I asked Victoria vocalist and studier of ‘swing’ style jazz, Angela Verbrugge,  to send me names of some great jazz vocalist that would likely be new to me.   She did.   Thank you!

This program, as well as last week’s, has me playing music by those singers and talking to her about the singers and the music.

I also introduce to her my favourite vocalist, the late great Gene (aka Eugene) McDaniels.   I play three tracks by him showing three very distinctive phases of his jazz vocal and songwriting career, starting with a very obscure album from 2009.  And from the 1970’s, an album that introduced the world to Alphonse Mouzon and Mirislav Vitous—but it’s political content spurred interference from the American White House blocking it’s distribution.

Other singers you’ll hear are Sarah McKenzie, Benny Benack III, Rebecca Kilgore, Tessa Souter, and three Canadian singers (Calgary’s Johnny Summers, the late Natasha D’agostino, and Angela Verbrugge).