> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The pièce de résistance of jazz campus radio in Canada - URL: https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/jazz-community-campus-radio-charts-canada-piece-resistance/ - Published: 2022-06-17T13:00:11.000Z - Updated: 2025-12-10T22:18:47.000Z - Description: What I've learned from all 20 albums I looked at - Author: Will Chernoff - Tags: Subscriber Fridays For a refresher on Canadian campus and community radio (and my interest in the subject), you can refer to [yesterday's Update](https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/jazz-community-radio-charts-canada-introduction). I set out to learn: **how high is the bar?** Can we look at these albums and see what it takes to be a *charting artist*, as the publicists would like to call you? We sort of can. At the bottom of this Update you'll find the median Bandcamp sales and Spotify monthly listener figures for the jazz albums currently on the campus radio charts. But **there's one thing I found that amused me most of all**. It's an impressive integration, you might say. Yesterday, we went through ten Canadian jazz albums out of 20 that are charting this week; the following are the other ten. ## 10 more Canadian jazz albums charting this week ### A Porta Aperta by Karl Silveira ![A Porta Aperta by Karl Silveira](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/2b/152b7411-0202-45a2-9f09-f39a793683ef/content/images/2022/06/11.jpg) [My review](https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/karl-silveira-a-porta-aperta/) | [Bandcamp](https://ksilmus.bandcamp.com/album/a-porta-aperta?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/16AHSkZTxlyzwIEDl7AE4S?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) | Artist: [Karl Silveira](https://www.karlsilveira.com/?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) plays trombone ### A Night at the Espresso by Tom Keenlyside ![A Night at the Espresso by Tom Keenlyside](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/2b/152b7411-0202-45a2-9f09-f39a793683ef/content/images/2022/06/12.jpg) [My review](https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/night-espresso-tom-keenlyside/) | [Bandcamp](https://tomkeenlysidequartet.bandcamp.com/album/night-at-the-espresso?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/0haEYBlUKgXIOqmiKJsIWi?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) | Label: Cellar ### Song Within the Story by James Brown ![Song Within the Story by James Brown](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/2b/152b7411-0202-45a2-9f09-f39a793683ef/content/images/2022/06/13.jpg) [Bandcamp](https://jamesbrownguitar.bandcamp.com/album/song-within-the-story?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/0IePwhAY5JaTW8PwlYslyI?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) | Artist: [James W. Brown](https://www.jamesbrown.ca/?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) ### Joyride (self-titled album) ![Joyride](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/2b/152b7411-0202-45a2-9f09-f39a793683ef/content/images/2022/06/14.jpg) [My review](https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/joyride-charles-cozens-colin-maier/) | *No Bandcamp* | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/1WlOqjXh47YFREu1iTPu2K?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) | Artist: [Joyride](https://www.joyrideconcerts.com/?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) ### The Next Step by Roberto Occhipinti ![The Next Step by Roberto Occhipinti](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/2b/152b7411-0202-45a2-9f09-f39a793683ef/content/images/2022/06/15.jpg) [Bandcamp](https://modicamusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-next-step?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/3MxjGN3aH7XL7LQHlSGrWr?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) | Label: [Modica Music](https://modicamusic.com/?ref=rhythmchanges.ca), which Roberto Occhipinti runs; however, the label also has other artists ### Future Moons by Adams, Dunn & Haas ![Future Moons by Adams, Dunn & Haas](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/2b/152b7411-0202-45a2-9f09-f39a793683ef/content/images/2022/06/16.jpeg) [Bandcamp](https://adamsdunnhaas.bandcamp.com/?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) | *No streaming* | Label: [Ansible Editions](https://www.ansibleeditions.com/?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) in Toronto ### The Artist by John Lee ![The Artist by John Lee](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/2b/152b7411-0202-45a2-9f09-f39a793683ef/content/images/2022/06/17.jpeg) [My review](https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/john-lee-the-artist/) | [Bandcamp](https://johnleejazz.bandcamp.com/?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/2bLlwzmY1YcEVFuVEfaUmN?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) | Label: Cellar ### Ravel Inspirations by Jean Félix Mailloux & Cordâme ![Ravel Inspirations by Jean Félix Mailloux & Cordâme](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/2b/152b7411-0202-45a2-9f09-f39a793683ef/content/images/2022/06/18.jpg) [Bandcamp](https://cordame.bandcamp.com/album/ravel-inspirations?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) | [Jean Félix Mailloux on Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/5WmlFlvHvYTcXGisJymCMU?si=def7b9ee261244c6&ref=rhythmchanges.ca) | [Cordâme on Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/5ecQZm3it5OTWhBO1ehveG?si=25c2bc019da847d2&ref=rhythmchanges.ca) | Artist: [Jean Félix Mailloux](https://jeanfelixmailloux.com/?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) ### Escale by Carl Mayotte ![Escale by Carl Mayotte](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/2b/152b7411-0202-45a2-9f09-f39a793683ef/content/images/2022/06/19.jpg) [Bandcamp](https://carlmayotte.bandcamp.com/album/escale?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/0kZ6ydbYfwGh7q4vmZSwXE?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) | Label: [Analekta](https://www.analekta.com/?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) in Montréal ### Nuna by David Virelles ![Nuna by David Virelles](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/2b/152b7411-0202-45a2-9f09-f39a793683ef/content/images/2022/06/20.jpg) [Bandcamp](https://davidvirelles.bandcamp.com/album/nuna?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) | *No streaming for this album* | Label: [Pi Recordings](https://pirecordings.com/?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) in New York ## Numbers **Bandcamp** - **Majority are on Bandcamp:** 17 of the 20 albums (85%) - **Median number of collections** is 10 - **Big outlier:** *Nuna* by David Virelles is in 153 Bandcamp collections; no one else has more than 30\. David also has two previous albums with over 200+ collections each **Spotify** - **Majority are on Spotify:** 17 of the 20 albums (85%) - **Median monthly listener figure** is 108 - **Big outlier:** *The Artist* by John Lee has a monthly listener figure of over 57,000, more than double that of everyone else combined. How did he do it? [This playlist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWVqfgj8NZEp1?si=e6930e7bfad64523&ref=rhythmchanges.ca). ## And now the pièce de résistance **The Orange Grove Publicity effect** - [Orange Grove Publicity](https://orangegrovepublicity.com/?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) is the main jazz publicity firm in Canada (disclosure: I was a client in 2020) - They have a [radio program](https://orangegrovepublicity.com/ogr/?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) where they play their clients' music - The radio program [is on CFUV](https://cfuv.uvic.ca/cms/?shows=orange-grove-radio&ref=rhythmchanges.ca), which has an [Earshot chart](https://www.earshot-online.com/charts/cfuv.cfm?intChartTypeID=5&ref=rhythmchanges.ca) - 6 of the 10 charting jazz albums at CFUV are their clients Nice work if you can get it! In all seriousness: the typical jazz album on these charts earns only 10 Bandcamp sales or 100 monthly listeners for the artist. You're aspiring for better than that, and the chart won't get you beyond those marks. Canadian campus and community radio – though hosted and produced by nice people, in all likelihood – is a tiny and esoteric cottage industry. But you knew that already.