In A Mellow Tone
Wednesday August 20th, 2025 with Heavy Ben
Vinyl Sides 11 - Paul Horn, Barbara Moore, Embryo, Steve Haines, Spiritual Jazz from Behind The Iron Curtain
Playing full album sides live in the CKCU studio.
On today's program, music from 1960 to 2009 from artists born in the USA, England, Germany, Afghanistan, Morocco, Egypt, Canada, Bulgaria, German Democratic Republic, Czechoslovakia
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| Paul Horn had his initial success in the 1950s and 60s playing with Chico Hamilton, Duke Ellington and Cal Tjader. He received five Grammy nominations over his career.
Horn became a practitioner of transcendental meditation. He attended training at the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram along with The Beatles on their 1968 trip to India. Following his experiences in India, Horn's recordings moved from jazz to world and new-age music such as with 1968's "Inside", recorded inside the Taj Mahal. He then lived in Victoria, BC, and recorded albums for the National Film Board of Canada. He was last married to singer and songwriter Ann Mortifee, member of the Order of Canada. "Something Blue" from 1960 was produced by David Axelrod and features a stellar lineup of musicians. Paul Horn: Alto Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet Paul Moer: Piano Emil Richards: Vibraphone Jimmy Bond: Bass Billy Higgins: Drums Dave Axelrod: Producer, A&R |
| Dun Dunnee The Paul Horn Quintet - Something Blue - HiFi Jazz - 1960 |
| Tall Polynesian The Paul Horn Quintet - Something Blue - HiFi Jazz - 1960 |
| Mr. Bond The Paul Horn Quintet - Something Blue - HiFi Jazz - 1960 |
| Barbara Moore was an English composer, arranger and vocalist for film, television and commercials. She was a member of the musical trios the Ladybirds and the Breakaways and a backing vocalist for artists including Dusty Springfield and Jimi Hendrix.
Although she worked with Roger Moore (The Saint) and Dudley Moore (Bedazzled), Barbara took the name "Moore" from her husband Pete (composer, arranger). She later collaborated with Elton John, Glen Campbell, Bobbie Gentry, and arranged the vocals for "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing", a Coca-Cola commercial song from 1971 that became a hit for the New Seekers in a modified version. Vocal Shades And Tones is a miraculous leftfield library classic. It’s a heavenly groove-based blend of jazz, Latin, soft-psych, folk-funk, and gospel soul. Recorded for the legendary Music De Wolfe in 1972, it’s a perfect snapshot of a musical era, supported by Moore’s glorious vocal arrangements. |
| Hot Heels Barbara Moore - Vocal Shades And Tones - Music De Wolfe - 1972 |
| It's Gospel Barbara Moore - Vocal Shades And Tones - Music De Wolfe - 1972 |
| Steam Heat Barbara Moore - Vocal Shades And Tones - Music De Wolfe - 1972 |
| Fly Away Barbara Moore - Vocal Shades And Tones - Music De Wolfe - 1972 |
| His Name Was Barbara Moore - Vocal Shades And Tones - Music De Wolfe - 1972 |
| Swing Over Barbara Moore - Vocal Shades And Tones - Music De Wolfe - 1972 |
| Touch Of Warmth Barbara Moore - Vocal Shades And Tones - Music De Wolfe - 1972 |
| Embryo are a German band who were led by percussionist Christian Burchard from the late 1960s until his passing in 2018.
Embryo developed from jazzy Krautrock to a world music band, having merged different styles and trends throughout their history. Many of their albums originated during collective journeys in four continents. One of Embryo’s most remarkable ventures was a bus tour to India in 1978-79, documented in the film "Vagabond Caravan" and the album Embryo’s Reise. Heretofore unreleased, the recordings that we will listen to were recorded to and from that journey to India: in 1979 (in Kabul, Afghanistan) and 1980 (in Essaouira, Morocco, and Cairo, Egypt). Christian's daughter Marja Burchard (drums, vibraphone, vocals, trombone, keyboard), who grew up with the band, has been leading Embryo since 2018. |
| Farid - Die Ursuppe Embryo - Meets The World - Sonorama - 2025 (rec. 1979) 
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| Win Yannas Habib Roh Embryo - Meets The World - Sonorama - 2025 (rec. 1980)
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| Eritrean Strut Embryo - Meets The World - Sonorama - 2025 (rec. 1980)
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| Steve Haines is a bassist, arranger, and composer who grew up in Ottawa and for the past 20 years has been the director of the Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro.
The vast array of Haines' collaborators includes Dewey Redman, Lee Konitz, joe Chambers, Fred Wesley, Joey Calderazzo, Branford and Jason Marsalis. He wrote music for the musical "Ella: The Life And Music of Ella Fitzgerald". On this recording "Stickadiboom", Jimmy Cobb is featured playing the drums composing the final number of the album. The remaining cuts were written by Steve, who plays the acoustic bass. The track "Re:frayne" is dedicated to Ottawa's Rob Frayne (saxophonist), who suffered a stroke after being hit by a truck in a 2004 car crash. Frayne returned to public performance in 2014 after a difficult recovery. Likewise, I dedicate this set to Steve, who is recovering from a health situation. I hope to see him back in action on the bass, in the classroom, and the recording studio before long. |
| Patience Steve Haines Quintet with Jimmy Cobb - Stickadiboom - ZOHO - 2009 
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| Prospect Park Steve Haines Quintet with Jimmy Cobb - Stickadiboom - ZOHO - 2009
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| Re:frayne Steve Haines Quintet with Jimmy Cobb - Stickadiboom - ZOHO - 2009
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| Composition 101 Steve Haines Quintet with Jimmy Cobb - Stickadiboom - ZOHO - 2009
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| One of the most politically charged terms of the 20th century, the "Iron Curtain" was a metaphor for political and cultural division. In a post-war telegram Winston Churchill referred to the fault line that ran through Europe between East and West as "an Iron Curtain is drawn down upon their front. We do not know what is going on behind".
In this two-part album, as far as jazz is concerned, Jazzman records will showcase, describe and celebrate exactly what was ‘going on behind’. We see that music is the power supreme, with the ability to transcend all barriers, be they physical, political or metaphorical. The liner notes illustrate the complex and contradictory history of Soviet jazz, and the tracks chosen cover the key period of the early 1960s to the 1980s. It was during these dark years of the Cold War that the Soviet Union and its satellite states produced a number of outstanding artists playing in a variety of styles. The impact of modernism, from hard bop and Latin to modal and cool jazz, had found its way through cracks in the curtain. The deeply-felt ancestral strains of traditional European folk music were combined with the exciting new and progressive sounds of the West, and a radical, intoxicating brew was created that no amount of guns, tanks or polonium tea could overcome. Jazzman records chronicle the triumph of jazz at a time of extreme geopolitical conflict. What went on behind the Iron Curtain in these countries was once mysterious and unknown to the West, but the perseverance of their artists provided sound and light amid the secretive, dark days of the communist-capitalist standoff. There was no end of life-affirming spiritual jazz behind the Iron Curtain. |
| Monday Morning Quartet "Jazz Focus-65" / Квартет Джаз Фокус-65 - Квартет "Джаз Фокус-65", Spiritual Jazz 18: Behind The Iron Curtain (Part 1) / Духовный Джаз 18 - Балкантон (Balkanton), Jazzman - 1968, 2025
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| Karawane Theo Schumman Combo - Jazz 7", Spiritual Jazz 18: Behind The Iron Curtain (Part 1) / Духовный Джаз 18 - AMIGA, Jazzman - 1964, 2025
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| Podzimní Slunce Václav Zahradník A Hosté Jazzového Festivalu Praha 1970 / Václav Zahradník And His East All Stars Band - Interjazz, Spiritual Jazz 18: Behind The Iron Curtain (Part 1) / Духовный Джаз 18 - Supraphon/Gramofonový Klub, Jazzman - 1971, 2025
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| Lori (Stenopes) SHQ, Karel Velebný - Jazzové Nebajky (Jazz Non-fables), Spiritual Jazz 18: Behind The Iron Curtain (Part 1) / Духовный Джаз 18 - Panton, Jazzman - 1973, 2025
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Hey Ben, Tuned in while doing the dishes after a late dinner… Looking forward to a great show! No substitute for vinyl I always say!
9:08 PM, August 20th, 2025