with an early celebration of Art Pepper's Centenary with a 1980 weekend starting at Ronnie Scott's going into An Afternoon in Norway at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival released earlier this year. It seems as though every day brings bad news about great musicians we have lost and we'll have tributes to two wonderful artists who we lost this week - Nancy King and Joe Daley! We'll also have time for Benny Carter's birthday today (he takes in the theme from the Montreal Jazz Festival!) and upcoming performance features for Nick Hempton, Brad Shigeta (with a new trio release!), Jodi Gilbert, Michael Moore and more. We'll finish with a down payment on a tribute to the late Eddie Palmieri who will be featured on an upcoming A-Trane!We have many musical debts at the A-Trane and they always get paid! Cash in this afternoon at 100.5FM or coopradio . org at 2pm and you'll definitely be richer for it!If you want to follow along, here's the playlist!The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadounon every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm PacificCelebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986100.5FM or coopradio.org  Check it out!

Kicking off this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program with an overdue celebration of the centenary of the great James Moody with a sweep across his varied career of over 60 years. He takes in the theme with one of his last Grammy-winning recordings and we'll hear him with Renee Rosnes doing Giant Steps (!), Dizzy Gillespie, Eddie Jefferson, Roberta Gambarini, Cheryl Bentyne, and a stellar array of guests from the recent Origin Records release of a concert celebrating his 80th birthday!Previews include at Frankie's Jazz Club this weekend, Kerry Politzer Music from her upcoming release and George Colligan from his recent trio release featuring Linda May Han Oh & Jack DeJohnette. As well as pianist Misha Piatigorsky in this Thursday with the inestimable Rudy Royston!Another preview for Ches Smith's Clone Row (coming to the Revue Theatre this fall at the behest of Coastal Jazz) kicks off a guitar set with recent recordings from Mary Halvorson & Nels Cline. Birthday nods for James Baldwin from a new release from Jaleel Shaw & last year's tribute from Meshell Ndegeocello.And a last preview for Norbert Rodenkirchen appearing tomorrow as part of Early Music Vancouver's summer festival!Join us for the fastiest 3 1/2 hours in radio at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at 2pm Pacific!If you want to follow along, here's the playlist!The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadounon every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm PacificCelebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986100.5FM or coopradio.org  Check it out!

Hellos and Goodbyes on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program! Goodbyes to Cleo Laine (who takes in the theme), Chuck Mangione, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, and an extended retrospective of the late Hal Galper. Some previews of upcoming performances from Siobhan with her tribute to Aretha Franklin at the Fort Langley Jazz and Arts Festival tomorrow and Frankie's Jazz Club next month, and more for Frankie's from Kirk MacDonald, Bruce Barth, Pat Bianchi, and George Colligan! With birthday nods to Annie Ross, Johnny Hodges, and centenaries for Little Jimmy Scott & Kippie Moeketsi!Mixing it up in the service of musical diversity! Check it out at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at 2pm Pacific!If you want to follow along, here's the playlist!If you want to follow along, here's the playlist!The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadounon every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm PacificCelebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986100.5FM or coopradio.org  Check it out!

Music from around the world is the focus of The A-Trane Radio Program this afternoon - we'll start with a couple of birthdays, Brian Auger takes in the theme, he's 86 today. Then an extended feature on the great South African saxophone player Dudu Pukwana who would have been 87 today!But most of the show is handed over to the eclectic lineup for this weekend's Vancouver Folk Music Festival with music from Gordon Grdina's Haram, Ye Vagabonds, Bel & Quinn, Jane Siberry, Samantha Parton (as part of the Be Good Tanyas) Derek Gripper, VIIK, a full set feature for Sue Foley, Bamba Wassoulou Groove, The Zawose Queens, Emily Wurramar, Shooglenifty, Elisapie, Ruthie Foster, Speeding West (featuring Luca Benedetti) and Bab L'Bluz doing Gnawa music from Morocco!The world in one festival and one radio program, check it out at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at 2pm and then head down to the best festival site in the world at Jericho Beach Park!If you want to follow along, here's the playlist!The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadounon every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm PacificCelebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986100.5FM or coopradio.org  Check it out!

The A-Trane 2025-06-20 - Vancouver International Jazz Festival 2025 Week 2:As in time immemorial, the second A-Trane of this year's Vancouver International Jazz Festival features the artists performing the last weekend through the end of the festival on Canada Day! Kahil El'Zabar takes in theme with the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble and then we'll hear features for Christine Jensen, Nubya Garcia, Marquis Hill, the Dave Robbins Big Band (to be played by the VJO!), Eve Risser, Open Thread (with Peggy & Dylan!), Susie Ibarra, Dido & the Hand People (to be played by Feven Kidane!) and Isaiah Collier! And if you're not too overwhelmed, a lovely piece by the always amazing Pierre Bensusan at the Fox on July 2nd! As always, a one-stop shop for music in your community - The A-Trane Radio Program right on track this afternoon starting at 2pm at 100.5FM or coopradio . org!If you want to follow along, here's the playlist!The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadounon every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm PacificCelebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986100.5FM or coopradio.org  Check it out!

The A-Trane 2025-06-20 - Vancouver International Jazz Festival 2025 Week 1:Continuing the tradition of featuring music upcoming in first week of the 2025 Vancouver International Jazz Festival (Coastal Jazz) on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program!We're as eclectic as the festival itself with featured performances by Gerry Hemingway (WHO takes in the theme!), Izumi Kimura, François Houle, Gordon Grdina, Bill Frisell, Richard Bona, Corey Harris, Makaya McCraven, Immanuel Wilkins (with a side excursion with the Lutoslawski Quartet and a commission from the Jazztopad Festival), Tyler Henderson, Cory Weeds, Betty Davis (celebrated by Mary Ancheta's MAQuestra), Kneebody (and a recent release by Ben Wendel), the New Jazz Underground, Peggy Lee & Cole Schmidt, Sharon Minemoto with Jon Bentley, musicmusicmusic Oversize!, Joshua Zubot & Strings, Dean Edward Thiessen & Stranger Friends, Eve Risser and a greasy finish with the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio.Pick up a program and get out and check out some of the great music happening at this year's festival, let the A-Trane be your guide at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at two pm pacifically!If you want to follow along, here's the playlist!The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadounon every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm PacificCelebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986100.5FM or coopradio.org  Check it out!