Thinking of Jacques Emond today and the wonderful life he lived promoting Jazz and music in Ottawa for over half his life, both at CKCU and at the Ottawa Jazz Festival. What was most striking about Jacques was not his exhaustive musical knowledge and expertise, but his extraordinary enthusiasm and love of music, and his equally extraordinary generosity in sharing it. We will miss you Jacques!
| Tristesse Fred Hersch Trio - Alive At the Vanguard - Palmetto 
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| Dream of Monk Fred Hersch Trio - Alive At the Vanguard - Palmetto
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| The Fred Hersch Trio will be performing in the Ottawa Jazz Festival's Winterfest on January 31. Not to be missed!
More information at: http://ottawajazzfestival.com/index.php/artists/fred-hersch-trio/ |
| Rio Part II Keith Jarrett - Rio - ECM |
| Rio Part V Keith Jarrett - Rio - ECM |
| All Too Soon Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - The Works of Duke Complete vol. 10 - RCA |
| Laban Salif Keita - M'Bemba - Universal |
| N'Dimi Kora Jazz Trio - Kora Jazz Trio - Melodie |
| Africa Challenge Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra - Boulevard de l'Independance - World Circuit |
| Trumpet Blues Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Louis Bellson - The Trumpet Kings - Verve |
| Milonga Para Hermeto Pablo Ziegler, Quique Sinesi, Walter Castro - Buenos Aires Report - Zoho |
| Night in Tunisia Dizzy Gillespie, Gilbert Valdez, Rene Hernandez, Robert Rodriguez - Jazz Masters 10 - Verve |
| La Chambre, var. Anouar Brahem, Francois Couturier, Jean-Louis Matinier - Le Voyage de Sahar - ECM |
| Africa, fantasie for piano and orchestra Op. 89 Camille Saint-Saens/Stephen Hough, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo - The Romantic Piano Concerto vol. 27 - Hyperion |
| A Tunisian thread runs through these three last pieces, Dizzy Gillespie's Night In Tunisia followed by Tunisian Oudist and composer Anouar Brahem and Saint-Saens' Africa fantasy which uses Tunisian melodies and is also influenced by North African rhythms--Saint-Saens spent many winters in Egypt, Tunisia, and Algeria and died in Algeria. |
| Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude Franz Liszt/Marc-Andre Hamelin - Liszt Piano Sonata - Hyperion |
| If I could play myself a piece in tribute to Jacques, I think I would choose this exquisite masterpiece by Liszt. |
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2:21 PM, January 10th, 2013