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CiTR -- The Jazz Show

CiTR 101.9 Vancouver

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CiTR is proud to present one of the best jazz shows in Vancouver. It has been hosted by notable jazz musician Gavin Walker since 1984. He features Jazz music that is respectful of its tradition and influential to the future. Every 11 o clock an album or an artist is featured and explored in depth. Walker's extensive knowledge and hands-on experience as a jazz player has made this show one of the most listened to in its genre.
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CiTR -- Soca Storm

#DjPalancer #RPPSOUND - Robin Palancer Pascall

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Born of the disco era SOCA music is the #1 dance music genre in the Caribbean. It is the evolved form of Calypso music of Trinidad & Tobago a tiny Country and Island rich with culture and passion. Carnival is a big deal in the West Indies and SOCA Music is the booming sound that defines the season. Today, Carnival is an almost year round phenomenon with a circuit that stretches around the globe. This music is ENERGY, passion, and pace. Infectious rhythm, positive beats, that are sure to upli ...
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CiTR -- Sexy In Van City

CiTR & Discorder Magazine

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Sexy in Vancity focuses on all things that are sexy in Vancity. Shows focus on relational and sexual health with one's self, partners, and current events in the city. Every Wednesday at 10pm for your listening pleasure.
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Join gak as he explores music from the movies, tunes from television and any other cinematic source, along with atmospheric pieces, cutting edge new tracks and strange old goodies that could be used in a soundtrack to be. The spotlight swings widely to encompass composers, genres and other categories, but all in the name of discovery and ironclad whimsy.
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Hello Hello Hello! Started off the show with some new SuperHITs by Green Day, The Dirty Nil, F.O.D., NOFX and Snuff. The a quick preview of the new Split 7'' from Night Court and The Dumpies from Oregon. Both bands are playing Red Gate on May 1st. And a preview of an acoustic show which will happen in Chilliwack of all places and it features Dannyb…
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Tomorrow is vibraphonist Walt Dickerson's Birthday Anniversary on April 16. Dickerson was born in Philadelphia on April 16. 1928 and passed away ay age 80 on May 15, 2008. He made his first album in March of 1961 and it is one of the finest debut recordings ever. He did 4 albums for Prestige/New Jazz that are all classics. He was recommended to the…
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Tonight's Jazz Feature is a latter day classic and one of the finest outings by pianist/composer Chick Corea. It consists of three extended compositions hence the title "Three Quartets" The late Mr. Corea needs no introduction to the Jazz listening public of course but the band he has chosen for this date done in early 1981 is exceptional. On tenor…
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MC Kerr Joins us in studio as we release a bunch of new soca music for the Jamacian Carnival season, post Carnival 24 releases, and hits. Turn Up the Sound, download, share like enjoy!For those of you who listen to the podcast on Android devices, Google Music has shut down! Check out the program on Pocket Cast instead! Visit the Google Play store a…
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Hello Hello Hello!I'm back! Listened to bunch of new music during my vacation and played some of my favourite new tunes by Snuff, Cock Sparrer, Reconciler, Jon Snodgrass and Noi!se. Then I shared my experience of visiting Punkspring 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. It was an absolutely incredible experience going to a punk rock show in Japan. I saw NOFX, Hi-S…
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This classic album is tonight's Jazz Feature recorded 64 years ago on April 1, 1960 at Rudy Van Gelder's Studio for Prestige/New Jazz Records. It was Eric's first album under his name and leadership. Dolphy, who was from Los Angeles had moved to New York and after working in L.A. for many years came to New York as a member of drummer Chico Hamilton…
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The Jazz feature tonight is an album that this writer deems an essential Jazz album. "Out of the Afternoon" presents drum master Roy Haynes leading a very special quartet. Mr. Haynes just celebrated his 99th Birthday recently. Roy presents a young up and coming phenomena called Roland Kirk on tenor saxophone, manzello (an elongated alto saxophone) …
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Alto saxophonist Frank Strozier remains one of the great underrated masters of his horn. He was born in Memphis and came up with his friends, George Coleman, Harold Mabern, and the great Booker Little. After Memphis he moved to Chicago and attained several university degrees and began building his reputation as a prime voice on the alto. He later m…
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Tonight's Jazz Feature focuses on the obscure but fine trumpeter and flugelhornist named Wilbur Harden. Little is known about Harden other than he was born in Birmingham, Alabama on Dec. 31,1924 and after working in some major R&B bands moved to Detroit in 1957 and began working with Yusef Lateef.. He became part of the talented Detroit Jazz scene …
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Hello Hello Hello!I usually start the show with a block of new punk rock music but this time it was something completely different. I have been listening to reggae in the past couple of weeks a lot and decided to share some of my finds and played song by Alpheus (London, UK), Boss Capone & Patsy (Netherlands), King Kong 4 (Toronto, ON) and Cosmic S…
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Tonight's Jazz Feature is one of the most intense and incendiary recordings by Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. It was done in February 1964. The fire and intensity was perhaps driven by the fact that several of the members of this long standing edition of the Messengers were hinting at leaving to move on to other bands or forming their own groups. Th…
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Hello Hello Hello!My friend Steve Kitchen recommended me a band from Wales called Cartoon Violence from Wales and that inspired the first block of music with their song Who You Know and SuperHITs by Buster Shuffle, Wonk Unit and Madness.And then I previewed a show happening at Red Gate this Friday featuring The Greatest Sons, Contra Code, Campfire …
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Tonight is a special Jazz Feature as we present and interview by the author of the newest and indeed one one the finest documents on the Vancouver Jazz scene. The book is a series of 30 biographies that cover the spectrum of the Jazz scene from the mid 1950's up to the present. It's called "Journeys To The Bandstand" by Chris Wong. Mr.Wong is my gu…
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In Vancouver B.C. where we broadcast today is a statutory holiday called Family Day. In honor of Family Day we will present tonight a wide variety of famous Jazz families, We'll hear selections by The Montgomery Brothers, The Adderley Brothers, The Heath Brothers, The Mangione Brothers, The Turrentine Brothers, The Shorter Brothers, The Ayler Broth…
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Hello Hello Hello!I started of the show with request from Trevor to play a couple of tracks by Wasted Lives.Then a block of new music featuring new tracks by Green Day, Sum 41, Alkaline Trio and Bayside. And then I preview 3 shows happening at the Rickshaw:February 17 - Hans Gruber And The Die HardsFebruary 18 - Los FuriosFebruary 21 - Mad Caddies…
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Tonight's Jazz Feature will be heard a bit later than usual as a guest was expected. The Jazz Feature will be pianist Andrew Hill's Blue Note debut album "Black Fire". Andrew Hill was somewhat unfairly lumped into the "free form Jazz" category as his music was different from the norm and innovative and Hill did emerge in the 1960;s, a time of chang…
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Its totally almost Carnival, infract I'm writing this from Trinidad the Carnival Meca where I'll be the next three weeks. This pre record is right on the pulse of Carnival 2024. I can confirm this now that I've been here a few days and been to several fetes where these very songs are pumping. So enjoy this episode. Also its CiTR 101.9FM's annual fu…
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Hello Hello Hello! First block features new songs by Broadway Calls, Kryye (from Cape Town, South Africa), Teens In Trouble and Outtacontroller.Then I played a block of some of my favourtie fast songs featuring hits form Rancid, Good Riddance, No Use For a Name, Lagwagon and Bad Religion. Not bad for a Thursday. And the local block this weak featur…
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Hello Hello Hello! Ok, started the show with some new music from Laura Jane Grace, Mean Jeans, KMPFSPRT (from Germany) and The Priceduifkes (from Belgium).Great news! Needles//Pins are playing a SHOW! Live concert! On May 3rd, so I got super excited a played some local bands which I would love to see play live music again N//P, Open Letters, Poor F…
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Tonight The Jazz Show celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the birth of one of the important pioneers of Modern Jazz and the definitive voice of the trombone: Mr. J.J.Johnson. Johnson was born on January 22,1924 and passed away on February 4,2001 at age 77. He recorded a lot in his long career with small bands and large ensembles and of course was a…
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Tonight's Jazz Feature is a recording done at San Francisco's Jazz Workshop on October 27,1962 by the Max Roach Quartet with drum master Max Roach at the helm with Clifford Jordan on tenor saxophone, Mal Waldron on piano and Eddie Khan on bass. Two extended works are featured. The first is the title track "Speak Brother Speak" depicts speakers on a…
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Tonight's Jazz Feature honors the late, great Les McCann who passed away December 29,2023 at age 88. This fine album featuring pianist McCann's working trio with bassist Herbie Lewis and drummer Ron Jefferson was called "Les McCann LTD". McCann had been appearing at New York's Village Gate with the LTD and recording for his label Pacific Jazz but t…
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Hello Hello Hello!Happy New Year! All the best to you and your loved ones in 2024! I've played some of the song from my favourite albums of 2023 which I didn't get a chance to play last year Goodbye Blue Monday, Fat Heaven, Weak, Guilhem and Rebuilder. I also previewed Lucas Fest and played songs by Russian Tim and Pavel Bures, Campfire Shitkickers…
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