Skip to Main Content
In A Mellow Tone
Join your hosts Natalie McGrath, Ian Mackenzie and/or Heavy Ben for 2 hours of great jazz. An introduction to the entire history of jazz.
Hosted by: Ben Armstrong, Ian Mackenzie and Natalie McGrath
Airs: Every Wednesday from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM

Coming up at 9:00 PM on March 20th, 2024:
All Canadian show: join Ian M. for the 2024 Juno nominees for instrumental jazz (solo and group) and a track from Canada’s “first lady of jazz,” Eleanor Collins, who died on March 3rd at the age of 104.

In A Mellow Tone

Date Host Highlight On Demand
Mar. 13, 2024 Heavy Ben Album sides: Bhakti Jazz, Cat Toren, Dave Brubeck, Organic Pulse Ensemble, J Jazz, Sun Ra
available
Mar. 6, 2024 Ian M. The Earl "Fatha" Hines Revival: the 60th anniversary of the 1964 concert that revived his career
available
Feb. 28, 2024 Heavy Ben & Ian M Black History Month spotlights on Al Tanner and Hilario Duran
available
Feb. 21, 2024 Heavy Ben Black History Month profile on Nina Simone
available
Feb. 14, 2024 Natalie McGrath Jazz Rewind - Best Album of the Decade (1950s to the present): Spotlighting Black Jazz Musicians
available
Feb. 7, 2024 Ian M. The history of Africville in music: Joe Sealy, Bucky Adams, Oscar Peterson, the Duke Ellington Orchestra and others
available

IN A MELLOW TONE INTRODUCES LISTENERS TO THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF JAZZ, FROM ITS BEGINNINGS TO THE LATEST INNOVATIONS. THE HOSTS DRAW ON THEIR LARGE PERSONAL CD AND LP COLLECTIONS TO SUPPLEMENT CKCU'S EXTENSIVE RESOURCES.

IN A MELLOW TONE was created and hosted by Ron Sweetman until he retired from radio in Septermber 2015. The program has been a weekly fixture on CKCU-FM 93.1 since May 1976. He was a founder member of L’Atelier de Musique Experimentale (1972), Jazz Ottawa (1976), and Music Now (1997). He has written for CODA magazine since 1970, and has been a member of the Down Beat International Critics Poll since 1982.

IN A MELLOW TONE is now hosted by a rotating collective of jazz zealots including Natalie McGrath,  Heavy Ben and Ian M. They intend on taking IAMT forward with the high standards of broadcasting that Ron Sweetman established for decades.

Like us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/ckcumellowtone