The Unofficial Traxx.FM Jazz Selecta! http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com 90.3 FM in the Klang Valley Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:26:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 en HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM JAZZ SELECTA! http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2008/01/02/happy-new-year-from-jazz-selecta/ http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2008/01/02/happy-new-year-from-jazz-selecta/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:26:07 +0000 Maya Musings http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2008/01/02/happy-new-year-from-jazz-selecta/ We’re slowly approaching our 3rd year on-air (April 1st is our birthday - hint hint) and all we can say is WOW. Not only has it been fun hosting the show with Jezza, but more so it’s been a great learning experience!

Apologies for not being the best when it comes to updating this blog. But do check back time to time to see what’s happening with us.

Right now, it is 12:17 a.m. and last hour we just finished featuring Gruv Avenue’s THE AWAKENING live album. Before that it was the RTM Jazz Orchestra with featured vocalists Shafinaz, Adibah Noor, Leonard Tan & Dia Fadilla. Here are the tracks we played:-

1. Unforgettable - Instrumental
Composer: Irving Gordan
Arrangement: Ruslan Bin Mohd. Imam

2. All I ask of you - Shafinaz
Arrangement: Ruslan Bin Mohd. Imam

3. I Finally Found Someone - Adibah Noor & Leanard Tan
Arrangment: Isabella Pek

4. Orange Colored Sky - Dia Fadilla
Arrangment: Ruslan Bin Mohd. Imam

Thanks to Eugene for kickin our butts into gear when it comes to the blog…here’s to a more happening 2008!

Best,
Maya

]]> http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2008/01/02/happy-new-year-from-jazz-selecta/feed/ …(I’m lost for a title) http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2007/06/19/im-lost-for-a-title-2/ http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2007/06/19/im-lost-for-a-title-2/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:47:08 +0000 Maya Show http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2007/06/19/im-lost-for-a-title-2/ Hey dudes and dudettes, hope you guys have been fun at the recent jazz festivals and showcases that’s been going on. Do tune in tonight because we got LOtSa funky-groovy-hip-hoppin’-to-the-swing boppin’ or should I say “hip-boppin’-to-the-swing-hopin’” tunes to tickle your ears! I’m talkin’ about some new Incognito & Spryo Gyra stuff I got in my hands. As usual, we’ll be bringing you GIC, Gigs-In-daCity which is an update about live jazz gigs happening around & out of town, some jazz news, and an artist feature on fantastic pianist Geri Allen. Woot! I can’t wait. Do call us if you have song requests (JAZZ ONLY), comments, suggestions, or questions,. Our sms hotline is 32270. We’ll be waiting to hear from you!

]]> http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2007/06/19/im-lost-for-a-title-2/feed/ A post long overdue http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2007/05/30/a-post-long-overdue/ http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2007/05/30/a-post-long-overdue/#comments Tue, 29 May 2007 19:26:56 +0000 Maya Show http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2007/05/30/a-post-long-overdue/ Yup, I know it’s been eons ago since anyone posted anything new. Let’s just hope we’ll get into the trend of blogging habitually. Anyway, first things first! Tonight’s show featured the Miri Jazz part 2 with Jezza’s recorded interview with KCP4. Do check in for next week’s Part 3 interview with, and songs by Orak Naa Naa and George Washing Machine Quartet.

A highlight for all drummers and musicians! Catch some of the world’s best drummers in action at Singapore this June. Eleven of the top names include Gregg Bissonette, Jojo Mayer, Tony Royster Jr., Derek Roddy, Gorden Campbell, Nate Morton, Jimmy Lee, Grant Collins, Benny Greb, Steve Thornton & Mohammed Noor. It happens on the 9 & 10 of June alright, so go and find out how you can get the tickets at www.singaporedrumfest.com. There’ll be clinics given by the drum masters and live band concerts too.

For more stuff and updates on gigs in and around KL, check out www.alldatjazz.com ..there’s plenty of good stuff here to watch as well!

Get in touch with us if any of you jazz cats out there have something to chat about, suggest, request etc etc..the point is, we know there are a lot of you out there and we would love to hear from you! So send us an email or sms during the show.

]]> http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2007/05/30/a-post-long-overdue/feed/ MOVE ON LAH! http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2006/12/27/68/ http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2006/12/27/68/#comments Tue, 26 Dec 2006 16:19:42 +0000 Maya Musings http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2006/12/27/68/ two and a half years since it’s inception and we are now beginning to understand the concept of jazz in Malaysia and how we continue to close one eye to all the unwanted stuff that is in no way helping promote the genre. We need to get rid of all the unwanted back biting that takes place in the background. Every musician or at least 80% of the ones i’ve met had something to say about another musician. Everyone gives me well edited stories of how they winged it at berklee and how the ones that haven’t made the pilgrimage don’t understand Jazz. they then top it up by giving me a display of how proffesional they are by saying nice things to the said musician laced with the rhetorical HOw r U LAH BRO? workiing the bile to somewhere around my molars. SO, how do we get rid of the unwanted back biting. Let 2007 be ayear of introspection, and except that we will be a year older. I dont know if this is information but I have been teaching Aikido for quite a while and the kids i teach are far better then those in Japan. Here’s the irony, I have never in my life been to Japan and i think sushi will taste better if fried.The lesson : Work at embracing ur people not dissing them.

APPY NEW YEAR
JEZZA

]]> http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2006/12/27/68/feed/ Merry Christmas! http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2006/12/26/merry-christmas/ http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2006/12/26/merry-christmas/#comments Tue, 26 Dec 2006 14:34:29 +0000 Maya Show http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2006/12/26/merry-christmas/ Sorry I’m kind of a day late wishing everybody. Well, there are 12 days of Christmas right? So, have a very merry Merry Christmas! As for tonight’s show, we’ll be playing more christmas songs, have the RTM Jazz Orchestra feature at 10:30pm, do a band feature on Vorcza, and have a little tribute to James Brown, the godfather of soul.

Hope you’re all warm and snuggly with your little hot cup of chocolate ready for jazz music (or coffee if you’re an insomniac)

]]> http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2006/12/26/merry-christmas/feed/ 28.11.06 http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2006/11/28/281106/ http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2006/11/28/281106/#comments Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:37:47 +0000 Maya Playlists http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2006/11/28/281106/ Jezza’s Favourite Mix - My Favourite Things (a cross between Kenny G & V Balasara)
Better Than
Jeff Lorber - Chopsticks

RTM Jazz Orchestra feature
Bluesette
Blues in Brazil
Moon Glow
Falling in Love with Love
Satin Doll
Cotton Tail

Buckshot LeFonque - Some Cow Fonque
Mezzoforte
Tania Maria - Come With Me
Atilia - Sangkar

Artist Feature: Jean Luc Ponty
The Art of Happiness
Happy Robots

]]> http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2006/11/28/281106/feed/ Jean Luc Ponty artist feature & more http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2006/11/28/jean-luc-ponty/ http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2006/11/28/jean-luc-ponty/#comments Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:46:11 +0000 Maya Show http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2006/11/28/jean-luc-ponty/ Tonight’s line up includes the RTM jazz orchestra feature that’s happening now until 11pm, GIC (Gigs In the City), artist feature Jean Luc Ponty & a li’l tribute tojazz singer Anita O’Day who passed away recently.

We also have giveaways! Tune in and see if you can win yourself one of these: a copy of Atilia’s debut album, ‘Sangkar,’ a Vic Firth T-Shirt, or passes to TGV’s beach blast party happening in December.

Well, enjoy the music as we’ve got lots of new stuff for yours & our listening enjoyment :)

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Rhythm Logic- Drunk on Love
Donald Fagen -

RTM Jazz Orchestra feature
Atadecter
Taking a Chance On Love
Send In the Clown
Someone to Watch Over Me
Lucky Southern
Get Up and Go

Rearranged by : Ruslan Bin Mohd. Imam, 5 & 6 by Mohd. Asnawi Bin Mutaal

John Patitucci – Better Mousetrap
Dizzy Gillespie – A Night In Tunisia
Tito Puente - Tito Five

Artist Feature : Kenny Kirkland (the amazing keyboardist who played as a sideman to many musicians)
Bring on the Night/When the World is Running Down - Sting
Black Codes - Wynton Marsalis
The Dream of the Blue Turtles - Sting
Joy Spring - Arturo Sandoval

Chick Corea New Trio
Joshua Redman - Greasy
Abdullah Ibrahim - Calypso Minor
Oliver Nelson - Teenie’s Blues
Zainab Majid - Siapa Dia

‘that’s all folks! ’til the next show…’

]]> http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2006/11/21/211106/feed/ Kenny Kirkland artist feature & more http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2006/11/21/kenny-kirkland-artist-feature-more/ http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2006/11/21/kenny-kirkland-artist-feature-more/#comments Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:52:04 +0000 Maya Show http://jazzselecta.alldatjazz.com/2006/11/21/kenny-kirkland-artist-feature-more/ Tonight we’re going to do a little artist feature on the late Kenny Kirkland. If you are wondering who he is, he was mainly a sideman with one of the more memorables stint with Sting featuring a very young Branford Marsalis.

So if you want to find out more about Kenny Kirkland, tune in tonight.

Also, we have free passes to give away to TGV’s beach blast! Listen for the cue to sms (if you’re impatient, there’s plenty of jazz to enjoy along the way while waiting for it).

What’s that? More giveaways? Yippee! Sounds like Christmas is around the corner. We have one Vic Firth t-shirt & one Atilia cd to give away in today’s show. How to get it? Just crank up your radio and be within the audible perimeter.

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1. Art Porter - Pocket City
2. DeeDee Bridgewater – Girl Talk
3. Joe Sample – Seven Years of Good Luck

RTM Jazz Orchestra
4. Desafinado
5. Summertime
6. My Funny Valentine
7. Au Privave
8. Cute

9. Branford Marsalis
10. John Patitucci - On the Corner

Artist Feature: Oliver Nelson
11. Stolen Moments
12. Hoedown
13. Butch and Butch
14. Teenie’s Blues

15. Fairuz Hussein - Let’s dance
16. Atilia - Sangkar
17. Atilia - Sudah
18. Bebel Gilberto - Aganju
19. Jeremy Monteiro & Friends - Mas Que Nada
20. Al Jarreau - Take it Away
21. Count Basic - Jazz in the House

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