Playlist March 20, 2013

artist - album - song

Barry Altschul - The 3Dom Factor - Papa's Funkish Dance

all-vinyl set

Chico Hamilton - The Head Hunters - Cee Ee Jaaa
Dave Brubeck & Leonard Bernstein - Summit Sessions - Allegro Blues
Don Cherry - Art Deco - When Will the Blues Leave
Donald Byrd feat. Yusef Lateef - First Flight - Yusef
Art Blakey & the New Jazz Messengers - Buttercorn Lady:Live at the Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach California



William Hooker Quintet - Channels of Consciousness - Lower Interlude
*Léveillée-Gagnon - s/t - Rupture II
Espen Eriksen Trio - What Took You So Long - Could it be Magic
Rob Mazurek Pulsar Quintet - Stellar Pulsations - Spanish Venus
*Michael Blake - In the Grand Scheme of Things - Big Smile
Hashem Assadullahi - Pieces - Bag of Oranges


Brazilian Jazz Set

Os Cobras - Uganda
Breno Sauer - Você
Cyro Monteiro - Amei Tanto
Sambalanca Trio - Sam Blues
Tamba Trio - O Samba de Minha Terra
Milton Banana - Cidade Vezia
Som Tres - Jungle
Ed Lincoln - Cochise
Zito Righi - Birimbau



Brad Mehldau - Where do you Start - Aquelas Coisas Todas
*Oscar Peterson - Bursting Out! - I'm Old Fashioned
Tom Matta Big Band - Components - Components
Todd Marcus - Inheritance - Epistrophy


Jose James - No Beginning No End - Vanguard

Host: Parker Mah

March 13 Jazz Euphorium - Nigel Taylor Live in Studio

Host: Lawrence Joseph

Jazz Euphorium welcomed trumpet player extraordinaire Nigel Taylor.  Listen at the link below to music from a variety of Nigel's projects, both live at CKUT's studios and on records.

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Playlist: Wednesday February 27th, 2013

Hosted by Katerina

Peggy Lee Band - Punchy (Invitation, Drip Audio, 2012)

Kris Davis/ Ingrid Laubrock/ Tyshawn Sorey - Iron Spider (Paradoxical Frog, Clean Feed, 2010)

Tom Rainey Trio - More Mesa (Pool School, Clean Feed, 2010)

Fake Hand - Broken Machine, Universe is a Cunt, Echoes of Broken Bones, Hi-Protein (Frozen Hammer vs. Ancient Axe (split with Aylers Angels), Hot Cars Warp Records, 1997)

Fire! with Oren Ambarchi - A man who might have been screaming (In the mouth - a hand, Rune Grammofon, 2012)

Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble - Adrenalin (Xenogenesis Suite: A tribute to Octavia Butler, Firehouse 12 Records, 2008)

Frank Wright - Grooving (Uhuru Na Umoja, America Records, 2004 reissue)

Paul Flaherty/ Chris Corsano/ C. Spencer Yeh - Dirty Firetrucker (A Rock in the Snow, Important Records, 2006)

The Nihilist Spasm Band & Joe McPhee - Do It My Way ( No Borders, Non Musica Rex, 2001)

Eivind Opsvik - Foxtrot (Overseas, Fresh Sound New Talent, 2002)

Neneh Cherry & The Thing - Dirt (The Cherry Thing, Smalltown Supersound, 2012)

Albert Ayler - Bells, 1965 Town Hall recording (Bells, Get Back, 1998 reissue)

Sunny Murray Trio - Emoi (13 Steps on Glass, Enja, 1996)

Thelonious Monk Quartet -  Evidence (Misterioso, Original Jazz Classics, 1998 reissue)

Jazz Euphorium Playlist, Wednesday February 13, 2013

Host: Lawrence Joseph

First Hour: Interview with Stefan Christoff

1. Piano/Saxophone - Stefan Christoff/Brahja Waldman (Temps Libre, Howl)
2. Piano/Contrebass - Stefan Christoff/Peter Burton (Temps Libre, Howl)
3. Piano/Oud - Stefan Christoff/Sam Shalabi (Duets for Abdelrazik, Howl)
4. Piano/Saxophone - Stefan Christoff/Mahtana Roberts (Duets for Abdelrazik, Howl)

Second Hour: New Releases

5. The Unfolding - William Hooker Quintet (Channels of Consciousness, NoBusiness)
6. Amanpondo - The Group (Live, NoBusiness)
7. Linton - Land of Marigold (Land of Marigold, Bug Incision)

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Playlist: Wednesday January 30th, 2013

Hosted by Katerina

Michael Formanek - Rising Tensions & Awesome Light (Small Places, ECM, 2012)

Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble - Sequence Shadows (Xenogenesis Suite: A tribute to Octavia Butler, Firehouse 12 Records, 2008 )

Gordon Grdina's Haram - Raqs Al Jamal/Dance of Beauty (Her Eyes Illuminate, Songlines, 2012)

Joshua Abrams - Sound Talisman (Represencing, Eremite, 2012)

Peggy Lee Band - Why Are You Yelling? (Invitation, Drip Audio, 2012)

Peter Evans Quartet - The 3/4 Tune (The Peter Evans Quartet!, Firehouse 12 Records, 2008)

Weasel Walter/ Mary Halvorson/ Peter Evans - Interface (Mechanical Malfunction, Thirsty Ear, 2012)

Dorothy Ashby - Life Has Its Trials (Afro-Harping, Cadet, 1968)

Alan Silva & Oluyemi Thomas - Soft Flowing Waters (Transmissions, Eremite, 1999)

Jemeel Moondoc Sextet - Konstanze's Delight Part 2 (Konstanze's Delight, Soul Note, 1983)

Fred Frith/ Ensemble Modern  - Freeway/ Shadow of a Tree on Sand (Traffic Continues, Winter & Winter, 2000)

Scott Fields Ensemble - American Buffalo (Mamet, Delmark, 2001)

John Irabagon's Outright - Charles Barkley (Unhinged, Irrabagast, 2012)

Don Cherry - Art Deco (Art Deco, A&M, 1989)

Keiji Haino/ Shoji Hano/ Peter Brotzmann - Shadows Part 2 (Shadows, DIW, 2000)

Playlist Jan 23, 2013

Host: David Ryshpan

Thomas Chapin - "Spanky House" (Never Let Me Go)
Rob Mazurek Pulsar Quartet - "Spiral Mercury" (Stellar Pulsations)
Rez Abbasi Trio - "Major Major" (Continuous Beat)
Michael Formanek - "Small Places" (Small Places)
KLANG - "Ground" (Brooklyn Lines...Chicago Spaces)
David Virelles - "Threefold" (Continuum)
Brad Mehldau - "Airegin" (Where Do You Start?)
Michael Webster - "Momentus" (Momentus)
The Whammies - "Dutch Masters" (Play the Music of Steve Lacy) [@ Sala Rossa 01/24]
Walter/Halvorson/Evans - "Freezing" (Mechanical Malfunction) [Walter/Evans/Blancarte/Chan @ Casa del Popolo 01/23]
*Gary Schwartz's Lettingo - "School Work" (Live: The Music and Influence of Ornette Coleman) [launch @ Sala Rossa 01/28]
*Michael Blake's Variety Hour - "Major Major" (Continuous Beat) [@ Casa del Popolo 01/30]
Hafez Modirzadeh - "Facet 14" (Post-Chromodal Out!)
Ben Holmes Quartet - "Kingston" (Anvil of the Lord)
*Lina Allemano - "Flummox" (Live at the Tranzac)
Dave Douglas - "This is My Father's World" (Be Still)

Playlist - January 9, 2013

Playlist - January 9, 2013
Host: Parker Mah

Artist - Song - Album (Label)

*Tyson Naylor - PKP - Kosmonauten (Songlines)

*David Virelles - Mañongo Pabio - Continuum (Pi Recordings)
Tomas Fujiwara & The Hookup - Double Lake, Defined - The Air is
Different (482 Music)
Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society - Shake Your Money Maker -
Whispers from the Archive (Porter)

Hafez Modirzadeh - Facet Twenty feat. Faraz Minooei on santur - Post
Chromodal Out! (Pi Recordings)
*Gordon Grdina's Haram - En Shakawt al Hawa (If you complain about
love) - Her Eyes Illuminate (Songlines)
Niño Josele - Waltz for Debby - Paz (Calle 54)

*Ken Aldcroft & Joel Leblanc - The Short (I) - The Long and the Short
of it (Trio recordings)
Josh Berman & His Gang - Sugar - There Now (Delmark)
Elisabeth Kontomanou feat. Geri Allen - I Wish I Knew How It Would
Feel To Be Free - Secret of the Wind (Effendi)
Dave Douglas Quintet feat. Aoife O'Donovan - High on a Mountain - Be
Still (Greenleaf)

European Jazz Spotlight
Nils Wogram & Nostalgia - Jack of all trades - Affinity (Intuition)
Conny Bauer - Zu Hause - Der Gelbe Klang (Jazzwerkstatt)
Karl Berger - Sun Rays - Stillpoint (Double Moon)

Adam Pieroñczyk Trio - Garota de Craciova - Busem po São Paolo (Meta)
Bace Quartet - Dis Quelque Chose - Guerre Propre (Chicken Madness)
Laurent de Wilde - Snippets - Stories (Warner)
Bartmes - Berlin - Modular Soul (Blisstone)
Kelvin Sholar - Dagarth Vader - Between Worlds (Kasmavtsu)
Enders Room - Companion Star - Zen Tauri (Material)
Martin Dahanukar & Blood System - Juhu Beach - Nanda Devi (Zodiac Sounds)
Javier Colina / Marc Miralta / Perico Sambeat - Encuentros - Jazz from
Catalonia (Catalan Arts)

* indicates Canadian Content.

Jazz Euphorium Playlist for December 19, 2012

Host: Lawrence Joseph

Some of my favourite albums from 2012:

1. Simon Nabatov/Ernst Reijseger/Matthias Schubert - Long Haul (16:44; Square Down, Leo)
2. Miles Perkin Quartet - Street Escape (6:17; Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear, self released)
3. Gordon Grdina's Haram - Raqs al Jamal (7:21; Her Eyes Illuminate, Songlines)
4. Mary Halvorson Quintet - Hemorrhaging Smiles (7:48; Bending Bridges, Firehouse 12)
5. Ratchet Orchestra - Dusty (12:47; Hemlock, Drip Audio)
6. Le Quatuor de Jazz Libre du Québec - Sans Titre (15:03; 1973, Tenzier)
7. Fo[u]r Alto - Molto Fluttante (11:41; 4 Compositions by Frank Gratkowski, Leo)
8. Hafez Modirzadeh - Facet Seventeen (6:04; Post-Chromodal Out!, Pi)
9. Nate Wooley/Christian Weber/Paul Lytton - Pushing Up Daisies (7:54; Six Feet Under, NoBusiness)
10. Anthony Braxton - Echo Echo Mirror House (15 minute excerpt; Echo Echo Mirror House (NYC) 2011, Braxton House)

Listen to the archive of this show 

See the Cult Montreal Top 10 Album lists of 2012

Playlist Dec 12, 2012

Host: David Ryshpan

Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition - "Vandanaa Trayee" (Apti) [RIP Ravi Shankar]
Claudia Quintet +1 - "The Snow is Deep on the Ground" (What is the Beautiful?)
Dave Douglas - "Be Still My Soul" (Be Still)
Fred Hersch - "Segment" (Alive at the Vanguard
George Schuller's Circle Wide - "Edwin" (Listen Both Ways)
Harris Eisenstadt - "Shuttle Off This Mortal Coil" (Canada Day III)
Vijay Iyer - "Little Pocket Size Demons" (Accelerando)
David Virelles - "The Executioner" (Continuum)
*Rémi Bolduc + Jerry Bergonzi - "Mr. Coleman" (4+1)
*Myriad3 - "Tell" (Tell)
*Hobson's Choice - "Tessellations" (Of the Waves)
Peter Madsen's Seven Sins Ensemble  - "Swiss Chocolate" (Gravity of Love)
Greg Ward's Phonic Juggernaut - "Sectionate City" (s/t)
John Abercrombie - "Interplay" (Within a Song)
Sam Rivers/Dave Holland/Barry Altschul - "Set 2, Part 3" (Reunion: Live in New York)
*Ratchet Orchestra - "Winnow" (Hemlock)

Playlist Dec 5, 2012

Host: David Ryshpan

RIP Dave Brubeck

Dave Brubeck - "Strange Meadowlark" (Just You, Just Me)
Dave Brubeck - "It's a Raggy Waltz" (Time Further Out)
Dave Brubeck - "Lost Waltz" (Time In)
Dave Brubeck - "Unisphere" (Time Changes)
40Twenty - "Jan 20" (40Twenty)
Dave Douglas - "Whither Must I Wander" (Be Still)
*Ben Henriques - "Cloud City" (Captain Awesome)
Guillermo Klein - "Mariana" (Carrera)
Rudresh Mahanthappa - "Killer" (Samdhi)
Mark de Clive-Lowe & Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra - "Heaven" (Take the Space Trane)
*Parc-X Trio - "Ivan Sings" (s/t) [Parc X-mas party tonight at Sala Rossa]
Peter Madsen's Seven Sins Ensemble - "Jealousy" (Gravity of Love)
*Peggy Lee Band - "Path of a Smile" (Invitation)
Harris Eisenstadt - "Ballad for 10.6.7" (Just You, Just Me)
Mike Reed's People, Places & Things - "Sharon" (Clean on the Corner)
Josh Berman & His Gang - "Cloudy" (There Now)
John Abercrombie - "Blues Connotation" (Within a Song)