CBC Maritimes

All that jazz: you crooned, scatted and played DJ as you told us about the jazz tunes that mean the most to you.

May We Take Your Order? Jazz had its roots in the nightclubs of Chicago and New Orleans in the early 20th Century. But the genre isn't easily defined, and 100 years later, it encompasses everything from swing to scat, Dixieland to gospel, and even hip hop. The Halifax Jazz Festival is just around the corner, so we invited Pat Watson, who's with the Nova Gospel Ensemble, Dani Oore, a saxophonist, improviser, and composer, and jazz vocalist Daniel Matto into the Maritime Noon Jazz Cafe. Our question: what's the jazz tune that means the most to you?

Listen to the Jazz Fest Phone In