Win a Pass for the Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival & more! CKUT FUNDING DRIVE 2013

CKUT's annual funding drive is happening now! Things got started on Thursday the 24th of October, and will go until Sunday November 3rd. Please consider donating to the station. To sweeten the deal, there are tons of great prizes up for grabs. Visit http://www.ckut.ca/funding/ for all the details.

With a minimum donation of $25 to Jazz Euphorium, you will be entered into a draw for a PASS to the 2014 SUONI PER IL POPOLO FESTIVAL!!!! We will also do a draw for the new vinyl release of Sam Shalabi & Stefan Christoff's родина (Rodina)! AND you get a CD.

Pledge $60 and in addition to being eligible for the aforementioned draws, you will be entered into the "Free Form Radio" draw for another Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival Pass. AND you'll have a shot at one of the many fabulous prize packs available in the Grand Prize Draw. AND you automatically get a CD, and a custom-screend CKUT t-shirt or a bag, so you really can't lose.

Tune in to our special funding drive show on Wednesday October 30th, 8-10pm; we'll be spinning tunes and asking for your support. You can donate online or by calling 514.907.9424. Get your pledges paid by November 3rd at midnight, as we will be announcing the names of our winners live on the program on November 6th.

Playlist October 23, 2013

Host: David Ryshpan

Gerald Clayton - "Future Reflection" (Life Forum)
Samuel Blaser Consort in Motion - "Bohemia" (A Mirror to Machaut)
*Gordon Grdina/Mark Helias - "Limbo" (No Difference)
Ron Miles - "Mr. Kevin" (Quiver)
Kneebody - "Cha-Cha" (The Line)
Kurt Rosenwinkel - "Gamma Band" (Star of Jupiter)
Warren Wolf - "Grand Central" (Wolfgang)
Ronald Shannon Jackson & The Decoding Society - "American Madman" (Earned Dreams)
Last Exit - "Brain Damage" (Koln) [RIP Ronald Shannon Jackson]
*Pedersen/Lampron/Gobeil/Kerr/Thibodeau - "Elyxium" (Live in Silence) [Dominic Gobeil @ Resonance Café 10/29]
*Drumheller - "Sometimes Machine" (Sometimes Machine)
Eri Yamamoto Trio - "Around On the Way" (Firefly)
Craig Taborn Trio - "Speak the Name" (Chants)
Tim Berne's Snakeoil - "Static" (Shadow Man)
Tarbaby - "August" (Ballad of Sam Langford)
Christian McBride Trio - "Who's Making Love?" (Out Here)

Playlist, October 16, 2013

Host: David Ryshpan

"Dance of the Macrocosmic People" - The Aperturistic Trio (Truth and Actuality) 4:56
"Mariana" -  Guillermo Klein y Los Guachos (Carrera) 6:27
*"Blue Yonder" - Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra (Habitat) 7:52
"El Camaleon" - Pete Rodriguez (Caminando con Papi) 6:30
"Nines" - Ben Wendel & Dan Tepfer (Small Constructions) 6:22
"Family Ties" - Antonio Sanchez (New Life) 8:45
*"Mintaka" - Hutchison Andrew Trio (Prairie Modern) 5:02
"MBBS" - Tarbaby (Ballad of Sam Langford) 5:12
*"Sketch #1" - Pedersen/Lampron/Gobeil/Kerr/Thibodeau (Live in Silence) 5:40
*"Mambo #6" - Joe Sullivan Big Band (Northern Ontario Suite) 7:08
"Ain’t Nothin’ Nu" - Lewis Nash Quintet (The Highest Mountain) 6:19
"Get Out" - Hush Point (s/t) 5:19
"Color" - Samuel Blaser Consort in Motion (A Mirror to Machaut) 6:11
"Nix" - Dawn of MIDI (Dysnomia) 3:39
*"Colapso" Kite Trio (Strange Beast) 4:43
"Twice" - NEXT Collective (Cover Art) 6:20
"Dream of Monk" - Fred Hersch Trio (Alive at the Vanguard) 6:10
"Art Deco" - Enrico Rava (The Words and the Days) 3:18

Playlist: Wednesday October 2nd, 2013

Hosted by Katerina

Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet - America's Third Century Spiritual Awakening (Golden Quartet, Tzadik, 2000)

Matana Roberts - River Ruby Dues, Confessor Haste, Amma Jerusalem School, For This Is, Responsory (Coin Coin Chapter 2: Mississippi Moonchile, Constellation, 2013)

Christine Jensen - Upper Fargo (Look Left, Effendi, 2006)

Lisa Ullén - Low Voice I (Catachresis, Nuscope, 2011)

Mend Ham - AE (L'Off Jazz Compilation 2013)

Miles Davis - Rated X (Get Up With It, Columbia 1974, 2000 RE)

John Tchicai and Cadentia Nova Danica - Afrodisiaca (Afrodisiaca, MPS, 1969)

Tomasz Stanko/ New York Quartet - Assassins (Wisława, ECM, 2013)

Muhal Richard Abrams/ Malachi Favors - Unity (Dedicated to the A.A.C.M.),  (Sightsong, Black Saint, 1976)

Jeanne Lee/ Ran Blake - Where Flamingos Fly (The Newest Sound Around, RCA, 1962, 2000 RE)

Natsuki Tamura - Matsuri (Dragon Nat, Libra, 2013)

Eri Yamamoto Trio - Real Story (Firefly, Aum Fidelity, 2013)

Cannonball Adderley/ Bill Evans - Nancy (With the laughing face) (Know What I Mean?, Riverside, 1961, 2001 RE)

Win Tickets to L'Off Jazz Opening Night 2013 - Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra!

Tune in to Jazz Euphorium tonight for your chance to win tickets to hear the Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra live at the Lion d'Or. The concert is tomorrow evening, October 3rd, and kicks of the 14th edition of Montreal's L'Off Jazz Festival.
Two pairs of tickets are up for grabs. They will be given away on-air, so listen closely from 8 to 10pm on CKUT 90.3 FM.

Playlist September 18, 2013

Host: David Ryshpan

Antonio Sanchez - "The Real McDaddy" (New Life)
Jamie Baum Septet+ - "Ants and Other Faithful Beings" (In This Life)

L'Off Festival de Jazz preview 
*Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra - "Blue Yonder" (Habitat) [CD launch @ Lion D'or, 3 Oct]
Mark Feldman/Sylvie Courvoisier - "Roel" (Malphas) [Feldman w/ Jazzlab @ Cabaret du Mile-End, 12 Oct]
*Jeff Johnston Trio - "Cinders" (Returning) [@ Upstairs, 6 Oct]
*Chet Doxas - "Third City" (Dive) [@ Upstairs, 5 Oct]
*Rémi-Jean LeBlanc - "T'en as eu assez (3e partie)" (s/t) [@ La Sala Rossa, 9 Oct]
*The Youjsh - "He's a Steve Day Kind of Guy (If You Know What I'm Saying) (and I Think That You Do)" (Who's Next) [@ La Sala Rossa, Off Jazz, 10 Oct]

Orrin Evans - "Blues Connotation" ("...it was beauty")
Billy Bang - "Law Years" (Da Bang!)
Mario Pavone - "Andrew" (Arc Trio)
Matt Mitchell - "Dadaist Flu" (Fiction)
Thomas Heberer/Achim Kaufmann - "Baumhaus" (Knoten)
Ben Wendel/Dan Tepfer - "Nines" (Small Constructions)
Hush Point - "B. Remembered" (s/t)
Gavin Templeton - "Bug" (In Series)
Ross Hammond Quartet - "Hopped Up on Adrenaline" (Cathedrals)

Playlist September 11, 2013

Host: David Ryshpan

Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra - "Not In Our Name" (Not In Our Name)
Mike McGinnis +9 - "Concerto for Clarinet & Combo, 3rd Movement" (Road*Yrip)
Bryn Roberts - "Canadian Tuxedo" (Fables)
Jeff Lederer - "Honeysuckle Rose" (Swing 'n' Dix)
The Aperturistic Trio - "Aperturistic" (Truth and Actuality)
Ryan Cohan - "Brother Fifi" (The River)
Orrin Evans - "Dorm Life" (It Was Beauty)
Matt Ulery's Loom - "My Favorite Stranger" (Wake an Echo)
Drew Gress - "Zaftig Redux" (The Sky Inside)
Ben Wendel - "Clayland" (Frame)
Harris Eisenstadt - "It is Never Safe to Be" (Golden State)
Quest - "Prince of Darkness" (Circular Dreaming)
Ron Miles - "Doin' the Voom Voom" (Quiver)
Bobby Avey - "Stardust" (Be Not So Long to Speak)
Nicky Schrire - "Teardrop" (Space and Time)
Miguel Zenón - "JOS Nigeria" (Oye!!! Live in Puerto Rico)
Frederic Rzewski  - "The People United Will Never Be Defeated" (Rzewski Plays Rzewski)

Playlist August 14, 2013

Host: David Ryshpan

New releases!

Mike McGinnis +9 - "Up & Out" (Road*Trip)
Ben Wendel & Dan Tepfer - "Line Up" (Small Constructions)
Matt Ulery's Loom - "Coriander" (Wake an Echo)
Drew Gress - "Long Story" (The Sky Inside)
Harris Eisenstadt - "Especially Preposterous Assertions" (Golden State)
*Jeff Johnston - "Cinders" (Returning)
Kaze - "Mecanique" (Tornado) [@ Sala Rossa September 8]
Nicky Schrire - "Seliyana" (Space and Time)
JD Walter - "Pretending to Care" (One Step Away)
*Cameron Wallis - "402 E. 116th Street" (Calling Dexter) [@ Resonance Cafe tonight]
Bryn Roberts - "Corlear's Hook" (Fables)
Quest - "Hand Jive" (Circular Dreaming)
Mara Rosenbloom Quartet - "Small Finds" (Songs from the Ground)
Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense - "Scaean Gates" (Moment & the Message)
Ron Miles - "Rudy-Go-Round" (Quiver)
Ryan Cohan - "Arrival" (The River)
Cacaw - "Double Dagger" (Stellar Power)

Playlist: Wednesday August 7th, 2013

Prison Justice Week edition
Hosted by Katerina

The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - Jazz, Delicious Hot, Disgusting Cold (Gorilla, Liberty, 1967, 2007 RE)

Brahja Waldman's Quartet - Facts of Life (Cosmic Brahjas, Howl!, 2013)
Brahja Waldman's Quartet - Lonely Glory (Closer to the Tones, Howl!, 2013)

Alexandra Grimal - Orion (Andromeda, Ayler Records, 2012)

Myra Melford Be Bread - Equal Grace (The Image of Your Body, Cryptogramophone, 2006)

Yosuke Yamashita - Sunayama (Sa Ku Ra, Verve, 1990)

Roland Kirk - Volunteered Slavery (Volunteered Slavery, Atlantic, 1969, RE)

Nat Adderley - Sweet Emma (The Scavenger, Milestone, 1968)

Mary Halvorson Quintet - Hemmorrhaging Smiles (No. 25) (Bending Bridges, Firehouse 12, 2012)

Verneri Pohjola Quartet with Aki Rissanen - Cheap Taxi Adventure (Ancient History, ACT, 2012)

Archie Shepp/ Bill Dixon - Where Poppies Bloom (Consequences, BYG, 1968)

Eri Yamamoto Trio - Up and Down (The Next Page, AUM Fidelity, 2012)

Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society - AMS (Whispers from the Archive, Porter, 2012)

Mike Pride - Brestwerp (Birthing Days, AUM Fidelity, 2013)

Ornette Coleman - Compassion (Tomorrow is the Question!, Contemporary, 1959, 1988 RE)


Prison Justice Week on CKUT 90.3 FM, August 5th - 9th 2013
Resources:
Letters for the Inside: http://www.sfpirg.ca/research-resources/lfti
Prisoner Correspondence Project:http://www.prisonercorrespondenceproject.com/
Books 2 Prisoners: http://www.prisonjustice.ca/organizations/b2p.html
Justice Behind the Walls: http://justicebehindthewalls.net/

Jazz Euphorium Playlist - July 31 2013

Host: Lawrence Joseph

1. Charlie Christian - Swing to Bop - After Hours (Fantasy)
2. Dedication Orchestra - Angel-Nomali - Ixesha (Ogun)
3. Marilyn Crispell Trio - Movements Changeables - Highlights from the 1992 Tour (Music & Arts)
4. Ornette Coleman - Law Years - Science Fiction (Columbia)
5. Gary Schwartz - Law Years - Lettingo Live (self)
6. Correction with Mats Gustafson - Looking Up Birds - Shift (NoBusiness)
7. Rempis Percussion Quartet - Algonquin - Phalanx (Aerophonic)
8. Thomas Bergman - He Went That Away - Nasty & Sweet (NoBusiness)
9. Spontaneous Music Ensemble - Little Red Head - Challenge (Emanem)
10. Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp - Duet #2 - The Art of the Duet (Leo)
11. Trio Derome Guilbeault Tanguay - The Baron - Wow! (Ambiance Magnetique)
12. Aki Takase - It Don't Mean a Thing - My Ellington (Intakt)
13. Aki Takase - A Little Max (Parfait) - My Ellington (Intakt)