2017 Winnipeg Jazz Fest programming on Check Ca

It's that time of year again..  2017 Winnipeg International Jazz Festival! Lots of great acts from Manitoba, Canada and abroad. Be sure to check out the schedule.

This year on Check Ca, we have interviews with a few artists featured in this year's festival:

Casimiro Nhussi - on the show June 2
show:  Friday, June 23, 8:00 p.m.@ West End Cultural Centre

Marco Castillo - on the show June 9
show: Thursday, June 15, 9:15 p.m.@ The Cube - Tribute to Hermeto Pascoal
show: Wednesday, June 21, 9:00 @ The Cube - Marco Castillo & the Brazillian Beats

Marisolle Negash - on the show June 16
show: Thursday, June 22, 9:00 p.m. @ The Cube - solo show
show:  Saturday, June 24, 10:00 p.m. @ The Good Will - with Chris Bxnnxt and 3Peat

Check it out. Did you miss a show? Be sure to listen to archived episode on ckuw.ca  for information about these great artists!

June "Pepper" Harris in concert - June 10, Nicolino's

Check out local jazz & blues artist, June "Pepper" Harris for a special concert and CD release party. The show is this June 10 (2017) at Nicolino's (4-2077 Pembina Hwy), Winnipeg, at 2:00 p.m. June's show will also feature some great local artists on the bill, including Check Ça  fave, Derrick Gardner.

  

Marisolle Negash @ Forth May 28

Check out Marisolle Negash  at Forth (171 McDermot Avenue in Winnipeg) on Sunday, May 28.  Doors at 6:00, show at 7:00. Local hip hop outfit Super Duty Tough Work will also be in the house, along with her live band.


'Come Kick It' with cool and hip hop vibes.

DJ Stop. waxin' funky

Shout out to DJ Stop. local vinyl hero. DJ Stop. was a guest on the show for a very special Prince tribute on the 1st anniversary on his passing on April 21st. Check out his vibes on Mixcloud.com under his "Norman Breaks" moniker. Here's a prime mix from May 2017:

https://www.mixcloud.com/iamstop/passion-of-the-crates-mashup-di-place-6th-may-2017/

Check. It. Out.

What's the Word on Check Ca?

It's been a fun and busy past few months on the show. We've had some wonderful guests and more to come!


Last week we had a very special visit from Dirty Catfish Brass Band. Check out their show at Times Change(d) High and Lonesome Club (234 Main St in Winnipeg) for the Southern Social Club on the first Friday of the month. Each month they bring you DCBB's New Orleans flavoured grooves , a select menu of Southern American dishes and a special music guest. There's two shows and folks can get tickets at the door or through the DCBB website: www.dirtycatfishbrassband.com .  This month, CASATI will appear at the late show. If you missed our chat with the DCBB crew, download the show for March 31 at ckuw.ca


Coming up this week is Mr. Quincy Davis, professor and jazz drumset instructor at the University of Manitoba in the Jazz Studies program. Mr. We're very excited to host this very special guest and talented musician, composer, arranger, etc. Tune in to hear about a special project he's working on and some of his music works. Mr. Davis will be on the show this Friday (April 7).

Tune in on April 21st for a special tribute set from DJ Stop. who'll be dropping by to spin music from Prince. Be sure to check out the DJ Stop. mixcloud.com page (under Norman Breaks).

What's on tonight?

Hey, hey, Check Ça fans. It's rainy and snowy in the 'Peg these days, so we need to heat things up on the radio dial. Maybe some sizzling, jazz, some hot funk, and some fire-y latin beats, and who knows what else will be burnin' up the turnables tonight! Tune in for your weekly 'hot toddy' Check Ça fix.

Shout out to Michael Cain and the Brandon crew for the Brandon Jazz Festival this weekend (March 16-18). One of the headliners is a Check Ça fave: Dirty Catfish Brass Band. DCBB will be in the booth with us on the show March 31st, but if you can't wait, head out to Brandon this weekend.


Also putting Marisolle Negash on your radar if she isn't already. She's having a release event for her release "Spaceship" tonight (March 17) at Forth at 171 McDermot Avenue (Winnipeg), and will be at the Albert Street Cocktail Company at 91 Albert Street on Wednesday (March 22) and SMITH in the hotel at the Forks (Winnipeg) next weekend (March 24-25). Looking forward to hearing Marisolle cool RnB and neosoul vibes on the keys. Check it out.

Derrick Gardner on the air waves

Thank you to Mr. Derrick Gardner for visiting the show on February 24, 2017. If you missed it live, check it out the CKUW website:  https://ckuw.ca/programs/detail/check-ca


Derrick is professor with the University of Manitoba Jazz Studies and is also a talented and internationally renown jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger and instructor. The show featured music selected in recognition for Black History Month (February). Throughout the show, Derrick shared anecdotal and historical tidbits about the music played. We also played a few selections featuring him on trumpet as well. And we all had a blast. Check out the choice track list:

Artists	Song Title	Album	Label
Art Blakey	Split Kick	from A Night at Birdland Vol. 1	Blue Note Records
Lee Morgan	The Sidewinder	from The Sidewinder	Blue Note Records
Freddie Hubbard	On the Que-Tee	from Backlash	Atlantic Records
Charles Mingus	Hora Decubitus	from Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus	Impulse Records
Kenny Dorham	Una Más	Una Más	Blue Note
Derrick Gardner & the Jazz Prophets +2	Natural Woman	from Echoes of Ethnicity	Owl Studios
Curtis Nowosad	Dialectics	from Dialectics	Cellar Live
Charles Earland	More Today Than Yesterday	from Black Talk!	Prestige Records
Miles Davis	Footsteps	from Miles Smiles	Columbia Records
Eric Dolphy	Gazzelloni	from Out to Lunch!	Blue Note Records

Check out his website for more information about his music: www.derrickgardnermusic.com


Thanks to Mr. Gardner and hoping he'll be back to visit again soon.

Check. It. Out.

Hey, hey, hey, Check Ça listeners. Lots goin' on!


First off, thanks for everyone who supported the CKUW 95. FM 2017 FunDrive. Your support is greatly appreciated and is the reason we reached our show goal. If you missed our 2017 FunDrive show, you can still donate by calling 204-774-6877 or donating online at fundrive.ckuw.ca


Next up, February is Black History Month. If you're in Manitoba, there are lots of great events to celebrate. Winnipeg's local Black History Month Committee has a full month of events; Black Space in Winnipeg also is involved in some very interesting events. And other organisations throughout the province are participating with events that celebrating, educate, and organise. Check it out.


Finally, we are pre-empted on February 17th, but will be back on February 24th for a very special episode of Check Ça  featuring Black History Month programming. We are excited to host a very special guest: Mr. Derrick Gardner. Mr. Gardner is a professor and jazz trumpet instructor with the University of Manitoba Jazz Studies program; he is also an internationally renown performer, composer, and arranger, with too many amazing credits to list here! Tune in to hear more about this unique artist and to hear his special jazz set on the show.


And one more 'thank you' to donors to the 2017 CKUW FunDrive. Your support is what makes our show happen, every week and every year!




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5BP2KlPD4U

Fun! Fun! CKUW Fundrive 2017!

Hey Kids , check out the annual station fundraiser - CKUW 95.9FM FunDrive for 2017! 
 Good opportunity for listeners to share the love and show their support for independent community / campus radio. Donations help us to grow and develop and bring quality programming to listeners 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Listeners who want to support CKUw can call the station February 10 to 17 at 204-774-6877 or go online to fundrive.ckuw.ca  

Thanks for your support!

Word on the street

Hey kids, great programming this week on check ça...


Make sure to tune in this Friday for another fun night with guests in the studio!


Super Duty Tough Work will be represented by their front man and emcee in the booth to chat about upcoming Dilla Day. We'll chat about Dilla and such and SDTW. This year's tribute will be on February 3, 2017 at The Good Will.


Also on the mic local musician/artist Greg MacPherson who will be a guest host.


*check out Forth (171 McDermot, Winnipeg) Thursday, January 26, 8:00 p.m.  for some live soul music. Featured performers: Marisol Negash (keyboards), Julian Bradford (bass), Brendan Kinley (drums), Alexa Potashnik (MC Woke). Good live music and the coffee good to boot.


http://www.forth.ca/events/2017/1/26/come-kick-it-live-soul-music