Playlist for Jazz Euphorium - September 22 2010

Host: Lawrence Joseph

1. Jelly Roll Morton Trio - Wolverine Blues (3:23)
The Pearls (1927) BMG Records

Jelly Roll Morton - piano
Johnny Dodds - clarinet
baby Dodds - drums

2. Charlie Parker/Miles Davis - Dewey Square (3:08)
The Birth of Bop (1947) A Jazz Hour With

Charlie Parker - sax
Miles Davis - trumpet
Irving Jordan - piano
Tommy Potter - bass
Max Roach - drums

3. Joe Pass - Satin Doll (5:46)
Portraits of Duke Ellington (1974) Pablo Records (written 1953)

Joe Pass - guitar
Ray Brown - bass
Bobby Durham - drums

4. Jeannie Lee/Mal Waldron - Good-bye Pork Pie Hat (3:23)
After Hours (1994) Sunnyside (written 1959)

Jeannie Lee - voice
Mal Waldron - piano


5. Khan Jamal - Afro Blue (5:14)
Impressions of Coltrane (2008) Steeplechase (written 1959)

Khan Jamal - vibraphone
Farid Barron - piano
Curtis Lundy - bass
Edgar Bateman - drums

6. Jimmy Raney - Hassan's Dream (7:11)
Wisteria (1986) Criss Cross (written in 195?)

Jimmy Raney - guitar
Tommy Flanagan - piano
George Maraz - bass

7. Elliot Sharp - Bemsha Swing (7:13)
Acoustic Guitar (2006) Clean Feed (written 195?)

Elliot Sharp - guitar

8. Ornette Coleman - Una Muy Bonita (6:02)
Change of the Century (1959) Atlantic

Ornette Coleman - alto sax
Don Cherry - pocket trumpet
Charlie Haden - bass
Billy Higgins - drums

9. Eric Dolphy - Iron Man (9:09)
Iron Man (1963) Charley

Eric Dolphy: alto sax, bass clarinet
Woody Shaw: trumpet
Clifford Jordan: soprano saxophone
Huey Sonny Simmons: alto saxophone
Prince Lasha: flute
Bobby Hutcherson: vibraphone
Eddie Khan, Richard Davis: basses
J.C. Moses: drums.

10. Anthony Braxton Quartet - Pumpkin (5:43)
Ten Compositions (Quartet) 2000 CIMP

Anthony Braxton - alto sax, flute
Kevin O'Neil - guitar
Andy Elau - bass
Kevin Norton - drums

11. Nels Cline - McNeil Island/Pumpkin (6:20)
New Monastery (2006) Cryptogrmmaphone

Nels Cline - Guitar
Scott Amendola - drums
Devin Hoff - bass
Bobby Bradford - cornet
Andrea Parkins - accordion
Ben Goldberg - Bb and contra-alto clarinets

12. Steve Lehman Quintet - Panther (10:10)
Structural Fire (2001) CIMP

Steve Lehman - sax
Roy Campbell Jr - trumpet
Kevin O'Neil - guitar
John Hebert - bass
Kevin Norton - drums

13. Shibusashirazu Orchestra - Kujira (15:50)
Something Difference (1994) Chitei Records

Daisuke Fuwa: conductor
Hiroaki Katayama: tenor sax
Junji Hirose: tenor sax
Naohiro Kawashita: tenor sax
Masahito Inoue: tenor sax
Nao Takeuchi: tenor sax
Satoshi Konno: tenor sax
Kunihiro Izumi: alto sax
Sachi Hayasaka: alto sax
Hiroshi Iwadate: alto sax
Yasuhiro Kusakabe: alto sax
Arata Suzuki: soprano sax
Naoki Hanashima: bass clarinet
Tadashi Ishikawa: trumpet
Yoichiro Kita: trumpet
Hiroshi Itaya: trombone
Yuji Katsui: violin
Takayuki Kato: guitar
Isao Mogi: guitar
Takeshi Shibuya: keyboards
Izumi Kaneko: keyboards
Hiroshi Higo: bass
Shiro Onuma: drums
Masahiro Uemura: drums
Shuji Soh: drums
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums
Takayuki Matsumura: percussion
Miho Yoshida: percussion
Kiro Sorimachi: vocal
Toshiyuki Igo: voice, etc.
(30 members)

14. Marshall Allen/ Lou Grassi - The Spirit of the Day (9:46)
Live at the Guelph Jazz Festival (2001) Cadence Jazz Records

Marshall Allen - alto sax
Lou Grassi - drums

Playlist for September 15, 2010

Hosts: Melvin Backstrom and Stephanie Khoury

All Can-Con Show for SOCAN week

1. Roy Patterson: "On a Cloud" off On a Cloud

2. Peggy Lee Band: "Long Beach" off Peggy Lee Band

3. The Ratchet Orchestra: "Demi-Poulet" off The Ratchet Orchestra

4. Kaiser-Kimara-O'Rourke-Oswald: "Tawny from Ivory" off Acoustics

5. Évidence (Derome, Tanguay, Cartier): "Hackensack" off Évidence-Musique de Thelonious Monk

6. Lenny Breau: "Lenny's Warm Up & Improvisation Of Autumn Leaves" off Cabin Fever

7. Brad Turner Quartet: "For Tia" off Live at the Cellar

8. John Stetch: "The Prairie Unfolds" off Stretching Out

9. Choeur Maha: "Four" off Different Angels

10. Ingrid Jensen: "Vernal Fields" off Vernal Fields

11. Elizabeth Shepard Trio: "Start to Move" off Elizabeth Shepard Trio

12. Michael Occhipinti: "Ballo della Famiglia" off Chasing After Light

13. Lori Freedman & Scott Thompson: "Two Plums" off Plumb

14. Fred Frith & Danielle Roger: "Dernier Cri" off Pas de Deux

15. Sage Reynolds: "Saturday Afternoon" off On the Wall

Playlist September 1st, 2010

artist - song - album

*Lorraine Desmarais - New Morning - Lorraine Desmarais (@Festi Jazz Rimouski, September 4)
Michael Musillami Trio - Shiner at Rocky's - Old Tea
*François Théberge - Jardim - Elenar
*Franco Proietti Morph-Tet - Moanin' - Live! A Weekend at Centre St. Ambroise
*Thom Gossage & Other Voices - Ring Around the Rainer - The Now Beyond
Gregg August Sextet - Hand to Mouth - One Peace
The Bad Plus - Street Woman - Give (2 Shows @ L'Astral, September 18)
Chicago Underground Duo - Exponent Red - Axis & Alignment (@ Casa Del Popolo, September 9)
JazzHop Revolution - The Movement - Tha Sound of Truth
Coleman Hawkins with Thelonious Monk - Recollections - Criss Cross (compilation)
*Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra feat. Ingrid Jensen - Western Yew - Treelines
*Jazzlab - Song for Joe - Chance Meeting
Jacob Koller - Nello - Music for Bowlers
Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth - The Clutch - Deluxe
*Avi Granite 6 - I don't know New York - Red Tree
*William Parker - For Don Cherry - At Somewhere Live, Toronto
(Parov Stelar - Psychedelic Jazz - Rough Cuts)
*Amanda Tosoff - Song For Bill - Still Life (@ Festi Jazz Rimouski, September 2)
Joost Buis & Astronotes - Rurrlo - Zoomin'
Martial Solal & Johnny Griffin - L'oreille est hardie - In & Out

Host: Parker Mah

Jazz Euphorium - Wednesday August 25 2010

Featuring the New York Avant-Jazz Loft Scene of the 1970s
Host: Lawrence Joseph

1. Dave Burell - Black Robert (5:43)
Jazz Loft Sessions - Knit Classics
Recorded 1976 at Studio RivBea 24 Bond Street, NYC

Dave Burell - Piano
Staford James - Bass
Harold James - Drums

2. Frank Lowe - Brother Joseph (4:41)
Black Beings ESP recorded in 1973

Frank Lowe - Tenor sax
Joseph Jarman - soprano and alto sax
Rashid Sinan - Drums
William Parker - Bass
Raymond Lee Cheng (The Wizard) - Violin

3. Muntu Ensemble - First Feeding (5:09)
First Feeding/Muntu recordings - No Business Records
1977 Bob Blank Studios in NYC

Jemeel Moondoc - alto sax
Arthur Williams - trumpet
Mark Hennen - piano
William Parker - bass
Rashid Bakr - drums

4.Muntu Ensemble - Flight from the Yellow Dog (13:57)
First Feeding/Muntu recordings - No Business Records
1977 Bob Blank Studios in NYC

Jemeel Moondoc - alto sax
Arthur Williams - trumpet
Mark Hennen - piano
William Parker - bass
Rashid Bakr - drums

5. Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu - The Evening of the Blue Men,
Part 3 (21:02)
Recorded live at St Marks Church NYC - 1979

Jemeel Moondoc - alto sax
Roy Campbell Junior - Trumpet
William Parker - bass
Rashid Bakr - drums

6. Jimmy Lyons Quartet - Jump Up (10:02)
The Box Set - Ayler Records 1972
Recorded at Studio RivBea

Jimmy Lyons - alto sax
Raphe Malik - trumpet
Hayes Burnett - Bass
Sydney Smart - Drums

6. Jimmy Lyons Quartet - Wee Sneezawee (13:15)
The Box Set - Ayler Records 1985
Recorded at Tufts Jazz Festival

Jimmy Lyons - alto sax
Karen Borca - bassoon
Wiliam Parker - Bass
Paul Murphy - Drums


7. Randy Weston - Portrait of Frank Edward Weston (9:17)
Jazz Loft Sessions - Knit Classics
Recorded 1976 at Studio RivBea 24 Bond Street, NYC

Randy Weston - piano
Azzedin Westin - conga
Alex Blake - Bass

8. Anthony Braxton - 73 degrees - S Kelvin (6:41)
Jazz Loft Sessions - Knit Classics
Recorded 1976 at Studio RivBea 24 Bond Street, NYC

Anthony Braxton - Alto sax, Clarinet, contrabass sax
Barry Altschul - Drums
Fred Hopkins - bass
Michael Jackson - guitar
George Lewis - trombone
Philip Wilson - percussion

Playlist August 11th, 2010

*Renee Rosnes/Bill Charlap - Inner Urge - Double Portrait

*Adrean Ferrugia - Mourning Star - Ricochet
Rova & Nels Cline Singers - Trouble Ticket (Excerpt) - The Celestial Septet
Oliver Lake Organ Quartet - Plan - Plan

*Charles Papasoff - Tôt - Papasoff Live
*Chris Davis - He Be Struttin' - Baile Bonita
*Trio François Bourassa - Reflet 1 (LP) - Hydro-Québec

Taylor Ho Bynum / Tomas Fujiwara - Weather Conditions May Vary - Stepwise
Timucin Sahin - Around B - Bafa
Jason Moran - Blue Blocks - Ten

Eric Hofbauer - Moose the Mooch-Cash Style - American Fear
Don Byron - Bli Blip - Red Hot + Indigo
*Parc-X Trio - Beaumont Plaza - The Parc (@ Bily Kun 12 & 24th August)

Chad Eby - Tip Toe - Broken Shadows
Donald Byrd & Yusef Lateef - Yusef - First Flight
Pink Freud - Bald Inquisitor - Monster of Jazz
Elza Soares - Tenha pena de mim - A Bossa Negra

Gilles Peterson feat. Roberto Fonseca - La Revolucion del Cuerpo, Part 2 - Havana Cultura Disc 1 (@ La Tulipe 12th August)
Matana Roberts - Coin Coin (@ L'envers 13th August)
Peter Epstein & Idée Fixe - Air I - Abstract Realism
Wellstone Conspiracy - Motives - Doop Dee Doop

Host: Parker Mah

August 4, 2010

Host: Matt Testa

art blakey - moanin' - moanin'
bud powell - bud plays bird - ko ko
jacky terrasson - push - you'd be so nice to come home to
bill charlap and renee rosnes - double portrait - my man's gone now
brad shepik - human activity suite - human activity
michael musillami trio - old tea - evy-boy
pat metheny - day trip - at last you're here
chet doxas - big sky - the walk will do you good
brent mah and alex goodman - convergence - plan b
matt herskowitz - jerusalem trilogy - polonaise libanaise
the bad plus - these are the vistas - flim
bobo stenson - goodbye - goodbye
jason moran - ten - gangsterism over 10 years
stefon harris - blackactionfigure - of things to come
wycliffe gordon - slidin' home - green chimneys
eric glick rieman, lesli dalaba and stuart dempster - lung tree - walking ruminations
aki takase - a week went by - yumetamago
herbie hancock - mwandishi - fat albert rotunda

(artist - album - song)

Jazz Euphorium - July 21 2010 - Special Guest Paul Dolden

Host: Lawrence Joseph

This week Jazz Euphorium welcomes Montreal composer Paul Dolden. For the first 75 minutes, improvised music from around the world was played, including Tibetan chant music, cuban jazz from the 1940s, Indian ragas, and music from China. The last 45 miutes of the show featured two of Dolden's latest compositions, including "Who Has the Biggest Sound".

Playlist June 30, 2010

Jazz Fest Preview part TWO...Put Another Nickel In...music music music!


Robert Glasper - "Festival" - Double Booked [with Terence Blanchard @ Gesù, July 2, 6pm / with Bilal @ Gesù, July 3, 6pm]

*François Bourassa - "Aboubou" - Rasstones [solo @ Chapelle Historique du Bon-Pasteur, June 30, 7pm / with Donato-Lozano-Tanguay 'jouent Bill Evans' @ Upstairs, July 6, 7pm & 9pm]

Neil Cowley Trio - "Radio Silence" - Radio Silence [L'Astral, June 30, 9pm]
Geoffrey Keezer - "(It Was) Just One of Those Things" - Here and Now [with Joel Miller Trio @ Upstairs, June 30 & July 1, 7pm & 9pm]
Dave Douglas & Keystone - "The Real Roscoe" - Keystone [Spark of Being @ Gesù, June 30, 10:30pm]

*Amanda Tosoff - "New" - Wait and See [Scène TD, July 3, 6pm]
*Gypsophilia - "Sa-ba-da-ow!" - Sa-ba-da-ow! [Scène du Festival, July 5, 7pm]
*Brandi Disterheft - "Let Her Shine" - Second Side [L'Astral, July 4, 9pm]

Tord Gustavsen Trio - "Where We Went" - Being There [with his Ensemble @ Théâtre Jean-Duceppe, July 3, 8pm]
Tigran Hamasyan - "Falling" - Red Hail [solo @ Chapelle Historique du Bon-Pasteur, July 2 & 3, 7pm / with Punk Bop! @ Gesù, July 1, 10:30pm]
Ahmad Jamal - "Wave" - The Awakening [Théâtre Maisonneuve, July 2, 9:30pm]
*Steve Amirault - "Child-Like" - Rendez-vous [Maison du Jazz, July 6, 8:30pm]

Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures - "Happiness Road" - Dream Garden [Gesù, July 2, 10:30pm]
Manu Katché with Tomasz Stanko - "Take Off and Land" - Neighbourhood [Manu Katché with Sylvain Luc & Richard Bona @ Gesù, June 30, 6pm / Tomasz Stanko Quintet @ Gesù, July 3, 10:30pm]
Jack DeJohnette/John Patitucci/Danilo Perez - "Seventh D, 2nd Movement" - Music We Are [with his Group - Rudresh Mahanthappa, Dave Fiuczynski, George Colligan, Jerome
Harris @ Théâtre Jean-Duceppe, July 2, 8pm]

José James - "Warrior" - Black Magic [with Jef Neve Duo @ Savoy du Métropolis, June 30, 7pm / with his Blackmagic Band @ Scène TD, July 1, 9:30 pm & 11pm]
*Karen Young & Eric Auclair - "Poppies" - Electro-Beatniks [with Bugge Wesseltoft @ L'Astral, July 5, 6pm]
Bugge Wesseltoft - "Trouble" - New Conceptions of Jazz [Chapelle Historique du Bon-Pasteur, July 4, 7pm / with Karen Young & Eric Auclair Duo @ L'Astral, July 5, 6pm]
Caravan Palace - "Je M'Amuse" - Caravan Palace [with Wax Tailor @ Métropolis, July 1, 8:30pm]

Terence Blanchard - "Anatomy of a Murder" - Jazz in Film [with his Quintet @ Théâtre Jean-Duceppe, July 1, 8pm / with Robert Glasper @ Gesù, July 2, 6pm]
*François Théberge Group feat. Lee Konitz - "Lips" - Soliloque ['Konitz: Portrait of the Artist as a Saxophonist' screening @ Cinémathèque Québecoise, July 3, 5pm]
Miles Davis - "Diner Au Motel" - Ascenseur pour L'echafaud [Screening @ Cinémathèque Québecoise, July 4, 5pm]
John Zorn - "Peur Sur La Ville" - John Zorn plays the music of Ennio Morricone: The Big Gundown [John Zorn's Masada Marathon with Jamie Saft, Erik Friedlander, Joey Baron,
Greg Cohen, Marc Ribot, Cyro Baptiste @ Théâtre Maisonneuve, July 1, 6pm & 9pm]

Host: Parker Mah

See sortiesjazznights.com & Settled in Shipping for more exclusive coverage.

Playlist June 23, 2010

Montreal Jazz Festival Preview

Host: David Ryshpan

N.B. These selections are David's choices and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Jazz Euphorium or CKUT as a whole.

Vijay Iyer - "Historicity" (Historicity) [solo @ Chapelle historique de Bon-Pasteur, June 25, 7 pm; trio @ Gésu, June 25, 10:30 pm]

Omar Sosa & NDR Big Band - "Yemaya en agua larga" (Ceremony) [duo w/ Paolo Fresu @ Gésu, June 25, 6 pm; solo @ Théâtre Jean-Duceppe, June 26, 9:30 pm]

*Jean Derome & les Dangereux Zhoms - "Nez qui coule" (To Continue) [L'Astral, June 26, 6 pm]

Marco Benevento - "Bye-Ya" (Live at Tonic) [Chapelle historique de Bon-Pasteur, June 28, 7 pm]

*Chet Doxas - "Rite Shoe" (Sidewalk Etiquette) [L'Astral, June 28, 6 pm]

Dave Douglas & Keystone - "Just Another Murder" (Keystone) [Gésu, June 30, 10:30 pm]

*Papasoff - "L'oeil de l'étincelle" (StonerJazz) [L'Astral, July 1, 6 pm]

Mark Feldman/Sylvie Courvoisier - "Azriel" (Malphas) [John Zorn Masada Marathon @ Théâtre Maisonneuve, July 1, 6 & 9 pm]

Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures - "Oshogbo" (Dream Garden) [Gésu, July 2, 10:30 pm]

Gretchen Parlato - "Weak" (In a Dream) [Savoy du Metropolis, July 2-3, 7 pm]

Robert Glasper f/ Bilal - "All Matter" (Double-Booked) [Gésu, July 3, 6 pm; Glasper's trio @ Gésu, July 1, 6 pm; Glasper & Terence Blanchard @ Gésu, July 2, 6 pm]

Christian Scott - "Jenacide" (Yesterday You Said Tomorrow) [Gésu, July 5, 10:30 pm]

*Rémi-Jean LeBlanc - "T'en as eu assez (3e partie)" (s/t) [TD Jazz stage, June 26, 6 pm]

*Parc-X Trio - "2 o'clock Moonrise" (s/t) [CBC/Radio-Canada stage, June 27, 8 & 10 pm]

*Chicago Goes West - "Obscurity" (s/t) [TD Jazz stage, July 2, 6 pm]

José James - "Save Your Love for Me" (Blackmagic) [Blackmagic Band @ TD Jazz stage, July 1, 9:30 & 11 pm; w/ Jef Neve @ Savoy du Metropolis, June 30, 7 pm]

*Rich Brown & rinsethealgorithm - "Constellation 149" (Locutions) [TD Jazz stage, July 1, 6 pm]

Allen Toussaint - "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" (The Bright Mississippi) [solo @ Gésu, July 4, 6 pm; Bright Mississippi @ Théâtre Jean-Duceppe, July 5, 9:30 pm; closing Mardi Gras party w/ Trombone Shorty & Soul Rebels, TD Jazz stage, 8:30 pm]

Other noteworthy shows:

June 25 - Yosvany Terry Quartet at L'Astral, 9:30

June 27 - Chano Dominguez Flamenco View (also June 28), Theatre du Nouveau Monde, 8 pm
June 30 - Bobby McFerrin Vocabularies (with choir from College Laval), 6 pm, Théâtre Maisonneuve; Joel Miller featuring Geoff Keezer (also July 1), Upstairs, 7 & 9 pm
July 2 - Jack DeJohnette Group, Théâtre Jean-Duceppe, 8 pm

July 4 - Bugge Wesseltoft solo, Chapelle historique de Bon Pasteur, 7 pm

July 5 - Gale/Rodrigues Group, Upstairs, 7 pm & 9 pm

June 26 - October Trio, CBC/Rad-Can stage, 8 & 10 pm

June 27 - Elizabeth Shepherd Trio, Rio Tinto Alcan stage, 8 & 10 pm

June 29 - Cameron Wallis, CBC/Rad-Can Stage, 8 & 10 pm
July 1 - Rafael Zaldivar Trio, Festival stage, 7 pm

July 4 - Michelle Gregoire, CBC/Rad-Can stage, 8 & 10 pm

July 5 - Terry Clarke/Don Thompson/Phil Dwyer, CBC/Rad-Can stage, 8 pm

Jazz Euphorium, June 16

(artist - album - song)

oliver jones - one more time - body and soul

jacky terrasson - push - beat it/body and soul

christian scott - yesterday you said tomorrow - kkpd

*parc x trio - s/t - witch hunt

*vijay iyer trio - historicity - somewhere

*dave douglas - mountain passages - summit music

arboreal quartet - s/t - mountain

*robert glasper - double booked - festival

the nels cline singers - initiate - floored

%evan parker - whitstable solo - solo #2

%benoit delbecq unit - phonetics - the elbow room, vancouver

%the vandermark 5 - the color of memory - suitcase

dave holland octet - pathways - blue jean

michael musillami trio - old tea - old tea

cecil taylor - jazz advance - you'd be so nice to come home to

thelonious monk - brilliant corners - i surrender dear

* = playing at the Montreal International Jazz Festival

% = playing at the Suoni per il popolo

Hosted by Matt Testa