In A Mellow Tone
Wednesday August 2nd, 2023 with Natalie McGrath
1959: A Striking Year for Innovation and Transformative Success in the Genre of Jazz

Here is the track listing for this show that originally aired June 15th, 2022: https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/94/56605.html This week on In a Mellow Tone, host Natalie McGrath will be talking about the impact the year 1959 had on jazz in regards to change, success, controversy, and innovation. In 1959, four major albums were released that sparked a transformative turning point with the way people listened and interpreted jazz music. In this session, you’ll hear our host discuss the context and listen to the contents from Miles Davis’ album titled “Kind of Blue”, Dave Brubeck’s album “Time Out”, Charles Mingus’ album “Mingus Ah Um”, and Ornette Coleman’s album “The Shape of Jazz to Come”. To this day, these albums have stood the test of time and remain top selling jazz albums. In light of Black Music Appreciation Month, this session will cover how these timeless albums played by several black artists broke barriers during 1959, the Eisenhower era during peak middle America culture.