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In A Mellow Tone
Wednesday April 6th, 2022 with Ron Steeds
A Celebration of the music of Dallas Trumpeter Dennis Gonzalez, who passed away March 15, 2022.

Dennis Gonzalez is considered a giant in the world of jazz. He had collaborated with a who's who of modern jazz over his 50+ years of recording and performing. To name a few, he has recorded with Faruq Z Bey, Oliver Lake, Ken Filiano, Joe Morris, Ellery Eskelin, Mark Helias, Famoudou Don Moye, Malachi Favors, Henry Grimes, Sabir Mateen, Roy Campbell Jr., Charles Brackeen, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Carlos Ward, John Purcell, Frank Lowe, Andrew Cyrille, Alex Cline, Nels Cline, Curtis Clark, Reggie Workman, Charlie Kohlhase, Nate McBride, Susie Ibarra, Keith Tippett, Elton Dean, Ahmed Abdullah, Douglas Ewart, Kidd Jordan, Alvin Fielder and Rodrigo Amado, among others. Dennis was instrumental in convincing both Charles Brackeen and Henry Grimes to perform again after both had left the music world. Dennis recorded many albums for the Silkheart, Clean Feed, Ayler, NoBusiness, Konnex, Music & Arts, Furthermore record labels, as well as his own DAAGNIM Records label. Dennis formed an association (modeled after the AACM) called the Dallas Association for Avant-Garde and Neo-Impressionistic Music - DAAGNIM. In addition to being a working musician, he was an artist, an educator and a radio host - a true Renaissance Man. In the early 2000's he formed an ensemble with his sons Stefan (drums, vibes) and Aaron (double bass, electric bass) called Yells At Eels.
In A Mellow Tone
Duke Ellington Orchestra - The Blanton Webster Years - RCA Victor
Set 1: The Silkheart Years 1986-1988
Hymn For Don Cherry
Dennis Gonzalez New Dallas Quartet - Stefan - Silkheart
The Sunny Murray-Cecil Taylor Dance Lesson
Dennis Gonzalez Dallas - London Sextet - Catechism - Music & Arts
Good Friends
Dennis Gonzalez New Dallas Sextet - Namesake - Silkheart
Innocence
Dennis Gonzalez New Dallasorleanssippi - Debenge-Debenge - Silkheart
Set 2: The Clean Feed years 2006-2009
The Matter At Hand
Denns Gonzalez NY Quartet - Dance Of The Soothsayer's Tongue - Clean Feed
Hymn For Julius Hemphill
Dennis Gonzalez Boston Project - No Photograph Available - Clean Feed
Chant De La Fee
Dennis Gonzalez - A Matter Of Blood - FurtherMore Records
Set 3: The early years of Yells At Eels 2001-2002
Nils Petter's Foxtrot
Dennis Gonzalez Yells At Eels - Home - daagnim Records
Home
Dennis Gonzalez Yells At Eels - Home Away From Home - daagnim Records
Carol's Rain Song
Dennis Gonzalez Yells At Eels - Pic-To-Gram - daagnim Records
Set 4: The Maturity of Yells At Eels 2008-2011
Document For William Parker
Dennis Gonzalez Yells At Eels - The Great Bydgoszcz Concert - Ayler Records
Snakehandler
Dennis Gonzalez Yells At Eels - Cape Of Storms - Ayler Records
Elegy For A Slaughtered Democracy
Dennis Gonzalez Yells At Eels - Geografia - Iror Records
Interactive CKCU
hillbilly
pic must be a cornet... details, eh?;-)

9:07 PM, April 6th, 2022
hb
hav owned a US Selmer with king mouthpiece...$75 L&M, Toronto many yrs ago Silver Yamaha...gav last fall to young serious guy in music U Montreal. His band just got into cegep finals...sure to win! Instruments gotta be played!;-) Thanks for the Music!

9:13 PM, April 6th, 2022
hb
looked up to Guido Basso

9:27 PM, April 6th, 2022
Ron Steeds (host)
Thanks for the feedback hb! Gonzalez played all the horns…

10:04 PM, April 6th, 2022
Aidian
Thanks for sharing all this great music Ron.

10:20 PM, April 6th, 2022
Ron Steeds (host)
Thanks for the kind words Aidian!

10:27 PM, April 6th, 2022
hb
The guy is amazing!

10:51 PM, April 6th, 2022
Ron Steeds (host)
I’m glad you enjoyed it hb!

11:04 PM, April 6th, 2022