I didn't set out to do an all-Canadian-artist program, but home-grown talent quickly filled the hour. In various combinations: Marilyn Lerner, David Braid, Mark Eisenman & Freddie Stone on piano; George Koller on bass; Jesse Stuart, Loren Nehring & Nick Fraser on drums; Rob Frayne & Petr Cancura on saxes and clarinet; Freddie Stone on flugelhorn; Matt Brubeck on cello, Kevin Breit on guitar, and Robert Minden on waterphone. Almost half of tonight's tunes were composed by Freddie Stone.
| Fig Bun Petr Cancura - People Music (2008) 
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| Lazy Bits Rob Frayne & Mark Eisenman - Skeezix 1 & 2 (1998)
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| Life Is A Dream Petr Cancura - People Music
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| Minimalism Matt Brubeck, Marilyn Lerner, Nick Fraser - Ugly Beauties (2017)
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| Sniffin' Around Brubeck Braid - Twotet/Deuxtet (2007)
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| Beignet Bounce Stretch Orchestra - S/T (2012)
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| Huevos Verdes y Jambon Brubeck Braid - Twotet/Deuxtet
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| Composer Freddie Stone, who played flugelhgorn, trumpet, and piano, was born in Toronto in 1935. He performed both symphonic music and jazz, including a stint with Duke Ellington. His pupils included Rob Frayne and George Koller, both heard tonight, and Perry White, an original Shuffle Demon.
His compositions have been described as 'not cut from a single cloth but from the rough weave of folk music, the stiff drill of the classics (Stravinsky was a favorite) and the sporty patterns of jazz. Stone's melodic instincts made the seams magically invisible'. He is on piano and flugelhorn on the tracks below; on "Yeke Omo" he is joined by Robert Minden on waterphone (I didn't look that up, but you could). |
| Canonymous Freddie Stone - In Season (1986)
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| For Igor Nehring, Koller & Braid - Set In Stone (2006)
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| as in Stravinsky |
| Sue-Ling Freddie Stone - In Season
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| Zeynebim Nehring, Koller & Braid - Set In Stone
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| Ee-Gypt-Me Freddie Stone - In Season
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| Yeke Omo Freddie Stone - In Season
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Bruce! It's great to hear your voice on this station once again. Lovely! I am diggin the tunes.
11:53 PM, July 31st, 2019