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In A Mellow Tone
Wednesday December 27th, 2023 with Heavy Ben
What did jazz sound like in 2023?

We're always playing new music on In A Mellow Tone. It's been like that since 1976. Each year, more music is released than the previous year. Let's pause to take stock on recordings that you may have missed. Here are 24 tracks from 2023 albums that have hitherto not been played on In A Mellow Tone. (to embiggen the show icon, right-click and choose "Open image in new tab")
Hour one
Last Breath
Primary Colours Trio - Primary Colours - (self-released) - 2023 Canadian New
Wind Up
Christine Jensen - Day Moon - Justin Time - 2023 Canadian
Running With The Throne (Running With The Tribe)
Phil Ranelin & Wendell Harrison / Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge - Jazz Is Dead 16 - Jazz Is Dead - 2023
Raisins Under the Sun
Yussef Dayes feat. Shabaka Hutchings - Black Classical Music - Brownswood Recordings - 2023
Going, Gone
Belbury Poly - The Path - Ghost Box - 2023
Flower
Nostalgia 77 - The Loneliest Flower In The Village - Jazzman - 2023
The Sandpiper
Greg Foat & Eero Koivistoinen - Feathers - Jazzaggression - 2023 New
no one else has your magik!
muva of earth - align with Nature's Intelligence (AWNI) - Brownswood Recordings - 2023 New
The Negro Experiences The Endless Daily Humiliation Of American Life Which Bequeaths Him A Futureless Future
Angel Bat Dawid - Requiem For Jazz - International Anthem - 2023
Lujon
Badge Époque Ensemble - Air, Light & Harmony - Telephone Explosion - 2023 Canadian New
Call Up My Scene
Elizabeth Shepherd - Three Things - (self-released) - 2023 Canadian
Nice It Up
Idris Ackamoor ☥ The Pyramids - Afro Futuristic Dreams - Strut - 2023
Hour two
Caravanserai
Joe Chambers - Dance Kobina - Blue Note - 2023
All Heart
Muriel Grossmann - Devotion - Third Man - 2023 New
Your Name Gonna Ring The Bell
Damon Locks & Rob Mazurek - New Future City Radio - International Anthem - 2023
Heart-Spirit-Love
Nat Birchall - The Infinite - Ancient Archive of Sound - 2023
Dead Ringers
Oh No Deconstructs The Music Of Roy Ayers - Good Vibes / Bad Vibes - Nature Sounds - 2023
Watermelancholia
Brahja - Watermelancholia - cortizona - 2022
Relax And Flow
Mark Lotz Trio - Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out - ZenneZ Records
Clairvoyant
Orhan Demir - Solo Guitar - Freedom In Jazz Vol. 3 - Hittite Records Canadian
Blessings
Atlantis Jazz Ensemble - Celestial Suite - Marlow - 2023 Canadian New
Iceman
George - Letters To George - Out Of Your Head - 2023 Canadian
Foxy Trot
Duncan Hopkins (orig. Kenny Wheeler) - Who Are You? The Music Of Kenny Wheeler - Three Pines - 2023 Canadian
Vertical
Misha Panfilov - Atl​â​ntico (Atl​antico) - Miraaž Records (Miraaz) - 2023 New
Interactive CKCU
Ben Armstrong (host)
Welcome to tonight's show. I've gone through 40 million tracks released in 2023 and selected 24 that were not played on In A Mellow Tone.

9:07 PM, December 27th, 2023
Bruce Walton (host)
You're a hard-workin' guy, Mr. Armstrong.

9:13 PM, December 27th, 2023
Ben Armstrong (host)
Hi Bruce, yup it took some time

9:24 PM, December 27th, 2023
Dandy
Didn’t take too long for the prolific Shabaka to make an appearance. Diggin the tunes!

9:25 PM, December 27th, 2023
Ben Armstrong (host)
Hey Dandy, yeah Shabaka managed to find his way here without an album of his own. And it didn't take too long for the prolific Greg Foat to get on the list, either!

9:33 PM, December 27th, 2023
robert p in gatineau
Cool selections. Thank you.

10:04 PM, December 27th, 2023
Ben Armstrong (host)
thanks for listening, robert p

10:08 PM, December 27th, 2023
Ben Armstrong (host)
Thanks for listening to In A Mellow Tone in 2023, for your donations, for your ears and comments!

10:57 PM, December 27th, 2023