JAZZ BOULEVARD RADIO SHOW

JAZZBOULEVARD
With MOZ TAYLOR
Friday Midnight - 2 AM
102.3 FM Montreal Qc Canada

SUMMER PODCASTS: From JULY 09 to AUGUST 13 – ' BIG-D' guest hosts the live broadcast of the program over the summer, podcast listeners can continue to enjoy past episodes of Jazz Boulevard from the show's archive. MOZ returns AUGUST 20th ...

JULY 23– A rebroadcast of our program from March 6, 2009 - we were still celebrating from having won the SOBA (Sounds Of Blackness Awards) for "Best English Community Radio Show Of The Year" a week earlier.

JULY 16 – When the program celebrated its 5th year back in 2009, SUSIE ARIOLI made a special appearance as a Guest Co-Host. This weekend's podcast revisits that show.

JULY 09 – With the PARC-X TRIO recently winning the TD GRAND JAZZ AWARD at this year's MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL, the July 9th podcast is a re-broadcast of the April 10th, 2009 show when members of the PARC-X Trio were on the program.

SUMMER 2010: As summer settles into Montreal, guest host 'BIG-D' returns to replace a vacationing Moz Taylor. New podcasts of Jazz Boulevard will return in a couple of weeks.

In the meantime, don't forget you can replay past shows anytime from the podcast archive - just click the "PLAYLIST | MP3" menu item to find shows going back to the beginning of the year (not to mention archived specials since the show's beginning).

JUNE25 : CHRISTINE TASSAN / MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL – With the Montreal International Jazz Festival starting this weekend, tonight's show looks at artists appearing at this year's 31st edition.

We also have interviews with Jazz Manouche musician CHRISTINE TASSAN performing July 2nd at the MIJF as well as LAURENT SAULNIER - VP Programming & Production - taking a look behind the scenes at putting together the nearly 800 concerts taking place.

APR30 : MILES DAVIS / MARGIE GILLIS – On tonight's show, in Hour One we feature an interview with NATHALIE BONDIL, Director of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, discussing the launch of a major summer long exhibit on Miles Davis.

In Hour Two – with a fabulous new show at L'Agora De La Danse this week and next – FILATURES – we sit down with Canadian modern dance legend, MARGIE GILLIS to look at the subject of IMPROV from a very different perspective ... when your instrument isn't a piano or a horn, but instead ... your body.

DAVE TURNER & JOEL MILLER with ERIC HARDING (P) JIM DOXAS (D)
and ALEC WALKINGTON (B) - closing the LIVE FROM UPSTAIRS
special broadcast of Jazz Boulevard - celebrating the program's 300th edition.

Special thanks to our partners for helping make the event possible:

Joel Giberovitch – Upstairs
Maurin Auxéméry – Jazz En Rafale
Tony & Allan – Italmelody ... Equipment sponsors

Justin Time Records / Effendi Records / DAME Music – for CD giveaways ...

... and to the volunteers from Radio Centreville who helped out at the club:

Tristan Seckinger (So Fresh So Clean 102.3FM Fridays @ 10:30pm)
Zana Corbett – Sound Engineering

Read Jenn Hardy's PORK PIE JAZZ BLOG postings on the show.

* FREE ADMISSION * 10 CD GIVE-AWAY *

JAZZ BOULEVARD celebrates show number 300 with a special LIVE BROADCAST directly from
Montreal's UPSTAIRS JAZZ CLUB as part of the JAZZ EN RAFALE series.

Come on down to the club to be part of the live audience for this special event. The show will be carried in Montreal on 102.3FM and streamed on the web via the station's website, at the show's regular time
Friday ... midnight - 2. (map)

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As part of the fund-raiser portion of the event for Radio Centreville,
there will be a give-away of 10 (TEN) CDs of recent releases (and a 3-CD runner up prize)
to some lucky person donating to the station. Thanks to the Montreal jazz labels
Effendi, Dame and Justin Time for contributing recent releases ...

Jazz Boulevard will be mixing up the best jazz with live interviews and a jam session featuring
top jazz musicians from the Montreal Jazz Community.

MAR12 : JAZZ EN RAFALE brings a gust of jazz to L'Astral, Diese Onse & The Upstairs Jazz Bar this March. Along with the annual jazz series there is the New Talent Contest. Maurin Auxéméry of JeR drops by the show to talk about this year's series. website

FEB19 : JAZZ IN THE POINT is jazz concert programming coming from an up and coming 'new' jazz venue in Point St. Charles called Le Diable a Quatre. Regular Wednesday jam sessions have grown into some serious jazz programming. I dropped by this week's jam session to find Dave Turner and Cameron Wallis jamming along with house regulars.

Tonight you can hear my interview with Thomas Durant – 1/2 of the team responsible for the programming (along with partner Kyle Morin) talking about how the series got started and some future events including the Christine Jensen Haiti Fundraiser this coming Sunday February 21st at 8PM. FACEBOOK MYSPACE.

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FEB12 : CHRISTINE JENSEN returns to Jazz Boulevard tonight to talk about her latest CD on Justin Time Records – Treelines – a jazz orchestra project featuring her sister, renown trumpet player Ingrid Jensen. Later in the show, we sample some new music including the latest project from Lionel Loueke - MWALIKO.

Christine performs 'treelines' with her Jazz Orchestra featuring her sister, Ingrid Jensen on Friday February 19th at Gesu 8pm ... as part of the Montreal Highlights Festival (info).

Her fundraiser for Haiti concert with her quartet is Sunday, February 21st at Taverne Urbaine Le Diable à Quatre (info)

JAN20 : The Fourth Edition of the Sounds Of Blackness Awards (SOBA) released their 2010 nominees and JAZZ BOULEVARD is once again honored to be considered among those in the category of "Best Anglophone Community Radio Show of the Year" ...

The awards - broadcast this year on Musique Plus! – take place February 28th at the Theatre Outremont. Visit the SOBA website. Best of luck to all the nominees!

JAN01 2010 : HAPPY NEW YEAR & HAPPY NEW DECADE!!! … to the listeners of Jazz Boulevard, as we broadcast through our 6th year on-air … Jazz, Baby – Yeah!

Tune in tonight for our final interview of 2009 with VANESSA RODRIGUES recorded recently at Brutopia during the launch of her latest CD ‘Soul Food For Thought’ … along with a look back at voices heard on the program during the year. It’s 2 hours of interviews & music … the year in review.

NOV20 : Universal recording artist, neo-crooner MATT DUSK plays Montreal’s Club Soda November 26th on the heels of his latest CD GOOD NEWS. Hear Matt in conversation tonight with Moz Taylor as they discuss his evolving career.

OCT23 : DAMIAN NISENSON (Argentinian composer, performer, label founder) makes a return appearance to Jazz Boulevard tonight to talk about his label ‘Malasartes’ and its 3-CD launch coming Wednesday Oct. 28th at Sala Rossa 4848 St. Laurent (Cordame, Amy Horvey & Nozen). Other artists on Malasartes will be performing as well.

SEPT25 : EFFENDI RECORDS celebrates their 10th year in 2009 and this week, during their fall press launch at Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill, Moz Taylor sat down to talk with Alain Bedard - President of the label. Hear the interview on tonight's show.

SEPT18 : The HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE perform at the L'Astral Room Tuesday, September 22nd. On tonight's program we interview one of its members, Gabriel Hubert (aka 'Hudah'). Eight of the 9-piece ensemble are fraternal brothers. More info here.

SEPT05 : 'BIG-D' pilots JB-1701 tonight – regular host/producer Moz Taylor returns next week.

AUG14 : Natasha P Trio launched their debut CD at Diese Onze Jazz Club this week. Tune in to night to hear an interview with Natasha recorded at the launch. More info about the CD is available here.

AUG07 : The MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL FESTIBLUES festival (website) kicks up its heels next week - August 12 to August 16 ... in the northern section of Montreal.

This coming Sunday, August 9th - the community remembers broadcaster Len Dobbins - at L'Astral (with Oliver Jones, Ranee Lee, and many more) 11AM - 5PM (more info)

JULY10 : Tonight Jazz Boulevard is dedicated to the memory of Len Dobbin. We feature a special opening set tribute to Len with a clip of the celebrated 'Friend of Jazz' himself opening his last show (special thanks to CKUT-FM for re-broadcast rights). ABOVE – Andre Menard, Co-founder & Artistic Director of the Montreal International Jazz Festival dedicates the remainder of the festival to Len.

Later in the program, we feature an interview with West African Guitarist Lionel Loueke performing at this year's Montreal International Jazz Festival.

JULY09 : LEN DOBBIN (1935 - 2009) The Montreal Jazz community was shocked today to discover that long time broadcaster Len Dobbin passed away early this morning. Len had been doing what he enjoys most, taking in a concert at a local jazz club, when he suffered what became a fatal stroke.

It was what seems only a few hours earlier that Len and I had been talking at the press room of the Montreal International Jazz Festival – he was all that he has always been as we talked about this year’s shows. It is hard to believe that he is no longer there. My most sincere condolences to Len's family – it is a great loss to the Montreal Jazz community. (more information)

JULY03 : We go backstage at the festival to speak with Co-founder & Artistic Director Andre Menard, as well as Jacques Andre Dupont - Founder of the Montreal Guitar Show (site) and the Montreal Musical Instrument Show (site). We also talk with drummer & Jam Session host Jim Doxas, plus sample music from the festival.

JUNE ISSUE : JAZZ BOULEVARD FEATURED IN "THE SENIOR TIMES" | Thanks go out to the folks at The Senior Times and Kristine Berey for featuring the program in the June issue of the paper - Very Jazzy Baby ... Yeah! read it here

JUNE12 YR-5 : JAZZ BOULEVARD celebrates 5 years on the air tonight and to help celebrate, Montreal's celeb-singer SUSIE ARIOLI (this year's recipient of the Oscar Peterson Award at the Montreal International Jazz Festival) will be in-studio co-hosting the program. Maybe a few other surprises will be in store as well.

MAY22 : L'OFF FESTIVAL DE JAZZ celebrates their 10th edition this summer - June 18 to June 27 ... Montreal's other jazz festival with its decidely home-grown flavor. Festival organizer Alex Bellegarde drops by the show tonight to talk about this year's programming. info: L'Off Website

APRIL10 : The PARC-X TRIO drops by the program to talk about their new debut CD "Parc-X Trio" being launched April 15th at the Diese Onze Jazz Club info: Band Site

APRIL03 : LORRAINE DESMARAIS returns to the JAZZ BOULEVARD studio to talk about her latest album project arriving in stores next week – "Lorraine Desmarais Big Band." Website

MAR27 : The annual JAZZ-JUNO-NOMINEES show approaches. Tune in to hear tracks from all this year's nominees. The pulse of Canadian Jazz: two hours - 15 albums! The Juno awards are in Vancouver this year, and take place Sunday March 29th. (info: 2009 Juno Awards)

JAZZ BOULEVARD WINS
THE 2009 SOBA AWARD FOR
"BEST ENGLISH COMMUNITY RADIO SHOW
OF THE YEAR"

MAR01 : At the 2009 SOBA Awards held March 1st at the Outremont Theatre, JAZZ BOULEVARD won the award for:

The SOBA awards – Sounds of Blackness Awards – celebrate outstanding achievement in the fields of media, entertainment & sports by members of the Black community as well as those who support it.

You'll find additional Pre-Gala & Gala pictures in the Photo Section of the website. A big "Merci" to Ruddy and the crew down at SOBA for the fabulous recognition.

Tune in tonight for a special edition of Jazz Boulevard ... as we sample interviews with guests on the program over the last year.

Oliver Jones, Joel Miller, Coda Magazine's Andrew Scott ... just a few of the people we'll be listening to ... it's two hours of interviews & music looking back at 2008.