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Café Jazz Special Presentation: Smooth Jazz in Canada Eh ! As part of our Canada Day celebrations we're playing the music of Canadian Smooth Jazz artists exclusively!! We first tried this a couple of years ago & and we're back with a bigger & better than ever version of this feature. So get set for musical excitement and a totally unique listening experience. Spotlighted is some of the finest and freshest music that this great country has to offer as we present our 3rd annual edition of Smooth Jazz in Canada Eh!! Only on Café Jazz, Canada's Smooth Jazz Connection!! |
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To Me - Ray Garand: Ray Garand has been active as a musician since his early teens resulting in a career that spans over 20 years. In 1985, Garand settled on Canada's west coast, where he became involved in various aspects of recording, producing and engineering. Ray has always had a fascination with contemporary jazz so it was only natural that when he set up his own studio, he gravitated to that style of music. This has resulted in three superb projects, Blameless being the most recent of these. We featured a track from it on a past edition of SJIC. But it's an exceptional album so without hesitation we've gone to it again for Talk To Me. This is another incredible tune. In addition to his fantastic bluesy tinged guitar work, Ray plays all the instruments as well as handling the recording and production duties. Falling under the heading of a talent deserving much broader recognition, we present Ray with one of his best tracks! Hopefully it won't be too long before this majorly talented artist gets a well deserved break in his career! * Cover Art by Lori-ann Latremouille. Visit Lori-ann's site.* CD: Blameless (2002) Label: Independent Release Site: Ray Garand |
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Never Find Another Love Like Mine - Michael Bublé:
It was Michael's grandfather who exposed him to the music of the swing era & early on, it seemed that Michael was destined for stardom. While still in his teens, Bublé won a Canadian Youth Talent Search, released several independent albums and performed in a musical review titled Swing that traveled across the USA. The connection with David Foster, the Grammy-winning producer, resulted in his major label debut. Although it took more than a year of concerts and promotional appearances, that album nevertheless eventually climbed to # 47 on Billboard, a feat that is particularly impressive considering that we're in a period when the charts are dominated by pop, rap, & rock. From that effort we've chosen a tune that others seem to have overlooked. It's a cover of one of the most popular tunes from the 70s, but nonetheless Bublé makes the track entirely his own!!! CD: Michael Bublé (self-titled release/2003) Label: 143 Records/Reprise Records Site: Michael Bublé |
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What began a couple of years ago as a modest attempt to showcase the best smooth jazz that Canada had to offer, has really mushroomed!! Together with our regular two hour program, we have an additional two full hours of virtually uninterrupted music as we continue with our special presentation of SJIC! Included as part of this feature are many great artists that you may get the chance to hear only here and nowhere else. Nevertheless, we're pleased and proud to do our bit as we help promote their musical accomplishments. We have music from Greg Lowe, Molly Johnson, Bill King, David Blamires, Paul Lamoureux, Armi Grano, Gordon Sheard, Robert Michaels, Gino Vanelli, Alfie Zappacosta, Diana Krall, & Jesse Cook among many many others. Those and of course each & every selection that we'll be playing is 100% Canadian as we celebrate with the finest smooth jazz in the land ! |
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