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For "Straight, No Chaser" this week, I chose some music associated with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the principles he stood for. Here are the selections we heard: Nina Simone -- "Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)" -- The Best of Nina Simone -- RCA -- rel. 1970 David Newman -- "A Change Is Gonna Come" - Bigger & Better -- Atlantic -- 1968 Illinois Jacquet -- "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" -- The King! -- Prestige -- 1968 Noah Baerman -- "Memphis, 1968" -- Soul Force -- Lemel -- 2004 Charlie Haden -- "Song For Che" -- Liberation Music Orchestra -- Impulse! -- 1969 Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy -- "Strange Fruit" -- The Fire This Time -- In + Out -- 1992 Oscar Peterson Trio -- "Hymn To Freedom" -- Night Train -- Verve -- 1962 Harold Land -- "The Peace-Maker" -- The Peace-Maker -- Cadet -- 1968 Charles Mingus -- "Prayer for Passive Resistance" -- Passions of A Man -- Atlantic -- 1960 Albert Ayler-- "Divine Peacemaker" -- The Village Concerts (The Dedication Series / Vol. VII) -- Impulse! -- 1966 Chico Hamilton Quintet -- "Freedom Traveler" -- Charles Lloyd: NIrvana -- Columbia -- 1962 Rashied Ali, Peter Kowald & Assif Tsahar -- "Freedom Train" -- Deals, Ideas & Ideals -- Hopscotch -- 2000 Ornette Coleman -- "Peace Warriors" (Quartet version) -- In All Languages -- Verve -- rel. 1978 Oliver Lake -- "Electric Freedom Colors" -- Ntu: Point From Which Creation Begins -- Arista -- 1971 Chico Freeman -- "Freedom Swing Song" -- Peaceful Heart, Gentle Spirit -- Contemporary -- 1980 Nina Simone -- "Backlash Blues" -- Forever Young, Gifted & Black -- RCA -- 1968 To hear a streaming version of the show, head for the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time in the next two weeks.

What a great player he was! I did a two-hour tribute to Paul Bley Monday night on my radio show on KBCS. If you are interested, you can hear a streaming version of the program (until Jan. 25) in the audio archive on the station website, www.kbcs.fm. Just look up January 11 and "Straight, No Chaser." The playlist is on the latest page of my Organissimo thread, "Straight, No Chaser" Playlists, under "Jazz Radio and Podcasts."

This week's "Straight, No Chaser" was devoted to the recordings of the great Paul Bley (1932-2016). Here is the music we heard: Paul Bley -- "When Will The Blues Leave" -- Floater / The Floater Syndrome -- Savoy Jazz -- 1962 Paul Bley -- "Darkness" -- Sonor -- Soul Note -- 1983 Paul Bley -- "Eighth Avenue" -- Nothing To Declare -- Justin Time -- 2003 Paul Bley -- "Opus One" -- Introducing Paul Bley -- Debut -- 1953 Paul Bley & Gary Peacock -- "Again Anew" -- Partners -- Owl -- 1989 Paul Bley -- "Blood" -- Mr. Joy -- Trip -- 1968 Paul Bley,John Gilmore, Paul Motian & Gary Peacock -- "King Korn" -- Turning Point -- Improvising Artists -- 1964 Paul Bley -- "Ida Lupino" -- Open, To Love -- ECM -- 1972 Paul Bley Trio -- "Batterie" -- Closer -- ESP-Disk -- 1965 Paul Bley, Evan Parker & Barre Phillips -- "Variation 2" -- Sankt Gerold Variations -- ECM -- 1996 Paul Bley -- "Trio 4" -- 12 (+6) In A Row -- Hat Hut -- 1990 Paul Bley, Furio Di Castri & Tony Oxley -- "Touch Control" -- Chaos -- Soul Note -- 1994 Paul Bley -- "Lovers" -- Alone, Again -- Improvising Artists -- 1974 Paul Bley Group -- "Syndrome" -- The Paul Bley Group -- Soul Note -- 1985 Paul Bley, Gary Peacock & Paul Motian -- "Fig Foot" -- Not Two, Not One -- ECM -- 1998 Paul Bley -- "Points" -- Hands On -- Evidence -- 1993 Paul Bley -- "Mondsee Variations VIII" -- Solo in Mondsee -- ECM -- 2001 Paul Bley, Evan Parker & Barre Phillips -- "Above The Tree Line" -- Time Will Tell -- ECM -- 1994 Paul Bley -- "Moor" -- Paul Bley With Gary Peacock -- ECM -- 1970 Paul Bley -- "Kid Dynamite" -- Annette -- Hat Hut -- 1992 Check it out in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm. Next Monday night, "Straight, No Chaser" will feature music specially selected for the Martin Luther King holiday.

The January 4 edition of "Straight, No Chaser" is waiting for you in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, where you can access it any time in the next two weeks. Here is the playlist: John Coltrane -- "My Favorite Things" -- My Favorite Things -- Atlantic -- 1960 Lee Morgan -- "Zambia" -- Delightfulee -- Blue Note -- 1966 Leszek Kulakowski Ensemble -- "Regi" -- Looking Ahead -- Fortune -- 2014 Tom Collier -- "47th 'n' Hudson" -- Across the Bridge -- Origin -- 2015 (N) Gordon Beeferman -- "Part 4" -- Four Parts Five -- Innova -- 2014 (N) Purusha -- "Blues in G" -- Cosmic Friction -- Fortune -- 2014 (N) Odean Pope -- "Convictions" -- What Went Before Volume 1 -- Porter -- 1995 Bill Frisell -- "Pip, Squeak" -- Before We Were Born -- Elektra Musician -- 1988 John Abercrombie & Ralph Towner -- "Elbow Room" -- Sargasso Sea -- ECM -- 1976 Kurt Rosenwinkel -- "Synthetics -- The Enemies of Energy -- Verve -- 1996 Parker/Guy/Lytton & Marilyn Crispell -- "Sumach" -- Natives and Aliens -- Leo -- 1996 Frode Gjerstad & Derek Bailey -- "Studio" -- Nearly a D -- Emanem -- 2002 David Friesen & Glen Moore -- "Seam Line" -- Bactran -- Origin -- 2015 (N) Charlie Hunter Trio -- "Pho-Kus-On-Ho-Kus" -- Let the Bells Ring On -- (self) -- 2015 (N) S Y C H -- "Hermetic Mosaic" -- Lunar Roulette -- Strange Attractors -- 2010 Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Electro Acoustic Ensemble -- "Illumination Drone 17" -- The Space Between -- Delmark -- 2013 Scott Amendola -- "John Dieterich / Drake Hardin" -- Fade to Orange -- Sazi -- 2014

Here is the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on December 28: Jeremy Jones Xtet -- "Blues for PJ" -- Awakening to Life -- Broken Time -- 2009 Duane Eubanks Quintet -- "Beer & Water" -- Things of That Particular Nature -- Sunnyside -- 2014 (N) Tina Brooks -- "Up Tight's Creek" -- True Blue -- Blue Note -- 1960 Kenny Barron -- "Misterioso" -- At the Piano -- Xanadu -- 1981 Matija Dedic -- "Green Dolphin Street" -- Sentiana -- Blue Bamboo Music -- 2012 Mary Halvorson -- "Ida Lupino" -- Meltframe -- Firehouse 12 -- 2014 (N) Todd Sickafoose Group -- "Big Oak" -- Dogs Outside -- Evander Music -- 1999 Foreign Motion -- "Kaleidoscope" -- In Flight -- (self) Dave King -- "The Great Hammer" -- Indelicate -- Sunnyside -- rel. 2010 Nate Wooley & Ken Vandermark -- "Best Coast" -- East by Northwest -- Audiographic -- 2013 The Diplomats -- "The Unsure of Our Times" -- We Are Not Obstinate Islands -- Clean Feed -- 2004 Dave Douglas Quintet -- "Variable Current" -- Brazen Heart -- Greenleaf -- 2015 (N) Eric Dolphy -- "Aggression" -- Eric Dolphy at the Five Spot, Vol. 2 -- Prestige -- 1961 Marty Ehrlich -- "Generosity" -- New York Child -- Enja -- 1995 Ted Daniel -- "Illusions" -- In the Beginning -- Altura Music -- rel. 1997 Ed Ware -- "Goat" -- Ed Ware's Tree -- (self) -- 1999 Le Rex -- "Riff Raff" -- Wild Man -- Cuneiform -- 2014 (N)

Yeah! "Buzzin' Fly" is a long-time favorite of mine.

This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we set aside the new releases and threw some old chestnuts on the fire. As always, you can hear a streaming version of the show in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm. Here is the December 21 playlist: Miles Davis -- "Billy Preston" -- The Complete On The Corner Sessions -- Columbia -- c. 1972 Larry Coryell -- "No One Really Knows" -- Coryell -- Vanguard -- 1969 Walt Dickerson & Sun Ra -- "Space Dance" -- Visions -- Steeple Chase -- 1978 Andrew Hill -- "Pastoral Pittsburg" -- Mosaic Select: Andrew Hill Solo -- 1978 Eric Dolphy -- "God Bless The Child" -- Eric Dolphy in Europe, Vol. 2 -- Prestige -- 1961 Charles Tyler -- "Ode to Lady Day" -- [Steve Lacy Quartet] One Fell Swoop -- Silkheart -- 1986 Charles Lloyd -- "Song of Her" -- Forest Flower: Charles Lloyd at Monterey -- Atlantic -- 1966 John Coltrane -- "Saturn" -- Interstellar Space -- Impulse! -- 1967 Nels Cline & Gregg Bendian -- "Saturn" -- Interstellar Space Revisited -- Atavistic -- 1998 Oliver Lake -- "Lonely Blacks" -- Heavy Spirit -- Arista -- 1975 Steve Lacy -- "Cliches" -- The Door -- Novus -- 1988 Courtney Pine -- "And Then (A Warrior's Tale)" -- The Vision's Tale -- 1989 Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre -- "Mountain Duty" -- Ram's Runb -- Cadence Jazz -- 1981 Larry Coryell -- "Morning Sickness" -- Coryell -- Vanguard -- 1969 Have a very jazzy Christmas and a swinging New Year!

Here's what we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on December 14: Anthony Branker & Ascent -- "Arise" -- Blessings -- Origin -- 2007 Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid & Mike Reed -- "Munkt Munk" -- Artifacts -- 482 Music -- rel. 2015 (N) Josh Deutsch's Pannonia -- "Bingo's Bees" -- Another Time, Another Place -- Alternate Side -- 2012 Michael Bisio -- "Giant Chase" -- Accortet -- Relative Pitch -- 2014 (N) Michael Vlatkovich Septet -- "Madam Why" -- Ask 7 -- pfMentum -- 2014 High Definition Quartet -- "V" -- Bukoliki -- Fortune -- 2015 (N) Last Exit -- "The Black Bat (for Aki Ikuta)" & "Marked For Death" -- Iron Path -- EDP -- orig. rel. 1988 (N) David Friesen & Glen Moore -- "Caravan" -- Bactrian -- Origin -- 2015 (N) Patrick Battstone -- "Beyond the Horizon" -- Beyond the Horizon -- (self) -- 2014 Ben Monder -- "Hematophagy" -- Amorphae -- ECM -- 2013 (N) Cecil Taylor -- "Second Act of A, Part I" -- The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor -- Prestige -- 1969 Ivo Perelman Quartet -- "Datchki Dandara" -- Sound Hierarchy -- Music & Arts -- 1996 Amir ElSaffar & Hafez Modirzadeh - "7 Quintuplets / Triptych / Bass Solo" & "All Said and Done / Sirens / Reverence" -- Radif Suite -- Pi -- 2008 Enjoy it in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time in the next two weeks.

To hear this week's "Straight, No Chaser," head for the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm any time in the next two weeks and look under December 7. Here is the playlist: Frank Hewitt -- "Ghost of a Chance" -- We Loved You -- Smalls -- 2001 Joe Pass -- "Offbeat" -- Virtuoso #3 -- Pablo -- 1977 Tal Farlow -- "Out of Nowhere" -- Jazz Masters -- Concord Jazz Scott Amendola & Charlie Hunter -- "The Mighty" -- Pucker -- Sazi -- 2013 Michael Gibbs & the NDR Big Band (with Bill Frisell) -- "Subconscious Lee" -- Play a Bill Frisell Set List -- Cuneiform -- 2013 Ben Goldberg Quintet -- "Song and Dance" -- The Door, The Hat, The Chair, The Fact -- Cryptogramophone -- 2004 Jean-Luc Ponty Experience -- "Flipping, Part II" -- Open Strings -- BASF -- rel. 1973 David S. Ware -- "Theme of Ages" -- Surrendered -- Columbia -- rel. 2000 [CUT OFF DUE TO TECHNICAL PROBLEM] Sunny Murray -- "Unity" -- Hommage to Africa -- BYG -- 1969 Matt Mitchell -- "Wearing the Wig of Atrophy" -- Vista Accumulation -- Pi -- 2015 (N) General Music Project -- "Intro to Yellow" -- General Music Project -- Evidence -- 1993 Noah Howard -- "Creole Girl" -- Ole -- Chiaroscuro -- rel. 1979 Jackie McLean -- "Plight" -- Action -- Blue Note -- 1964 Mary Halvorson -- "Aisha" -- Meltframe -- Firehouse 12 -- 2014 (N) Wintsch / Weber / Wolfarth -- "Sweet Lodge" -- WWW -- Leo -- rel. 2006 Harris Eisenstadt -- "What's Equal to What" -- Canada Day IV -- Songlines -- 2015 (N)

The creative juices flowed freely tonight on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS. Here is the music we heard: Kai Winding & J. J. Johnson -- "Thou Swell" -- Nuf Said -- Bethlehem -- 1955 Joe Harriott Quartet -- "Straight Lines" -- The Joe Harriott Story -- Proper -- 1967 Tom Varner -- "Big Day" -- Long Night Big Day -- New World -- 1990 Le Rex -- "Hymn to the Cold" -- Wild Man -- Cuneiform -- 2014 (N) Kei Akagi Trio -- "Chasing a Whim" -- Circlepoint -- Time & Style Jazz -- 2014 (N) Raoul Bjorkenheim eCsTaSy -- "Quintrille" -- Out of the Blue -- Cuneiform -- 2014 (N) Evil Genius -- "Juke Prompt" -- Bitter Human -- Orenda -- 2015 (N) Bad Luck -- "Lure" -- Bad Luck 2 -- (self) [Evil Genius & Bad Luck are both appearing at The Royal Room in Seattle this Thursday, December 3.] Keefe Jackson Quartet -- "Maker" -- Seeing You See -- Clean Feed -- 2008 Michael Bisio, Raymond Boni, Dominic Duval & Joe McPhee -- "Port of Saints" -- Port of Saints -- CJR -- 2000 Michael Vlatkovich -- "Strodaad" -- Subjective Experience in a Commercial Free Zone -- pfMentum -- 2014 Geof Bradfield Quintet -- "Before This Time Another Year" -- Our Roots -- Origin -- 2014 (N) You can "like" the show on Facebook, here: https://www.facebook.com/StraightNoChaserOnKBCS/?fref=ts

Here's what we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on November 23: Jackie McLean -- "A Fickle Sonance" -- A Fickle Sonance -- Blue Note -- 1961 Ken McIntyre -- "Sea Train" -- Home -- Inner City -- 1975 Nicole Mitchell's Ice Crystal -- "Aqua Blue" -- Aquarius -- Delmark -- 2012 Don Pullen -- "New Beginnings" -- New Beginnings -- Blue Note -- 1988 Bobby Hutcherson -- "Head Start" -- Happenings -- Blue Note -- 1966 Mark Taylor Quintet -- "Timefield" -- QuietLand -- Mapleshade -- 1995 Dewey Redman -- "QOW" -- Coincide -- Impulse! -- 1974 Andrew Drury -- "Geek's Revenge" -- A Momentary Lapse -- Innova -- 2003 Jenny Scheinman -- "Blues for the Double Vee" -- Mischief & Mayhem -- (self) -- 2010 Evan Parker, Joe Morris & Nate Wooley -- "Wall Crown" -- Ninth Square -- Clean Feed -- 2014 Ballrogg -- "Sort of Patterns in a Chromatic Field" -- Insomnia -- Bolage -- 2009 Neil Welch -- "A Storm in Nebraska" -- Twelve Tiny Explosions -- Table & Chairs -- 2011 Fieldwork -- "Path of Action (for Horace Tapscott)" -- Your Life Flashes -- Pi -- 2002 Jon Irabagon's Outright! -- "Take Five" -- Unhinged -- Irabbagast-- 2012 Vijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa -- "Inside the Machine" -- Raw Materials -- Savoy Jazz -- 2005 Myra Melford -- "Night of Sorrow" -- Snowy Egret -- Enja -- 2013 (N) Mark Whitecage & Liquid Time -- "BushWacked" -- Mark Whitecage & Liquid Time -- Acoustics -- 1990 Rik Wright's Fundamental Forces -- "Sugar Crash" -- Green -- Hipsync -- rel. 2015 (N) Harris Eisenstadt -- "Sometimes It's Hard to Get Dressed in the Morning" -- Canada Day IV -- Songlines -- 2015 (N) Have a happy Thanksgiving holiday!

Here are the musical selections we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on November 16: Terence Blanchard -- "Fred Brown" -- Bounce -- Blue Note -- 2003 Hans Glawischnig -- "Crow Point" -- Jahira -- Sunnyside -- 2011 John Ehlis Ensemble -- "Day Into Night" -- John Ehlis Ensemble -- Sivac -- 1995/1996 Marta Sanchez Quintet -- "Patella Dislocation" -- Partenika -- Fresh Sound New Talent -- 2014 Lina Allemano Four -- "Jargon" -- Jargon -- Lumo -- 2010 Lou Grassi's Po Band & Joseph Jarman -- "Airplay" -- Joy of Being -- CIMP -- 2000 Cowboys and Frenchmen -- "Because" -- Rodeo -- Outside in Music -- rel. 2015 (N) Satoko Fujii Orchestra -- "Reminiscence" -- Jo -- Buzz -- 1998 AIMToronto Orchestra -- "Year of the Boar" -- Year of the Boar -- Barnyard -- 2010 Paul Rucker -- "Sunday Morning Walk in Jasper Texas" -- History of an Apology -- Jackson Street -- 2003 Marc Copland -- "Air Conditioning" -- Marc Copland And... -- Hat Hut -- 2002 Steve Lehman Trio -- "Jeannine" -- Dialect Fluorescent -- Pi - 2011 Tim Berne's Snakeoil -- "Small World in a Small Town" -- You've Been Watching Me -- ECM -- 2014 Kirk Knuffke -- "Level" -- Amnesia Brown -- Clean Feed -- 2008 Blake Tartare -- "Africa Used To Be Home" -- More Like Us -- Stunt -- rel. 2006 Gavin Templeton -- "Know Why" -- In Series -- 9 Winds -- 2011 LaMont Johnson -- "Dr. Mac Jackie" -- [Essence All Stars] Jackies Blues Bag -- Silva Screen -- 1996 Check it out in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

This week's "Straight, No Chaser" was dedicated to Sally Bryan (1920-2015). Here is the music we heard on November 9: Jessica Williams -- "Get Out of Town" -- Higher Standards -- Candid -- 1996 Fred Hersch -- "In Walked Bud" -- Solo -- Palmetto -- 2014 (N) Gerry Wiggins -- "Don't Blame Me" -- Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Eight -- Concord -- 1990 Pablo Held -- "I Have A Dream" -- Music -- Pirouet -- 2009 Bobby Avey -- "Late November" -- Be Not So Long To Speak -- Minsi Ridge -- 2011 Jacob Varmus Sextet -- "Phineas" -- Aegean -- Crows' Kin -- 2013 (N) Jeremy Wilms -- "Retraction" -- Diamond People -- (self) -- rel. 2014 Anthony Wilson -- "Chorale" -- Adult Themes -- Mama -- 1999 Matt Wilson Quartet -- "Humidity" -- Humudity -- Palmetto -- 2002 Stephen Gauci's Basso Continuo -- "Taryaga (Beyond Words)" -- Nididhyasana -- Clean Feed -- 2007 John Butcher -- "Curling / Charred" -- [John Butcher & Matthew Shipp] At Oto - Fataka -- 2010 Anthony Braxton -- "Composition 40J / Composition 110A (+108B & 69J)" -- Seven Compositions (Trio) 1989 -- Hat Hut -- 1989 Charles Mingus -- "Prayer For Passive Resistance" -- Pre-Bird -- Mercury -- 1960 Stanley Clarke, Bireli Lagrene & Jean-Luc Ponty -- "Bit of Burd" -- D-Stringz -- Verve -- 2014 (N) Joanne Brackeen -- "Telavivision" -- Popsicle Illusion -- Arkadia Jazz -- 1999 Benoit Delbecq -- "A Lack of Dreams" -- Circles and Calligrams -- Songlines -- 2009 Enrico Rava Quartet & Gianluca Petrella -- "Not Funny" -- Wild Dance -- ECM -- 2015 (N) If you like, "like" the show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StraightNoChaserOnKBCS/?fref=ts

This week on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS, we caught up with some of the best new jazz releases, and also heard a few older ones. To hear the show, head for the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm any time in the next two weeks. Here is the November 2 playlist: Gigi Gryce Sextet -- "A Night in Tunisia" -- Doin' The Gigi -- Uptown -- 1961 Shelly Manne & His Men -- "Bea's Flat" -- Here's That Manne -- Fresh Sound -- 1956 Sullivan Fortner -- "Parade" -- Aria -- Impulse! -- 2014 (N) Adam Niewood -- "Vertigo" -- Homage--Niewood Plays Niewood -- Vectordisc -- 2010 (N) Harris Eisenstadt -- "Let's Say It Comes In Waves" -- Canada Day IV -- Songlines -- 2015 (N) Orrin Evans -- "Professor Farworthy" -- The Evolution of Oneself -- Smoke Sessions -- 2014 (N) Keigo Hirakawa Trio -- "Cat on the Fence" -- And Then There Were Three -- (self) -- rel. 2014 (N) Cowboys & Frenchmen -- "Man of Constant Sorrow" -- Rodeo -- Outside in Music -- rel. 2015 (N) Scott DuBois -- "Noon White Mountain" -- Winter Light -- ACT -- 2015 (N) Joey Baron (with Bill Frisell) -- "Cherokee" -- Just Listen -- 2008 Matt Mitchell -- "Numb Trudge" -- Vista Accumulation -- Pi -- 2015 (N) Gil Evans Orchestra -- "Sunken Treasure" -- Out of the Cool -- Impulse! -- 1961 Bill Dixon -- "Son of Sisyphus" -- Son of Sisyphus -- Soul Note -- 1988 Amina Figarova -- "The Hustler" -- Blue Whisper -- In + Out -- 2015 (N)

At the Earshot Jazz Festival Saturday, an 80th birthday tribute to Julian Priester. It included a short set by Julian's quartet, with Dawn Clement, piano; Geoff Harper, bass; and Byron Vannoy, drums. Then Julian played a trombone duet with Stuart Dempster and was serenaded with a birthday song by a "trombone choir." Last night, two great sets by the Jessica Lurie Instant Light Ensemble, with Jessica Lurie, tenor sax, accordion, flute; Bill Horist, guitar; Rene Hart, bass; and Tarik Abouzied, drums.

Here is the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS-FM and www.kbcs.fm on Monday, October 26: Claire Daly Quartet -- "Brake's Sake" -- Baritone Monk -- NCB Jazz -- 2012Yves Leveille -- "Dissidence" -- Zone Indigone -- Effendi -- 2001Alex Sipiagin -- "Flash" -- Out of the Circle -- Sunnyside -- rel. 2008 Pete McCann -- "Realm" -- Range -- Whirlwind -- 2014 (N)Rik Wright's Fundamental Forces -- "Contradiction" -- Green -- HipSync -- rel. 2015 (N)John Scofield -- "Museum" -- Past Present -- Impulse! -- 2015 (N) Tomeka Reid Quartet -- "Billy Bang's Bounce" -- Tomeka Reid Quartet -- Thirsty Ear -- 2014 (N)3.5.7 Ensemble -- "Insatiable Machine" -- Amongst the Smokestacks and Steeples -- Milk Factory -- 2013 (N)Empty Cage Quartet -- "Tzolkien 2 + 9" -- Gravity -- Clean Feed -- 2008 Dave Douglas -- "Household Item" -- High Risk -- Greenleaf -- 2014 (N)Drumheller -- "Sketch #14" -- Glint -- Rat-Drifting -- 2009McDonas, Romus, Brumit & Baker -- "Discussion" -- Bloom -- Edgetone -- rel. 2006 Marilyn Crispell Trio -- "Cosmology 2" -- Storyteller -- ECM -- 2003Kenny Barron & Dave Holland -- "Dr. Do Right" -- The Art of Conversation -- Blue Note -- 2014Noah Bernstein -- "Jubilee" -- Six -- Hanley -- 2011 Josh Berman & His Gang -- "One Train May Hide Another" -- There Now -- Delmark -- 2011Coat Cooke & Rainier Wiens -- "Storm Eye" -- High Wire -- New Orchestra -- 2011Arcado String Trio -- "Living Bicycles" -- Arcado String Trio - JMT -- 1989 Ben Winkelman Trio -- "Trains" -- The Knife -- OA2 -- 2014 (N) Hear the show in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time in the next two weeks.

As evidence of this album's influence, there is a band in Seattle that named itself "Ask The Ages." Pretty good, too.

Last night at the Earshot Jazz Festival in Seattle, a great set by Tomeka Reid, cello; Nicole Mitchell, flute; and Mike Reed, drums. To celebrate the AACM's fiftieth anniversary, they played pieces by various AACM composers.

This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we continued to listen to some Earshot Jazz Festival artists, as well as others. Dates and venues for the festival acts are listed below. Here is the October 19 playlist: Billy Bang -- "Foggy Day In London Town" -- A Tribute to Stuff Smith -- Soul Note -- 1992Jeremy Pelt -- "Nephthys" -- Tales, Musings and Other Reveries -- High Note -- 2014 (N)Vincent Herring -- "The Adventures of Hyun Joo Lee" -- Night and Day -- Smoke Sessions -- 2014 (N) Brad Mehldau Trio -- "26" -- Ode -- Nonesuch -- 2011[Brad Mehldau Trio, Town Hall Seattle, Fri., Nov. 13]Chris Potter Quartet -- "What You Wish" -- Lift--Live at the Village Vanguard -- Sunnyside -- 2002[Chris Potter Trio, Triple Door, Sun., Nov. 15] Jenny Scheinman Quartet-- "Through the Dark" -- Live at Yoshi's -- Tzadik -- 1999Jeff Parker -- "Cubes" -- Like-Coping -- Delmark -- 2002Nels Cline Singers -- "Canales' Cabeza" -- Macroscope -- Cryptogramophone -- 2013[Scott Amendola Band, with Jenny Scheinman, Jeff Parker & Nels Cline, Triple Door, Sat., Nov. 14] Scott Amendola Band -- "Smarty Pants" -- Believe -- Cryptogramophone -- 2005[Scott Amendola Band, Triple Door, Sat., Nov. 14]Special O.P.S. -- "The Ceiling Down Here Is the Floor Upstairs" -- Arm Me -- Monktail Creative Music Concern -- 2004[Special O.P.S. & the Non Grata Band, Monktail Creative Music Concern 15th Anniversary, Royal Room, Mon., Oct. 26] The White Spot (with John Butcher, Torsten Muller & Dylan van der Schyff) -- "Schoepfia" -- Way Out Northwest -- Relative Pitch -- rel. 2012[Torsten Mueller and Phil Minton, Chapel Performance Space, Sat., Nov. 7]Conference Call -- "The Shining Star" -- Poetry in Motion -- Clean Feed -- 2006Michael Bisio -- "Livin' Large" -- Travel Music -- (self) -- 2010 The Bad Plus with Joshua Redman -- "Friend or Foe" -- The Bad Plus Joshua Redman -- Nonesuch -- rel. 2015Paul Bley -- "Solo 4" --12 (+6) In A Row -- Hat Hut -- 1990For information about the Earshot Jazz Festival, go to www.earshot.org. Catch a streaming version of this program, any time in the next two weeks, in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

Last Thursday it was the Ted Poor Quartet, with Bill McHenry, Josh Roseman & Eric Revis. Sunday it was Myra Melford with Snowy Egret. Both shows were part of the Earshot Jazz Festival in Seattle.

This week on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS, we paid tribute to alto saxophonist Phil Woods (1932-2015) and listened to some of the artists who are appearing in the Earshot Jazz Festival, which is now underway in Seattle. For more information about the festival, go to www.earshot.org. Here is this week's playlist, with notes about the artists' Earshot festival appearances: Phil Woods Quintet -- "The Best Is Yet To Come" -- All Bird's Children -- Concord Jazz -- 1990Phil Woods Quintet + 1 -- "Bradley's Revenge" -- Flash -- Concord Jazz -- 1989Phil Woods -- "Charles Christopher" -- Here's To My Lady -- Chesky -- 1988 Jovino Santos Neto -- "Festa de Ere (Children's Party)" -- Roda Carioca (Rio Circle) -- Adventure Music -- rel. 2006[Jovino Santos Neto, solo, with Edmar Castaneda, PONCHO Concert Hall, Oct. 16]Chano Dominguez -- "Los ejes de mi carreta"-- Iman -- Nuba -- rel. 2003[Chano Dominguez Trio, Teatro Zinzani, Oct. 28]Hugh Masakela -- "After Tears" -- Revival -- Heads Up -- rel. 2005[Hugh Masakela, Triple Door, Nov. 17 & 18] Dawn Clement -- "2-Day" -- Break -- Origin -- 2007[Mark Taylor & Dawn Clement Group, Tula's, Oct. 17]Marc Seales Band -- "Pont Marie" -- The Paris Suite -- (self) -- 2007[Seales Brothers Band, with Mark & Jesse Seals, Royal Room, Oct. 23]Anton Schwartz -- "The Contender" -- Flash Mob -- Anton Jazz -- 2013[Ed Reed & Anton Schwartz Play Hartman & Coltrane, Tula's, Nov. 6 & 7] The Westerlies -- "9/8" -- Wish the Children Would Come On Home -- Songlines -- 2014[The Westerlies & Skerik, Seattle Art Museum, Oct. 25]Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet -- "Philadelphia" -- Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet -- Repeadope -- 2002[The Westerlies & Skerik, Seattle Art Museum, Oct. 25; Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey & Skerik, Royal Room, Nov. 5 & 6]Jessica Lurie Ensemble -- "Pinjur" -- Shop of Wild Dreams -- Zipa! -- rel. 2008[Jessica Lurie Group, Tula's, Oct. 25] Julian Priester & Marine Intrusion -- "Scorpio Blue" -- Polarization -- ECM -- 1977Julian Priester & Sam Rivers -- "Public Servant" -- Hints on Light and Shadow -- Postcards -- 1996Julian Priester -- "Ecumene" -- In Deep End Dance -- Conduit -- 2002[Julian Priester 80th Birthday Celebration, PONCHO Concert Hall, Oct. 24] Wayne Horvitz -- "Simple Facts" -- Simple Facts -- TYFM -- 1980Wayne Horvitz -- "Extra Extra" -- This New Generation -- Elektra -- 1985Previte Sharp Horvitz Zorn -- "77 White" -- Downtown Lullaby -- Depth of Field -- 1998[Wayne Horvitz @ 60, Royal Room, Nov. 12] You can hear a streaming version of the program in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

Last night, the Wayne Shorter Quartet in the Earshot Jazz Festival.

On October 5, "Straight, No Chaser" guest host Brett Watanabe featured music by artists who are appearing in the Earshot Jazz Festival. For more information about the festival, go to www.earshot.org or call (206) 547-6763. Here are the tunes Brett played, with information about the artists' upcoming festival performances: Larry Fuller -- "Old Devil Moon" -- Larry Fuller[Larry Fuller Trio, Tula's Restaurant & Jazz Club, Nov. 13 & 14]Anat Cohen -- "After You've Gone" -- Clarinetwork, Live at the Village Vanguard[Anat Cohen Quartet, PONCHO Concert Hall, Nov. 10]Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey -- "Better Living Through Competitive Spirituality" -- The Battle For Earth (N)[Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey & Skerik, Royal Room, Nov. 5 & 6]Myra Melford -- "The Virgin of Guadalupe" -- Snowy Egret (N)[Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, Seattle Art Museum, Oct. 18]Andy Clausen -- "Who Goes There (Again)" -- The Wishbone Suite[Andy Clausen's Shutter Project, Seattle Art Museum, Nov. 1]Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Strings -- "Waris Dirie" -- Renegades[Tomeka Reid, Nicole Mitchell & Mike Reed, Chapel Performance Space, Oct. 23]Mimi Fox -- "Night and Day" -- Turtle Logic[Mimi Fox, Chapel Performance Space, Oct. 28; Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra w' Mimi Fox, Triple Door, Nov. 4]Julian Priester -- "24-Hour Leave" -- Keep Swingin'[Julian Priester 80th Birthday Celebration, PONCHO Concert Hall, Oct. 24]Kris Davis -- "Massive Threads" -- Massive Threads[Kris Davis Trio, PONCHO Concert Hall, Oct. 19]Frank Catalano -- "Shakin'" -- Bang![Frank Catalano Quartet, Tula's Restaurant & Jazz Club, Oct. 23 & 24]Charles Lloyd -- "Sweet Georgia Bright" -- Manhattan Stories[Charles Lloyd, Wild Man Dance, Town Hall Seattle, Oct. 17] If you're interested, check out a streaming version of the program in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time in the next two weeks. Tune in to "Straight, No Chaser" next Monday night for more music by Earshot artists.

My deepest condolences. After nine years, we still miss our family dog. We've never felt that another dog could replace her. The companionship of our pets eases our lives and makes us better humans.

Thanks to the listeners who have donated to KBCS during our fall fund drive. To join the growing family of KBCS supporters, call (425) 564-5000 or donate on-line at www.kbcs.fm. Here is the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on September 28: Ernestine Anderson -- "This Can't Be Love" -- Ernestine Anderson Swings the Penthouse -- Highnote -- 1962Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown -- "Turnpike" -- Brownie Speaks: The Complete Blue Note Recordings -- Blue Note -- 1953Charlie Parker -- "Salt Peanuts" -- The Complete Live Performances on Savoy -- Savoy Jazz -- 1948 Roy Hargrove Big Band -- "Tschpiso" -- Emergence -- EmArcy -- 2008Cynthia Mullis -- "Still Playin' It" -- Inside Job -- OA2 -- 2001 Stanley Cowell -- "Nostalgia for Homelands" -- Juneteenth -- Vision Fugitive -- 2014 (N)Fred Hersh Trio -- "Home Fries" -- Floating -- Palmetto -- rel. 2014Jason Moran -- "Lulu's Back in Town" -- All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller -- Blue Note -- rel. 2014 Charles Lloyd -- "Wild Man Dance" -- Wild Man Dance -- Blue Note -- 2013[Charles Lloyd will be in the Earshot Jazz Festival, Sat., October 17 at Town Hall Seattle.] 3.5.7 Ensemble -- "Stand Fast" -- Amongst the Smokestacks and Steeples -- Milk Factory Productions -- 2013/14 (N)Joel Harrison 5 -- "Sacred Love" -- Spirit House -- Whirlwind -- 2013 (N) Harrison Bankhead Sextet -- "Over Under Inside Out" -- Morning Sun Harvest Moon -- Engine -- 2010Gavin Templeton -- "Bug" -- In Series -- Nine Winds -- 2011Waxwing -- "A Bowl of Sixty Taxidermists" -- A Bowl of Sixty Taxidermists -- Songlines -- rel. 2015 (N) Ku-umba Frank Lacy & Mingus Big Band -- "Eclipse" -- Mingus Sings -- Sunnyside -- 2014 (N)Water Shed -- "Looking Outward" -- Wavelength Infinity: A Sun Ra Tribute -- Ratascan -- 1994 Next week, on October 5, Brett Watanabe will be your guest host on "Straight, No Chaser." Brett's playlist will emphasize artists who are appearing in this year's Earshot Jazz Festival. Catch this, or any other KBCS program, at your convenience in the KBCS audio archive at www.kbcs.fm