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June 12, 2008 - IMC member Andrew Forbes is joined by a special guest -- his father. Together they'll talk jazz and play favourites from artists like George Shearing, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis and others.

And here are our TOP TEN lists for 2007...

ANDREW FORBES

1. Sweet Earth Flower: A Tribute to Marion Brown - His Name is Alive (AUM Fidelity/High Two)

2. Live at the Jazz Standard - Dave Douglas Quintet (Greenleaf)

3. Altitude - Groundtruther (Thirsty Ear)

4. We Are All From Somewhere Else - Exploding Star Orchestra (Thrill Jockey)

5. From the River to the Ocean - Fred Anderson and Hamid Drake (Thrill Jockey)

6. Android Love Cry - Tigersmilk (Family Vineyard)

7. Piano Vortex - Matthew Shipp (Thirsty Ear)

8. Rebus - Joe Morris (w/ Ken Vandermark, Luther Gray) (Clean Feed)

9. Terminal Valentine - Fred Lonberg-Holm Trio (Atavistic)

10. Sacred Ground - David Murray's Black Saint Quartet (Justin Time)

MARK OTHMER

1. Live at the Velvet Lounge – David Boykin (Sonic Healing Ministries)

2. Thoughts: Past and Present – Harry Whittaker (Smalls)

3. From the River to the Ocean – Fred Anderson/Hamid Drake (Thrill Jockey)

4. The Engines – The Engines (Okkadisk)

5. Last Year's Ghost – Mike Reed's Loose Assembly (482 Music)

6. Live at the Green Mill – Ari Brown (Delmark)

7. Oslo/Chicago Breaks – Powerhouse Sound (Atavistic)

8. Collide –Territory Band with Fred Anderson (Okkadisk)

9. 4 Corners - 4 Corners (Clean Feed)

10. Swimming in a Galaxy of Goodwill and Sorrow – Steve Swell's Fire into Music - (Rogueart)

JIM REIL

1. Benny Golson - Three Little Words (1963, Jazz House)

2. Jonas Hellborg - Good People in Times of Evil (2000, Bardo)

3. Groundtruther - Altitude (2007, Thirsty Ear)

4. Chu Berry - Classic Columbia and Victor Sessions (Mosaic, 2007)

5. Keith Jarrett - The Impulse Years 1973-1974

6. Zep Tepi - Randy Weston And His African Rhythms Trio (2006, Random Chance)

7. Baila! Gitano Baila! - Roberto J. Rodriguez (2004, Tzadik)

8. Sky Blue – Maria Schneider Orchestra (2007, Artistshare)

9. Ellery Eskelin Acanum Moderne (2003, Hatology)

10. Rob Price Quartet - I Really Do Not See The Signal (2007, Gutbrain Records)

RON STEEDS

1. On The Shore - Mark O’Leary (Clean Feed, 2007)

2. 3ology – 3ology (no label, 2007)

3. La Gatta Nel Sacco - Test Quintet (no label, 2007)

4. Helicopter 111 - Helicopter 111 (no label, 2007)

5. Out of Line - Don Scott (Feast Your Ears, 2007)

6. Colour Fields - Frank Lozano Group (Effendi, 2007)

7. Spark! - Marty Ehrlich & Myra Melford (Palmetto, 2007)

8. Dance of the Soothsayer’s Tongue: At Tonic – Dennis Gonzalez NY Quartet (Clean Feed, 2007)

9. A Measure of Vision – Alvin Fielder Trio (Clean Feed, 2007)

10. The Furniture Moves Underneath – Inhabitants (Drip Audio, 2007)

Music:

SOME OF THE ARTISTS WE PLAY : John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Sam Rivers, Ken Vandermark, Eric Dolphy, Elvin Jones, Grachan Moncur III, Myra Melford, Chris Potter, Vijay Iyer, Alex Blake, Dennis Gonzalez, Art Blakey, Art Pepper, Keith Jarrett, Benny Goodman, Dave Douglas, Betty Carter, Edmond Hall, Marty Ehrlich, Albert Ayler, Craig Taborn, Jack DeJohnette, Rick Jensen, Graham Haynes, David Boykin, Sidney Bechet, Marilyn Lerner, Ben Allison, John Lindberg, Wadada Leo Smith, Don Byron, Yosuke Yamashita, Bunny Berigan, Bennett Hogg, Steve Lacy, Christian Fennesz, Bridge 61, Artie Shaw, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Omer Simeon, Jim O'Rourke, Jimmy Giuffre, Bill Laswell, Jimmy Blanton, Dorothy Donegan, Charlie Mariano, Anthony Braxton, Helicopter 111, Joe Bushkin, Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra, Peter Leitch, Dizzy Reece, Coleman Hawkins, Tony Williams, Fred Hersch, Sabir Mateen, Charlie Shavers, Curtis Lundy, Willem Breuker, Don Cherry, Ronan Guilfoyle, Matt Keegan Trio, Peter Brotzmann, Jack Kirby, Elton Dean, Triage, Milligan-Eagles Project, Mary Lou Williams, Ike Quebec, Granelli, Buster Bailey, Ben Monder, Bettie Ross, Joe McPhee, Tim Berne, pc munoz, Oscar Pettiford, Chico Freeman, Band of Five Names, Matthew Shipp, Buck Clayton, Keiji Haino, Dewey Radman, Peter Madsen, David Liebman, Serge Chaloff, Jeremy Kirk, Duke Ellington, Butterfies & Zebras, Jimmy Smith, Cheryl Pyle Group, Frank Sinatra, Billy Bang, Glen Hall and Outsource, Dickie Wells, Lounge Lizards, Captain Beefheart, Matt McMahon, Butch Morris, Scott Fields, Leon Chu Berry, Martin Archer, Woody Shaw, Fay Victor Ensemble, Joachim Kuhn, Michael Blake, Dragons 1976, Roy Eldridge, Michel Portal, Suzanne Langille, Warne Marsh, Mats Gustafsson, Baikida Carroll, 20th Century Dog, Bojan Zulfikarpasic, Hot Lips Page, Michael Herring's Vertigo, Albert Mangelsdorff, Ab Barrs, New Underground, Malachi Ritscher, Gene Krupa, Eric Hall, Francois Houle, Miroslav Vitous, Dave Rempis Quartet, Elana Stone Band, Weather Report, Jess Stacy, Alekos Vretos, Jane Ira Bloom, Junk Box, Sonny Sharrock, Tristan Honsinger, Eric Watson, Amina Claudine Myers, Leland Burr, Bud Freeman, Congotronics, John Tchicai, K8 Stewart Experience, Kirk Lightsey, John Stubblefield, John Butcher, Mal Waldron, Eddie Condon, His Name is Alive, improvvirussoundexperience, Derek Bailey, Lonnie Johnson, Trilok Gurtu, Green Septet, DJ Logic, Francois Carrier, Quinsin Nachoff, Illinois Jacquet, Ettore Carucci Quartet, Alvin Fielder Trio, Abdullah Ibrahim, Henry Red Allen, John Surman, Greg Osby, Uri Caine, Mike Ladd, Marion Brown, Nels Cline, Grey Ghost, Tony Malaby, Triosk, Jaki Byard, Gerry Hemingway, John Hicks, Red Norvo, Marilyn Crispell, Ernest Khabeer Dawkins, David Binney, Zoot Sims, Lisa Sokolov, Kidd Jordan, Gianni Bardaro Sinestetic Jazz, Henry Threadgill, BassDrumBone, Marc Anderson, Reflexionen, Jazzy Burn's, Roy Campbell Jr., Rainer Bruninghaus, Garrison Fewell, Barana & Co., Alexander Von Schlippenbach, John Zorn, Kronos Quartet, Larry Young, Gato Barbieri, Smokin' Da Bone, Wardell Gray, Ben Perowsky, Donald Robinson, Kevin Turcotte, Christy Doran, 3ology, Lisle Ellis, Barre Phillips, Beaver Harris, Charles Mingus, Horace Tapscott, Lina Allemano, Charles Gayle, Arild Andersen, Chris Speed, Carl Dewhurst, Jack Wilkins, Larry Ochs, Arcana, Yusef Lateef, Peter Kowald, Mephista, Richard Beirach, Eberhard Weber, Loren Mazzacane Connors, John Wolf Brennan, Ned Rothenberg, Sonny Stitt, Louis Armstrong, Impressions in Jazz Orchestra, Joe Lovano, Simon Barker, Randy Weston, Dizzy Gillespie, Nana Vasconcelos, Frank Lozano Group, Robin Eubanks, Barry Guy, Matt Davis' Aerial Photograph, Sticks & Stones, Queen Mab, Steve Dobrogosz, Kenny Wheeler, Dominic Duval, Masada, Vladiswar Nadishana, Steve Bernstein, Trio X, Francis Wong, David Murray, Mark Timmermans, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Fantastic Terrific Munkle, Hampton Hawes, Bobby Previte, David S. Ware, Jackie McLean, Rake, Frank Lowe, STriCat, Charles Brackeen, Marc Ribot, Lou Grassi, Jelly Roll Morton, Jon Raney Trio, What We Live, 4 Corners, Harold Mabern, Bix Beiderbecke, Memphis Slim, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Tortoise, Exploding Star Orchestra, Tommy Flanagan, Nils Petter Molvaer, Roland Pinsard, Guillermo E. Brown, Ben Goldberg, Pierre Dorge's New Jungle Orchestra, Robin Holcomb, As It Falls, Daniel Yvinec, Isotope 217, Matt Wilson, Urs Leimgruber, The Engines, Ricky Ford, Sonny Clark, Lee Konitz, Cooper-Moore, Edward Vesala, Sylvie Courvoisier, Mujician, Taj Mahal, Peter Favre, Mark Dresser, Clusone Trio, Babkas, Normand Guilbeault, String Trio of New York, Meade Lux Lewis, George Russell Orchestra, Lester Young, Cuong Vu, Charlie Parker, Thomas Chapin, Ari Brown, Joe Morris, Benoit Delbecq, Ron Miles, Matthius Lupri, Spring Heel Jack, Pads & Steel, Equal Interest, Albert Ammons, Fred Ho, Other Dimensions in Music, Cooke Quintet, Clifford Brown, Susie Ibarra, Mel Powell, Muhal Richard Abrams, Lebocal, Ralph Peterson Jr., Lee Morgan, Cinematic Orchestra, Edward Wilkerson Jr., Mike Nock, Sun Ra, Pee Wee Russell, Blind Willie Johnson, Jazz Passengers, Geri Allen, Steve Tibbetts, Fonda/Stevens Band, Glenn Horiuchi, Borah Bergman, Harvie S., Tor "Doc" Bekken, Curtis Fowlkes, Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Daniel Humair, Benny Carter, Wallace Roney, Richard Grossman, Tigersmilk, Christine Jensen, McCoy Tyner, Soft Machine, Kenny Dorham, Ellery Eskelin, Misha Mengelberg, Christian Escoude, Hamid Drake, Quinsin Nachoff, Wynton Marsalis, Beaver Harris, Collin Walcott, John Carter, Per Goldschmidt, Benny Golson, Jonas Hellborg, Roberto J. Rodrigez, Maria Schneider, Rob Price Quartet, Brad Shepik, Carla Bley, David Torn's Prezens, Pyeng Threadgill, King Tubby, Erik Truffaz, Mark Dresser, Francois Carrier & Michel Lambert, Kid Ory, Biggi Vinkeloe, Either/Orchestra, Jean Derome, Julius Hemphill, Alice Coltrane, Hal Galper, Jeff Baumeister Quartet, Mark Whitecage, Bunk Johnson Brass Band, Air, Prima Matera, Greg Bendian's Interzone, Tomasz Stanko, Undersound, Jez Taylor, Mat Maneri, Paul Motian, Gene Ammons, Roswell Rudd, Daniel Humair, Jaga Jazzist, Hamiet Bluiett, Booker Ervin, Rita Marcotulli, Michel Donato, Andrew Hill, Count Basie, Jimmy Raney, Revolutionary Ensemble, Arthur Blythe, Curlew, Joanne Brackeen, Edmond Hall, CDB Trio, Alan Silva, Archimusic, Jason Moran, Robert Randolph, Don Byas, Lennie Tristano, Andrew Cyrille, Mandingo Griot Society, Jabbo Smith, Francois Couturier, Bill Ware, Chris Greco Trio, Aperion Project, Marzette Watts, Egberto Gismonti, Pandelis Karayorgis, Jalazz, Charlie Christian, Jessica Williams, Charles Tolliver, Johnny Dodd's Black Bottom Stompers, Harley Card, William Parker, Saheb Sarbib, Bill Barron, William Hooker, 360 Degree Music Experience, Chicago Underground Trio, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Steve Coleman, Martial Solal, Wild Bill Davison, Matt Brubeck, James Blood Ulmer, Alex Cline, Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre, Jan Garbarek, Paul Bley, Tom Harrell, Zakir Hussein, Steve Kuhn, Henry Cow, Chaos Butterfly, Lior Kuperberg, Herbie Nichols, Jean-Paul Celea, Fletcher Henderson, Elliott Sharp, Mugsy Spanier, Hexnut, Tina Brooks, Doug Hammond, Sonny Simmons, Lol Coxhill, Assif Tsahar, Earl Hines, Gold Sparkle Band, Michael Bates' Outside Sources, King Oliver Creole Jazz Band, Enrico Rava, Tom Cora, McKinney's Cotton Pickers, Eric Von Essen, Doug Ewart, Guillaume de Chassy, Bunky Green, Leo Cuypers, William Parker, Dexter Gordon, New Orleans Wanderers, Jon Hassell, Michael Moore, Sonny Treadway, El-p, Hugh Ragin, Air, Bennie Wallace, Fred Frith, Ornette Coleman, Jewels & Binoculars, Slam Stewart, Eugene Chadbourne, Aki Takase, Jemeel Moondoc, Friar's Society Orchestra, Vienna Art Orchestra, Junko Onishi, Grant Green, New York Jazz Collective, Mario Pavone, John Marshall, Jack Pettis & His Pals, Cassandra Wilson, Ed Blackwell, Michel Petrucciani, Manu Codjia, Francois Ingold Trio, Jeanette Wrate, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Odean Pope, Joelle Leandre, Phillipe Ehinger, Timeless Pulse Quintet, Groundtruther, Aram Shelton, Billy Robinson, Don Wilkerson, Ray Charles, Zu, FMP, ECM, ACT, FMR, CIMP, LEO, FME, AACM, BAG, NRG, AUM, ICP, WSQ, DKV, NOMA, ROVA, ...

Movies:

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Television:

One night as Gene Quill was leaving the bandstand at Birdland, a young self-appointed critic accosted him. "All you're doing is playing just like Charlie Parker," he accused. Gene held out his saxophone. "Here," he said, "you play just like Charlie Parker!"

Books:

All Music Guide: THIS IS AN INVALUABLE SOURCE FOR INFORMATION ON JUST ABOUT EVERY ASPECT OF IMPROVISED MUSIC. THE IMPROVISED MUSIC COLLECTIVE USES THIS WEBSITE EXTENSIVELY. GO TO: www.allmusic.com FOR UP-TO- DATE BIOGRAPHICAL, DISCOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL INFORMATION.Also, if you enjoy what you hear on NOW'S THE TIME on CKCU-FM , we urge you to tune in to other fine jazz & improvised music programming on this station. On Wednesday nights from 8:00 - 9:00 listen to ROOTS AND RHYTHMS , Wednesday nights from 9:00 - 11:00pm listen to IN A MELLOW TONE , Wednesday nights from 11:00pm - midnight listen to RABBLE WITHOUT A CAUSE and Sunday afternoons from 4:00 - 5:30pm listen to SWING IS IN THE AIR . All times are eastern times and are available on the internet at: www.ckcufm.com

Heroes:

ANY MUSICIAN WHO HAS VENTURED BEYOND THE LINES AND SPACES.
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