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A tribute to our neighbours to the North. Who knew so many Canadians were involved in big band jazz? Classics from Guy Lombardo, Oscar Peterson, Maynard Ferguson, Gil Evans, Diana Krall and more!

We start with some big band renditions of classical music: Benny Goodman meets Bach; Ellington meets Grieg; and some Beethoven, Elgar and Mussorgsky. Then a tribute to wood from Chick Webb, Woody Herman, Count Basie, Buddy Rich and Lester Young. Then some new stuff from Ben Markley and Jeff Benedict.

Elgar, Nimrod from Enigma Variations; poetry by Joy Harjo; Marianne Faithfull; Led Zeppelin's Rain Song, in memory of Baltimore artist Martha Gatewood; and more.

Poetry by Aimé Césaire; Nina Simone; Mos Def; Patti Smith; and more.

Romantic big band music for Valentine's Day week. Features a special recording of my own grandfather, Eddie Shearer, from an old radio broadcast in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Also featuring Duke Ellington, the rivals Artie Shaw and Glenn Miller, Billy Eckstine and Coleman Hawkins. And a special treat from Martin Sjostedt and the Stockholm Jazz Orchestra playing "The Wedding" by South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim.

We start with the deep cut "Ground Hog" from Duke Pearson, and then a short tribute to the trombone, including Michael Davis and Melba Liston. We get upbeat and groovy and then play it out with some big band renditions of John Williams' film music.

We take off in flight with "Airmail Special", "Flying Home", "Flight of the Foo Birds" and "Into the Sky" (that's Ella, Basie, Lionel and Makoto Ozone's No Name Horses respectively). Then a tribute to Jaco Pastorius and some hot Latin big band to round out the hour. It's a good one, don't miss it.

We start off on a caravan across North Africa and the Middle East, from Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and Ibrahim Maalouf. Then the new release from the 3 Cohens and the WDR Big Band. Finally, 3 views of the concept of Hallelujah, from Leonard Cohen and Count Basie, Woody Herman and Joe Williams, Milt Jackson and the WDR Big Band.

A whole hour of tunes and arrangements from women composers, including Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Mary Lou Williams, Carla Bley, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Jiyhe Lee, Maria Schneider and Christine Jensen.

We start with some big band arrangements of classic Disney tunes, then dig through the decades of Count Basie. Then end with some big band Bill Evans, and the cool Zoot Suite from drummer Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition.