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Rabble Without A Cause, June 18: Ottawa Jazz Fest preview featuring François Houle’s Secret Lives of Colour
Part 1 of my preview of the avant garde artists at the Festival, including Anna Webber’s Simple Trio, Peter Van Huffel’s CALLISTO, Open Thread and…
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Ian Mackenzie
Rabble Without A Cause, June 11: Éric Normand's new releases
Rimouski-based bassist Éric Normand has a new solo and duos album, as well as an ensemble release from December 2024
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YOW Jazz, June 10: Ottawa Jazz Festival preview including new Shuffle Demons
Tuesday’s show is the first of two shows previewing the Ottawa Jazz Festival
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Rabble Without A Cause, June 4: Shamek Farrah reissued
The elusive alto saxophonist Shamek Farrah only released 4 albums - we will listen to 3 of them
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In A Mellow Tone, June 4: Charles Tolliver, Stanley Cowell and Music Inc
A deep dive into recent reissues of Music Inc releases, including previously unreleased tracks
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May 2025

Rabble Without A Cause, May 28: New releases featuring drummers
New releases from Adam Rudolph & Billy Hart; Phil Haynes; Gerald Cleaver and others
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YOW Jazz May 27: Jazz at the borderlands - an interview with Amanda Ekery on the Syrian-Mexican experience in El Paso
Amanda Ekery has a new album, Árabe, that explores the experience of the Syrian-Mexican community in the Texan border city of El Paso
Rabble Without A Cause, May 21: Soundtrack for an Unmade Film - new releases
To celebrate the Cannes Film Festival - new releases that sound like they could have been made for film - but weren’t
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In A Mellow Tone, May 14: Spring to Spring - ECM releases from April '24 to May '25
A show featuring releases from ECM - including Billy Hart, Fred Hersch, Mathieu Eick and others
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Rabble Without a Cause, May 14: Steve Lacy live performances
A newly released performance from 1984, plus a 2002 performance with Musica Elletronica Viva (MEV)
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YOW Jazz, May 13: Atlantic Jazz Collective with Norma Winstone and Joe Labarbera
A preview of their performance at the NAC on May 14
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Rabble Without A Cause, May 7: New releases from Tim Berne
The 70-year old alto sax player is still going strong
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