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2003 NOTES |
SHOWCASE CD |
FRESH TRAX |
December 20
Edition # 310 |
A Café
Jazz
Christmas !
Special Presentation
'Tis the season... With the big
day only a few days away, it's time again for our annual
Christmas special. True to form we've chosen music consistent
with ...
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Highlights & Complete Play List: 
Russ Freeman - Holiday
Plan 9 - It Came Upon A
Midnight Clear
Greg Vail - Joy To The
World
Chris Camozzi - Do You
Hear ...
Michael Franks - Island
Christmas
Chris Blizzard - Joy To
The World |
December 13
Edition # 309 |
Party
Special EFX
It's now been almost twenty years
since the release of the Special EFX self-titled debut cd.
In the time since, band co-founder ..
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Philippe Saisse - Song for Saisse
NY Louie - Louie's Groove
Ricardo Silveira - Lua
No Mar
Jason Weber - J Street
Sam McNally - Jubilation |
December 6
Edition # 308 |
The Perfect Love
Pamela Williams
Perhaps one of the more underrated
performers on the smooth jazz scene, and one that I personally
prefer to refer to as the first lady ...
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Charlie Wood - Better Days
Fred Smith - Wonderland
Rick Braun - To Manhattan
With Love
Zig Noda - Do You Know
Sergio Caputo - Guess I
Miss You Again |
November 22
Edition # 307 |
Along the Way
Brian Hughes
On this, the first new release
from Brian in about four years, the former Torontonian is
joined by bassist Tim Landers, Neil Wilkinson, ...
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Dave Koz - Just To Be Next
To You
Kafele - Mellow Moonlight
David Benoit - Le Grand
The Bliss - Relax, Unwind
Marc Antoine - Senor Groove
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November 8
Edition # 306 |
At Last
Ronny Jordan
This is now the sixth release for
the London-born Jordan whose father was a preacher. As such,
Gospel music was an integral part...
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Amedeo - Dusty Roads
Oscar Lopez - Guitarra
Guitarra
Darron McKinney - Shift
Change
Will Downing - Daydreaming
RioListic - Bossa No.5
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November 1
Edition # 305 |
Philly Style
Jeff Lorber
One of the true pioneers of contemporary
instrumental music,
Jeff’s love of jazz began
while he attended ...
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Alex Bugnon - Back in Love
Richard Smith - Sing A
Song
Najee - La Smooth
Keiko Matsui - Precious
Time
Poncho Sanchez - JB's Strut
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October 25
Edition # 304 |
All the Way
Ken Navarro
As did many artists in the
Smooth Jazz genre, Navarro began his recording career as
a premiere session player...
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Eric Marienthal - Sweet
Talk
Jeff Golub - Vibrolux
The Steven Lee Group -
Double Play
Praful - 196 Dawn
Urban Jazz Coalition -
Luquillo Beach |
October 11
Edition # 303 |
NY LA
Steve Cole
It was Steve's father who first
exposed Steve to Jazz in its many varied forms. Following
his father's example ...
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Tom Colclough - Wonderland
Freddie Fox - My House
Finger Roll - Back on Track
Yulara - City Of Joy
Roger Sause - Magic Motion
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October 4
Edition # 302 |
Come On Up
Brian Culbertson
Ever since he first burst onto
the SJ scene not quite ten years ago, Culbertson’s name
has become synonymous ...
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Joel Rodney - Sunset on
Swan Pond
A. Ray Fuller - Portuguese
Love
Kirk Whalum - Another Beautiful
Day
Kevin Chokan - Passin Thru
Special EFX - Mi Amore |
September 27
Edition # 301 |
Radio Contact
Acoustic Alchemy
During the 1980s and '90s, the
duo of Greg Carmichael & the late Nick Webb produced
a series of superb albums as they ...
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Gabriel Mark Hasselbach
- Maui Rain
Andrew Oh - Summer Rain
Blake Aaron - So In Love
Paul Hardcastle - Signs
of Life
Will Sumner - Off Shore
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September 20
Edition # 300 |
The Very Best
of
Café Jazz !
A Special Presentation
It was in the fall of 1997
that Café Jazz first crackled onto the airwaves. Now, six
years, several hundred shows, and ...
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Highlights
& Complete Play List:
Boney James - Metropolis
Kat Hendrix - Before the
Rain
The V.I.P. Club - Coconut
Kiss
Allon Sams - Feelin' It
Fridrik Karlsson - Express
It
Gregg Karukas - Blue Touch
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September 6
Edition # 299 |
Let It Ripp
The Rippingtons
The concept for The Rippingtons
can be traced back to about 1987 or so, when a small record
label in Japan contacted ...
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Lawrence Barris - Seraphim
Jimmy Sommers - Havana
Nights
Pamela Williams - Unconditional
Billy Paul Williams - Miles
To Go
Bernie Williams - La Salsa
En Mi |
August 30
Edition # 298 |
Still Small Voice
Paul Jackson Jr.
A composer, arranger, producer
and guitarist, Jackson is a
highly respected musician. He
attended U.S.C...
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Chris Standring - Snowfall
Albert Calvo - Same Day
Samba
Bass X - Vonnie
Chris Botti - Indian Summer
Ken Navarro - Bringing
Down the House |
August 23
Edition # 297
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Nu Life Stories
Dave McMurray
McMurray first began in music
playing the clarinet but he switched to
the sax shortly after seeing
a performance by ...
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Nick Colionne - High Flyin'
Zzah - Alegria E Aviero
The Heddon Street Band
- Seeing is ... Simply Red
- Sunrise
Brian Hughes - Brighter
Day |
July 12
Edition # 296 |
Sweet Spot
Kevin Toney
Toney’s first taste of success
in music can be traced back to the early 1970s when he worked
with Donald Byrd...
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Lisa Hilton - So Lucky
Jimmy Dludlu - Walk of
Life
Igor - A Day In Sydney
Acoustic Alchemy - Milo
Michael Sims - Room With
A Groove |
July 5
Edition # 295 |
Nura (self-titled
cd)
Nura
Originally hailing from Ottawa,
Nura studied voice training
at the Royal Conservatory
of Music in Toronto ...
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Bernie Williams - Just
Because
Jaared - Happy Times
Cabo Frio - Simple Call
Kem - Matter of Time
Hiroshima - Revelation
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June 28
Edition # 294 |
Smooth Jazz in Canada
Eh!
A Café Jazz Special Presentation
In anticipation of the forth-coming
Canada Day celebrations
we’re having a bit of a
celebration of our own...
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HIGHLIGHTS
Vince Mai - Pumpin
Four80East - Eastside
Kalabash - Vanilla Essence
Ray Garand & Steve Werbicki
- Jag
Jamie Bonk - Rain
Maurice Gordon - Movin'
With Your Love
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June 21
Edition # 293
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Night Grooves
Chieli Minucci
Minucci readily acknowledges
that he was pretty well born with music already running
through his veins;
his father ...
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Paul Taylor - Cantina
The Ron Paley Big Band
- Jazz Is
Paul Jackson Jr. - Athens
Park
Dave McMurray - Detroit
to Cali
The Rippingtons - 17 Mile
Drive |
June 7
Edition # 292 |
In Deep
Marion Meadows
Meadows began in music on the clarinet,
but switched to the sax as a teen. He played in both the
school orchestra ...
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Rayford Griffin -In Your
Eyes
Steve Cole - NY LA
Noel Webb - Fever
UltraBlue - Blind
Kevin Toney - Sweet Spot
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May 31
Edition # 291 |
Morning, Noon, &
Night
Bob James
Bob first started playing the piano
at the age of four. As a teen he took part in several competitions
and frequently walked away ...
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David Sanborn - Cristo
Redentor
Acoustic Alchemy - No Messin'
Freddy Cole - Save A Little
Time For Me
Paula Atherton & Interplay
- Raining
De-Phazz - Looks
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May 24
Edition # 290 |
Sunny Nights
Fortune Vinson Cruse
We can trace the beginnings of
the Philadelphia-based trio to the mid 70's or so, when
keyboardist
Dennis Fortune ...
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Keiko Matsui - Forever,
Forever
Nelson Rangell - Dedication
Boz Scaggs - What's New?
Dave McMurray - Mack
Avenue
Brian Culbertson - Say
What?
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May 17
Edition # 289 |
Steve Briody (self-titled)
Steve Briody
You may very well have already
heard some of Steve’s work as many of his compositions
have been used on radio & television...
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Richard Elliot - Sweet
Memories
Doc City - Wally's Badd
Eric Darius - Embrace
Gretchen Lieberum - Rapture
of the Blue
Ultrablue - Nightgroove
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May 10
Edition # 288 |
Heatwave
Gregg Karukas
Since around the time that he
first heard and saw the Beatles on TV, Karukas had dreamed
of playing ...
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Ronald Turner - Real Chocklett
Ronny Jordan - At Last
Bob James - Five O'Clock
Chateau
Candy Dulfer - Finsbury
Park, Café 67
Shahin & Sepehr -
Norooz
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May 3
Edition # 287 |
Dual Identity
Larry Gittens & Media
Gittens is a veteran musician
and versatile performer, whose musical story began in a
small town in New Jersey...
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Walter Beasley - Go With
the Flow
Paul Jackson Jr. - It's
A Shame
Acousticsol - If You
Came Back
Daryl Hall - Cab Driver
The Rippingtons - Stingray
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April 26
Edition # 286 |
Original Cinema
Spyro Gyra
The band was founded back in
1974
in Buffalo NY, and remains
one of the most well known and influential...
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Fattburger - Irene
Fortune Vinson Cruse -
For Tomorrow
Gerald Veasley - Sarah's
Song
Shahin & Sepehr - Fellow
Travelers
Shelby Brown - It Feels
So Good |
April 19
Edition # 285 |
Bridge the Gap
Les Sabler
Born and raised in Montreal,
Sabler graduated as a jazz major from Concordia University
before relocating to Florida’s West Coast ...
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Tom Scott - Holding Back
the Years
Peter Kater - Red
Moon
Peter White - Charlotte's
Song
Solar Wind - Catalina
Breeze
Steve Briody - 6 AM |
April 5
Edition # 284 |
Joyful
Bobby Lyle
A versatile pianist and keyboardist,
Lyle has for most of his career straddled musical boundaries.
A native of Minneapolis...
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Bob James - Baby Cakes
Rod Tate - Let's Roll
Willie Hill - Did You
Give Thanks
Tony Adamo - When Love
Comes ...
Nura - Rue Clarendon
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March 29
Edition # 283 |
Just Chillin'
Norman Brown
Growing up in Kansas City, Brown
was only eight when he first became interested in playing
guitar...
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Mindi Abair - As Good As It Gets
Luis Villegas - Whittier
Boulevard
Doc Powell - Ode to Chet
Althea Rene - Secret
Smile
Fortune Vinson Cruse
- Creek Lane
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March 22
Edition # 282 |
Contempo
Urban Jazz Coalition
The ensemble is a talented septet
of musicians that call Columbus Ohio home. They first broke
onto...
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Keiko Matsui - Venus of the Sea
Clifford Adams - Love's
Gonna Get You
Bobby Lyle - Give Me Your
Heart
Rik Emmett - Steady Burn
Nelson Rangell - Look Again |
March 15
Edition # 281 |
Shadow of the Cat
Gato Barbieri
Although he recently celebrated
his 70th birthday, the Argentine-born saxman’s music is
still bursting
with passion ...
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Stanley Clarke - Just Cruzin'
Jeff Lorber - Gigabyte
Doc City - 1257
Carol Welsman -You Take
Me Away
Tom Scott - Feeling It
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February 22
Edition # 280 |
Midnight Morning
Greg Adams
Adams was a founding member of
Tower of Power, and the man behind the groundbreaking sound
and style of the...
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George Shelby - First Kiss
Fourplay - Ju-Ju
David Lanz - Romantica
Ed Johnson - Over That
Wave
Les Sabler - Bridge the
Gap |
February 15
Edition # 279 |
Gentle Force
3rd Force
At its nucleus, the group is an
instrumental trio composed of William Aura, Craig Dobbin,
& Alain Eskinasi. Each is a multi-instrumentalist...
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Chuck Yamek - Groove.com
The Crusaders - Viva
de Funk
J. Thompson - Tell Me The
Truth
Yanni - Never Too Late
Don Diego - This Must Be
Heaven |
February 8
Edition # 278 |
A Thousand Stories
Turning Point
The group now has six excellent
releases to their credit and tours extensively, appearing
in over 200 live performances...
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Gato Barbieri - Last Tango
Larry Gittens & Media -
Joe's Sample
Darrell Diaz - Las Guardias
Chieli Minucci - Foolin'
Around Again
Spyro Gyra - Cape Town
Love
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February 1
Edition # 277 |
Hardcastle III
Paul Hardcastle
In 1984 or so, the young Brit
was starting to make quite a bit of a name for himself with
his infectious blend...
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Jonathan Butler - Pata
Pata
Victor Fields - Bluesette
Samantha Siva - Spirit
Chaser
City of Sound - City of
Sound
Urban Jazz Coalition -Noches
Calientes |
January 25
Edition # 276 |
Drive
Russ Freeman
Freeman's name is most
often heard in association with the Rippingtons, one of
the last decade's most popular SJ ensembles. Long-time fans...
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Les Sabler - Reasons
George Scott - Fireplace
Billy Eric - Wherever the
Tide Takes Us
Curtis Macdonald - Shadow
Crossing
Above the Clouds - My All-Star
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