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In A Mellow Tone
Wednesday April 20th, 2022 with Heavy Ben
1960s Blue Note, Brazilian / Samba / Bossa, Contemporary Spiritual & Modal Jazz

In the first hour, 1960s Blue Note "dance" tracks by pianists , transitioning to a half hour of Latin, Samba and Bossa jazz In hour two, 4 long compositions of modern spiritual and modal jazz, including a fiery take on a Curtis Mayfield classic
Hour one
Passion Dance
McCoy Tyner - The Real McCoy - Blue Note - 1967
Dolphin Dance
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage - Blue Note - 1965
Le Serpent Qui Danse
Andrew Hill - Andrew!!! - Blue Note - 1968
Sandalia Dela
Duke Pearson - How Insensitive - Blue Note - 1969
Samba Blim
Tamba 4 - Samba Blim - A&M - 1968
My Shingaling
Joey Pastrana And His Orchestra - Let's Ball - Cotique - 1967
Vim De Sant'ana
Quarteto Novo - Quarteto Novo - Odeon - 1967
So Danço Samba
Bet.e & Stef [orig. Antonio Carlog Jobim] - Jazz Bossa Nova - Return To Analog - 2017 (orig. 1998) Canadian
Apêlo (Apelo)
Baden Powell - Tempo Feliz / El Arte De Baden Powell Vol.1 - Forma / Philips - 1966 / 1976
Samba for the Animals
Lloyd McNeill - Elegia - Baobab Record Co. / Soul Jazz - 1980 / 2019
Ton Visage
Yvan Landry & his Trio - Ready Or Not 2 - Do Right! Music - 2006 (rec. 1962) Canadian
Hour two
Fire
Emanative feat. Collocutor & Finn Peters [orig. Joe Henderson] - The Light Years Of The Darkness - Brownswood Recordings, The Steve Reid Foundation - 2015
If There's A Hell Below
William Parker [orig. Curtis Mayfield] - I Plan To Stay A Believer: The Inside Songs Of Curtis Mayfield - AUM Fidelity - 2010
Ancient Africa
Nat Birchall - Ancient Africa - Ancient Archive of Sound - 2021
descension (Out Of Our Constrictions) III
Joshua Abrams Natural Information Society with Evan Parker - descension (Out Of Our Constrictions) - Eremite - 2021
Interactive CKCU
Leege
Hi Heavy Ben. Great tunes to unpack to!

10:01 PM, April 20th, 2022
Heavy Ben
Hey Leege!

10:05 PM, April 20th, 2022
robert p in gatineau
Lovely evening. Thank you. I commend your choice of selections. Yeah ! More power to you !

10:38 PM, April 20th, 2022
Ben Armstrong (host)
Thank you Robert for the props!

12:35 AM, April 21st, 2022
Benoît
Nice stuff. Not a single rock and roll rhythm, I think. A nice rest!

2:25 PM, April 24th, 2022