Hosted by: Ian Mackenzie
Airs: Every Wednesday from 11:00 PM to 12:00 AM
Coming up at 11:00 PM on April 24th, 2024:
A celebration of the 50th anniversary of “Invisible Roots” by the London Experimental Jazz Quartet.
Rabble Without A Cause
| Date | Host | Highlight | On Demand |
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| Apr. 24, 2024 | Ian M. | A celebration of the 50th anniversary of the recording of the London Experimental Jazz Quartet’s “Invisible Roots” | |
| Apr. 17, 2024 | Ian M. | A Celebration of Keith Tippett, British jazz pianist and composer |
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| Apr. 10, 2024 | Ian M | Space and Time and Dreaming Music: Introspective Improvisations |
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| Apr. 3, 2024 | Ian M. | The Next Best/Closest Thing to Silence... from 1971 to 2024 |
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| Mar. 27, 2024 | Ian M. | The intersection of contemporary classical and improvisation: from Keith Jarrett to Quinsin Nachoff |
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| Mar. 20, 2024 | Ian M. | New Releases: Steph Richards, Rich Halley Quartet, Fully Celebrated Orchestra, Peggy Lee, Sylvie Courvoisier, and Patrick Shiroishi |
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| Mar. 13, 2024 | Ian M. | A Belated International Women’s Day show: new releases from Marianne Trudel, Rhonda Taylor, Anna Webber, Karoline Leblanc, Susana Santos Silva, and the Anni Kiviniemi Trio |
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Rabble Without a Cause
Rabble Without A Cause is a program focused on avant-garde jazz, free jazz, and improvisational jazz -- both historic and current. An hour of music that pushes the boundaries, or colours outside of the lines, carrying on the legacy of the late Bernard Stepien, the longstanding host of Rabble Without a Cause.
Music on the show will include artists such as John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Cecil Taylor and Anthony Braxton as well as many Canadian artists, such as Marianne Trudel, Peggy Lee and Francois Bourassa.
Join host Ian M. in the discovery of new frontiers in jazz.
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THE PASSING OF BERNARD STEPIEN OF CKCU’S RABBLE WITHOUT A CAUSE
Bernard Stepien passed away on March 14, 2021. Bernard was a long time fixture at the station and in the local jazz scene where he was known for his virtuosic saxophone playing. After taking on Rabble Without A Cause in the 90’s he became part of the Sweetman / Émond / Stepien axis of Jazz on CKCU, which reigned for decades. Beyond his life in music he was a researcher and software engineer at the University of Ottawa contributing to that body of knowledge with several publications.
Here is a link to two programs that Ron Steeds produced to commemorate Bernard:
https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/94/51383.html
https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/95/51385.html
Here is a link to an article by Peter Hum of the Ottawa Citizen:
https://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/jazzblog/remembering-ottawas-bernard-stepien-renaissance-man-computer-scientist-jazz-saxophonist-and-broadcaster
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