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In A Mellow Tone
Wednesday June 12th, 2024 with Heavy Ben
Vinyl Sides 3: Les Baxter, Vern Isaac, André 3000, Bossa Nova, Crusaders, Chick Corea, Alice Coltrane

Playing full album sides live in the CKCU studio exotica | big band | new age ambient | brazilian bossa nova | soul jazz | modal | spiritual (to embiggen the show icon, right-click and choose "Open image in new tab")
The Girl Behind The Bamboo Curtain
Les Baxter And His Orchestra - The Soul Of The Drums - Reprise - 1963
Lord, What A Morning
Les Baxter And His Orchestra - The Soul Of The Drums - Reprise - 1963
Coffee Bean And Calabash Annie
Les Baxter And His Orchestra - The Soul Of The Drums - Reprise - 1963
Sunrise At Kowloon
Les Baxter And His Orchestra - The Soul Of The Drums - Reprise - 1963
Which Doctor?
Les Baxter And His Orchestra - The Soul Of The Drums - Reprise - 1963
Mai Tai
Les Baxter And His Orchestra - The Soul Of The Drums - Reprise - 1963
Perdido
Vern Isaac's Big Band - Live! Downstairs San Antonio Rose - V.I.C. Records - 1984 Canadian
You've Changed
Vern Isaac's Big Band - Live! Downstairs San Antonio Rose - V.I.C. Records - 1984 Canadian
You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
Vern Isaac's Big Band - Live! Downstairs San Antonio Rose - V.I.C. Records - 1984 Canadian
To You
Vern Isaac's Big Band - Live! Downstairs San Antonio Rose - V.I.C. Records - 1984 Canadian
André 3000’s flute album mines an overlooked tradition of Black ambient and exotica music
(article by David Toop)
https://www.nybooks.com/online/2024/06/12/all-that-floats-and-drifts/
That Night In Hawaii When I Turned Into A Panther And Started Making These Low Register Purring Tones That I Couldn't Control ... Sh¥t Was Wild
(Andre) André 3000 - New Blue Sun - Epic - 2024
Roda
Elis Regina - Elis / Bossa Nova And The Rise Of Brazilian Music In The 1960s - Volume One - Philips - 1966 / Soul Jazz - 2011
Inverno
Roberto Menescal E Seu Conjunto - A Nova Bossa Nova / Bossa Nova And The Rise Of Brazilian Music In The 1960s - Volume One - Elenco - 1964 / Soul Jazz - 2011
O Sapo
(Joao) João Gilberto - Bossa Nova And The Rise Of Brazilian Music In The 1960s - Volume One - Orfeon, Philips - 1970 / Soul Jazz - 2011
Yemanja
Ginga Trio - Plenitude / Bossa Nova And The Rise Of Brazilian Music In The 1960s - Volume One - Chantecler - 1965 / Soul Jazz - 2011
Lalari-Olalá
Jorge Ben - Big Ben - Bossa Nova And The Rise Of Brazilian Music In The 1960s - Volume One - Philips - 1965 / Soul Jazz - 2011
Journey From Within
The (Jazz) Crusaders - The 2nd Crusade - Blue Thumb - 1973
Ain't Gon' Change A Thang
The (Jazz) Crusaders - The 2nd Crusade - Blue Thumb - 1973
A Message From The Inner City
The (Jazz) Crusaders - The 2nd Crusade - Blue Thumb - 1973
Guijira
Chick Corea - Inner Space - Atlantic - 1973 (rec. 1969)
Sivaya
Alice Coltrane - Transcendence - Warner Bros. - 1977
Ghana Nila
Alice Coltrane - Transcendence - Warner Bros. - 1977
Bhaja Govindam
Alice Coltrane - Transcendence - Warner Bros. - 1977
Sri Nrsimha
Alice Coltrane - Transcendence - Warner Bros. - 1977
Interactive CKCU
Ian M.
Love that vinyl crackle!

9:06 PM, June 12th, 2024
Ben Armstrong (host)
Hey Ian - the snap, crackle n' pop is legit!

9:09 PM, June 12th, 2024
Ian M.
Authentic is best!

9:11 PM, June 12th, 2024
Ian M.
And a very weird cover once embiggined!

9:12 PM, June 12th, 2024
Ben Armstrong (host)
Yeah, those dated covers are part of the Exotica experience.

9:17 PM, June 12th, 2024
Ian M.
Met Vern Isaac once - as I recall a very friendly guy. The Globe and Mail review of this album “a faintly growling, nicely turned swing-to-bop style that is the most finished element of [the band's] performances”

9:24 PM, June 12th, 2024
Ben Armstrong (host)
Ian M - cool story. The liner notes on the back sleeve are credited to "Charles Skeete, jazz critic".

9:29 PM, June 12th, 2024
Ian M.
Peter Hum did a profile of him that’s quite interesting: https://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/jazzblog/blues-for-isaac

9:32 PM, June 12th, 2024
Ian M.
Lots of diversity on the show - good listenin’

10:28 PM, June 12th, 2024
Ben Armstrong (host)
Thanks Ian, the spice of life.

10:36 PM, June 12th, 2024
Ben Armstrong (host)
Catch you next week when Natalie, Ian and Ben preview the Ottawa Jazz Festival

10:57 PM, June 12th, 2024
hillbilly
👍🎵🎶

11:00 PM, June 12th, 2024