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The A-Trane Radio Program CFRO
by Nou Dadoun
Jazz and creative music from all eras and styles curated by Nou Dadoun. Focusing on new releases, birthdays and significant musical calendar events, and performances & releases relevant to the musical community in Vancouver, Canada and the World! The music has roots in Black experience so every month is Black History Month. Women are important contributors and participants in this music so every day is Women in Jazz Day. We celebrate music that has the joy of creation, that knows where its been and (often) tries to see where it's going. The A-Trane has been on the airwaves on community radio in Vancouver since 1982 and the current host has been in the broadcaster's chair since 1986. Every show starts with a different version of our theme "Take the A Train" relevant to the date or Vancouver performances and then continues with a piece performed or inspired by John Coltrane. Always engaging, sometimes challenging, never boring - the best in Jazz & Creative mus
Episodes
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The A-Trane 2026-08-21 - Art Pepper, Chick Corea, Irene Aebi, Previews, NRs
The lazy days of summer on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program with a varied mix. A feature that I've been wanting to get to for a while - Art Pepper at the Cellar in the 1950s put out earlier this year on the Omnivore record label with (depending on who you believe) Chris Gage…
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The A-Trane 2026-08-14 - Mal Waldron Centenary, Pianists, Previews NRs
Featuring pianists on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program! Most of the show will be handed over to the great pianist Mal Waldron whose birthday is this weekend on August 16th - either his centenary or his 101st depending on which source you use. We'll hear early recordings with...
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The A-Trane 2026-08-07 - Roland Kirk BD, Monk NRs, Jazz On a Summer's Day [NJF '58]
Just enjoying some jazz on a summer's day on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program with a bit of a reconstruction of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival as a preview of this weekend's screening of the classic Bert Stern film with an opening concert by Laura Crema at the VIFF Centre…
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The A-Trane 2026-07-31 - Montreal Jazz Festival 2026 Recap
I was lucky enough to spend 10 days at this year's Montreal International Jazz Festival (https://montrealjazzfest.com/en/program/artists) and this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program will do a recap of some of the many artists I heard! We'll hear from Diana Krall (who takes in the...
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The A-Trane 2026-07-24 - Oliver Jones RIP, July 24 Birthdays, Fort Langley Fest Preview
On this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program we're paying tribute to the great Canadian pianist Oliver Jones who passed away this week at the age of 91. Besides taking in the theme, we'll feature an episode of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz that featured Oliver Jones along with some...
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The A-Trane 2026-07-17 - Ray Copeland Centenary, VFMF Preview, Fort Langley Fest Preview
Bit of an unusual show on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program! We start with a couple of birthdays - Joe Morello takes in the theme and then a feature set to celebrate the centenary of trumpeter Ray Copeland who played with Monk, Lionel Hampton, Randy Weston and more. Then we…
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The A-Trane 2020-07-10 - Lee Morgan BD, Ennio Morricone RIP, Cootie Williams BD [Jul 10, 2020]
Rebroadcasting a great show from July 10th 2020 on this afternoon's edition of the A-Trane Radio Program. Celebrating birthdays for Cootie Williams (who takes in the theme) and Lee Morgan. Most of the show is handed over to the great composer Ennio Morricone who had passed away shortly before…
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The A-Trane 2026-07-03 - Vancouver International Jazz Festival Plus - Part 3
Between the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, the North Shore Jazz Series, presentations by Infidels Jazz, Cory Weeds and others, a lot of great music will be happening in the lower mainland in the next few weeks and the next few editions of The A-Trane Radio Program will be steeped in an...
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The A-Trane 2026-06-26 - Vancouver International Jazz Festival Plus - Part 2
Between the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, the North Shore Jazz Series, presentations by Infidels Jazz, Cory Weeds and others, a lot of great music will be happening in the lower mainland in the next few weeks and the next few editions of The A-Trane Radio Program will be steeped in an...
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The A-Trane 2026-06-19 - Vancouver International Jazz Festival Plus - Part 1
Between the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, the North Shore Jazz Series, presentations by Infidels Jazz, Cory Weeds and others, a lot of great music will be happening in the lower mainland in the next few weeks and the next few editions of The A-Trane Radio Program will be steeped in an...
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The A-Trane 2026-06-12 - Carla Bley, Previews, NRs
Having some fun on this afternoon's edition of the The A-Trane Radio Program, there's a fabulous new release of the Carla Bley Band in Hamburg in 1984 and that lends itself to a nice feature set that will lead into other musicians doing the music of Carla Bley - Arturo O'Farrill, Gary Burton…
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The A-Trane 2026-06-05 - Sonny Rollins RIP Part 2
Continuing our retrospective of the late Sonny Rollins on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program. We'll sketch his interactions and mutual admirations between Sonny & John Coltrane with a rare Sonny performance of a Coltrane composition Naima! Following last week's 1950s…
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The A-Trane 2026-05-29 - Sonny Rollins RIP Part 1
Celebrating the legacy of the great Sonny Rollins on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program! So much so that this will be part one covering mostly 1950s classic recordings but it will include a great concert that Sonny did for Coastal Jazz back in March of 1992 at the Vancouver…
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The A-Trane 2026-05-22 - Christian McBride, HRO w Anna Webber, Miles@100
Buncha previews on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program with music by Christian McBride and Ursa Major featuring the inestimable Nicole Glover coming to the BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts at Capilano University this Wednesday at the behest of our friends over…
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The A-Trane 2026-05-15 - Kate Hammett-Vaughan In Memoriam
This afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program is entirely handed over to a celebration of the music and life of musician, educator, and all-round great gal Kate Hammett-Vaughan. Although she had struggled for some years, she never lost her spirit and positive outlook on life so many of us...
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The A-Trane 2026-05-08 - Coltrane RSD, Jarrett, Zeena Parkins, Mary Lou Williams
Although Keith Jarrett is a legendary improviser, he is also a formidable composer and on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program, we'll celebrate his performance of his compositions and other interpretations by Don Byron with Drew Gress, Ariel Pocock with Julian Lage, Branford...
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The A-Trane 2026-05-01 - Lateef RSD, Minemoto, Miles Pre-BotC, BDs
Just some musical fun on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program, lotsa birthdays with nods to Duke's last week (an extended 1949 arrangement of the theme with the orchestra gets us going), Ambrose Akinmusire, Shirley Horn, the late Carlos Ward, Kate Hammett-Vaughan, James Newton…
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The A-Trane 2026-04-24 - Griffin, Metheny, Hempton, Spring Membership Drive
This afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program is the 3rd and last show of this year's Spring Membership Drive! Some birthdays - a rare solo theme from Duke takes in the show and we celebrate Johnny Griffin's day today with a new release on Storyville. Previews for Pat Metheny with tunes...
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The A-Trane 2026-04-17 - Randy Weston Centenary, Spring Membership Drive!
Celebrating the Centenary of the great Randy Weston on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program! Perhaps more than any other jazz musician of his era, he connected his music to the rhythms of Africa and the legacy of Black civilizations from around the world! Drawing from his...
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The A-Trane 2026-04-10 - Ellington at 125, Spring Membership Drive [2024 Rebroadcast]
A-Trane Features: Ellington at 125 Celebrating Duke Ellington at 125 - the semi-hemi-demi-sesqui-centennial - on this afternoon's Spring Membership Drive edition of The A-Trane Radio Program! We'll hear sets celebrating his 1962 rebirth with Coltrane, Hawkins, Max & Mingus and more, the Far East...
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The A-Trane 2026-03-20 - New Releases March 2026
There is a staggering number of great new jazz releases coming out all the time! So on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program, we're going to start what I think might become a regular feature - A New Releases show to highlight a number of great recent releases that we haven't had a...
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The A-Trane 2026-03-13 - George Coleman, Dalava, Tord Gustavsen, previews
Celebrating the recent birthday of one of our living jazz elders on The A-Trane Radio Program this afternoon - George Coleman is still cookin' at 91 as his recent gig at Smalls Jazz Club demonstrates! We'll take a sweep across his career from his first recording with Lee Morgan in 1957 to his…
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The A-Trane 2026-03-06 - International Women's Day, Dominique Fils-Aimé, Previews, NRs
It's somehow ironic that Women get shortchanged again with a 23 hour International Women's Day! Celebrating the music of great Jazz Women on this afternoon's International Women's Day edition of The A-Trane Radio Program - of course, we celebrate great music by Women all year but it's always fun…
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The A-Trane 2026-02-27 - Kenny Wheeler, Andy Milne, Dexter Gordon, Previews
Lotsa previews on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program! Brad Turner is leading the Capilano University A Band with Jennifer Scott in a celebration of the music of Kenny Wheeler. He was kind enough to share the repertoire for tonight and we'll feature most of it in two extended...
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The A-Trane 2026-02-20 - Bobby Jaspar Centenary, Mike Rud, Michael Blake, Arkestra, Previews
On this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program we're celebrating the centenary today of the great Belgian musician Bobby Jaspar who played with the greatest musicians of the era back in his day but is little spoken about today. Among others we'll hear him with John Coltrane & Mal…
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The A-Trane 2026-02-13 - Socan, Juno Nominations, Jazz at the Bolt, Previews
Besides being World Radio Day, this is Socan Reporting Week which is a perfect reason to feature great Canadian Music on this (almost) All-Canadian edition of The A-Trane Radio Program! Keith Hartshorn-Walton took in a low-brass flavoured version of the theme. Our first Canadian feature is a...
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The A-Trane 2026-02-06 - Grammy Wrapup, Ken Peplowski RIP, Jazz at the Bolt, Previews
Pretty wide variety of great music on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program with a Grammy wrapup that includes John Coltrane's first recordings with Miles Davis from Miles '55, Samara Joy, Sullivan Fortner, Mavis Staples, Nate Smith with both Marquis Hill and the vocal ensemble...
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The A-Trane 2026-01-30 - Grammy Rundown, Richie Beirach RIP, Previews
On this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program, the first half of the show will be handed over to a retrospective of the late Richie Beirach who passed away earlier this week. We'll hear him in many contexts across his career including with his long-time collaborator Dave Liebman...
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The A-Trane 2026-01-23 - Ralph Towner RIP, Silver in Seattle, Binney Action Trio, Preview
This afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program largely handed off to a retrospective of the great guitarist, pianist and composer Ralph Towner who passed away earlier this week. We'll hear him in multiple contexts including his solo recordings, with the Paul Winter Consort, the…
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The A-Trane 2026-01-16 - Monk in Bremen, Pyroclastic Records, Rebecca Kilgore RIP
Fresh sounds on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program - I think we finally have all the technical difficulties ironed out! Feature sets this afternoon for the Sunnyside archival release of the Thelonious Monk quartet in Bremen 1965, a feature for the Pyroclastic Records label…
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The A-Trane 2026-01-09 - 2024 Repeat - Max Roach Centenary
Repeat from Jan 12 2024 -- Special program for the first new A-Trane of 2024, celebrating the Centenary of the great Max Roach today with the broadcast of a performance by the Max Roach Quartet at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre on Mar 18 1988 originally presented by Coastal Jazz. Along with...
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The A-Trane 2026-01-02 - Vibes, Sonny Greenwich, Primary Influences, previews
Looking forward and looking back, kicking off 2026 in style on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program! A new release from Carsten Dahl takes in the theme and then a nod to Milt Jackson's birthday yesterday leads into a survey of some great contemporary vibes players with Joel Ross,...
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The A-Trane 2025-12-19 - Marilyn Mazur, Carla's Christmas Carols, Dec 19 BDs, Previews
Seasonal fun on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program - an extended feature for Carla's Christmas Carols, Carla Bley's brass quintet arrangements of some traditional tunes and a couple of her own compositions taken from both the official ECM Records 2009 release and an unofficial...
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The A-Trane 2025-12-12 - Roland Kirk RSD, Dec 12 Birthdays, Previews, NRs
A musical pot-pourri on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program! A short feature on the late Gordon Goodwin and the Big Phat Band (his arrangement of Take the A Train also takes in the theme), the RSD release of Pre-Rahsaan Roland Kirk live at the Village Gate in 1963 (with 3...
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The A-Trane 2025-12-05 - Cory Weeds & Other December 5th Birthdays, Previews
Celebrating December 5th Birthdays on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program! Bumper crop of birthdays including bassist Art Davis, Italian pianists Stefano Bollani & Enrico Pieranunzi, cellist Tomeka Reid, South African alto Gwigwi Mrwebi, Ellington vocalist Kay Davis, trumpeter...
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The A-Trane 2025-11-28 - Gigi Gryce Centenary, Previews, NRs
Having lots of fun on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program! The first part of the show will be dedicated to the Centenary today of the great composer, arranger and alto saxophonist Gigi Gryce! Then we'll have a number of previews - The Nightcrawler and Ale Avery Nunez at the...
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The A-Trane 2025-11-21 - Jack DeJohnette, Coleman Hawkins, Sheila Jordan
Building tributes to three great musicians around live performances on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program! The legendary Coleman Hawkins celebrates his birthday today and we'll hear a number of live performances including the 1940 performance of Body and Soul from the Savory...
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The A-Trane 2025-11-07 - Pharoah Sanders, Fall Membership Drive
Special Autumn Airlift Membership Drive edition of The A-Trane Radio Program featuring the music of Pharoah Sanders this afternoon. The last few years have seen a number of reissues and archival releases featuring the music of "Little Rock" and we're going to do a bit of a survey across them.…
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The A-Trane 2025-10-31 - The Jazz That Made Us
Special Edition of The A-Trane Radio Program this Friday Oct 31st to kick off this year's Vancouver Co-op Radio CFRO Fall Membership Drive! I'll be joined in the studio by fellow broadcasters John Orysik, Rob McGregor and Marc Lindy to reflect on the Jazz that Made Us - the players and…
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The A-Trane 2025-10-24 - Ryan Oliver, Phil Dwyer, Chet Doxas, Previews, BDs, NRs
Vancouver Jazz audiences are lucky to have three of Canada's finest saxophonists in town this weekend - Ryan Oliver at Tyrant Studios tonight and La Fabrique tomorrow, Phil Dwyer with his trio at Frankie's Jazz Club tonight and tomorrow and Chet Doxas with the Capilano University Jazz students at...
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The A-Trane 2025-10-17 - PJ Perry, Rudresh, Previews, BDs, NRs etc
Mixing it up on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program: Previews for Pj Perry, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Madeleine Elkins, Chet Doxas, Rachael & Vilray, and Jocelyn Gould with the VJO; new releases from Mike LeDonne, Jerry Weldon, Kate Wyatt, Saku Mantere, and the west coast all-star...
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The A-Trane 2025-10-10 - Monk BD, Ches Smith Clone Row, Koln-75, Previews
This afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program is mainly split into 3 parts - first we'll celebrate the birthday today of the great Thelonious Monk with a sampling of his performances at the Newport Jazz Festival between 1958 and 1975 including his guest appearance with the Duke Ellington...
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The A-Trane 2025-09-26 - Gary Bartz 85, Danny Thompson RIP, Previews
Two principal features on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program, first up is the great Gary Bartz who turns 85 years old today and we'll hear him in a number of settings from Max Roach's group, Miles Davis, & Ntu Troop through to Maisha & Jazz is Dead. Then an extended feature for...
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The A-Trane 2025-09-19 - George Garzone 75, Akiko Tsuruga RIP, Hermeto Pascoal RIP etc
On this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program saying goodbye to two stellar musicians who both passed on the same day this week: the Hammond B3 player Akiko Tsuruga and the Brazilian wizard multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal! Also a preview for George Garzone's sold-out Tribute to...
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The A-Trane 2025-09-12 - Charlie Rouse, Fall Previews, Birthdays, NRs
Mostly previews and birthdays on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program. Oliver Jones takes in the theme - he turned 91 yesterday and is still participating in some of the Oscar Peterson centenary celebrations happening across the country. Other birthdays observed today are Leo...
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The A-Trane 2025-09-05 - Sonny Rollins, Art Pepper, Saxophones
The focus is on Saxophones on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program! Vancouver is celebrating this weekend's birthday of Sonny Rollins with a series of concerts recreating albums from his amazing career culminating in a screening of Robert Mugge's documentary at the VIFF Theatre...
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The A-Trane 2025-08-29 - Esperanza, Bird & Other Birthdays
In these waning days of summer just taking it easy on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program with preview features and birthdays! An extended feature for the great Esperanza Spalding will take a sweep across her multi-faceted career, collaborations and recordings to preview her...
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The A-Trane 2025-08-15 - Oscar Peterson Centenary
This afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program is completely in celebration of the Centenary of the great Oscar Peterson born 100 years ago today. We'll celebrate Oscar the pianist, the accompanist and collaborator and the composer with a mix of requests, career highlights and rarities...
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The A-Trane 2025-08-08 - Art Pepper-Nancy King- Joe Daley-etc
A few extended features on this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program starring with an early celebration of Art Pepper's Centenary with a 1980 weekend starting at Ronnie Scott's going into An Afternoon in Norway at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival released earlier this year. It seems as...
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The A-Trane 2025-08-01 - James Moody Centenary, Colligan/Politzer, Previews, NRs
Kicking off this afternoon's edition of The A-Trane Radio Program with an overdue celebration of the centenary of the great James Moody with a sweep across his varied career of over 60 years. He takes in the theme with one of his last Grammy-winning recordings and we'll hear him with Renee Rosnes...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Jazz and creative music from all eras and styles curated by Nou Dadoun. Focusing on new releases, birthdays and significant musical calendar events, and performances & releases relevant to the musical community in Vancouver, Canada and the World! The music has roots in Black experience so every month is Black History Month. Women are important contributors and participants in this music so every day is Women in Jazz Day. We celebrate music that has the joy of creation, that knows where its been and (often) tries to see where it's going. The A-Trane has been on the airwaves on community radio in Vancouver since 1982 and the current host has been in the broadcaster's chair since 1986. Every show starts with a different version of our theme "Take the A Train" relevant to the date or Vancouver performances and then continues with a piece performed or inspired by John Coltrane. Always engaging, sometimes challenging, never boring - the best in Jazz & Creative mus
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