YOW Jazz, February 18: the 2025 Juno nominees for jazz

A show featuring many of the nominees plus an interview with Juno-nominated Laila Biali

The 2025 Juno Awards nominees were announced last week. We will hear some of the nominees in the jazz categories as well as my interview with one of the nominees, Laila Biali.

Here are the nominees in each category (we will hear selections from those releases that are bolded):

JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO)

• Montreal Jazz Series 1 (Échanges Synaptiques) – André Leroux

• The Head Of A Mouse – Audrey Ochoa

• Portrait of Right Now – Jocelyn Gould

• Slice of Life – Larnell Lewis

• The Antrim Coast – Mark Kelso

JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (GROUP)

• Time Will Tell – Andy Milne and Unison

• Reverence – Carn Davidson 9

• Harbour – Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra

• Gravity – Jeremy Ledbetter Trio

• Jaya – Raagaverse

VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Oh Mother – Andrea Superstein

• Hello! How Are You? – Caity Gyorgy

• Winter Song – Kellylee Evans

• Wintersongs – Laila Biali

• Magpie – Sarah Jerrom

I interviewed William Carn last year where he talked a bit about “Reverence”. Here is a life performance of the Carn Davidson 9 of “For Oatts” from that album.

On Tuesday’s show, I also interview Laila Biali about her Juno-nominated album “Wintersongs”. There is also bonus content available on demand (just click the “Listen Now” button on the playlist page) that includes the rest of my conversation with Laila about her musical journey into jazz, her influences and her next project.

Here is “Pennies from Heaven” sung by two of the 2025 Juno nominees for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year — Laila Biali and Caity Gyorgy.

You can listen to the show live on Tuesday at 11 a.m. at 93.1 on the FM dial or online at CKCUFM.com. The show (including the bonus content) is also available for on demand streaming.