Hot Air
with Margaret Gallagher

This week on Hot Air, Jennifer Scott and Rene Worst. She's got an unforgettable voice and he's one of the top bass players in the country. They are longtime partners in music and in life. They'll be on Hot Air this week to talk about their latest project together, a charming album of jazz and pop standards.

This week on Hot Air we celebrate Birth of the Cool, the great Miles Davis album of 1957. Vancouver trumpeter, arranger, and conductor Alan Matheson is paying tribute to the music at Capilano University in North Vancouver. Before that, he'll join us to play some of his favourite tracks.

Set your your soul on fire with the gyspy jazz of Van Django. The wildly talented quartet recently delivered a fabulous concert in front of a packed house, right here at CBC Vancouver. Adding to the Van Django's musical mix was special guest, Evan Arntzen.

Photo: June Hunter

We'll breakaway from deep midwinter in BC to places where the breezes are gentle and the sun shines daily on the mountain top. You won't even have to wear sunscreen.
Join host Margaret Gallagher for this musical vacation.

This week on the New Year's Eve edition of Hot Air, we look back on some favourite interviews of the past season. John Doheny takes us to the streets of New Orleans, we'll groove out on the Hammond B3 with Nightcrawlers Chris Gestrin and Jesse Cahill...and Tonic's Katie Malloch explains what makes the BC Jazz scene unique.

We've asked some of our favourite local singers and players to tell us about the music that they love to play at this time of year - and we've added a few tracks of our own. Please join us!

Duke Ellington considered his Sacred Concerts to be amongst his most significant works. We'll bring you a special concert presentation, recorded just last month at St Andrew's Wesley Church. Singers Dee Daniels and Marcus Mosely along with the Fred Stride Orchestra are part of a wonderful evening of inspired and inspiring music.

Adam Thomas is leading an all star band in a tribute to Miles Davis at Cellar. But first, Adam and his co-conspirator Mike Allen will join us on Hot Air for a preview.
They'll talk about the man, his music, and what that's meant to them as artists. And of course they'll spin a few great tunes along the way.

Phil Dwyer is a multi-talented composer, arranger and musician. He's just released an album of orchestral jazz inspired by the four seasons and called "Changing Seasons". Join Margaret Gallagher this Saturday when Phil Dwyer brings in selections from "Changing Seasons" as well as some of his favourite jazz tracks.