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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!

  1. 4D AGO

    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 säje, Caetano Veloso And Maria Bethânia, the Christian McBride Big Band, Gonzalo Rubalcaba with Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro, Miles Caton & Ludwig Göransson (from the Sinners OST), Justin Gray with Drew Jurecka, Buddy Guy, Remy Le Boeuf with the Nordkraft Big Band & Danielle Wertz, some great archival recordings from Joni Mitchell, finishing with the late Chick Corea! We'll say goodbye to Ken Peplowski (who also took in the theme with the Nagel-Heyer All-Stars) and catch some upcoming previews from Ballake Sissoko & Derek Gripper (on tomorrow night at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts), artists appearing at this year's Jazz at the Bolt including Champian Fulton & Klas Lindquist, Bill Coon's Double Quartet, Ralph A. Moore (with Charles Chen) and Arvind Ramdas (the last also at Frankie's this Thursday). We'll take it out with the latest from Kahil El Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble appearing tonight at The Revue Stage on Granville Island courtesy of our friends over at Infidels Jazz! (And a brief unannounced nod to pianist Art Simmon's centenary yesterday to fill out the time-slot!.) Covering all the bases, playing all the hits, best game in town for your Friday afternoon - suit up at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at two pacific! If you want to follow along, here's the playlist! The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadoun on every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm Pacific Celebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986 100.5FM or coopradio.org  Check it out!

    3h 31m

  2. FEB 1

    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 (Richie's visits to Vancouver were mostly in the context of their working quartet Quest), in all-star trios and solo. The late Ian McDougall, who passed away the same day as Richie, takes in the theme with his regular collaborators including Oliver Gannon. We'll also have a quick Grammy rundown in advance of the awards this weekend that includes Lakecia Benjamin, Chick Corea, Nicole Zuraitis, Sullivan Fortner, Michael Mayo, Arturo O'Farrill (playing Carla Bley's last commissioned work), Laila Biali, The Sun Ra Arkestra (also coming to Vancouver in February courtesy of our friends at Infidels Jazz), and Branford Marsalis doing the music of Keith Jarrett. That last one doubles as part of a preview of Chris Gestrin doing Jarrett's music tonight at Pyatt Hall (those Infidels again!), then other preview this week for Thomas Marriott (tomorrow night at Frankie's) and Ayelet Rose Gottlieb (workshops this week culminating in a show at Tyrant Studios next Thursday). Even a happy birthday today to Ahmed Abdul-Malik! So pick your preferred medium (100.5FM or coopradio . org) and get the Jazz Message starting at two pm Pacific - ten four good buddy (whatever that means) .... If you want to follow along, here's the playlist! The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadoun on every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm Pacific Celebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986 100.5FM or coopradio.org  Check it out!

    3h 37m

  3. JAN 26

    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 long-standing quartet Oregon, a guest appearance with Weather Report and collaborations with Jan Garbarek, Gary Burton (birthday today!), Azimuth, Gary Peacock, Paolo Fresu and others. Duck Baker takes in the theme and an addition feature for the recent (Horace) Silver in Seattle 1965, birthdays for Django Reinhardt, Marty Paich, Curtis Counce, the late Michal Urbaniak, and previews for the David Binney Action Trio (tonight at the Hargrove for Coastal Jazz), François Houle and new music from Bellbird (Infidels Jazz Presents: François Houle / Bellbird at Alliance Français Vancouver Theatre Theatre), Gordon Grdina's Haram (the Hollywood on Sunday Jan 25) and Rachel Therrien Trumpet at the ACT Theatre tonight! Jazz in all its permutations and instantiations every Friday afternoon at 100.5FM and coopradio . org starting at 2 pm Pacific! Tune in and get a taste! If you want to follow along, here's the playlist! The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadoun on every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm Pacific Celebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986 100.5FM or coopradio.org  Check it out!

    3h 34m

  4. JAN 20

    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 which includes the new release from Kris Davis with the Lutosławski Quartet and recent releases from Trio of Bloom, Patricia Brennan, Brandon Seabrook, Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, and Ned Rothenberg, and a farewell tribute to the late Rebecca Kilgore. We'll also squeeze in birthdays for Betty Roche (the theme!), Robert Wilkins and Aldo Romano, a farewell to Bob Weir and previews for Neil Swainson, Neil Gray, Itamar Erez and Nancy Newman! Catch it at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at 2pm Pacific, The A-Trane taking the pulse of the jazz scene since 1986! If you want to follow along, here's the playlist! The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadoun on every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm Pacific Celebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986 100.5FM or coopradio.org  Check it out!

    3h 31m

  5. JAN 20

    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 more looking back and forward with great music, the A-Trane is the place to be! Check it out at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at two! If you want to follow along, here's the playlist! The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadoun on every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm Pacific Celebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986 100.5FM or coopradio.org  Check it out!

    3h 33m

  6. JAN 6

    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, Patricia Brennan, Sasha Berliner, and Steve Nelson. Of course Nelson is part of the all-star ensemble at Frankie's Jazz Club this weekend along with David Hazeltine, Steve Davis, Cory Weeds, Ken Lister and Jesse Cahill so we have a set featuring all of them in various combinations (and include a nod to Nick Hempton for his 50th birthday yesterday!) The great Sonny Greenwich turned 90 years old yesterday and will get a feature set with some great rarities, a Jimmy Dale Orchestra recording that also features Ed Bickert & Lenny Breau, Hank Mobley, a 1979 single with Claude Ranger, an unreleased JazzBeat session with Mike Allen and Julian McDonough among other gems. And we'll take it out with a preview for a great Coastal Jazz show later this month with the Action trio - David Binney, Louis Cole and Pera Krstajic! Year in, year out, the A-Trane abides every Friday afternoon at two pm Pacific at 100.5FM or coopradio . org! Happy New Year! If you want to follow along, here's the playlist! The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadoun on every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm Pacific Celebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986 100.5FM or coopradio.org  Check it out!

    3h 31m

  7. 2025-12-20

    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 live contemporaneous concert. The first part of the show will be a retrospective of the late percussionist Marilyn Mazur who passed away last week featured in projects and collaborations with Miles Davis, Nils Petter Malvaer, Eivind Aarset, Bugge Wesseltoft, Lotte Anker, Marilyn Crispell, Jan Garbarek, Jean-Michel Pilc, Norma Winstone, Pierre Dorge & The New Jungle Orchestra, her all-women ensemble Shamania and more. An amazingly prolific artist who deserves to be better known in North America! We'll have time for previews for Tania Gill and Jacob Wutzke playing tonight at Tyrant Studios and Frankie's After Dark respectively. And birthdays for Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, Mulatu Astatke, Bobby Timmons and Bob Brookmeyer with a big finish from Tim Warfield & his all-star ensemble doing a Hanukkah tribute! A Show for All Seasons! Put some musical nog in your noggin at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at two pacific featuring rumballs and drum rolls! If you want to follow along, here's the playlist! The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadoun on every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm Pacific Celebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986 100.5FM or coopradio.org  Check it out!

    3h 30m

  8. 2025-12-13

    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 different outstanding pianists), previews for Winter Morning Walks: musica intima & Triology at the Blueshore tonight, Peter Bernstein at Frankie's, Antibalas at the Pearl, The Leading Ladies with Ellington/Strayhorn's setting of the Nutcracker at a few venues starting with Brentwood tonight, the B3 Kings at the Shadbolt, Arab Blues at the Kay Meek and in the new year, Christian McBride at the Centre. Along with a stellar slate of birthdays McCoy Tyner (yesterday), Manu Dibango, Tony Williams, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Dodo Marmarosa (centenary!) and Bob Dorough! Music that you won't find anywhere else on your radio dial that speaks to you and your community - check it out at 100.5FM or coopradio . org starting at Two Pacific and afterwards, the podcast linked in The A-Trane Playlist! If you want to follow along, here's the playlist! The A-Trane Radio Program with your host Nou Dadoun on every Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5:30 pm Pacific Celebrating jazz & creative music in Vancouver since 1986 100.5FM or coopradio.org  Check it out!

    3h 32m
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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!

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