After Hours (radio show)
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After Hours was a jazz
-oriented program that aired from Monday to Friday from 10:05 p.m.-12 midnight on CBC Radio 2. The show was hosted by Andy Sheppard
and originated from CBC Radio 2's Winnipeg
studio at CBW-FM
.
After Hours debuted on what was then CBC Stereo in 1993, with Ross Porter
as the original host (1993 to 2003) and co-creator of the show. Throughout its run, the show had played a wide variety of songs from jazz performers from Canada
, the United States
and around the world, ranging from the legends of jazz (including Louis Armstrong
, Count Basie
, Horace Silver
and Canada's own Oscar Peterson
and Tommy Banks
) to modern stars (like Branford Marsalis
, Terence Blanchard
, Pat Metheny
and Canadian stars Diana Krall
and Ingrid Jensen
).
The final episode of After Hours aired on March 16, 2007, with Andy Sheppard and various guests reminiscing about the show's history in between selections of favorite songs, ending with sound clips of a number of popular jazz stars identifying the program over the Duke Ellington
/Billy Strayhorn
song "Chelsea Bridge", which was once a closing theme for the program.
Beginning on March 19, After Hours was replaced by Tonic
, a two-hour block of light jazz programming hosted by Katie Malloch
(Monday to Friday) and Tim Tamashiro
(Saturday and Sunday) from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. (since moved to 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.) local time, as Radio 2 began a formatting change intended by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
to increase the amount of jazz, contemporary popular music
and indie rock
, as well as boost the amount of Canadian content
, in Radio 2's schedule.
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
-oriented program that aired from Monday to Friday from 10:05 p.m.-12 midnight on CBC Radio 2. The show was hosted by Andy Sheppard
Andy Sheppard (broadcaster)
Andy Sheppard is a Canadian broadcaster and musician. He was the host of the defunct CBC Radio 2's nightly jazz program After Hours and currently produces the contemporary music program The Signal for CBC Radio 2....
and originated from CBC Radio 2's Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
studio at CBW-FM
CBW-FM
CBW-FM is the callsign of the CBC Radio 2 station in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The station broadcasts at 98.3 on the FM dial.-History:Winnipeg's second FM station launched on December 10, 1962 as a commercial classical music station with the call sign CFMW...
.
After Hours debuted on what was then CBC Stereo in 1993, with Ross Porter
Ross Porter (Canadian broadcaster)
Ross Porter is a Canadian broadcast executive and music writer. Best known as the longtime host and co-creator of the jazz program After Hours on CBC Stereo and pop culture reporter for CBC Television's The National and CBC Newsworld's On the Arts, he became head of the jazz television channel...
as the original host (1993 to 2003) and co-creator of the show. Throughout its run, the show had played a wide variety of songs from jazz performers from Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and around the world, ranging from the legends of jazz (including Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana....
, Count Basie
Count Basie
William "Count" Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. Basie led his jazz orchestra almost continuously for nearly 50 years...
, Horace Silver
Horace Silver
Horace Silver , born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva in Norwalk, Connecticut, is an American jazz pianist and composer....
and Canada's own Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. He was called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, "O.P." by his friends. He released over 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, and received other numerous awards and honours over the course of his career...
and Tommy Banks
Tommy Banks
Thomas Benjamin "Tommy" Banks, OC, AOE is a Canadian pianist, conductor, arranger, composer, television personality and Senator....
) to modern stars (like Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis is an American saxophonist, composer and bandleader. While primarily known for his work in jazz as the leader of the Branford Marsalis Quartet, he also performs frequently as a soloist with classical ensembles and has led the group Buckshot LeFonque.-Biography:Marsalis was born...
, Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard
Terence Oliver Blanchard is an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, arranger, and film score composer. Since he emerged on the scene in 1980 with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra and then shortly thereafter with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Blanchard has been a leading artist in jazz...
, Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
Patrick Bruce "Pat" Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer.One of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1970s and '80s, he is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works and other side projects...
and Canadian stars Diana Krall
Diana Krall
Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer, known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 6 million albums in the US and over 15 million worldwide; altogether, she has sold more albums than any other female jazz artist during the 1990s and 2000s...
and Ingrid Jensen
Ingrid Jensen
Ingrid Jensen is a Canadian jazz trumpet player.Jensen is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music and Malaspina University in Nanaimo, British Columbia. She has been nominated for several Juno awards, winning one with her first release, Vernal Fields...
).
The final episode of After Hours aired on March 16, 2007, with Andy Sheppard and various guests reminiscing about the show's history in between selections of favorite songs, ending with sound clips of a number of popular jazz stars identifying the program over the Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...
/Billy Strayhorn
Billy Strayhorn
William Thomas "Billy" Strayhorn was an American composer, pianist and arranger, best known for his successful collaboration with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington lasting nearly three decades. His compositions include "Chelsea Bridge", "Take the "A" Train" and "Lush Life".-Early...
song "Chelsea Bridge", which was once a closing theme for the program.
Beginning on March 19, After Hours was replaced by Tonic
Tonic (radio program)
Tonic is a Canadian radio program, which debuted on March 19, 2007 on CBC Radio 2. Blending jazz music with Latin jazz, soul, R&B and world groove, and airing from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. nightly, the program is hosted by Katie Malloch from Montreal weekdays and Tim Tamashiro from Calgary on weekends....
, a two-hour block of light jazz programming hosted by Katie Malloch
Katie Malloch
Katie Malloch is a Canadian broadcaster who currently hosts the series Tonic, a nightly jazz program on CBC Radio 2. Until March 2007, she was host of Jazz Beat. A graduate of McGill University, Malloch began freelancing for the CBC in 1972, and became a staff announcer in 1975.She is married to...
(Monday to Friday) and Tim Tamashiro
Tim Tamashiro
Tim Tamashiro is a Canadian jazz singer, radio broadcaster and speaker."The Tim Tamashiro Show" is a combination of two music videos for the songs "Alright, Okay You Win" and "Drive In". The videos are directed by Steve Goldsworthy and Matthew Kershaw....
(Saturday and Sunday) from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. (since moved to 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.) local time, as Radio 2 began a formatting change intended by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
to increase the amount of jazz, contemporary popular music
Popular music
Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...
and indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
, as well as boost the amount of Canadian content
Canadian content
Canadian content refers to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission requirements that radio and television broadcasters must air a certain percentage of content that was at least partly written, produced, presented, or otherwise contributed to by persons from...
, in Radio 2's schedule.
External links
- After Hours page (Retrieved at Internet Archive, March 7, 2009)