Jazz Today

The June 11, 2026 episode included music from Caity Gyorgy & Mark Limacher, Ledisi, Dawn Clement Music, Stella Heath Music, April Varner, Ulysses Owens Jr., Terri Lyne Carrington, Matthew Stevens, Joel Ross, Ben Wendel, Joshua Redman, Gabrielle Cavassa Music, Ben Flocks, Markus Rutz, Dominique Fils-Aime, Inara George, Emie R Roussel Trio and Alexis Martin.

La Reserve, Origin Records, Candid Records, Blue Note Records, Edition Records, Release Me Records

See below for the complete track list.
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This program airs weekly on Thursday mornings from 5:30 to 7:00 am (Mountain time zone) on CJSW 90.9 FM in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and streams on CJSW.com around the world. The episodes are available on the CJSW website, Apple and Google podcasts and the CJSW Radio mobile app. This week’s episode can be found here:

https://cjsw.com/program/jazz-today/episode/20260611

All album covers are courtesy of the respective artists.
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The track list was:
“All Through The Night” Caity Gyorgy & Mark Limacher • You Irritate Me So!
“Let’s Do It” Ledisi • For Dinah
“The Gentleman is a Dope” Dawn Clement • Dear Ms. Dearie
“Swing Brother Swing” Stella Heath • For Billie
“Undecided” April Varner • Ella
“Mo’ Betta Blues” Ulysses Owens Jr. • Around The World With U
“Autonomy Song (feat. Ledisi, J. Ivy, Matthew Stevens & Morgan Guerin)” Terri Lyne Carrington • Trip The Night Fantastic
“Take Heart (feat. Joel Ross)” Matthew Stevens • Matthew Stevens
“Be Patient” Joel Ross • Gospel Music
“Birds Ascend” Ben Wendel • BaRcoDe
“Words Fall Short” Joshua Redman • Words Fall Short
“Bossy Nova” Gabrielle Cavassa • Diavola
“Old Devil Moon” Ben Flocks • Moonshades
“Blue Moon” Markus Rutz • Many Moons
“Moon Child” Dominique Fils-Aime • My World is the Sun
“La lune s’en va” Inara George • Songs of Douglass and Littell
“Trois lunes” Emie R Roussel Trio • TERR
“Apprends-moi” Alexis Martin • Les poles, Volume 1

The June 4, 2026 episode included music from MA:Q, Laraaji, Ginger Beef, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Robert Lee, The Ostara Project, Purbayan Chatterjee and Mark Lettieri, Michael League + Pedrito Martinez + Antonio Sanchez, Corcoran Holt Music, Alexander Claffy, Seamus Blake, Butcher Brown and Nicholas Payton, Gregory Hutchinson, Bobby Wiens and AurallaurA.

BRAINFEEDER, GroundUP Music, Outside in Music, Concord Jazz

MA:Q, Laraaji, Ginger Beef and Salami Rose Joe Louis are among the artists performing at the Sled Island Music & Arts Festival, which runs from June 16 to 21, 2026 in Calgary.

Robert Lee, The Ostara Project and Mark Lettieri are among the artists performing at the Calgary Summer Jazz Festival, which takes place from June 22 to 28, 2026.

See below for the complete track list.
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This program airs weekly on Thursday mornings from 5:30 to 7:00 am (Mountain time zone) on CJSW 90.9 FM in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and streams on CJSW.com around the world. The episodes are available on the CJSW website, Apple and Google podcasts and the CJSW Radio mobile app. This week’s episode can be found here:

https://cjsw.com/program/jazz-today/episode/20260604

All album covers are courtesy of the respective artists.
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The track list was:
“20 Feet From The Street (feat. Mike Stern)” MA:Q • When The Light Comes to Play
“Segue to Infinity (Glimpse)” Laraaji • Glimpses of Infinity
“Takeout” Ginger Beef • Ginger Beef
“Hobbies” Salami Rose Joe Louis • Lorings
“Daffodil” Robert Lee • Forbidden West
“2601 (feat. Allison Au)” The Ostara Project • Roots
“Soar” Purbayan Chatterjee and Mark Lettieri • Feathered Creatures
“Obbakoso” Pedrito Martinez, Antonio Sanchez and Michael League • Ellipsis
“Transition Blues” Corcoran Holt • Freedom of Art
“Without a Song (Live)” Alexander Claffy • Alive in Philadelphia, Vol. 1
“Compared to What” Seamus Blake • The Electrifying Seamus Blake – EH! Plays the Music of Eddie Harris
“All Blues” Nicholas Payton and Butcher Brown • A Supreme Blue
“Seven Steps to Heaven” Gregory Hutchinson • Kind of Now: The Pulse of Miles Davis
“Mantra” Bobby Wiens • Focus
“Gao Shan Qing” AurallaurA • The Critique of Capital: An Engaging R***e

The May 28, 2026 episode included music from Mai Sugimoto, Krissy Bergmark, Heat On, Wanees Zarour ونيس زعرور, Ishmael Ali, Janel Leppin, Janel Leppin's Ensemble Volcanic Ash, Jason Moran, Tom Oren, Teri Parker’s Free Spirits, JABFUNG, Anthony Fung, The Gus Moberg Travesty and Elsa Nilsson.

Cuneiform Records, Anzic Records, Adhyâropa Records

See below for the complete track list.
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This program airs weekly on Thursday mornings from 5:30 to 7:00 am (Mountain time zone) on CJSW 90.9 FM in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and streams on CJSW.com around the world. The episodes are available on the CJSW website, Apple and Google podcasts and the CJSW Radio mobile app. This week’s episode can be found here:

https://cjsw.com/program/jazz-today/episode/20260528

All album covers are courtesy of the respective artists.
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The track list was:
“Little Dance” Mai Sugimoto • Sunlight Filtering Through Leaves
“You’re in the prime of your life.” Krissy Bergmark • Everything’s Glacial Shine
“Beltline, pt. 1 (feat. Lily Finnegan, Nick Macri, Ed Wilkerson Jr., Fred Jackson Jr.)” Heat On • Heat On
“Silwan” Wanees Zarour • Silwan
“Anathema” Ishmael Ali • Burn The Plastic, Sell The Copper
“Zonk” Janel Leppin • Slowly Melting
“Jazz is Resistance (feat. Anthony Pirog, Brian Settles, Luke Stewart, Larry Ferguson and Janel Leppin)” Janel Leppin’s Ensemble Volcanic Ash • Pluto in Aquarius
“Fleurette Africaine” Jason Moran • Jason Moran Plays Duke Ellington
“Dark Lights” Tom Oren • Dark Lights
“Waltz Boogie” Teri Parker’s Free Spirits • Waltz Boogie
“Stronger Still (feat. Anthony Fung, Julian Anderson-Bowes, Luis Deniz, Rafael Zaldivar, and Adam O’Farrill)” JABFUNG • In Real Life
“Duid Deed (feat. Luca Alemmano and Andrew Renfroe)” Anthony Fung • Common Language
“This Train is Bound for Glory” Luke Sellick and Andrew Renfroe • Silwan
“Neptune” The Gus Moberg Travesty • Stray Bullet Navigation
“Mourning For Two” Elsa Nilsson • Liminal

The May 21, 2026 episode included music from Karen Ng, Amrita (Anita Katakkar & Kalya Milmine), Andrew MacKelvie’s Many Worlds, David Occhipiniti, Virginia MacDonald, Nick Fraser, Jeremy Gignoux, Hugo Blouin Musique, JazzLab Orchestra, Patrick Smith and Atlantis Jazz Ensemble.

Elastic Recordings, DAME / actuellecd.com, Effendi Records

See below for the complete track list.
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This program airs weekly on Thursday mornings from 5:30 to 7:00 am (Mountain time zone) on CJSW 90.9 FM in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and streams on CJSW.com around the world. The episodes are available on the CJSW website, Apple and Google podcasts and the CJSW Radio mobile app. This week’s episode can be found here:

https://cjsw.com/program/jazz-today/episode/20260521

All album covers are courtesy of the respective artists.
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“Flimsy Pink” Karen Ng • Backwards Blue
“Take Flight” Amrita • Amrita
“Time Dilation” Andrew MacKelvie’s Many Worlds • Many Worlds
“Frumious Bandersnatch” David Occhipinti • Looking Glass
“Last Call at Dimitri’s” Virginia MacDonald • In Search of…
“There Are Other Ways” Nick Fraser • Areas
“Repeath” Jeremy Gignoux • Odd Stillness
“Apres tu manges” Hugo Blouin • Le buffet
“Night Bus” JazzLab Orchestra • Glissement du temps
“Grass in Summer (feat. Dan Pitt & Lowell Whitty)” Patrick Smith • Words Underlined
“Asphodel Meadows” Atlantis Jazz Ensemble • Mystic Suite

The May 14, 2026 episode included music from Miho Hazama (挾間 美帆) & Danish Radio Big Band, Minyo Crusaders / 民謡クルセイダーズ, Shunzo Ohno, Meg Okura - 大倉めぐみ & The Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble, Tomoko Omura, Patrick Shiroishi, Harrington / Jaffe / Shiroishi, Miguel Zenon, Sharon Minemoto, Matthew Muñeses Music, MA:Q (Mary Ancheta Music), Arvind Ramdas and Quit Music (Eric Hamelin & Nate Waters).

Edition Records, Blue Note Records, Adhyâropa Records, AKP Recordings

See below for the complete track list.
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This program airs weekly on Thursday mornings from 5:30 to 7:00 am (Mountain time zone) on CJSW 90.9 FM in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and streams on CJSW.com around the world. The episodes are available on the CJSW website, Apple and Google podcasts and the CJSW Radio mobile app. This week’s episode can be found here:

https://cjsw.com/program/jazz-today/episode/20260514

All album covers are courtesy of the respective artists.
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The track list was:
“The First Notes” Miho Hazama & Danish Radio Big Band • Frames
“Hanagasa Ondo” Minyo Crusader • From Japan With Love
“Lea’s Run (Live)” Shunzo Ohno • Live at Joe’s Pub
“Blessing” Meg Okura & The Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble • Isaiah
“Hiroshima” Tomoko Omura • Run Run Run
“To protect our family names” Patrick Shiroishi • Forgetting is Violent
“open (4-a)” Dave Harrington / Max Jaffe / Patrick Shiroishi • Making Colors
“9066” Miguel Zenon • Golden City
“Eulogy” Sharon Minemoto • Goodbye, Strawberry Hill
“Cruelty and Injustice (feat. Miguel Zenon)” Matthew Muneses • Noli Me Tangere
“When The Light Comes to Play” MA:Q • When The Light Comes to Play
“Redemption” Arvind Ramdas • Here We Go
“Other Times I Won’t” Quit Music • Monopoly

The May 7, 2026 episode included music from Audrey Ochoa, The Westerlies, Bill Frisell, Ambrose Akinmusire & Mary Halvorson, Madeleine Elkins, William Chernoff, Last Ark Out, Nate Waters, Bobby Wiens, Valerie Lacombe, Maude Fortier, Remi Bolduc, Remi Cormier, Bria Skonberg and Brandon Woody.

Nonesuch Records, Rhea Records, Blue Note Records

See below for the complete track list.
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This program airs weekly on Thursday mornings from 5:30 to 7:00 am (Mountain time zone) on CJSW 90.9 FM in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and streams on CJSW.com around the world. The episodes are available on the CJSW website, Apple and Google podcasts and the CJSW Radio mobile app. This week’s episode can be found here:

https://cjsw.com/program/jazz-today/episode/20260507/

All album covers are courtesy of the respective artists.
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The track list was:
“Let’s Give Up” Audrey Ochoa • The Sorceress
“Have You Heard?” The Westerlies • Have You Heard? The Music of Bill Frisell, Vol. 1
“Never Too Late” Bill Frisell • In My Dreams
“Soundcheck” Ambrose Akinmusire & Mary Halvorson • Slo-Mo Luminate Hoverings
“Tuna Melt Machine” Madeleine Elkins • Brighton Train
“22 or Never” Willian Chernoff • Queen’s Park
“It’s That Dream Again” Last Ark Out • Lift
“Come Back From Wherever You Went” Nate Waters • Fact Contrafact
“Devoted Heart” Bobby Wiens • Focus
“I Found a Friend Here” Valerie Lacombe • State of Garden and Shadow
“Uncertain Times” Maude Fortier • Echoes of Change
“Reciprocate” Remi Cormier • Rich State of Mind
“Jazz Buzz” Remi Bolduc • Le Bolduc Groove Quintet
“Markham Sunrise” Bria Skonberg • Brass
“Wisdom; Terrace on St. Paul St.” Brandon Woody • For the Love of it All

The April 30, 2026 episode included music from Yuhan Su 蘇郁涵, Webber Morris Big Band, Aaron Edgcomb, George (John Hollenbeck), Sarah Rossy, Jazzlab Orchestra, Bellbird, The Plastic Waste Band, Rachel Therrien & Albert Marques, Michael Johancsik, Jean Derome & Somebody Special, Joane Hetu, Geraldine Eguiluz & Michel F Cote, and Kalun Leung.

Endectomorph Music, Out Of Your Head Records, Effendi Records, Constellation Records, Elastic Recordings, DAME / actuellecd.com

See below for the complete track list.
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This program airs weekly on Thursday mornings from 5:30 to 7:00 am (Mountain time zone) on CJSW 90.9 FM in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and streams on CJSW.com around the world. The episodes are available on the CJSW website, Apple and Google podcasts and the CJSW Radio mobile app. This week’s episode can be found here:

https://cjsw.com/program/jazz-today/episode/20260430

All album covers are courtesy of the respective artists.
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The track list was:
“Pieces Peace” Yuhan Su • OVER the MOONs
“Just Intonation Etudes for Big Band - Pulse” Webber/Morris Big Band • Unseparate
“Centripetal Grid Myth #1 (feat. Anna Webber & Phillip Golub)” Aaron Edgcomb • Centripetal Grid Myth #1 - single
“George and Dee (feat. John Hollenbeck, Sarah Rossy, Chiquita Magic, Anna Webber)” George • Looking For Consonance
“Waltz” Sarah Rossy • LUCID
“Outer Chamber” JazzLab Orchestra • Glissement du temps
“Murmuration” Bellbird • The Call
“WasToBe” The Plastic Waste Band • Trash Island
“On Green Dolphin Street” Rachel Therrien & Albert Marques • Dialogue, Vol. 2
“Marzanna” Michael Johancsik • Eve’s Drop
“Jack’s Blues” Jean Derome & Somebody Special • Le sourire
“Lumiere” Joane Hetu • Elle a son mot a dire
“La montana y el agua” Geraldine Eguiluz & Michel F. Cote • hORs TempS
“Conversations With Space & Architecture – Saint Laurent” Kalun Leung • Musicworks #152

The April 23, 2026 episode included music from Janel Leppin, Janel Leppin's Ensemble Volcanic Ash, The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis, Luke Stewart's Silt Remembrance Ensemble, Tomeka Reid, Dave Douglas, Ishmael Ali, Wanees Zarour ونيس زعرور, The Avant-Garde Flamenco Trio, Elisa Thorn, Jairus Sharif, Sarah Clausen and Andrew MacKelvie’s Many Worlds.

Cuneiform Records, Impulse Records, Out Of Your Head Records, Greenleaf Music

See below for the complete track list.
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This program airs weekly on Thursday mornings from 5:30 to 7:00 am (Mountain time zone) on CJSW 90.9 FM in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and streams on CJSW.com around the world. The episodes are available on the CJSW website, Apple and Google podcasts and the CJSW Radio mobile app. This week’s episode can be found here:

https://cjsw.com/program/jazz-today/episode/20260423

All album covers are courtesy of the respective artists.
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The track list was:
“The Brink is Home” Janel Leppin • Slowly Melting
“Susan Was a Warrior” Janel Leppin’s Ensemble Volcanic Ash • Pluto in Aquarius
“30 Years of Knowing” The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis • Deface The Currency
“Remember” Luke Stewart & Silt Remembrance Ensemble • The Order
“Oo long!” Tomeka Reid • dance! skip! hop!
“Gentle Collapse (feat. Tomeka Reid, Ian Chang, Rafiq Bhatia & James Brandon Lewis)” Dave Douglas • Transcend
“The Cut and The Turn” Ishmael Ali • Burn The Plastic, Sell The Copper
“Lifta” Wanees Zarour • Silwan
“Lunar” The Avant-Garde Flamenco Trio • Lunar
“My Moon” Elisa Thorn • xiik
“Bear Witness” Jairus Sharif • Basis of Unity
“Rosebud” Sarah Clausen • With Many Hands
“Realities Blossom” Andrew MacKelvie’s Many Worlds • Many Worlds

The April 16 2026 episode included music from Amalie Dahl's Dafnie Extended, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, Jason Moran, Kris Davis, Nick Fraser, Allison Cameron & Scott Thomson, Ensemble Infini, H ii Regions, Way Ahead Trio, Carsten Rubeling, Bobby Wiens, Ulysses S. Owens Jr. and Arvind Ramdas.

Pyroclastic Records, Elastic Recordings, DAME / actuellecd.com, Inner Ocean Records

See below for the complete track list.
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This program airs weekly on Thursday mornings from 5:30 to 7:00 am (Mountain time zone) on CJSW 90.9 FM in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and streams on CJSW.com around the world. The episodes are available on the CJSW website, Apple and Google podcasts and the CJSW Radio mobile app. This week’s episode can be found here:

https://cjsw.com/program/jazz-today/episode/20260416

All album covers are courtesy of the respective artists.
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The track list was:
“slow_motion” Amalie Dahl’s Dafnie Extended • Live at Moldejazz
“Toni Morrison Said Black is a Rainbow” Jason Moran & Trondheim Jazz Orchestra • Go To Your North
“Sophisticated Lady” Jason Moran • Jason Moran Plays Duke Ellington
“An Invitation to Disappear (feat. Lutoslawski Quartet)” Kris Davis • The Solastalgia Suite
“Mimic” Nick Fraser • Areas
“Bark” Allison Cameron & Scott Thomson • Platanus
“Cartoon” Ensemble Infini • Volume Infinity
“Yang (feat. Aaron Leaney, Nicolas Caloia & Jahsun)” H ii Regions • II
“No Title Yet” Way Ahead Trio • Strays - EP
“Ta Otha” Carsten Rubeling • Headwaters
“Hat Trick” Bobby Wiens • Focus
“Espresso” Ulysses Owens Jr. • Around The World With U
“Bird Lives” Arvind Ramdas • Here We Go

The April 9, 2026 episode featured my talk with Anthony D’Allesandro about his Juno-nominated album, “City Lights.” The episode included music from April Varner Music , Kieran Brown, Caelancardello, Lisa Hilton, Noah Franche-Nolan, Don Thompson, Teri Parker’s Free Spirits, Anthony D'Alessandro Music, Laura Anglade Music, Tyler Henderson, Jacob Chung Music and Jacob Wutzke - Music.

Modica Music Ltd, Justin Time Records

See below for the complete track list.
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This program airs weekly on Thursday mornings from 5:30 to 7:00 am (Mountain time zone) on CJSW 90.9 FM in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and streams on CJSW.com around the world. This week’s episode (and past episodes) can be found on Apple and Google podcasts. Past episodes and track lists are on the CJSW website and the CJSW Radio mobile app. This week’s episode can be found here:

https://cjsw.com/program/jazz-today/episode/20260409

All album covers are courtesy of the respective artists.
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The track list was:
“A-Tisket, A-Tasket” April Varner • Ella
“I’ll Love You Just The Same” Kieran Brown • Loving You
“Music For The People” Caelan Cardello • Chapter One
“It’s Just For Now” Lisa Hilton • Extended Daydream
“Haxan” Noah Franche-Nolan • Rose-Anna
“A Waltz in 3 Quarter Time (feat. Daniela Spalletta)” Don Thompson • Dreams
“For Fr. Peter O’Brien” Teri Parker’s Free Spirits • Waltz Boogie
“City Lights” Anthony D’Alessandro • City Lights
“Four Minute Mile” Anthony D’Alessandro • City Lights
“Charleston” Anthony D’Alessandro • City Lights
“A New Day, A New Life, A New Love” Laura Anglade • Get Out of Town
“Get Out of Town” Tyler Henderson • Love Endures
“Embraceable You” Jacob Chung • The Sage
“Pedalling Falsehoods” Jacob Wutzke • Pedalling Falsehoods