JAZZ BOULEVARD SHOW HISTORY

NOV07 : Montreal's THOM GOSSAGE is on the program to talk about his latest album – IMPULSI – and upcoming launch party Wednesday Nov 12th at Diese Onze Club ... visit Thom's website here.

AUGUST22 : Guest Host 'BIG-D' once again snuggles into the 'Big Chair' on Jazz Boulevard tonight with his "D" inspired programming while Host/Producer Moz Taylor is away. Moz returns next week.

AUGUST 01 : Montreal legend OLIVER JONES is featured on the program tonight. Far from retirement, Oliver continues to perform, record and share his warmth and love of music with countless fans around the world. The program will also include the voices of drummer Jim Doxas, singer Ranee Lee, and Justin Time records founder, Jim West.

Congratulations to the team behind CODA magazine - Canada's Jazz Magazine since 1958. The current issue celebrates 50 years of continuous publishing.

Information about the magazine can be found on their website … info here.

MAY30 : The 8th edition of this popular contemporary music festival kicks off this weekend. Festival Director PETER BURTON sat down earlier this week with host Moz Taylor to talk about the event. Festival info here.

MAY02 : DAMIAN NISENSON – Argentinean composer, performer & founder of Malasartes Records – now based in Montreal, is on the program to talk about his latest album project being released this month. (info)

APRIL04 : The annual JAZZ-JUNO-NOMINEES show. Tune in to hear tracks from all this year's nominees. The pulse of Canadian Jazz: two hours - 15 albums! The Juno awards take place Sunday April 6th. (info: 2008 Juno Awards)

MARCH21 : SIMON LEGAULT – Montreal-based guitarist & 2007 Winner of the "Jazz en Rafale" New Talent contest – drops by the studio to talk about his debut album "Misrememberings" & upcoming performance at the 2008 Jazz En Rafale Series (info: Jazz En Rafale)

FEB01 : Montreal-based saxophonist JOEL MILLER joins Moz Taylor this Friday night (cashing in the raincheck from December 14th). Tune in for music & conversation as we play tracks from Joel's work, as well as influential recordings from his private collection. Joel's website ... click here

JAN18 & JAN25 : JAZZ BOULEVARD Host & Producer Moz Taylor is back from this year's IAJE conference held in Toronto. This week and next Moz presents featured interviews and music from "Jazz's biggest hang" ...

On the 18th hear interviews with IAJE President MARY JO PAPICH & Scotland's CATHIE RAE ...

On the 25th, we feature an interview with ANDREW SCOTT– Managing Editor of Canada's Jazz Magazine: CODA (magazine website) ... Loads of pictures from the IAJE await in the PHOTOS section - check them out!

JAN11 : Guest Host 'BIG-D' snuggles into the 'Big Chair' on Jazz Boulevard tonight while host/producer Moz Taylor is in Toronto for the 2008 International Association of Jazz Education conference (website). Moz returns January 18th.

DEC14 : ** LAST MINUTE SCHEDULING CONFLICTS HAVE MOVED OUR INTERVIEW INTO THE NEW YEAR ... WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THE NEW DATE. *** Montreal-based Tenor saxophonist JOEL MILLER is on the program to discuss his latest release "Tantramar" - his 5th CD as leader, and 1st on the web-based Artist Share label. website

NOV09 : Montreal's best kept secret -THE MONTREAL DRUM FEST - sets up its kits at the Salle Pierre-Mercure this weekend for the 15th edition. International stars of the drum world including Peter Erskine appear at this 'Drum-World' Mecca. Tune in tonight to hear host Moz Taylor and festival Artistic Director Ralph Angelillo discussing the festival. festival website

SEPT29-30 : CINQ-FM GARAGE SALE - Come visit our annual fundraiser garage sale this weekend on the corner of St. Viateur & Waverly (opposite Café Olympico - who are helping us out) ... a wide variety of items are up for sale with all proceeds going to help fund our community radio station. See you there!

SEPT14 : Montreal Blues legend MICHAEL JEROME BROWNE pays a visit to the Jazz Boulevard studio tonight. His new double CD 'DOUBLE' is about to be released and he will be stopping by to talk about this project and much more. Additional info here.

AUGUST03 : Robert Prévost, leader and founder of the GEMU (Grand Ensemble de Musique Urbaines) drops by the show to talk about the founding of GEMU (a 30-piece Big Band), composing & arranging for the group, and how such a big group fits into the Boule Noir on Mt. Royal (Metro Mont-Royal) the 1st Monday of every month... hear the interview from podcast 162 more info.

JULY06 : The sensational ROBIN MCKELLE performed at this year's Montreal International Jazz Festival. While she was in town, Moz caught up with the Boston based singer to talk about her latest album, touring and more. Tune in tonight to hear the interview or visit the interviews page to hear the archived audio. More on Robin here.

JUNE15 YR-3 : JAZZ BOULEVARD celebrates its third year with an in-studio party – join Moz and special guests KATHYA HEPPELL (Host of CISM's Jazarella) DAMIAN NISENSON (Argentinean composer, saxophonist) & FELIX STUSSI (Swiss born composer, pianist) for a special evening of music and conversation. [more on Kathya Damian Felix]

FESTIVALS : Montreal – the City of Festivals – is heating up and (with a bit of traveling) 4 serious jazz festivals are within close reach:

IN OTHER NEWS: JUNE 8 - 10 ... a worthy cause celebrates its second edition: NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT SHOW

APRIL27 : SIMON LEGAULT QUARTET – meet the 2007 winners of the New Jazz Talent Contest held as part of the annual Jazz En Rafale series. Members of the quartet will be dropping by the studio on tonight's show.

PODCASTS : * NEW & IMPROVED * Miss a recent show? The [PLAYLISTS | MP3] link on the left now includes podcasts of recent shows ... Go on ... you know you want to hear it again!

MARCH30 : A special program this evening ... time again for the annual JUNO JAZZ NOMINEES show on Jazz Boulevard. Take the Jazz pulse of Canada: two hours -15 artists! The Juno awards take place Sunday April 1st (more info).

MARCH23 : Tune in Friday March 23rd, when the 'Jazarella' herself, fellow broadcaster KATHYA HEPPELL is my guest 'co-host' ... we'll be talking about living the Jazz life in Montreal as radio broadcasters and, of course, playing 2 hours of great music. More on Kathya's show here.

2 Weekends of Jazz : As the weather warms up, so does the Jazz community ... two weekends of Jazz En Rafale are blowing through Montreal right now. Visit their site for details about concerts ... including performances from the finalists in the New Jazz Talent contest. [March 15-17 & 22-24] site

2007 : Happy New Year Suddenly, another year ... another 104 hours of Jazz Boulevard ... Jazz from around the corner – to around the world. Best Wishes for a peaceful & rewarding 2007 to all the Jazz Boulevard listeners ... AND IN OTHER NEWS:

WEB STREAMING "We're Back" : The CINQ tech-elves have been hard at work getting our NEW & IMPROVED web stream running ... now with more options then before: iTunes / Winamp / Windows Media / XMMS / Real Player ... Mac & PC compatible. Visit the CINQ website and click on the speaker icon.

DEC01 0 volts : "HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM" ... unfortunately, an early winter storm & power disruptions to our station means broadcasting is interrupted from 10:30PM until Saturday morning. JAZZ BOULEVARD returns full force next Friday night, December 8th, with plenty of new music. See you then!

PAST INTERVIEWS : Karine Chapdelaine, Vanessa Rodrigues, John Labelle, Ranee Lee, Lorraine Desmarais, Susie Arioli & Jordan Officer ... just some of the ever increasing number of interviews you'll find in the INTERVIEWS section of JAZZBOULEVARD.CA. Hear them again ... for the first time (in mp3 audio format). jb

OCT27 : Montreal Bassist KARINE CHAPDELAINE is on the program to talk about her album 'Aural Landscapes' as well as various other projects she's involved in, touring with the IAJE's Sisters In Jazz program, the 'business' of jazz, and more...

OCT13 : VANESSA RODRIGUES – The Edmonton native, now a Montrealer, is on the program tonight to talk about her career as a Hammond B3 organist, her musical influences, and crashing on Lonnie Smith's couch...

SEPT30 – CINQFM Garage Sale : THANKS to all those who passed by on a sunny Saturday September 30th to shop at our 2nd Annual Garage Sale. All proceeds from the sale went to CINQ (which totaled several hundred dollars). THANKS also go out to Bioterre (website) for offering their patio space to us. Check out the PHOTOS section for a few pics of the event.

OCT06 : JOHN LABELLE - the Montreal Jazz crooner & songwriter drops by JAZZ BOULEVARD to talk about his career, his latest CD and next week's fundraiser for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada (Wednesday, October 11th 8:30pm at the Lion D'Or).

Looking for web links to recently mentioned
items on Jazz Boulevard? Click on the LINKS button on the left. Info on
the Dubai Jazz Artist invitation, The Nujaz Festival,
the John Labelle M.S. Fundraiser, and much more...

SEPTEMBER '06 : Welcome to another season of Jazz Boulevard. With the summer (too quickly) behind us, here on the Boulevard we're starting to look ahead to another season, more guests, and a lot of great jazz.

And speaking of Horses (!?) ... ok, sometimes something comes across the production desk of the show that doesn't exactly ring with jazz but does ring with 'people just need to know about this' and being a community station (and with a soft spot in our Jazz heart for the welfare of animals) ...

www.refugerr.org - is an animal rescue for our dear & often forgotten 'beasts of burden.' Moving biographies of rescued souls await you at their site. To help, some folks are holding a fundraiser BBQ Sunday September 17, 2006. Info available here - and just click on the "Tickets for BBQ" icon.

2006 Montreal International Jazz Festival ... check out the PHOTO section of the website for some impressions of this year's music festival | Neville Brothers, Montreal Musician & Music Instrument Show, Effendi Records Cd launch, and more ... jb

JUNE16 : JAZZ BOULEVARD celebrates its second year on-air. Guests SONIA JOHNSON & bassist FREDERIC ALARIE drop by the studio to talk about music at this summer's L'OFF FESTIVAL DE JAZZ ... it's 2 hours of jazz from Montreal's Jazz Community with a special 'All-Montreal' playlist.

CONGRATULATIONS ... go out to JAZZ BOULEVARD listeners Brian & Marie. Their names were selected at random from all the callers during the show's recent Show #100 three-CD giveaway contest. Thanks to all who called in to enter.

MAY19 : SHOW 100 - CD GIVEAWAY -

To celebrate a classic - Jazz Boulevard #100 - we've got a 3-CD giveaway contest for our regular listeners. Between now and the 19th get in touch:

by email (CONTACT link) include where you live, or ...

by calling while the show is on-air (514.495.2597),

and get your name in the hat for the drawing. Selection will be made at random from the entries received by the end of show #100. That simple.

YOU COULD WIN: SUSIE ARIOLI's latest, 2006 Juno-Nominee Yemaya from ROBERTO OCCHIPINTI & MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO's Spirit Music Jamia. Good Luck and thanks for listening to Jazz Boulevard. (ONLY 1 ENTRY PER PERSON PLEASE...)

APR14 : CINQ's Big-D (host of The D-Show & co-host of the Lenny Rains Experience) is sitting in for Moz Taylor (taking an extended Toronto trip after last week's 2006 National Jazz Awards.) Read about all the winners here... Moz returns April 21st.

RANEE LEE | The interview with Ranee is now posted in the INTERVIEWS section. Our conversation ranged from family life growing up in '60 Brooklyn NY, to the creative process, her many recording projects, teaching and her appointment to the Order Of Canada...jb

APR07 : CLAUDE THIBAULT drops by the show tonight to talk about SortiesJazzNights.com which has become a 'must-see' site to track what's happening around the city in Jazz. Claude's site also offers visitors an opportunity to sign up for the free weekly emailer of 'what's on' - see it now.

MAR31 : It's time again for the annual JAZZ-JUNO-NOMINEES show. Tune in to hear tracks from all this year's nominees. Take the pulse of Jazz in Canada: two hours -15 albums! The Juno awards take place Sunday April 2nd.

MAR24 : RANEE LEE - As part of the on-going WOMEN IN JAZZ series - Ranee sits down for an intimate interview that spans her early days in Brooklyn to her recent appointment to the Order Of Canada. Along the way we talk about opening for George Burns, the creative process, meeting the Queen of England, her many recordings, and much more. We'll also hear music from her recordings & CD's Ranee has brought in. A special night not to be missed!

CAROLE THERRIEN | The interview with Carole is now posted in the INTERVIEWS section. In part 1, we talk about her musical background & influences. In part 2 the conversation shifts to the birth of Effendi Records, producing jazz artists, and running an international jazz label... jb

FEB17 : ALEX BELLEGARDE is one of the hardest working bass players in Montreal. At last year's Montreal International Jazz Festival his quartet won the General Motor's Grand Prize for most promising new jazz talent. Besides being a very in-demand sideman, Alex also runs the weekly Tuesday night Jam Sessions at NYK's bar. Alex will be in-studio on our Feb. 17th show and will start making regular contributions to the show, reporting on the pulse of the jazz community in Montreal.

JAZZ BOULEVARD FEATURED IN MONTREAL MIRROR | Thanks go out to the folks at the MONTREAL MIRROR and Chris Barry for featuring the show in the current issue's People Column: read it here

FEB10 : WOMEN IN JAZZ | CAROLE THERRIEN - Jazz Vocalist & Co-founder of EFFENDI RECORDS... Carole is in studio on our FEBRUARY 10th 2006 show. We'll have a lot to talk about - everything from her work as a performer to her career running one of Canada's most dynamic Jazz labels, and her impressions of MIDEM 2006 in Cannes.

JAN06 & 13 : CINQ's Big-D (host of The D-Show & co-host of the Lenny Rains Experience) is sitting in for a vacationing Moz Taylor. Moz will be back in his regular spot January 20th.

Happy New Year to all the listeners of Jazz Boulevard...
wishing you a jazzy 2006.

DEC16 : The KatrinAID fund-raiser concert took place this past week at the Spectrum, featuring over 85 musicians. Georges 'Boule Noire' Thurston was the driving force behind the event which featured Oliver Jones, Renee Lee, Jim Zeller, Bob Walsh, Nancy Martinez and the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir to name just several of the acts. Hear an interview with 'Boule Noire' on tonight's show or hear it again in the ARCHIVE section. Also a few show pix in the PHOTO section. Listeners who would like to donate to relief efforts in New Orleans will find info in the LINKS section.

DEC08 : The interviews with Julie are now posted in the ARCHIVE section. Topics discussed include her musical background, work with Isabelle Boulay, touring, performing, the life of a self-managed jazz artist and of course... 'HANK DOG' song commentary.

DEC02 : JULIE LAMONTAGNE - The Montreal-based arranger, composer and jazz pianist joins us in-studio December 2nd for another edition of WOMEN IN JAZZ. We'll talk about her career, her recent debut album 'Facing the Truth' and much more.

NOV18 : Burrrr... show number 074 finds us in our first serious chill of the season... what better time for some hot latin jazz - tune in to hear a good dose. Also a report from the 'Montreal Music Show' which features OLIVER JONES speaking at a panel on "Surviving As A Jazz Professional in Quebec."

In other news: CD Copyright Run Amuck? (see also LINKS section :: Other Interesting Links)

NOV11 : Show number 073 modulates out the CINQ antenna with two reports on events happening in the city. The Montreal Music Show is this weekend and we have an interview with show producer Serge Gamache about this 1st edition.

Later in the show, we visit the Chapelle Historique du Bon-Pasteur to talk with Phonotheque director Christian Lewis about a Jazz exhibit running from Nov. 10th to Dec 15th.

OCT27 : The website has been having a 'bad techno-hair day' (week actually) with hosting problems galore. We're hoping our ISP's new equipment installation means all the usual better, faster, etc. But just to be on the safe side, maybe some lucky rabbit karma wouldn't hurt... jb

OCT14 : WOMEN IN JAZZ III | SUSIE ARIOLI & JORDAN OFFICER | The local Jazz Celebs are in-studio for the whole show. We'll hear their new album "LEARN TO SMILE AGAIN" talk about careers and much more.

* UPDATE * Thanks to all who supported the fundraiser. We raised several hundred dollars for the station. Check out some of the pix in the PHOTO section.

OCT01 & 02 : Saturday & Sunday, the ENGLISH TEAM of RadioCentreville is holding a fundraiser GARAGE SALE in the Mile End neighbourhood - all proceeds go to the station. So come on down, meet some of the folks from 102.3FM and contribute to keeping the CINQ antenna fired up and modulating... 9:00-4:00 in front of 5636 ESPLANADE. See you there.

SEPT16 : A Montreal Jazz institution, the UPSTAIRS BAR & GRILL Jazz Club is celebrating its 10th year with a series of concerts and jam sessions. Tune in tonight to hear my interview with club owner Joel Giberovitch.

SEPT02 : TANIA TASSONE from the FESTIVAL DES RYTHMES DU MONDE stops by the show to talk about next week's multi-cultural festival of Art, Food & Music.

JULY08 : WOMEN IN JAZZ II – Award-winning jazz pianist, composer & arranger, and educator LORRAINE DESMARAIS is our in-studio guest.

JUNE24 : BERNARD PRIMEAU | Bernard recently launched his 10th CD "Liaisons" and is the 2005 recipient of the Oscar Peterson Award in Jazz. Tune in to hear our interview & material from his new CD.

JUNE17 : HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Has it already been one year? Amazing! Tune in Friday when show #52 modulates out the 102.3 antenna. Fav tunes from the past year are featured... Hey, call the studio to send good wishes or click over to the CONTACT section & drop a H.B. email ... jb

JUNE03 : L'OFF Festival de Jazz launched its 6th edition this week and we have an interview with FRANCOIS MARCAURELLE, President of the festival, discussing the festival, its beginnings and what's happening this year.

MAY31 : The latest interviews are now up in the ARCHIVE section. Hear them again 'for the first time'. Also, check the PLAYLIST link for the latest show playlists... jb

MAY27 : SONIA JOHNSON | Sonia is new on the jazz scene with a recently launched debut CD called "DON'T EXPLAIN." Hear our interview & material from her new CD.

MAY20 : WOMEN IN JAZZ I | Celebrated Saxophonist, Composer, Arranger CHRISTINE JENSEN is In-Studio with us for the whole show. We'll be discussing her life from Nanaimo, BC to Montreal, her music, and much more. Including, sampling unreleased Christine Jensen Big Band demo recordings.

MAY06 : JAZZ: SWINGING NIGHTS IN MONTREAL | Centre d'histoire de Montreal is launching an exhibit celebrating Montreal's jazz history. We take a tour with Pascale Galipeau & talk with Andre Gauvreau about the 'fire station' that burned down. Visit the site for info on special free jazz concerts every Sunday Centre d'histoire de Montreal