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2004 NOTES |
SHOWCASE CD |
FRESH TRAX |
December 26
Edition # 343 |
James Vargas (self-titled
cd)
James Vargas
As a schoolboy, Vargas was
a head chorister. Nevertheless, he
developed a disposition for
rock, jazz, & soul ...
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David Mann - I Want You
Jesse Cook - Jumpstart
(live)
Jim Adkins - Ocean Breeze
Queen Latifah - Hard Times
Steve Barakatt - California
Vibes |
December 19
Edition # 342 |
A Café
Jazz
Christmas !
Special Presentation
For the third time in as many years,
we're featuring the best in Yuletide music as we present
our annual bacchanalia ...
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Highlights
& Complete Play List: 
Lori Andrews - O Come Emmanuel
Dave Koz - Beneath the
Moonlit Sky
Dionne Warwick - Happy
Holiday
Jim Brickman - Dreams Come
True
Rick Braun - It's Christmas
Peter White - The Christmas
Song |
December 5
Edition # 341 |
Vladosphere
Vlad
Uplifting, melodic and stimulating
are just some adjectives that begin to describe the music
of Vladomir De Briansky...
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James Gabriano - Red Teddy
Nighthawks - As The Sun
Sets
Mark Whitfield - Smoov
Soul
Demo Cates - A Vow
Dalminjo - Bossa Note |
November 28
Edition # 340 |
Night on the Town
Eric Darius
In spite of the fact that he's
still a student at the University of S.Florida, Eric Darius
is quickly developing into one of the brightest young stars...
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Greg Lowe - Songo
Dotsero - Sleep Tight Katydid
Chris Botti - No Ordinary
Love
Marilyn Scott - I Wished
on a Moon
Alexander Zonjic - Isabela |
November 14
Edition # 339 |
3D
Steve Oliver
Steve Oliver's combination of talent
and energy is indeed a rare commodity in music and as such,
it's really no wonder that Oliver is quickly becoming a
star attraction ...
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Vernon D. Fails - I'm Here
Shades of Soul - Love Come
Down
Rick Braun - Dance With
My Father
Marc Jordan - Let's Waste
Some Time
(duet with Molly Johnson)
Stacey Knights - Southwest
Shuffle |
November 7
Edition # 338 |
The Benoit Freeman
Project 2
Not surprisingly, the teaming of
two top artists in the genre results in one of the top albums
of the year.
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Joey Sommerville - Until
Further Notice
Christiaan Mostert - Stephanie
Swing Out Sister - Where
Our Love Grows
All-For-7 - A Walk in Paradise
George Collichio - Biarritz |
October 24
Edition # 337 |
The Good Life
David Lanz
David Lanz played in several bands
as a teen and had aspirations of "making it" as a rock musician.
However, at nearly the same time...
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Garry Goin - Don't Ask
My Neighbors
Rick Kelly as Soul Ballet
- Cream
TFOXX - In The Pocket
Machan - Blossom
Craig Chaquico - Her Boyfriend's
Wedding |
October 17
Edition # 336 |
The Cool Groove
of Summer
The Quareterly Review
Typically the summer months provide
us with some of the finest listening of the year. That was
especially true this past season...
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Highlights
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Tim Bowman - Summer Groove
Frankie Cendejas - Nosotros
Michael van Droff - Fragile
Heart
Incognito - True to Myself
Garner Thomas - Workin'
Late
Waymen Tisdale - Ain't
No Stoppin' .... |
October 10
Edition # 335 |
Diary
Torcuato Mariano
Mariano grew up listening to the
music of his native Argentina but was also greatly influenced
by American artists such as Santana and Stevie Wonder...
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Jamie Bonk - Looking In
Jeff Kashiwa - Wait and
See
Vince Madison - One Rainy
Night
Fattburger - Work To Do
Vlad - Little Star |
September 19
Edition # 334 |
Newport Nights
Theo Bishop
Although he just recently released
his solo debut, Theo Bishop is no newcomer to the music
scene.The veteran keyboardist was born in Portland Oregon
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Gene Cannon - St. Augustine
Novecento featuring Stanley Jordan
- Easy Love
Fourplay - Fields of Gold
Michael Lington - Call
Me Late Tonight
Greg Adams - FireFly |
September 12
Edition # 333 |
Player's Club
Marion Meadows
Hey! Is this the best cd that Marion
Meadows has ever recorded? I'm not totally certain of the
answer, but it just may be...
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Robert Monteleone - Takin'
A Break
Norman Brown - Up 'N' At
'Em
Kim Waters - Tell Me So
Rafe Gomez - Icy
Steve Oliver - Funhouse |
July 24
Edition # 332 |
This Girl's Got
to Play
Joyce Cooling
It's frequently true, that all
it takes is one song for a performer to become an over-night
sensation. Such was the case with Ms Cooling...
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James Vargas - Lasting
Impression
Jonathan Cain - Guilty
Pleasures
Doc Powell - Push
Matt Dusk - Miracle
Eric Darius - Let's Stay
Together |
July 17
Edition # 331 |
The Second 90 Days
The Quareterly Review
On this edition we're looking back
at some great tracks that have either been released or otherwise
been featured on the show in the past 90 days or so...
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Highlights
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Andre Ward - Every Time
I Open My Eyes
Nestor Torres - Maybe Tonight
Barry Danielian - Keep
On Keepin' On
Torcuato Mariano - Where
Love Will Take
Marion Meadows - Suede
Eliane Elias - Movin' Me
On |
July 10
Edition # 330 |
Confidential
Peter White
For fans of White's music, it might
best be described as a typically brilliant affair and one
which provides yet another fabulous chapter ...
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David Lanz - The Good Life
Everette Harp - Can You
Hear Me
Lynn Cannon - P'zazz!
Boney James - Here She
Comes
Koop - Summer Sun |
July 3
Edition # 329 |
Smooth Jazz in
Canada Eh!
A Café Jazz Special Presentation
On this occasion, we're playing
the music of Canadian Smooth Jazz artists exclusively. We
first did this last year and we're doing it again, so I
guess it's now an annual event....
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Highlights
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Nura -Rue Clarendon
Eddie Bullen - Your Sweetness
...
Ray Garand - Only You
Alexander Zonjic - Angel
of the Night
Dino Pacifici - Bossa on
the Breeze
Jamie Bonk - Momentum |
June 19
Edition # 328 |
No Assembly Required
Pieces of a Dream
This group was first formed in
Philadelphia when two of the founding members, James Lloyd
and Curtis Harmon, were still
teen-agers...
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Ricardo
Scales -Your Sweet Love
Craig Boyd - Since I Met
You
Patrick Yandall - First
Dance
David Benoit / Russ Freeman
- Palmetto Park
Doctor Jazz - Because of
You |
June 5
Edition # 327 |
So Nice
The Clayton/Scott Group
For this endeavour Clayton & Scott
enlisted the aid of Tony Grace & Rob DeBoar aka Four80East.
The aligning of these creative forces has resulted in a
superb disc ...
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Gary Fuston -Heard It Before
Ed Stone - Mind Over Matter
NiteFlyte - So Much
Eliane Elias - A House
Is Not A Home
Theo Bishop - Put The Top
Down |
May 29
Edition # 326 |
This Time Around
Matt Marshak
A promising young artist, Marshak
well exemplifies the fantastic new breed of player that
is emerging in contemporary music...
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Marcus Johnson -18th &
M
Torcuato Mariano - High
Frequency
Jon Dalton - The Gift
Spyro Gyra - In My Arms
Elliot Levine - Urban Groove |
May 22
Edition # 325 |
Noche de Pasion
The Alan Hewitt Project
Recording this cd as a project
enabled Alan to stretch out creatively in ways that he couldn't
have had it
just been a solo album...
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Bill Shafton -In My Hands
Keiko Matsui - Facing Up
Shakatak - Tortola Sunset
Andre Ward - Every Time
I Open My Eyes
Plan 9 - Superfriction |
May 8
Edition # 324 |
Giving Back
David Garfield
Garfield began the piano when he
was seven. For David there was an immediate connection with
the instrument that was almost spiritual in nature ...
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Alkemx -Time to Lounge
Cabo Frio - Flight Time
William Woods - Blue Me
Down
Brian Lenair - Kickin'
Back
The Clayton/Scott Group
- Back Pocket |
May 1
Edition # 323 |
Sophistication
Grady Nichols
Out for just for a short while
is Sophistication, now his fourth and latest cd. Nichols
has definitely kicked things up a notch ...
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Analysis
- Nightlife
Pieces of a Dream - It's
Go Time
Gene Dunlap - Up South
Edison West - Quest for
an Angel
Matt Marshak - I Will Be
With You |
April 24
Edition # 322 |
Inside Out
Dan Siegel
Siegel began taking piano lessons
at the age of eight and when he was only 12 he started performing
professionally in a rock band .....
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Paul Brown - Phat City
Maximum Grooves - When
I Get There
Nestor Torres - Regalame
La Silla ...
Marion Meadows - Suede
Barry Danielian - Keep
On Keepin' On |
April 10
Edition # 321 |
The Quarterly
Review
A Special Presentation
On this edition we take a look
back at some of the great music that's been released in
the past few months. We're calling it the Quarterly Review
or in this case the best of 2004... so far.
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Highlights
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C M - Savvy
Urban Jazz Coalition -
Luquillo Beach
Down to the Bone - Little
Smile
Grady Nichols - Alone With
You
James Hollihan - Across
the Desert Sky
David Garfield - Los |
April 3
Edition # 320 |
Gabriel's Horns
Gabriel Mark Hasselbach
An award-winning composer and recording
artist, Hasselbach grew up in Denver Colorado relocating
to Canada's West Coast...
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Alfonzo Blackwell - Love Song
Joyce Cooling - Expression
Bernard Alcorn - Late Arrival
TekNeek - Playtime
The Alan Hewitt Project
- Breathless |
March 27
Edition # 319 |
Freddie Fox (self-titled
cd)
Freddie Fox
Out of Tullahoma, Tennessee comes
Mr. Freddie Fox, who for the past eighteen years has toured
the world with a host of top names...
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Bob Baldwin - I Wanna Be Where You Are
Lou Watson - It Doesn't
Matter
Incendio - Awakening
Shikandaza -Bridge Over
the Moon
Barry Aiken - Sending A
Message |
March 13
Edition # 318
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Experience
Terry Disley
Although perhaps best known in
Smooth Jazz circles through his association with Acoustic
Alchemy, Disley is a highly versatile ...
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Tony Whitfield - Hold On
David Garfield - Desert
Hideaway
Ron Fattorusso - Up All
Night
McKenzie Burns -This Funky
Groove
C M - Savvy |
February 28
Edition # 317 |
Sweet Talk
Eric Marienthal
In a genre that's heavily laden
with sax players, there are only a handful that might be
considered as great musicians...
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The Jazzy Devils - Night
Groove
Hubert Laws - Bloodshot
Roger Smith - Rough Cut
James Hollihan - Waltz
of the Leaves
Konstantin Klashtorni -
Sunday |
February 21 |
Confidential
Peter White
Peter relates.. "By 'confidential'
I mean personal and revealing; that's exactly what this
record is to me. I play from the heart...
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Launch of Indispensable Listening
List
- A Guide to Musical Adventure
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February 14
Edition # 316 |
Just Come On In
Nick Colionne
Born and bred in Chicago, Colionne
grew up in a household surrounded by jazz. Initially learning
guitar under the tutelage of his stepfather, music was an
integral ....
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In Due Season - Bojangling
Joe Kurasz - Funky B
Everett B. Walters
- And the Story Goes Like This
Jeff Friend - Smoothie
Euge Groove - Livin' Large |
February 7
Edition # 315 |
Southern Living
Alex Bugnon
The Swiss born keyboardist began
by learning a classical style of playing. However, Bugnon
soon developed a love for jazz thanks to his father, a jazz
guitarist, and his uncle, trumpet great Donald Byrd....
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Dan Siegel - In Your Eyes
Jazz Crusaders f. Wayne Henderson
- Clima Suave
Peter White - Talkin' Bout
Love
Grady Nichols - Circle
of Friends
Down to the Bone
- I'll Always Hold You Close |
January 31
Edition # 314 |
Mediterraneo
Marc Antoine
Parisian born & classically trained,
Antoine was first exposed to the guitar through a neighbor
who could play but a single song...
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Lee Ritenour - Never Can
Say Goodbye
Brian Bromberg - Bobblehead
Amedeo - Sax On Line
Anthony James Baker - Sueli
Terry Disley - Slam Dunk
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January 17
Edition # 313 |
The Best of 2003
Part 3
Over the past 2 weeks we've played
some great tunes that made last year one of the most memorable
in recent times...
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Highlights
& Complete Play List:
Ultrablue - Nightgroove
Brian Hughes - Wherever
You Are
Steve Briody - Orchard
Walk
A. Ray Fuller - Portuguese
Love
The Rippingtons - 17 Mile
Drive
Spyro Gyra - Cape Town
Love |
January 10
Edition # 312 |
The Best of 2003
Part 2
As we continue our musical review
of 2003, we have music from Brian Culbertson & Fattburger
to name but two. However, we play much more than just hits...
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Highlights
& Complete Play List:
Les Sabler - Clouds
Pamela Williams - Unconditional
Nick Colionne - High Flyin'
Steve Cole - Missing You
Alex Bugnon - Lonely Nights
Acoustic Alchemy - Venus
Morena |
January 3
Edition # 311 |
The Best of 2003
Part 1
For our first show of the new year
we take a look back ... 2003 was a tremendous one for Smooth
Jazz, and now is the time when all this fantastic music
comes together...
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Highlights
& Complete Play List:
Marc Antoine - Cubanova
Paul Jackson Jr. - Athens
Park
Freddie Fox - Thoughts
of You
Eric Marienthal - Sweet
Talk
Nura - Rue Clarendon
Special EFX - Get On Up
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