In A Mellow Tone
Wednesday March 20th, 2024 with Ian M.
The 2024 Juno nominees and a tribute to Eleanor Collins
Tonight’s show is an all-Canadian celebration, including all of this year’s nominees for Junos in the jazz instrumental categories. Before we listen to the nominees, we’ll take a brief pause to remember the passing of a Canadian jazz legend - Eleanor Collins. She was a singer who passed away on March 3rd at the age of 104. Her voice had been compared to Lena Horne's. She lived in British Columbia and never succumbed to the allure of a career in the US, preferring to live and work in Canada. She is best known for her CBC television performances. She was the first black woman to host her own television variety show.
For more on her extraordinary career, see https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/eleanor-collins-emc
We will start the show off with a track she recorded in 2004 at the age of 84 with the group Mother of Pearl.
| I'll Never Smile Again Mother of Pearl (feat. Eleanor Collins) - Shebop! A century of jazz compositions by Canadian women - Mopster Records, 2003 
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| Wind Up Christine Jensen - Day Moon - Justin Time, 2023
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| Balcony Rules Christine Jensen - Day Moon - Justin Time, 2023
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| Christine Jensen is with pianist Steve Amirault, acoustic bassist Adrian Vedady and drummer Jim Doxas. |
| Steals on Steeles Noam Lemish - Twelve - TPR Records, 2022
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| Aves Rara Allison Au with the Migration Ensemble - Migrations - self-released, 2023
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| Migrations is a musical suite that explores why people leave their homes to pursue life in a new land, and the reverberating impact it has on future generations. |
| Un pied en dehors du nid Gentiane Mg - Walls Made of Glass - TPR Records, 2022
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| The Moon, the Sun, the Truth Gentiane Mg - Walls Made of Glass - TPR Records, 2022
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| Gentiane Mg on piano with bassist Levi Dover and drummer Louis-Vincent Hamel. |
| Tender is the Night Jocelyn Gould - Sonic Bouquet - self-released, 2023
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| Is that So? Jocelyn Gould - Sonic Bouquet - self-released, 2023
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| Jocelyn Gould duets with her guitar teacher, Randy Napoleon, on this album. |
| Kelowna Russ Macklem - The South Detroit Connection - TQM Recording, 2023
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| Who is Genuine? Russ Macklem - The South Detroit Connection - TQM Recording, 2023
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| Trumpeter Russ Macklem was born in Kelowna and is now living in the Windsor/Detroit area. He recently told me he has a mouthpiece used by Maynard Ferguson! |
| Night in Tunisia Hilario Duran and his Latin Jazz Big Band - Cry Me a River - Alma Records, 2023
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| Claudia Hilario Duran and his Latin Jazz Big Band - Cry Me a River - Alma Records, 2023
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| With Paquito D'Rivera on alto sax. |
| Someday Mike Murley and Mark Eisenman - Recent History - Cornerstone Records, 2023
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| Soul Wise Mike Murley and Mark Eisenman - Recent History - Cornerstone Records, 2023
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| Mike Murley on saxophone and Mark Eisenman on piano, with the stalwarts bassist Neil Swainson and drummer Terry Clarke |
| Butterfly Nick Maclean Quartet (feat. Brownman Ali) - Convergence - Browntasaurus Records, 2023
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| Brotherhood Nick Maclean Quartet (feat. Brownman Ali) - Convergence - Browntasaurus Records, 2023
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| Highway 9 Canadian Jazz Collective - Septology - The Black Forest Session - HGBS Blue Records, 2023
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| Kirk MacDonald on saxophone, Lorne Lofsky on guitar, Derrick Gardner on trumpet |
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