This Wednesday I will host the last Jazz Notes show for 2018! Early in the show I will spin Christmas music and tracks that have religious or classical sounds and happy themes. Franks Sinatra, Michel Donato and friends, oboist Cally Banham, and Matt Dusk will provide the Christmas tunes. Our man in New Orleans, John Doheny, had a birthday this week, so he will take us on a trip to “Player’s Inn.” Sadly, the beautiful voice of Nancy Wilson, was silenced last week and I will play a couple of her songs. The Big Easy Gumbo segment will feature more New Orleans artists doing Christmas material. New music instrumentals will include Jon Batiste, Ernesto Cervini’s Turboprop and the Andre Lefaivre Quartet. Then, we will swing into New Years’ mode with tracks from Diana Krall, Johnny Otis and ending with the original Mr. New Year, Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians, playing the iconic “Auld Lang Syne.” Hope you can tune in for a bit at thex.ca and at 92.5 FM in Kamloops. Jazz Notes Wednesday 5-7 PM PST. Peace.
Photos: Nancy Wilson, John Doheny, Guy Lombardo

Also my last 2 videos were of the CP Holiday Train that stopped in Kamloops, BC on Dec 16. They are available in Youtube links are as follows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLsY3pgTFh0 Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOkPXheiOwk Part 2

Jazz Notes Radio Show for Dec 12, 2018

This Wednesday will be the penultimate Jazz Notes show of 2018. There will be plenty of Christmas music sprinkled throughout the show from The Blind Boys of Alabama, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Vancouver’s B3 Kings (Cory Weeds, Bill Coon) and some brand-new Christmas tunes. Being the “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” controversy is losing it’s steam, I’ll keep the kettle boiling with a very cool (not cold) version from locals David and Ronda Olds. I figured a celebrate a few milestones, too. Recently it would have been the 100^th birthday of the great vocalist Joe Williams, the 98^th birthday of Dave Brubeck and happily, getting back to the living, vocalist Fern Lindzon of Toronto just had a birthday. We will hear tunes from all of them. New music will come from trumpeter Mary Goudy and her 12tet, the keys of Jon Batiste, Connie Han and Christian Sands. Some Coltrane music from Brian Baggett and a track from Coltrane’s Love Supreme. The Big Easy Gumbo segment will feature more New Orleans Christmas tunes. This time from the Dukes of Dixieland and Harry Connick, Jr. Hope you can tune in for a bit at thex.ca and at 92.5 FM in Kamloops. Jazz Notes Wednesday 5-7 PM PST. Peace.

Photos: The Blind Boys of Alabama from a show in Salmon Arm back in the 1990's. Photos attached to the poster are from a different concert in the same venue.