CJRT-FM

CJRT-FM is a public radio station in Canada that broadcasts at 91.1 FM in Toronto, Ontario. It is currently known as JAZZ.FM91. The station's studios are situated on Pardee Avenue in the Liberty Village area of Toronto, and its transmitter is positioned atop the CN Tower. You can find CJRT on Bell TV at channel 960, along with its availability through cable FM and digital audio services across Ontario. Besides streaming its regular programming, CJRT also offers specialized music streams such as the Oscar Peterson Channel, High Standards, and Grooveyard.

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Amy McConnell romances the cherished sweetness of friendship through music

4 weeks ago | jazz.fm | John Devenish

Amy and a song visit each other like long-lost best friends. Instantly together again they know each other’s rhythms, ways, habits, and nuances. Like good friends, they know each other’s secrets too. Good times and bad, sad, melancholy, happiness, and adventures taken together. True friends protect each other and know how to be there when a time comes or goes. Amy romances the cherished sweetness of the qualities of friendship, and she does this spiritedly with the song.
Eddie Bullen takes listeners on playful adventures

1 month ago | jazz.fm | John Devenish

Eddie is one of this country’s most prolific producers. That status is thanks to his engaging and encouraging, electric personality. He is a genuine lover of the art form and shares his enthusiasm without restrictions. He is a gentleman, a nurturer, a teacher, and his ear and heart are as in one magical realm. He is a player himself. A piano and keyboard storyteller. His compositions and stylings take the listener on playful adventures.
D.D. Jackson makes inspirational magic

1 month ago | jazz.fm | John Devenish

He spans borders and reaps the best of the cultures of two nations inspired by the spirits of creativity in their people and finding influence and essence collectively. His musical roots are in classical music. Jackson’s cultural heritage is as layered as the nations spanned and his music reflects this.
Rosemary Clooney is charmingly magnetic

1 month ago | jazz.fm | John Devenish

These words are from the A&E biography of the singer and actress: “…distinctively unpretentious, deep, rich, and smooth voice…”The voice is one of the Great American Songbook standards. She sang with an inviting and engaging warmth. The rich tone is immediately familiar and welcoming. If the essence of home had a sound it would be the sound of Clooney’s voice.
Bobby Darin is sweetly memorable and forever iconic

1 month ago | jazz.fm | John Devenish

Fate dictated how long we were allowed to be charmed by Bobby Darin. His health challenges nagged him from birth and through his tragically short life. In the time we got with him the impact and the drive, the presence, the energy and puckish dynamics gave us memorable songs, compositions, acting sequences, and a blazing stardom that is as infectious today as it was in his lifetime.
Van Morrison is a truth-telling vessel

2 months ago | jazz.fm | John Devenish

Morrison’s early music influences included the jazz and blues tunes he heard in the collection of his father’s records. Those music genres are a wealth of platforms for unique storytelling. Morrison’s Irish culture is steeped in storytelling with a host of famous writers, poets and tale spinners. His artistry is the way he engages with his audience.
Band of Other Brothers is a family created from many and gelled into one

2 months ago | jazz.fm | John Devenish

This quote about this band comes from one of the Other Brothers in the band, Jeff Coffin: “Making music with these guys is like getting three scoops of ice cream instead of just one…It’s like when your parents let you lick the frosting bowl after baking a cake or getting the birthday present you always wished for but were afraid to ask.”This under-the-bigtop-circus-in-town band is set on groove. They are the ultimate kind of jamming-for-the-cause movement and the cause is making good music.
Black History Month Encore: Molly Johnson is brazenly genuine

2 months ago | jazz.fm | John Devenish

I do not think that I know or have heard anyone more brazenly genuine as an artist and person than Molly. She shields nothing and is as refreshingly outspoken and speaks with an intensity of intent that is as reserved for when she is telling a story as it is when she is singing. Truly, both happen so very often at the same time. She feels deeply with her heart and demands with an equal depth, suffering no fool in her wake. She feels with her heart.
Black History Month Encore: Dinah Washington made jazz sound regal

Feb 13, 2025 | jazz.fm | John Devenish

She is jazz’s swinging auntie. Cool beyond the word. She can tease, soothe, grace, and settle. The song in her voice is given a liberty and a frame that is like an embrace. Queen of The Blues was her honourable title, her sound-making music regal. With a crystal clear delivery she could give even the most suggestive blues a sensitivity that lands directly and playfully on the ears. She was very much in control arranging many of the songs she sang and the accompaniments as well.
Black History Month Encore: Oscar Peterson is jazz royalty

Feb 6, 2025 | jazz.fm | John Devenish

Jazz Royalty. The legacy defies a single word description or definition. Great. Leader, ambassador, legend, inspiration, powerhouse, soul affector. He spoke of the importance of having a command of the blues ahead of diving into playing jazz. His was as rock steady a foundation of the music’s culture as you will ever experience. The facility at the keyboard in his prime, and well after, captivated and was exhausting. It set standards.