Source: CKCU. New Releases from Vancouver label Redshift Records.

Source: CKCU. New Releases from Vancouver label Redshift Records.

Redshift Records is the recording arm of the non-profit Redshift Society that mostly releases classical contemporary music - on this show we will listen to music on the experimental side

A chat with Canadian vocalist Ale Nunez plus new John Coltrane tributes and other new releases

Coltrane will be featured on In A Mellow Tone, hosted by Ron Steeds and I’ll continue with the baton and feature music from 2 recordings in 1965 and his last studio session in February 1967

September 25-27, the Third Annual Ottawa Latin Jazz Conference is at the National Arts Centre. On the show I preview some of the musical performances

Two Ottawa-based quintets with upcoming shows featuring Beatles’ tunes and the Henry Mancini songbook

The Portuguese label has released its last album. In Part 1 of a dive into the back catalogue we will listen to some of my favourites plus Canadian artists

Source: CKCU. A recently discovered Eric Dolphy composition and a conversation with saxophonist Jeff Lederer.

Inspired by summer jazz festivals, over five summer nights I will be featuring live concert performances. Episode 1 is a performance from the 2019 FreeJazzSaar festival in Saar-Brucken, Germany

Source: CKCU. Celebrating Canada Day - new releases from Canadian artists.

Source: CKCU. James Blood Ulmer (1940-2026), celebrating his years playing free jazz

James Blood Ulmer was best known for his funky, bluesy guitar style, but he started out playing Free Jazz - and that's what we will hear on this week's show.

The Ottawa Jazz Festival continues this week with performances from Maria Acheta, the Plastic Waste Band, The Ostara Project and others

Plus some of her other new releases

A preview of artists appearing from June 18 to 21 (the first weekend) including Peter Hum, Hiromi's Sonicwonder, Joe Farnsworth, Finely Tuned Elephant, Ross Morgan Quartet and others

Source: CKCU. Asian Heritage Month - Korean and Chinese influenced music featuring Jin Hi Kim, DoYeon Kim, Kim Jung Jae and Lao Dan.

Featuring the music of Ji Hi Kim, DoYeon Kim, Kim Jung Jae and Lao Dan

To commemorate Asian Heritage Month, we will explore a new release, "Goodbye, Strawberry Hill" about the internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII

A chat with the artist and a discussion of her new release, "The Sorceress" plus new releases

Source: CKCU. Suono Per Il Popolo 2026.

VICTORIAVILLE, Que. – The final day of the 42nd edition of the Festival International de Musique Actuelle kicked off with a new initiative – a free outdoor afternoon concert by a 21-member orchestra that played joyful, lyrical, and spirit-lifting music in a city park. It was among efforts by the festival’s general manager and artistic director, Scott Thomson, to make this festival of experimental and improvised music more accessible to a broader public, and some 400 came by on a sun-filled Sunday to soak up the sounds.

VICTORIAVILLE, Que. – Improvised music and free jazz were dominant modes of expression in the five indoor concerts Saturday at the 42nd edition of Festival International de Musique Actuelle in this city, 105 miles northeast of Montreal. It has drawn fans and musicians from across North America and Europe because of its reputation as a welcoming showcase for music that explores and innovates.

VICTORIAVILLE, Que. – They called their afternoon show at the Festival International de Musique Actuelle Beast, but what emerged from the unusual instrumentation – the hurdy-gurdy and hand-held pipe organ, or organetto – was music that was saintly and sublime. For the first segments of their afternoon program, Montreal-based Ben Grossman cranked the hurdy-gurdy with one hand that makes the rosined wheel rub against its strings and hints at melodies on a keyboard to produce subtle changes of pitch.

VICTORIAVILLE, Que. – The 42nd Festival International de Musique Actuelle, a renowned showcase for avant-garde and improvised music, got underway Thursday in this city 105 miles northeast of Montreal, with a new focus on increased accessibility. These changes include a series of free outdoor concerts that began earlier in the week, reduced ticket prices for two indoor gigs, and a late-night cabaret-style event over three nights featuring Toronto-based John Oswald, who selects familiar recorded music around which invit4ed musicians improvise.

Source: CKCU. New Canadian Releases: GEORGE, Ensemble Infini, Ben Wendel and others.

New music from GEORGE, Ensemble Infini, Ben Wendel and others

Ottawa's Atlantis Jazz Ensemble is having an album release show at Irene's Pub on Friday, I chat with one of the co-founders, Pierre Chrétien and play a track from the new album, "Mystic Suite"

Source: CKCU. FIMAV 42: A preview of the 2026 FIMAV festival in Victoriaville including Pat Thomas, Darius Jones and others.

Mose Allison moved to New York City 70 years ago and started his recording career. I will be playing his recordings from 1956 to 1959

A preview of the 42nd annual FIMAV festival in Victoriaville, Quebec

Source: CKCU. New releases: featuring new music with Susan Alcorn, Alabaster dePlume, Nick Fraser, and others

Featuring Susan Alcorn on 2 new releases, plus others

Brad Mehldau, Kellylee Evans and Petr Cancura, Carl Mayotte, Miguel de Armas, Steve Berndt and Courage4! are all performing in the next two weeks

Source: CKCU. National Poetry Month – featuring jazz and the spoken word, including Langston Hughes, Jack Kerouac, Gil Scott-Heron, Irreversible Entanglements and others

Recent reissues of classic releases from Roy Brooks, Carlos Garnett, Woody Shaw and others, plus my suggested albums for future reissues

A new cover of "Poetry Man" plus a Dylan cover and other new releases

Source: CKCU. Cecil Taylor Unit and Oliver Lake: new archival releases

Two new releases - one from the Cecil Taylor Unit with Sam Rivers, recorded in 1969 and Oliver Lake recorded in 1976