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Al Muirhead

Al Muirhead Al Muirhead has long been an iconic gure on the Canadian jazz scene. And the trumpeter, composer, arranger, sideman and recording artist has been making listeners take notice for longer than jazz fans might realize. Born in Regina in 1935, he was playing in the Regina Symphony and dance bands by age 12. Muirhead began to take notice of greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and Louis Armstrong. While Muirhead’s playing is infused with the indelible in uence of the jazz giants, his owing, melodic sound is his own — and has become in uential in its own right. He unleashes melodies that are incredibly inventive and utterly timeless

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Still Cookin' at 90: The Canada Sessions, Volume II

Label: Chronograph Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Dancing on the Ceiling; My Shining Hour; Moonlight in Vermont; Corcovado; All the Things You Are; More Than You Know; I Thought About You; What a Wonderful World.

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Al Muirhead: Still Cookin' at 90: The Canada Sessions, Volume II

Read "Still Cookin' at 90: The Canada Sessions, Volume II" reviewed by Jack Bowers


"Twelve years ago," bassist Kodi Hutchinson writes in the liner notes to The Canada Sessions, Volume II, “I found myself on a bandstand with 78-year-old trumpeter Al Muirhead. I remember thinking, why has this amazing musician never recorded under his own name?" Fast forward a dozen years, to 2025, and Muirhead, still going strong at age ...

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Eric Alexander, Baltimore Jazz Collective, Rin Seo, Don Was and more

Read "Eric Alexander, Baltimore Jazz Collective, Rin Seo, Don Was and more" reviewed by Benjamin Boddie


Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Eric Alexander, Yoko Yates, Michael Wolff, Jamile, Susan Krebs, Baltimore Jazz Collective, Milan Verbist, Shawn Purcell, Juliet Ewing, James Danderfer, Mark Winkler, David Kikoski, Rin Seo, Pete Mills, Johnathan Blake, Ledisi, JD Allen, Kate Wyatt, Michael Dease, Emma Smith, Charlie Porter, Don Was, Mike Clark, Grant Stewart, Sacha Boutros, Stevie ...

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Nicholas Payton, Louis Armstrong, Grant Stewart & Pete Escovedo

Read "Nicholas Payton, Louis Armstrong, Grant Stewart & Pete Escovedo" reviewed by Joe Dimino


We hustle into the 928th Episode of Neon Jazz with a master of the Latin Jazz world in Pete Escovedo. He recently swung through Kansas City to kick off a roaring jazz schedule for the new Folly Theater season. From there, we dig into veterans with new music like Grant Stewart, Nicholas Payton, Jonathan Karrant, Ted ...

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Don Was, Mike Clark, Grant Stewart, Sacha Boutros and more

Read "Don Was, Mike Clark, Grant Stewart, Sacha Boutros and more" reviewed by Benjamin Boddie


Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Don Was, Mike Clark, Grant Stewart, Sacha Boutros, Stevie Holland, Margherita Fava, Tom Cohen, Al Muirhead, Rick Keller, James Danderfer, Ryan Keberle, Markus Rutz, Charlie Porter, Michael Mayo, Rin Seo, Snorre Kirk, Michael Dease, Jen Allen, Roger Glenn, Eric Byrd, Nick Finzer, JD Allen, Johnathan Blake, Mike LeDonne, Kate Wyatt, ...

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Saskatchewan Suite

Label: Chronograph Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: The Place; The First; The Newcomers; The In-Between; September 1905; Saskatchesport; Thank You, Mr. Douglas; Saskatchejazz

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September 1905

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Label: Chronograph Records
Released: 2021
Duration: 04:58

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A Tune for Cal

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Label: Chronograph Records
Released: 2018
Duration: 04:10

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Undertones

Label: Chronograph Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: A Tune for Cal; Rose Room; 'Deed I Do; Tenderly; You're My Everything; Take it to the Banks Tom!; Charade; S'posin'; I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You; Four Brothers.


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