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 music!
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 (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100027191362667&__cft__%5B0%5D=AZa7uIanoHpejU2Dkazc57d6cHBOMNCyMGaI-fNKprhBVMh-dmkQqtOLsxpXPGHa7SvET70L2jSzGWiEBspzE7tUlVBpRBldJ_bM-D9z-U6DmLk7nxl28TrbEdyR7i0MOCH1RC78PUuDrnFZBHaibkhfeyZjU7X143SX78PGHWBCO6eumnF9Ir9ofFmEJ5jGHEY&__tn__=-%5DK-R) 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 or Al Neil (or some combination thereof) on piano. Two of the gentlemen responsible for this release - Dave Quarin and Gavin Walker are both gone now so this feature is long overdue.
Recent releases of early and late (actually last) solo performances by Chick Corea sandwich the new Conrad Herwig release of the Latin Side of Chick Corea (https://www.facebook.com/chickcorea?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZa7uIanoHpejU2Dkazc57d6cHBOMNCyMGaI-fNKprhBVMh-dmkQqtOLsxpXPGHa7SvET70L2jSzGWiEBspzE7tUlVBpRBldJ_bM-D9z-U6DmLk7nxl28TrbEdyR7i0MOCH1RC78PUuDrnFZBHaibkhfeyZjU7X143SX78PGHWBCO6eumnF9Ir9ofFmEJ5jGHEY&__tn__=-%5DK-R) (not a big stretch). And some previews from Neil Swainson (taking in the theme in a duo with George Shearing) at Frankie's this weekend, Infidels Jazz Presents: Miki Yamanaka Trio + Nicole Glover at Revue Stage (https://www.facebook.com/events/1689654395797705/?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZa7uIanoHpejU2Dkazc57d6cHBOMNCyMGaI-fNKprhBVMh-dmkQqtOLsxpXPGHa7SvET70L2jSzGWiEBspzE7tUlVBpRBldJ_bM-D9z-U6DmLk7nxl28TrbEdyR7i0MOCH1RC78PUuDrnFZBHaibkhfeyZjU7X143SX78PGHWBCO6eumnF9Ir9ofFmEJ5jGHEY&__tn__=-UK-R) on Sunday, and George Colligan coming up at Frankie's next weekend.
A sad goodbye to Irene Aebi who passed away last week - we'll hear her in the company of her husband and musical associate Steve Lacy (https://www.facebook.com/SteveLacyTribute?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZa7uIanoHpejU2Dkazc57d6cHBOMNCyMGaI-fNKprhBVMh-dmkQqtOLsxpXPGHa7SvET70L2jSzGWiEBspzE7tUlVBpRBldJ_bM-D9z-U6DmLk7nxl28TrbEdyR7i0MOCH1RC78PUuDrnFZBHaibkhfeyZjU7X143SX78PGHWBCO6eumnF9Ir9ofFmEJ5jGHEY&__tn__=-%5DK-R) dispensing some Sad Advice, looking for Somebody Special and celebrating Gay Paree Bop!
We'll take it out with a brand new one (released today!) from Linda May Han Oh (https://www.facebook.com/linda.m.oh.3?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZa7uIanoHpejU2Dkazc57d6cHBOMNCyMGaI-fNKprhBVMh-dmkQqtOLsxpXPGHa7SvET70L2jSzGWiEBspzE7tUlVBpRBldJ_bM-D9z-U6DmLk7nxl28TrbEdyR7i0MOCH1RC78PUuDrnFZBHaibkhfeyZjU7X143SX78PGHWBCO6eumnF9Ir9ofFmEJ5jGHEY&__tn__=-%5DK-R) & Melissa Aldana (https://www.facebook.com/melissa.aldana.3958?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZa7uIanoHpejU2Dkazc57d6cHBOMNCyMGaI-fNKprhBVMh-dmkQqtOLsxpXPGHa7SvET70L2jSzGWiEBspzE7tUlVBpRBldJ_bM-D9z-U6DmLk7nxl28TrbEdyR7i0MOCH1RC78PUuDrnFZBHaibkhfeyZjU7X143SX78PGHWBCO6eumnF9Ir9ofFmEJ5jGHEY&__tn__=-%5DK-R) celebrating Charlie Parker (https://www.facebook.com/charlieparkermusic?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZa7uIanoHpejU2Dkazc57d6cHBOMNCyMGaI-fNKprhBVMh-dmkQqtOLsxpXPGHa7SvET70L2jSzGWiEBspzE7tUlVBpRBldJ_bM-D9z-U6DmLk7nxl28TrbEdyR7i0MOCH1RC78PUuDrnFZBHaibkhfeyZjU7X143SX78PGHWBCO6eumnF9Ir9ofFmEJ5jGHEY&__tn__=-%5DK-R)'s birthday a week early!
Dog days with no Dogs but if there were, they'd be thoroughbreds! Check out the breeds at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at 2pm Pacific! Ruff and Ready!
If you want to follow along, here's the <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1n4KL1jyDw95qoWxMZ-GotvA4ZqiWk2elGoShM1pC-_U/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"...
25 Aug 2026
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 (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100027191362667&__cft__%5B0%5D=AZZ5Lnb8_EjiyhGdaPUzJ2U9hFagfmJbLxQAGyrxnnZqO5QF9aiZ5EbUcA62q5xy844wuOvZdcDTg_4L6sbb4vaGCeNW-wmiLlxNJ5FEdC0mEbvxp-1x8_1Dno2JUnI6LS_pbYmxYHSZUTLXE01yso03&__tn__=-%5DK*F)! 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 John Coltrane, Billie Holiday (including his dedication to Billie with Jackie McLean), Eric Dolphy and Booker Little. A set dedicated to the 3 recordings he made with Manfred Eicher that inaugurated the ECM and JAPO record labels. And a set featuring the 3 recent Record Store Day releases featuring Waldron - solo Searching in Grenoble 1978, at Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase in 1979 and with Steve Lacy (The Mighty Warriors!) in Belgium in 1995, concluding with his very last recording in 2002 with Lacy and Jean-Jacques Avenel.
We'll also hear from birthday celebrants Eddie Costa and Ben Sidran as well as new releases from Nduduzo Makhathini, Sullivan Fortner (https://www.facebook.com/sullivan.fortner?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZZ5Lnb8_EjiyhGdaPUzJ2U9hFagfmJbLxQAGyrxnnZqO5QF9aiZ5EbUcA62q5xy844wuOvZdcDTg_4L6sbb4vaGCeNW-wmiLlxNJ5FEdC0mEbvxp-1x8_1Dno2JUnI6LS_pbYmxYHSZUTLXE01yso03&__tn__=-%5DK*F), Marilyn Crispell (https://www.facebook.com/marilyn.crispell?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZZ5Lnb8_EjiyhGdaPUzJ2U9hFagfmJbLxQAGyrxnnZqO5QF9aiZ5EbUcA62q5xy844wuOvZdcDTg_4L6sbb4vaGCeNW-wmiLlxNJ5FEdC0mEbvxp-1x8_1Dno2JUnI6LS_pbYmxYHSZUTLXE01yso03&__tn__=-%5DK*F) with Anders Jormin, The Helen Sung (https://www.facebook.com/HelenSungMusic?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZZ5Lnb8_EjiyhGdaPUzJ2U9hFagfmJbLxQAGyrxnnZqO5QF9aiZ5EbUcA62q5xy844wuOvZdcDTg_4L6sbb4vaGCeNW-wmiLlxNJ5FEdC0mEbvxp-1x8_1Dno2JUnI6LS_pbYmxYHSZUTLXE01yso03&__tn__=-%5DK*F) Big Band and Miki Yamanaka (https://www.facebook.com/miki.yamanaka.165?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZZ5Lnb8_EjiyhGdaPUzJ2U9hFagfmJbLxQAGyrxnnZqO5QF9aiZ5EbUcA62q5xy844wuOvZdcDTg_4L6sbb4vaGCeNW-wmiLlxNJ5FEdC0mEbvxp-1x8_1Dno2JUnI6LS_pbYmxYHSZUTLXE01yso03&__tn__=-%5DK*F) with Nicole Glover (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555658241037&__cft__%5B0%5D=AZZ5Lnb8_EjiyhGdaPUzJ2U9hFagfmJbLxQAGyrxnnZqO5QF9aiZ5EbUcA62q5xy844wuOvZdcDTg_4L6sbb4vaGCeNW-wmiLlxNJ5FEdC0mEbvxp-1x8_1Dno2JUnI6LS_pbYmxYHSZUTLXE01yso03&__tn__=-%5DK*F). Of course, Infidels Jazz Presents: Miki Yamanaka Trio + Nicole Glover at Revue Stage (https://www.facebook.com/events/1689654395797705/?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZZ5Lnb8_EjiyhGdaPUzJ2U9hFagfmJbLxQAGyrxnnZqO5QF9aiZ5EbUcA62q5xy844wuOvZdcDTg_4L6sbb4vaGCeNW-wmiLlxNJ5FEdC0mEbvxp-1x8_1Dno2JUnI6LS_pbYmxYHSZUTLXE01yso03&__tn__=-UK*F) next week on August 23rd.
A belated birthday for Kenny Burrell (https://www.facebook.com/kenneth.burrell.146?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZZ5Lnb8_EjiyhGdaPUzJ2U9hFagfmJbLxQAGyrxnnZqO5QF9aiZ5EbUcA62q5xy844wuOvZdcDTg_4L6sbb4vaGCeNW-wmiLlxNJ5FEdC0mEbvxp-1x8_1Dno2JUnI6LS_pbYmxYHSZUTLXE01yso03&__tn__=-%5DK*F) takes in the theme and a last birthday for trombonist Dave Robbins takes out the show (with a shoutout to Wilmer Fawcett (https://www.facebook.com/fawcettw?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZZ5Lnb8_EjiyhGdaPUzJ2U9hFagfmJbLxQAGyrxnnZqO5QF9aiZ5EbUcA62q5xy844wuOvZdcDTg_4L6sbb4vaGCeNW-wmiLlxNJ5FEdC0mEbvxp-1x8_1Dno2JUnI6LS_pbYmxYHSZUTLXE01yso03&__tn__=-%5DK*F) who also celebrates today!).
Check out all the ways 88...
12 Aug 2026
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 (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100027191362667&__cft__%5B0%5D=AZZ5Uwo4mJMKeynZrvcYqk6YiAd9LXyMCywwS1uI-yv9vrIHlE1G8iGWOBviAFO6fTHdNpqYW7O0TCBuM5Ojuqpw64sTzyTVpcWvP0erEL7Egku62MyCE16UZQe4y3eE2-AlOO4R9MyeXRZnSqp2R1MWmRBQlUN24sAVlMfIbO5WMI_ENi-5WTXdijqxwOT4Xno&__tn__=-%5DK-R) 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 (https://www.facebook.com/laura.crema.2025?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZZ5Uwo4mJMKeynZrvcYqk6YiAd9LXyMCywwS1uI-yv9vrIHlE1G8iGWOBviAFO6fTHdNpqYW7O0TCBuM5Ojuqpw64sTzyTVpcWvP0erEL7Egku62MyCE16UZQe4y3eE2-AlOO4R9MyeXRZnSqp2R1MWmRBQlUN24sAVlMfIbO5WMI_ENi-5WTXdijqxwOT4Xno&__tn__=-%5DK-R) at the VIFF Centre this Sunday presented by Infidels Jazz (https://www.facebook.com/TheInfidelsJazz?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZZ5Uwo4mJMKeynZrvcYqk6YiAd9LXyMCywwS1uI-yv9vrIHlE1G8iGWOBviAFO6fTHdNpqYW7O0TCBuM5Ojuqpw64sTzyTVpcWvP0erEL7Egku62MyCE16UZQe4y3eE2-AlOO4R9MyeXRZnSqp2R1MWmRBQlUN24sAVlMfIbO5WMI_ENi-5WTXdijqxwOT4Xno&__tn__=-%5DK-R).
Some music from the film and some from releases that have come out over the years - The Duke Ellington Orchestra (who take in the theme), Jimmy Giuffre, Dave Brubeck, Dinah Washington, Anita O'Day, Max Roach + 4, Horace Silver and Louis Armstrong!
Also a set of Monk tunes built around the recent issue of Monk in Paris in 1967 from the Monk estate along with Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band and new releases from the Carlos Henriquez Big Band and the Charles Ruggiero (https://www.facebook.com/charlesruggiero?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZZ5Uwo4mJMKeynZrvcYqk6YiAd9LXyMCywwS1uI-yv9vrIHlE1G8iGWOBviAFO6fTHdNpqYW7O0TCBuM5Ojuqpw64sTzyTVpcWvP0erEL7Egku62MyCE16UZQe4y3eE2-AlOO4R9MyeXRZnSqp2R1MWmRBQlUN24sAVlMfIbO5WMI_ENi-5WTXdijqxwOT4Xno&__tn__=-%5DK-R) trio. (Of course, Monk played Newport '58 too!)
In honour of Rahsaan Roland Kirk's birthday today, we'll start with his dynamite version of Blue Trane from Germany in 1972 and then feature last year's RSD release of Kirk at the Penthouse in Seattle in 1967. And fill it all out with music from guitarist Lorne Lofsky (https://www.facebook.com/lorne.lofsky?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZZ5Uwo4mJMKeynZrvcYqk6YiAd9LXyMCywwS1uI-yv9vrIHlE1G8iGWOBviAFO6fTHdNpqYW7O0TCBuM5Ojuqpw64sTzyTVpcWvP0erEL7Egku62MyCE16UZQe4y3eE2-AlOO4R9MyeXRZnSqp2R1MWmRBQlUN24sAVlMfIbO5WMI_ENi-5WTXdijqxwOT4Xno&__tn__=-%5DK-R) (who's in town at Frankie's this weekend), and Side A, an old fave from Sharon Minemoto (https://www.facebook.com/sharon.minemoto?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZZ5Uwo4mJMKeynZrvcYqk6YiAd9LXyMCywwS1uI-yv9vrIHlE1G8iGWOBviAFO6fTHdNpqYW7O0TCBuM5Ojuqpw64sTzyTVpcWvP0erEL7Egku62MyCE16UZQe4y3eE2-AlOO4R9MyeXRZnSqp2R1MWmRBQlUN24sAVlMfIbO5WMI_ENi-5WTXdijqxwOT4Xno&__tn__=-%5DK-R)!
If you want some Jazz on a Summer's Day, it's hard to do better than the A-Trane at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at 2pm Pacific!
If you want to follow along, here's the playlist (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1n4KL1jyDw95qoWxMZ-GotvA4ZqiWk2elGoShM1pC-_U/edit?usp=sharing)! (Look for the broadcast date!)
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