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Sunday February 26th, 2017 with Peter Feldman
All-Canadian line-up continues!

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For my second show in Canada's sesquicentennial year, I'm continuing with an all-Canadian line-up. We'll hear from Tommy Banks' Big Band recording from the Montreux Music Festival that won a Juno. Going further west , we'll investigate the newest release from Vancouver-based trumpeter/vocalist Anita Eccleston. Finally, I'll pay tribute to two jazz giants we lost this month.
Slick Stuff
Tommy Banks Big Band - At the Montreux Festival - Royalty Records (re-issue) Canadian
Stella by Starlight
Tommy Banks Big Band - At the Montreux Festival - Royalty Records (re-issue) Canadian
Lo and Bewold
Tommy Banks Big Band - At the Montreux Festival - Royalty Records (re-issue) Canadian
Fly Me to the Moon
Anita Eccleston - More Trumpet Canadian New
Angel Eyes
Anita Eccleston - More Trumpet Canadian New
Time after Time
Anita Eccleston - More Trumpet Canadian New
I'm Just a Lucky So and So
Anita Eccleston - More Trumpet Canadian New
All of Me
Anita Eccleston - More Trumpet Canadian New
Cactus
Tommy Banks Big Band - At the Montreux Festival - Royalty Records (re-issue) Canadian
Big's Gospel
Tommy Banks Big Band - At the Montreux Festival - Royalty Records (re-issue) Canadian
Open All Night
Tommy Banks Big Band - At the Montreux Festival - Royalty Records (re-issue) Canadian
Kronos
Tommy Banks Big Band - At the Montreux Festival - Royalty Records (re-issue) Canadian
Blue Rondo à la Turk
Al Jarreau - An Excellent Adventure - Rhino Records
Blues for Django and Stephane
Larry Coryell - Spaces Revisited - Shanachie ‎
Samba 'Dis and Samba 'Dat
Tommy Banks Big Band - At the Montreux Festival - Royalty Records (re-issue) Canadian
Interactive CKCU
Peter Feldman (host)
The all-Canadian jazz adventure continues! Smokin' big band and small ensembles share the spotlight.

9:10 PM, February 25th, 2017
Ralph
Hi Peter, great show, love the all-Canadian lineup. Did you know you're broadcasting on a big day in jazz? [From the Mosaic Sunday Gazette]... "February 26, 1917. It's an important date in jazz history: the date of the first jazz recording, cut by the Original Dixieland Jass Band for the Victor label. The 100th anniversary of that recording still raises debate whether this is the first jazz record, as there are plenty of ragtime recordings including those of vaudevillian Wilbur Sweatman, in addition to the myth that Columbia recorded the ODJB in January of 1917 (it was only an audition and no discs were made).

4:23 PM, February 26th, 2017
Peter Feldman (host)
Ralph, that's very cool. I'll mention it!

4:54 PM, February 26th, 2017
brucew
Further to Ralph's info: my understanding is that the records were not issued initially due to Columbia deeming them too "cacophonous", but that rival Victor's success shortly after with a jazz release forced Columbia's hand. And the rest is history . . . with jazz on CKCU (thank you Ron, Jacques, Bernard, and others) being a big part of the jazz story in Ottawa.

9:45 PM, February 26th, 2017