Celebrate the Cellar on Hot Air
This week on Hot Air, we celebrate 10 years of Cory Weeds’ Cellar Jazz Club. Cory joins us for an hour of music and memories, including the tale of a trip to NYC gone somewhat sideways. Hope you can tune in, Saturday at 5:05 pm on CBC Radio One. Hot Air on CBC Radio One [...]
Hot Air Highlights
This Saturday on Hot Air, we tap into the archives for some of our favourite moments of the past season. You’ll hear Paul Grant’s musical Gods and Goddesses, great live tracks from Adam Thomas and Phil Dwyer, Paolo Pietropaulo’s visit with Eleanor Collins on her 90th birthday, a highlight from the Jelly Roll Morton tribute, [...]
Paper Star and Rising Stars on Hot Air
Today on Hot Air, Vancouver trumpet player, composer and bandleader Malcolm Aiken is our featured guest. The classically-trained artist has been a professional musician since he was 15 years old. He’ll share tracks from his debut solo release, Paper Star, and tell us why he waited so long. Plus tunes from a couple of Galaxie [...]
Hot Picks on Hot Air: John Orysik Previews the Jazz Fest
The TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival opens in just a few days. With hundreds of shows to choose from, where do you start? How about with Hot Air this weekend? John Orysik from Coastal Jazz and Blues is our special guest. He’s bringing in some of his picks for the festival, from the brightest stars [...]
Feast of Fests on Hot Air
Festival season is almost here! Hot Air is warming up for all that great live jazz by playing highlights from some of the many concerts CBC recorded over the past year. Tune in Saturday to hear live recordings from the 2009 Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Jazz in the Garden at Qualicum Beach and MusicFest Vancouver. [...]
A Walk on the Jazz Side
Today on Hot Air, sole man John Fluevog shares some of his jazz favourites. The Vancouver-born and bred shoe designer is known for his wildly creative footwear, with fans around the world. He’s also a big music fan, and draws plenty of inspiration from jazz, gospel and soul. We’ll walk a musical mile in John [...]
Take a Walk Down the Aisle with Hot Air
June is soon to be bustin’ out all over, which means wedding season is about to start. Hot Air is taking your requests for our wedding special on June 5. Which tunes best jazz up a wedding? Maybe it’s something you walked down the aisle to, or something you’d choose for your first dance. Or [...]
Jazz in Bloom on Hot Air
The May long weekend is a big one for gardeners. This week on Hot Air, we’re presenting a garden of jazz delights, from honeysuckle roses to sleepin’ bees. Plus tomatoes, banana trees and…weeds. Music we hope you can “dig.” That’s on Hot Air on CBC Radio One. www.cbc.ca/hotair Saturdays at 5:05 Pacific, 6:05 Mountain.
