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This is the music heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on October 25: Lucky Thompson -- "Soul Food" -- Lucky In Paris -- High Note Abdullah Ibrahim -- "Eclipse At Dawn" -- Blues For A Hip King -- Camden Tal Farlow -- "You Stepped Out of A Dream" -- The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow -- Verve Wayne Shorter -- "Witch Hunt" -- Speak No Evil -- Blue Note Cecil Taylor -- "Rick Kick Shaw" -- Jazz Advance -- Fresh Sounds * Marion Brown -- "Spooks" -- Three For Shepp -- Impulse! * Marion Brown & Gunter Hampel -- "Improvisation" -- Reeds 'N Vibes -- Improvising Artists * Marion Brown -- "Why Not" -- Why Not -- ESP Avishai Cohen -- "Art Deco" -- Introducing Triveni -- Anzic (N) Gil Evans Orchestra -- "Spaced" -- Blues In Orbit -- Enja Dave Douglas -- "The View From Blue Mountain" -- Spirit Moves -- Green Leaf * Marion Brown Quintet -- "Gesprachsfetzen" -- Gesprachsfetzen -- Calig * Marion Brown Quartet -- "Sonnymoon For Two" -- La Placita--Live In Willisau -- Timeless Chris Potter 10 -- "Chief Seattle" -- Song For Anyone -- Sunnyside Flat Earth Society -- "Mutt" -- Cheer Me, Perverts! -- Crammed Discs Sam Yahel Trio -- "Saba" -- Truth And Beauty -- Origin * In honor of Marion Brown, 1931-2010 On Monday, November 1st, Brett Watanabe will be your guest host on "Straight, No Chaser." Listen to this week's show in the KBCS audio archives: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=15815

I'm biased about this because for many years I've done volunteer jazz programming for broadcast radio stations. Satellite radio may be good, but it's sucking up the audience for broadcast and Internet radio, especially the audience for non-mass-market music genres like jazz. It's part of a long-term trend that's causing radio stations to drop their specialized music programming and switch to talk formats. Sirius may program good stuff, but for me there's nothing like having a real live DJ whose selections are based on his or her personal taste.

Last night: A quartet led by trumpeter Lina Allemano of Toronto, performing in the Earshot Jazz Festival in Seattle. If you haven't heard her, check her out. While there are possible traces of Lester Bowie, Dave Douglas and perhaps Tomasz Stanko in her playing, Allemano has her own sound as well as a beautiful tone. Her sax player, Brodie West, is also quite good.

Again this week on "Straight, No Chaser," we listened to artists who are appearing in the 2010 Earshot Jazz Festival. Dates and venues are shown below: Gail Pettis (with Randy Halberstadt) -- "Night And Day" -- Here In The Moment -- OA2 (Gail Pettis & Friends, Tula's, Nov. 6) (Randy Halberstadt Quintet, Tula's, Nov. 3) Dawn Clement -- "2-Day" -- Break -- Origin (Jay Clayton / Dawn Clement Quartet, Tula's, Oct. 26) Wellstone Conspiracy -- "Turbulator" -- Motives -- Origin (Wellstone Conspiracy, Tula's, Oct. 23) Tia Fuller -- "Windsoar" -- Decisive Steps -- Mack Avenue (Tia Fuller Quartet, The Triple Door, Oct. 24) Matt Jorgensen (with Mark Taylor & Thomas Marriott) -- "Dialogue 2008" -- Tattooed By Passion -- Origin (Matt Jorgensen's Tattooed By Passion, The Triple Door, Oct. 26) (Mark Taylor Quartet, Tula's, Oct. 27) (Thomas Marriott New Chamber Jazz Ensemble, Chapel Performance Space, Nov. 6) Richard Cole -- "Secret Love" -- Inner Mission -- Origin (Richard Cole Quintet, Tula's, Oct. 20) Bill Frisell -- "A Worthy Endeavor (for Cajori)" -- Beautiful Dreamers -- Savoy Jazz (Bill Frisell Beautiful Dreamers Trio & Guests, The Triple Door, Nov. 3) The Teaching -- "A New Earth" -- The Teaching -- (self) (The Teaching, The Triple Door, Oct. 27) Ryuichi Sakamoto -- "Energy Flow" -- Moto-Tronic -- Sony (Ryuichi Sakamoto, Moore Theatre, Oct. 30) Steve Lehman Octet -- "Waves" -- Travail, Transformation And Flow -- Pi (Steve Lehman Octet, Seattle Art Museum, Oct. 29) Jack Wright & Bob Marsh -- "Plight of The Mocking Birds" -- Birds In The Hand -- Public Eyesore (Jack Wright & Gust Burns, Chapel Performance Space, Nov. 3) (Jack Wright / Gust Burns Large Ensemble, PONCHO Concert Hall, Nov. 6) Sticks And Stones (with Matana Roberts) -- "Isfahan" -- Shed Grace -- Thrill Jockey (Matana Roberts, Chapel Performance Space, Oct. 28) Darius Jones Trio -- "Chasing The Ghost" -- Man'ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing) -- AUM Fidelity (Darius Jones Trio, Rainier Valley Cultural Center, Oct. 23) Dafnis Prieto Sextet -- "Comandante" -- Taking The Soul For A Walk -- Danison (Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio, The Crocodile, Nov. 1) Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra -- "Passage Noir" -- The Endless Search -- Origin (Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra Presents Jazz Goes To The Movies, Nordstrom Recital Hall, Oct. 30; and Kirkland Performance Center, Nov. 7) As always, this program will be available for listening for the next two weeks in the KBCS audio archives: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=15692. For more information about the 2010 Earshot Jazz Festival, and for tickets, see the website, www.earshot.org -- or call Earshot Jazz at (206) 547-9787. Thanks for listening to jazz on KBCS! Continue to listen....

The Earshot Jazz Festival begins tonight in Seattle. The first show I plan to see is the Robert Glasper Trio this Sunday night. Over the next few weeks, I also hope to see the Lina Allemano Four, David Haney and Julian Priester, James Carter / John Medeski / Adam Rogers, Darius Jones, Scott Amendola Trio, Steve Lehman Octet, Wayne Horvitz and Soren Kjaergaard, Michael Blake's Lucky Thompson Project, and the Jack Wright / Gust Burns Large Ensemble. And those are only some of the good shows....

This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we listened to some of the artists who are appearing in the 2010 Earshot Jazz Festival in Seattle. The playlist includes the dates and venues of their performances: Randy Halberstadt (with Thomas Marriott & Mark Taylor) -- "Rigenia" -- Flash Point -- Origin (Randy Halberstadt Quintet, Tula's, Nov. 3) (Thomas Marriott Chamber Jazz Ensemble, Chapel Performance Space, Nov. 6) (Mark Taylor Quartet, Tula's, Oct. 27) Jay Thomas Quartet -- "What Is This Thing Called Love?" -- Live At Tula's, Volume 2 -- Merrimack (Jay Thomas Tribute To Milt Kleeb, Tula's, Oct. 16) Nelda Swiggett -- "Beyond That" -- This Time -- OA2 (Nelda Swiggett Trio, Tula's, Oct. 21) Jean-Michel Pilc -- "Action" -- New Dreams -- Dreyfus Jazz (Jean-Michel Pilc, Seattle Art Museum, Oct. 24) Robert Glasper -- "G & B" -- In My Element -- Blue Note (Robert Glasper Trio, The Triple Door, Oct. 17) Dave Peck -- "Skylark" -- Solo -- Let's Play Stella (Dave Peck, Solo, Chapel Performance Space, Oct. 29) Dafnis Prieto Sextet -- "Just Say It" -- Taking The Soul For A Walk -- Dafnison Music (Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio, The Crocodile, Nov. 1) Ziggurat Quartet -- "Prismic" -- Calculated Gestures -- Origin (Ziggurat Quartet, PONCHO Concert Hall, Nov. 6) Rufus Reid -- "Dry Land" -- Out Front -- Motema (Rufus Reid Trio, Tula's, Oct. 31 & Nov. 1) Brian Blade -- "Perceptual" -- Fellowship -- Blue Note (Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band, EMP/SFM, Nov. 5) Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet -- "A Fond Farewell (For Nica)" -- One Dance Alone -- Songlines (Wayne Horvitz/Soren Kjaergaard Group, PONCHO Concert Hall, Nov. 4) Michael Blake Sextet -- "Temporary Constellation" -- Amor De Cosmos -- Songlines (Michael Blake's Lucky Thompson Project, PONCHO Concert Hall, Nov. 4) Marc Seales (with Cuong Vu) -- "The Breaks" -- American Songs, Volume 1 -- (self) (Marc Seales with Robert Pinsky & Paul Gabrielson, Oct. 15) (Cuong Vu & Andrew D'Angelo, The Crocodile, Nov. 1) Chicago Underground Duo -- "Exponent Red" -- Axis And Alignment -- Thrill Jockey (Chicago Underground Duo, EMP/SFM, Oct. 16) Julian Priester -- "Ecumene" -- In Deep End Dance -- Conduit (Julian Priester & David Haney, Chapel Performance Space, Oct. 21) James Carter, John Medeski, Christian McBride, Adam Rogers & Joey Baron -- "Infiniment" -- Heaven On Earth -- Halfnote (James Carter, John Medeski, Adam Rogers "Heaven On Earth," The Triple Door, Oct. 22) Scott Amendola Trio -- "Tudo De Bom" -- Lift -- SAZi (Scott Amendola Trio, PONCHO Concert Hall, Oct. 26) Lina Allemano Four -- "Baw Baw Be" -- Gridjam -- Lumo (Lina Allemano Four, Chapel Performance Space, Oct. 19) For more information about the 2010 Earshot Jazz Festival, see www.earshot.org. You can listen to this program any time in the next two weeks in the KBCS audio archives: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=15585 Thanks for listening to jazz on KBCS!

I heard that the Japanese engineers who invented the audio CD had a goal to fit Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on a single disk, not that LP producers had that goal. The Ninth clocks in at about 75 minutes, depending on the conductor, so that makes sense.

Thanks to the listeners who have donated to KBCS during our fall fund drive. Here is the music we heard between appeals for funding on "Straight, No Chaser" on October 4: Gene Bertoncini -- "Lush Life / Isfahan" -- Quiet Now -- Ambient Fred Hersch & Gary Burton -- "Beautiful Love" -- Fred Hersch & Friends--The Duo Album -- Classical Action Richard Cole -- "Blame It On My Reed" -- Inner Mission -- Origin (N) Max Roach -- "Effi" -- Members, Don't Git Weary -- Collectables Rez Abassi Acoustic Quartet -- "Pakistani Minor" -- Natural Selection -- Sunnyside (N) Stephan Crump -- "Shoes, Jump" -- Reclamation -- Sunnyside John Zorn, George Lewis & Bill Frisell -- "Eastern Incident" -- News For Lulu -- Hat Art Scott DuBois -- "River Life" -- Black Hawk Dance -- Sunnyside Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet -- "Mississippi Goddamn" -- Live At The Triple Door -- Royal Potato Family Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green -- "Summit" -- Apex -- Pi (N) Wally Shoup, Gust Burns, Reuben Radding & Greg Campbell -- "Staccato Flue" -- The Levitation Shuffle -- Clean Feed Lisle Ellis -- "P.B.'s Parable" -- Elevations -- Victo Duke Ellington & John Coltrane -- "The Feeling of Jazz" -- Duke Elilngton & John Coltrane -- Impulse! Frank Hewitt -- "I'll Remember April" -- We Loved You -- Smalls Jerome Harris -- "Out To Lunch" -- Hidden In Plain View -- New World It's not too late to contribute to KBCS and help support community radio in our community. Call 425-564-5000 or pledge on-line at www.kbcs.fm. Thanks for listening to jazz on KBCS! Continue to listen....

Also appearing in the Earshot festival this year and worthy of note: Eugene Chadbourne; James Carter, John Medeski & Adam Rogers ("Heaven On Earth"); the Darius Jones Trio; Jack Wright & Gust Burns (as a duo and with a large ensemble); the Steve Lehman Octet; and Michael Blake's Lucky Thompson Project.

I hope to hear Ray Vega and Thomas Marriott (aka The East-West Trumpet Summit) at the New Orleans Cafe in Seattle tonight.

Here is the music played on “Straight, No Chaser” on September 27: Plas Johnson – “’Round Midnight” – The Warm Sound of Plas Johnson, Tenor Sax, Volume 1—Midnight Blues – Blue Moon Kenny Dorham – “Sunset” – Whistle Stop – Blue Note Art Farmer – “Raincheck” – Something To Live For – Contemporary Roy Haynes Quartet – “Long Wharf” – Out of The Afternoon – Impulse! Jimmy Greene – “Trials” – Mission Statement – RazDaz Roy Haynes – “Like This” – Te-Vou! – Dreyfus Jazz Wallace Roney – “Mystikal” – Mystikal – HighNote Liam Sillery – “Holding Pattern” – Phenominology – OA2 Norbert Stein & Pata, Horns & Drums – “This Is You” – Silent Sitting Bulls – PataMusic (N) Sideshow – “Slugging A Vampire” – Songs of Charles Ives – Blueshift Leo Smith – “Spirit Catcher” – Spirit Catcher – Nessa * Darius Jones – “Big Train Rollin’” – Man’ish Boy (A Raw And Beautiful Thing) – AUM Fidelity The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble – “Waltz For Woody (For Woody Shaw)” – Miles Away – Stones Throw Lloyd Miller – “Modality” – The Heliocentrics (OST) – Strut Ahleuchatistas – “Post-Colonial Nausea” – Even In The Midst… -- Cuneiform Joe Morris – “There’s Probably No Other Way” – No Vertigo – Leo Lookout Farm – “Lookout Farm” – David Liebman & Richie Beirach—Mosaic Select – Mosaic Sarah Wilson – “Underneath The Soil” – Trapeze Project – Brass Tonic (N) * The Darius Jones Trio plays in the Earshot Jazz Festival on October 23. Join us for the KBCS Fund Drive, next Monday, October 4.

This is the music heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on September 20: Herb Ellis -- "Pogo" -- Ellis In Wonderland -- Verve Steve Turre -- "African Shells--Third Interlude--Happiness" -- Sanctified Shells -- Antilles Rez Abassi Acoustic Quartet -- "Bees" -- Natural Selection -- Sunnyside (N) Cory Weeds -- "Fine And Dandy" -- The Many Deeds of Cory Weeds -- Cellar Live (N) Nadav Snir-Zelniker Trio -- "Pizmon Layakinton (Song For The Hyacinth)" -- Thinking Out Loud -- OA2 Masada Quintet Featuring Joe Lovano -- "Serakel" -- Stolas--Book of Angels, Volume 12 -- Tzadik Charles Lloyd Quartet -- "Being And Becoming" -- Mirror -- ECM (N) New Art Jazz Ensemble -- "Song For The Unsung" -- John Carter & Bobby Bradford--Mosaic Select -- Mosaic George Marsh & Mel Graves -- "McNabb The Crabb" -- Upon A Time -- New Albion Joe McPhee Quartet -- "Message From Denmark" -- Underground Railroad -- Atavistic ROVA Saxophone Quartet -- "The Chord of War" -- Terry Riley--Chanting The Light of Foresight -- New Albion Liberty Ellman -- "You Have Ears" -- Ophiuchus Butterfly -- Pi Marilyn Crispell -- "Collage For Coltrane II" -- For Coltrane -- Leo Denman Maroney Quartet -- "Detach & Retain" -- GAGA -- Nuscape Dom Minasi's DDT + 2 -- "Waltz For Eric" -- Time Will Tell -- CDM Either/Orchestra -- "The Petrograd Revision" -- Mood Music For Time Travellers -- Accurate (N) Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet -- "Summer Pudding" -- Live At The Triple Door -- Royal Potato Family * Geri Allen -- "Holdin' Court" -- The Life of A Song -- Telarc * Geri Allen presents her tribute to Eric Dolphy at The Jazz Alley in Seattle, this Tuesday and Wednesday, September 21 & 22.

Tonight Geri Allen brings her Eric Dolphy tribute to our town.

I played three extended Noah Howard tracks -- from Ole, Judson Hall and Village Vanguard -- on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS last night. For two weeks after broadcast, you can listen to this and other KBCS programs in the station's audio archives: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=15145

On "Straight, No Chaser" this week, we paid tribute to two notable and very different saxophone players, Hadley Caliman (1932-2010) and Noah Howard (1943-2010). Here's the playlist: Ben Webster -- "Straight, No Chaser" -- For The Guv'nor -- Affinity Hadley Caliman -- "Lush Life" -- Straight Ahead -- Origin Hadley Caliman -- "Comencio" -- Hadley Caliman -- Mainstream Hadley Caliman -- "Kicking On The Inside" -- Gratitude -- Origin Ralph Peterson -- "Johnny Come Lately" -- Ralph Peterson Presents The Fo'tet -- Something Else Jimmy Giuffre 3 -- "Venture" -- Jimmy Giuffre 3, 1961 -- ECM Vijay Iyer -- "Epistrophy" -- Solo -- ACT (N) Matt Jorgensen -- "Dialogue 2008" -- Tattooed By Passion -- Origin (N) Noah Howard -- "Ole" -- Ole -- Chiaroscuro Noah Howard -- "Dedication (To Albert Ayler)" -- Live At The Village Vanguard -- Freedom 3rd Man -- "aBROXimation" -- 3rd Man -- Acme Serge Pesce -- "La danse du paon ebouriffe 1" -- L'odore del caffe -- Zuzurelone Floratone -- "Take A Look" -- Floratone -- Blue Note Noah Howard -- "This Place Called Earth" -- Noah Howard At Judson Hall -- ESP Tom Baker Quartet -- "Bit By Bitt" -- Save -- Present Sounds For two weeks after broadcast, you can listen to this and other KBCS programs in the station's audio archives: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=15145

Thanks to Brett Watanabe for sitting in on “Straight, No Chaser” on September 6. Here is Brett’s playlist: Marcus Roberts – “The Arrival” – The Truth Is Spoken Here – Novus (RCA) Don Byron – “Tangerine” – No Vibe Zone – Knitting Factory Drew Gress – “Neapolitan” – The Irrational Numbers – Koch Jenny Scheinman – “American Dipper” – Shalagaster – Tzadik Victor Noriega – “Guile” – Fenceless – Pony Boy Ettore Fioravanti – “Siciliana” – Belcanto – RAM John Lindberg – “Four Fathers” – A Tree Frog Tonality – Between The Lines The Marriott Jazz Quartet – “Blues For La Cuiza” – The High Country – Redraspus Kenny Clarke – “Apothegh” – Kenny Clarke Meets The Detroit Jazz Men – Savoy (Denon) Cecilia Smith – “Coming Forth” – High Standards – Brownstone Asian American Jazz Orchestra – “Reparations Now” – Big Band Behind Barbed Wire – Asian Improv The Prestige Jazz Quartet – “Take Three Parts Jazz” – The Prestige Jazz Quartet – Prestige You can access this program on-line for the next two weeks at: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=15020 Thanks for listening to jazz on KBCS! Continue to listen….

Three Mosaic Select sets -- Andrew Hill Solo; David Liebman & Richie Beirach; John Carter & Bobby Bradford. I finally decided I couldn't do without them!

This is the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on August 30: Hadley Caliman & Pete Christlieb -- "Nasty Green" -- Reunion -- Origin (N) Curtis Fuller -- "The Clan" -- I Will Tell Her -- Capri (N) Christian Howes -- "When Will The Blues Leave" -- Out of The Blue -- Resonance (N) Joe Chambers -- "Mendacity" -- Horace To Max -- Savant Andrew Hill -- "17 Mile Drive" -- Mosaic Select--Andrew Hill Solo -- Mosaic Arun Luthra's Svaha -- "Convergence, Divergence (For Rory Stuart)" -- Tangibility -- (self) Peter Epstein & Idee Fixe -- "Dark To Light" -- Abstract Realism -- Origin Darcy James Argue's Secret Society -- "Zeno" -- Infernal Machines -- New Amsterdam Uri Caine Trio -- "Snaggletooth" -- Live At The Village Vanguard -- Winter & Winter Archie Shepp & The New York Contemporary Five -- "When Will The Blues Leave" -- The New York Contemporary Five -- Delmark (N) Miles Davis -- "It's About That Time" -- The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 -- Columbia John Zorn -- "Tamangiri" -- Cobra--John Zorn's Game Pieces, Volume 2 -- Tzadik Jeff Marks, Jeff "Siege" Siegel & John Esposito -- "Apprehensive" -- Inyo -- Sun Jump Sonore -- "Better A Bird Than A Cow" -- Call Before You Dig...Loft/Koln -- Okkadisk Steve Lacy -- "Jack's Blues" -- The Beat Suite -- Sunnyside Paul Tynan & Aaron Lington -- "Book of Ballymote" -- Bicoastal Collective: Chapter Two -- OA2 Esperanza Spalding -- "Really Very Small" -- Chamber Music Society -- Heads Up (N) For the next two weeks, you can hear this program on-line in the KBCS audio archives: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=14904 Thanks for listening to jazz on KBCS! Continue to listen...

Here is the August 23 playlist for "Straight, No Chaser": Wayne Horvitz -- "Capricious Midnight" -- American Bandstand -- Songlines Jacky Terrasson -- "Morning" -- Push -- Concord Garage A Trois -- "Merpati" -- Outre Mer -- Spire Hilario Duran Trio -- "Conversation With A Lunatic" -- Motion -- Alma (N) Sunna Gunnlaugs -- "Anima" -- The Dream -- Sunny Sky (N) Oleg Kireyev & Keith Javors -- "Springtime" -- Rhyme And Reason -- Inarhyme Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra -- "Pollock" -- Portrait In Seven Shades -- Jazz At Lincoln Center Odean Pope Saxophone Choir -- "Coltrane Time" -- Epitome -- Soul Note Andrew Hill -- "Euterpe" -- Pax -- Blue Note Vince Mendoza -- "Bluesounds Movement VI" -- Blauklang / Bluesound -- ACT John McLaughlin -- "Special Beings" -- To The One -- Mediastarz NRG Ensemble -- "American Tan" -- Calling All Mothers -- Quinnah Ronin -- "Albert's Ghost" -- Outside The Box -- (self) Chicago Underground Duo -- "Spy On The Floor" -- Boca Negra -- Thrill Jockey Cindy Blackman -- "Prince of Darkness" -- In The Now -- Highnote George Mraz -- "Wine, Oh Wine" -- Morava -- Milestone To listen to the show on-line, any time in the next two weeks, visit the KBCS audio archives here: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=14791

The August 16 edition of "Straight, No Chaser" was dedicated to the memory of George Shangrow, the prominent Seattle classical musician and conductor who was recently killed in a traffic accident. George was a shining light in the music community. He was also my friend and brother-in-law. To honor George, we listened to selected classical compositions as interpreted by jazz musicians. Here is the music we heard: Django Reinhardt -- "Liebestraum No. 3" (Liszt) -- Django Reinhardt, Volume 5 -- JSP John Kirby -- "Beethoven Riffs On" -- Boss of The Bass -- Columbia The Wayland Quartet -- "Flute Sonata in E Major" (J.S. Bach) -- Jazz Loves Bach -- Four Corners The Swingle Singers -- "Eine Kleine Nacht Music--Rondo" (Mozart) -- Anyone For Mozart? -- Philips The L.A. 4 -- "Ronde Espressivo" (C.P.E. Bach) -- Concierto de Aranjuez -- Concord Jazz David White Trio -- "Piano Sonata No. 1" (Hindemuth) -- Words And Music -- MMC Larry Coryell -- "Bolero" (Ravel) -- Visions In Blue: Coryell Plays Ravel And Gershwin -- Soundscreen Jason Moran -- "Intermezzo, Op. 118, No. 2" (Brahms) -- The Bandwagon -- Blue Note Tamir Hendelman -- "Le Tombeau de Couperin" (Ravel) -- Destinations -- Resonance (N) Joachim Kuhn -- "Sarabande (from Partita II)" (J.S. Bach) -- The Diminished Augmented System -- EmArcy Hubert Laws -- "The Rite of Spring" (Stravinsky) -- The Rite of Spring -- CTI Drew Gress' Heyday -- "Mikrokosmos #125" (Bartok) -- Jagged Sky -- Soul Note Ted Nash -- "Premiere Rhapsodie" (Debussy) -- Sidewalk Meeting -- Arabesque Uri Caine Ensemble -- "Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, First Movement" (Mozart) -- Uri Caine Plays Mozart -- Winter & Winter Willem Breuker Kollektief with Mondriaan Strings -- "Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra, Third Movement" (Haydn) -- Metropolis -- BVHaast Keshavan Maslak & Katsuyuki Itakura -- "Le Piege de Meduse--2" (Satie) -- Excuse Me, Mr. Satie -- Leo The Other Quartet -- "Piano Concerto No. 2, Second Movement" (Shostakovich) -- Sound Stains -- Knitting Factory Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra -- "Goin' Home (from the Largo of The New World Symphony)" (Dvorak) -- Not In Our Name -- Verve As always, this program will be available for the next two weeks in the KBCS audio archives: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=14675 For more information about George Shangrow, see: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thearts/2012535854_shangrow08.html http://www.osscs.org/ http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?n=george-shangrow&pid=144529680 Thanks for listening to jazz on KBCS! Continue to listen...

Thanks to John Midgley and Brett Watanabe for hosting “Straight, No Chaser” while I was away. Here is the music that John played on August 2: Robert Glasper – “Maiden Voyage / Everything In Its Right Place” – In My Element – Blue Note Vijay Iyer Trio – “Somewhere” – Historicity – ACT Fly – “Dharma Days” – Sky & Country – ECM Jim Hall – “Quadrologue” – Textures – Telarc Myra Melford – “Yet Can Spring (For Don Pullen)” – Above Blue – Arabesque Thelonious Monk – “Think of One” – The Complete Prestige Recordings – Prestige Grachan Moncur III – “Monk in Wonderland” – Mosaic Select 1 – Mosaic Max Roach / Abbey Lincoln – “Lonesome Lover” – It’s Time – Impulse! McCoy Tyner – “The Wanderer” – Extensions – Blue Note Steve Lacy – “Hornin’ In” – Reflections – New Jazz John Lewis / Albert Mangelsdorff – “Set ‘Em Up” – Animal Dance – Atlantic Don Ellis Orchestra – “Passacaglia And Fugue” – Live At Monterey – Pacific Jazz Oliver Nelson – “Patterns” – Sound Pieces – Impulse! Wayne Shorter – “Armageddon” – Night Dreamer – Blue Note Eri Yamamoto – “Thank You” – Duologue – (self) Horace Tapscott – “As A Child” – Thoughts of Dar Es Salaam – Arabewque Haden/ Cherry/Redman/Blackwell – “Guinea” – Old And New Dreams -- ECM Be sure to check out John’s on-line jazz show, “Jazz Kaleidoscope,” in the archives at www.kbcs.fm. Here is Brett’s playlist from August 9: Prince Lasha & Sonny Simmons – “Psalms of Solomon” – Firebirds – Contemporary Dan Galley Jazz Orchestra – “11th Hour (For Michael Brecker)” – What Did You Dream? – OA2 (N) Leon Thomas & Oliver Nelson – “The Creator Has A Master Plan” – Leon Thomas In Berlin With Oliver Nelson – Flying Dutchman Michele Rosewoman – “The Thrill of Real Love” – Quintessence – Enja India Cooke – “Logan’s Reel” – Red Handed – Music And Arts Berkeley Sam Rivers – “Dazzle” – Contrasts – ECM William Parker – “Purple” – O’Neal’s Porch – AUM Fidelity Lem Winchester – “Mysticism” – Winchester Special – Prestige Deardorf / Peterson Group – “The Last Minute” – Portal – Origin Ralph Towner – “Wistful Thinking” – Chiaroscuro – ECM (N) New York Art Quartet – “Rosmosis” – The New York Art Quartet – ESP The KBCS family mourns the loss of Charles Brown, a co-host of “Gospel Highway.” There will be a memorial service for Charles at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 1634 – 19th Ave., Seattle, on Saturday, August 21, at 11:00 a.m. Thanks for listening to jazz on KBCS. Continue to listen…

Here is the playlist for the July 26 edition of "Straight, No Chaser": Benjamin Koppel, Larry Goldings & Bill Stewart -- "Armadillo Run" -- Hammond Street -- Cowbell Kurt Rosenwinkel -- "Synthetics" -- The Enemies of Energy -- Verve (In memory of Willem Breuker) Willem Breuker Kollektief -- "Casablanca Suite" -- Klop op de Vuurpil 1985 -- BVHAAST Louis Sclavis -- "De Charybde en Scylla" -- Lost On The Way -- ECM Jessica Lurie & Metropoliziani -- "Urban Raga" -- La Luce de Azzurra -- Zipa! Lionel Loueke -- "Nefertiti" -- Mwaliko -- Blue Note Willem Breuker Kollektief w/ Vera Beths String Quartet -- "Spanish Wells" -- Rhapsody In Blue -- BVHAAST Marc Ribot -- "Invocation" -- Spiritual Unity -- Pi Joe Morris, Ken Vandermark & Luther Gray -- "Rebus 3" -- Rebus -- Clean Feed Mark Feldman & Sylvie Courvoisier -- "Vis-a-Vis" -- Oblivia -- Tzadik Willem Breuker Kollektief -- "Kontrafunkt" -- Willem Breuker Kollektief / William Breuker Collective -- About Time Gunter Hampel Jazz All-Stars -- "Little Bird" -- Jazzlife -- Birth Steve Coleman And Five Elements -- "Beba" -- Harvesting Resemblances And Affinities -- Pi I'm taking a couple of weeks off. John Midgley will be your guest host on "Straight, No Chaser" next Monday, August 2, and Brett Watanabe will fill in on August 9. Thanks for listening to jazz on KBCS. Continue to listen...

Hoping to catch the Dana Reason trio tonight at the Bastyr University Chapel in Kenmore, Wash.

Here is the music that we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on July 19: Charles Mingus -- "Scenes In The City" -- Jazz Workshop 1957-1958 Linda Oh Trio -- "A Year From Now" -- Entry -- Linda Oh Music Julian Joseph -- "Medley: Reality / These Foolish Things / Just One of Those Things" -- Harrison Parrott Geri Allen -- "Red Velvet In Winter" -- Flying Toward The Sound -- Motema (In memory of Bill Dixon) Bill Dixon -- "A Song For Claudia's Children" -- Thoughts -- Soul Note Bill Dixon -- "Dance Piece" -- Bill Dixon In Italy, Volume Two -- Soul Note Jeff Gauthier Goatette -- "Don't Answer That" -- One And The Same -- Cryptogramophone Jakob Bro -- "Optimistic" -- Daydreamer -- Loveland Nicole Mitchell Black Earth Ensemble -- "Curbside Fantasee" -- Hope, Future And Destiny -- Dreamtime (In memory of Fred Anderson) Fred Anderson--Marilyn Crispell--Hamid Drake -- "Destiny 2" -- Destiny -- Okkadisk Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake -- "Know Your Advantage (The Great Tradition): -- Back Together Again -- Thrill Jockey Peggy Lee & Dylan Van der Schyff -- "Enigma of A Gumboot" -- These Are Our Shoes Dana Reason Trio -- "Transition" -- Revealed -- Circumvention (Dana Reason is appearing at 7:30 p.m., Friday, July 23 at the Bastyr University Chapel in Kenmore.) Triptych Myth -- "Poppa's Gin In The Chicken Feed" -- The Beautiful -- AUM Fidelity Yuri Honing & Misha Mengelberg -- "Jingle" -- Playing -- Jazz In Motion You can listen to this program on-line in the KBCS Streaming Audio Archive for two weeks after the broadcast date. Here is the link: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=14248. Just click "Listen."

Many thanks to Megan Sullivan, who hosted "Straight, No Chaser" on June 28 and July 5. You can hear her on-line program, "Shape of Modern Jazz," in the audio archives at www.kbcs.fm. Here is the music that Megan played on June 28: Kenny Drew Trio -- "Come Rain Or Come Shine" -- Kenny Drew Trio -- Riverside Cannonball Adderley -- "One For Daddy-O" -- Somethin' Else -- Blue Note Freddie Hubbard -- "Hub's Nub" -- Open Sesame -- Blue Note Lee Morgan -- "Mr. Kenyatta" -- The Best of Lee Morgan -- Blue Note Grant Green & Bobby Hutcherson -- "Jean De Fleur" -- Idle Moments -- Blue Note Ella Fitzgerald -- "Midnight Sun" -- For The Love of Ella -- Verve / Polygram Joe Henderson -- "Punjab" -- In 'N Out -- Blue Note Kenny Dorham -- "Afrodisia" -- Afro-Cuban -- Blue Note Cal Tjader -- "Shosana" -- Gozame! Pero Ya... -- Concord Picante Ray Vega & Arturo Sandoval -- "Besame Mama" -- Jam Miami: A Celebration of Latin Jazz -- Concord Jazz Wayne Shorter -- "Mahjong" -- Juju -- Blue Note Azar Lawrence -- "Adrees" -- Mystic Journey -- Independent Miles Davis -- "E.S.P." -- E.S.P. -- Columbia Jason Moran -- "Crepuscule With Nellie" -- TEN -- Blue Note (N) Andrew Hill -- "Plantation Bag" -- Passing Ships -- Blue Note Tom Harrell -- "Storm Approaching" -- Roman Nights -- Highnote Bobby Hutcherson -- "Oblique" -- Oblique -- Blue Note This is Megan's playlist for the July 5 show: Charlie Parker -- "Cool Blues" -- Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker -- Rhino Thad Jones -- "April In Paris" -- The Magnificent Thad Jones -- Blue Note Sonny Rollins -- "Far Out East" -- Brass And Trio -- Verve Bill Evans -- "Nardis" -- The Best of Bill Evans -- UMG Oliver Nelson -- "Daylie's Double" -- Fantabulous -- Verve Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane -- "Functional" -- Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane -- Original Jazz Classics John Coltrane -- "Nature Boy" -- Selections From Legacy And A Love Supreme -- Impulse! Herbie Hancock -- "Traingle" -- Inventions And Dimensions -- Blue Note Miles Davis -- "Petits Machins" -- Filles De Kilimanjaro -- Columbia Chick Corea -- "Wigwam" -- Originations -- Stretch Don Was -- "What Do They Call This Drink?" -- Backbeat (Soundtrack) -- Virgin Chris Graham Trio -- "Sibrahom" -- After-Birth of Cool -- Independent Drew Gress -- "Like It Never Was" -- 7 Black Butterflies -- Premonition Kenny Garrett -- "Lonnie's Lament" -- Pursuance: Music of John Coltrane -- Warner Bros. Claudia Quintet With Gary Versace -- "Crane Merit" -- Royal Toast -- Cuneiform (N) Jason Moran -- "Gangsterism Over 10 Years" -- TEN -- Blue Note (N) Harvie S -- "Eili Gheal Chium" -- Cocolamus Bridge -- Independent Finally, here are the tunes we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on July 12: Freddie Hubbard -- "Space Track" -- Without A Song--Live In Europe 1969 -- Blue Note Ray Vega & Thomas Marriott -- "Pelham Gardens" -- East-West Trumpet Summit -- Origin (N) Flat Earth Society -- "Bad Linen" -- Cheer Me, Perverts! -- Crammed Discs Nadja Trio -- "Zoltan" -- Ibiscus -- Empriente Peter Bernstein + 3 -- "Relativity" -- Heart's Content -- Criss Cross Jazz Jacques Pirotton Trio -- "Les Pieds Blancs" -- Jokari -- Aurophon Cindy Blackman -- "Vashkar" -- Another Lifetime -- 4Q (In Memory of Fred Anderson, 1929-2010) Fred Anderson Quartet -- "A Ballad For Rita" -- The Milwaukee Tapes, Vol. 1 -- Unheard Music Roswell Rudd -- "Astro Slyde" -- Trombone Tribe -- Sunnyside Patrick Zimmerli & Octurn -- "Dusk" -- The Book of Hours -- Songlines Fred Anderson Quartet -- "Look Out!" -- Fred Anderson Quartet, Volume Two -- Asian Improv Hardcoretet -- "Con Miki" -- Experiments In Vibe -- (self) (N) John Hicks & Frank Morgan -- "Night In Tunisia" -- Twogether -- Highnote Hans Koller -- "Braving The Elements" -- London Ear -- 33 Thanks for listening to jazz on KBCS!