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Swing Is In The Air
Sunday May 18th, 2014 with Karen Oxorn
Where to Listen to Jazz While You Wine and Dine!

Please join me for a swingin’ 90 minutes of jazz. On today’s show, I’ll also be presenting “Where to Listen to Jazz While You Wine and Dine!” This is the first in a series of "visits" to area restaurants that feature live jazz. My guest for this inaugural segment is Gina Vacchio, general manager of Zolas Restaurant in Bell’s Corners. Zolas has been presenting live music for a long time. Over the last year, Gina has made a serious commitment to presenting mostly jazz programming. Zolas was just recognized in the OttawaJazzScene.ca Jazz Favourites Poll as second favourite jazz venue in the Ottawa area; bravo!! And in case you didn't know, Swing Is In the Air is the runner-up in the radio show category right behind another CKCU-FM show! If I run out of time, any tracks listed here will be played at a future program. Days of Wine and Roses at Zolas! Favourite jazz radio show: In a Mellow Tone (CKCU-FM) Runner-up: Swing is in the Air (CKCU-FM)
Days of Wine and Roses
Joe Henderson & Wynton Kelly Trio - Too Marvelous For Words - Verve
Lemon Twist
John Pizzarelli with The George Shearing Quintet - The Rare Delight of You - Telarc Canadian
Gimme That Wine
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - Everybody's Boppin - Columbia
Frim Fram Sauce
Diana Krall - All For You - Justin Time Canadian
All That Meat and No Potatoes
Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars - Playin' the Edge - Columbia
Smoked Meat and the Main
Mike Rud - Notes on Montreal - Self-produced Canadian
Ode to Dusty's
Mike Rud - Notes on Montreal - Self-produced Canadian
The Spinach Song
Terra Hazelton - Anybody's baby - Healeyphonic Records Canadian
Salt
Lizz Wright - Salt - Verve
I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket
Ella Fitzgerald - Berlin Ellington Songbooks - Not Now Music
Scrapple From The Apple
Charlie Parker - Ornithology - Naxos
Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries
Holly Cole - Holly Cole - Alert Canadian
Melon
Elizabeth Shepherd Trio - Start To Move - Do Right! Music Canadian
Sugar
Lee Wiley - Rarities - Jazz Classics
Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy
Dinah Shore - Legendary Song Stylist - Castle Communications
come with me
Bianca Basso - i love - BiancaBassoMusic.com Canadian
Interactive CKCU
Karen Oxorn (host)
Greetings Swing Is In the Air listeners! I hope you'll join me for the program tomorrow. I probably won't get to all these tunes but I have them here as extras and will play them in the near future if we can't get to them.

2:30 PM, May 17th, 2014
Karen Oxorn (host)
Greetings Swing Is In the Air listeners! I hope you'll join me for the program today. I probably won't get to all these tunes but I have them here as extras and will play them in the near future if we can't get to them.

7:40 AM, May 18th, 2014
Shelley Russell
Good morning Karen. Looking forward to today's show. xox

11:33 AM, May 18th, 2014
Karen Oxorn (host)
Hello Shelley. Nice to hear from you again and nice to know that you'll be tuning in for the show!

1:04 PM, May 18th, 2014
Karen Oxorn (host)
Welcome Swingers! Karen here ready to play some great jazz for you all.

4:04 PM, May 18th, 2014
Karen Oxorn (host)
Thanks to my guest Gina Vacchio of Zolas who joined me in studio today...and a million apologies for not having her microphone on at the start!

4:38 PM, May 18th, 2014
John Wilson
Great show, Karen. We listened "old school" -- yup: the radio. So I'm just catching up with comments. You're a super announcer/host: smooth and uninterrupted (no ums or ahs), with clear messages and interesting programming. I'd think this had been your career, if I didn't know better. Nice handling of today's program, and helping the uninitiated through the interview. You mentioned the Savoy, which neither of us has heard of before. It's great to hear about alternatives, and others joining in the jazz scene.

8:15 PM, May 18th, 2014
Karen Oxorn (host)
John, thanks to you and Linda for tuning in and for such wonderful and encouraging feedback. Stay tuned for more about where to catch live jazz in Ottawa!

10:12 AM, May 19th, 2014
Karen Oxorn (host)
Just listening back to the program now and updating the playlist to correct a few of my little boo-boos, those that I can fix anyway! The final track by Bianco Basso was actually "come with me" and not "martinis and champagne" as I'd announced but I'll definitely be playing it for you when Bianco Basso is in the studio on June 1st. "See" you then!

10:36 AM, May 19th, 2014
John Wiseman
Great show yesterday, Karen. Excellent idea to increase the visibility of venues hosting live jazz. I liked the mix of tunes you chose from different periods and I particularly enjoyed the Mike Rud tracks that you played. Keep up the good work!

10:57 AM, May 19th, 2014
Karen Oxorn (host)
Thanks so much for your wonderful comments and for listening to the show. I am glad to hear that you especially enjoyed Mike's tunes; it's a wonderful CD that I am sure you'll enjoy.

10:49 AM, May 20th, 2014
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