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Almost all of the musical selections on "Straight, No Chaser" this week were by artists who are appearing in the Earshot Jazz Festival, which runs from October 7 to November 11. Dates and venues of their performances are shown in brackets below. For more information about the festival, or for tickets, visit www.earshot.org or call (206) 547-6763. Here is the complete playlist for October 3: Miles Davis -- "The Duke" -- Miles Ahead -- Columbia -- 1957 [The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra presents "Miles Ahead," Nov. 5 at Benaroya Hall, Nordstrom Recital Hall; and Nov. 6 at Kirkland Performance Center.] Bill Frisell -- "Tales From the Far Side" -- When You Wish Upon A Star -- Okeh -- rel. 2016 [Bill Frisell presents "When You Wish Upon A Star," Nov. 5, Moore Theatre.] The Westerlies -- "9/8" -- Wish the Children Would Come On Home: The Music of Wayne Horvitz -- Songlines -- 2014 [The Westerlies with Dave Douglas, Oct. 29, Seattle Art Museum.] Frank Kohl Quartet -- "Falling Sky" -- Invisible Man -- Pony Boy -- 2013 [Frank Kohl--Steve Luceno Duo, with the Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto, Oct. 7, Columbia City Theatre.] Rez Abassi Trio -- "Divided Attention" -- Continuous Beat -- Enja -- 2012 [Rez Abassi Quartet, Oct. 27, Royal Room.] Manuel Valera [pictured] -- "Simplicity" -- Forma Nueva -- Mavo -- rel. 2004 [Manuel Valera Trio, Oct. 22, Seattle Art Museum.] Bill Anschell -- "Dear Old Stockholm" -- When Cooler Heads Prevail -- Summit -- 2001 [Bill Anschell CD Release Party, Oct. 21 & 22, Tula's Restaurant & Jazz Club.] Kris Davis -- "Good Citizen" -- Aeriol PIano -- Clean Feed -- 2009 [Kris Davis & Craig Taborn Duo, Oct. 11, PONCHO Concert Hall.] Scott Amendola & Charlie Hunter -- "The Mighty" -- Pucker -- Sazi -- 2014 [Scott Amendola & Wil Blades, Oct. 15, Royal Room.] Dave Douglas Quintet -- "Variable Current" -- Brazen Heart -- Greenleaf -- 2015 (N) [Dave Douglas with The Westerlies, Oct. 29, Seattle Art Museum.] Jaimeo Brown -- "Patience" -- Transcendence -- Motema -- rel. 2013 [Jaimeo Brown Transcendence, Oct. 30, Seattle Art Museum.] B'shnorkestra - "Move" -- Go to Orange -- Present Sounds -- 2013 [B'shnorkestra: Global Concertos, Oct. 24, PONCHO Concert Hall.] Wadada Leo Smith -- "Yosemite: The Glaciers, the Falls, the Wells and the Valley of Goodwill 1890" -- America's National Parks -- Cuneiform -- 2016 (N) [Wadada Leo Smith & Vijay Iyer, Nov. 9, Benaroya Hall, Nordstrom Recital Hall.] Lucian Ban & John Hebert -- "George Enesco, Symphony No. 4, 1934, 2d Movement" -- Enesco Re-imagined -- Sunnyside -- 2009 [Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri, Oct. 21, Chapel Performance Space.] Burning Ghosts -- "Anthem" -- Burning Ghosts -- Orenda -- 2015 Mark Taylor -- "Bye-Ya" -- After Hours -- Origin -- 2002 Dawn Clement -- "2-Day" -- Break -- Origin -- 2007 [Mark Taylor--Dawn Clement Duo, Nov. 3, Royal Room.] Dee Daniels -- "What A Difference A Day Made" -- All of Me -- September -- 1983 [Dee Daniels Trio, Nov. 6, Seattle Art Museum.] Next week (October 10), Megan Sullivan will be your guest host on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS.

This week KBCS-FM is conducting its quarterly fund drive. On "Straight, No Chaser" Brett Watanabe and I talked about the station and urged listeners to donate at www.kbcs.fm. We also heard selections from several artists who are appearing in this year's Earshot Jazz Festival in Seattle. Here is the September 26 playlist: Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex & Friends -- "Ambassel" -- The Rough Guide to Ethiopian Jazz -- World Music Network -- rel. 2016 (N) Rudresh Mahanthappa (with Vijay Iyer) -- "Enhanced Performance" -- Codebook -- Pi -- 2006 [Rudresh Mahanthappa Bird Calls is appearing in the Earshot Jazz Festival, October 21 at the Seattle Art Museum.] [Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith will be at the festival, November 9, at Benaroya Hall, Nordstrom Concert Hall.] George Graewe, Ernst Reijseger & Gerry Hemingway -- "Fibulation" -- Sonic Fiction -- 1989 -- Hat Hut [George Graewe will play solo piano in the Earshot Jazz Festival, October 12 at the Chapel Performance Space.] John Tchicai Trio -- "One Way Ticket" -- Real Tchicai -- SteepleChase -- 1977 Michael Bisio (with Kirk Knuffke) -- "Times That Bond" -- Accortet -- Relative Pitch -- 2014 Kirk Knuffke -- "Leadbelly" -- Amnesia Brown -- Clean Feed -- 2008 [Michael Bisio and Kirk Knuffke will appear together in the Earshot Jazz Festival, October 25 at the Seattle Art Museum.] Rich Halley 5 -- "Around the Fringes" -- The Outlier -- Pine Eagle -- 2015 (N) Hans Teuber & Paul Rucker -- "Some Are More Equal" -- Oil -- Jackson Street -- 2002 Hans Teuber -- "Old Fellow" -- Lucky -- Origin -- 2000 Paul Rucker (with Hans Teuber) -- "Sunday Morning Walk in Jasper Texas" -- History of an Apology -- Jackson Street -- c. 2001 [Paul Rucker & Hans Teuber will perform together at the Earshot Jazz Festival, October 25 at the Seattle Art Museum (on the same bill as Michael Bisio and Kirk Knuffke.)] Frode Gjerstad [pictured]-- "The Street" -- On Reade Street -- FMR -- 2006 [The Frode Gjerstad Trio will be in the Earshot Jazz Festival, October 20 at the Chapel Performance Space.] Conference Call -- "The Shining Star" -- Poetry in Motion -- Clean Feed -- c. 2005 Bad Luck -- "Lure" -- Bad Luck 2 -- (self) [Conference Call and Bad Luck will both appear in the Earshot Jazz Festival, October 23 at the Seattle Art Museum.] Fred Hersch -- "Valentine" -- Sunday Night at the Vanguard -- Palmetto -- 2016 (N) [Fred Hersch will play solo piano in the Earshot Jazz Festival, October 9 at the PONCHO Concert Hall.] For more information about the Earshot Jazz Festival, and for tickets, consult www.earshot.org or call (206) 547-6763.

I'm a few days late with this, but I caught the Stanley Cowell Trio last Thursday in Seattle. Jay Anderson was on bass, Billy Drummond on drums. They were simply fantastic. I'd never had the opportunity to hear Cowell live. Indeed, he mentioned that he hadn't been to Seattle in 37 years.

Here are the jazz selections we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS on September 19: Cameron Mizell -- "Take the Humble" -- Negative Spaces -- Destiny -- rel. 2016 (N) Bill Frisell -- "Alias" -- Unspeakable -- Nonesuch -- rel. 2004 Larry Coryell -- "Equipoise" -- Equipoise -- Muse -- 1985 Sonny Rollins -- "B. Swift" -- Tour de Force -- Prestige -- 1956 Jan Kus Quartet -- "Neofito" -- Faith -- Leitmotiv Arts -- 2015 (N) Darcy James Argue's Secret Society -- "Dark Alliance" -- Real Enemies -- New Amsterdam -- 2016 (N) Quinsin Nachoff -- "Complimentary Opposites" -- Flux -- Mythology -- 2012 (N) Michael Vlatkovich -- "Sometimes a Red Nose and Big Shoes Aren't Enough" -- Mortality -- pfMentum -- 2014 (N) Empirical -- "The Two-Edged Sword" -- Connection -- Cuneiform -- 2015 ESQ (East Side Quintet) -- "Ashdod" -- Casual Connection -- MAP -- 2007 Nels Cline [pictured] -- "Lady Gabor" -- Lovers -- Blue Note -- 2013 (N) Darrell Katz and Oddsong -- "Jailhouse Doc with Holes in Her Socks" -- Jailhouse Doc with Holes in Her Socks -- JCA -- c.2015 (N) Mat Maneri -- "Nerve" -- Sustain -- Thirsty Ear -- rel. 2002 [Mat Maneri and Lucian Ban will be at the Earshot Jazz Festival, October 21 at the Chapel Performance Space.] Mark Dresser -- "Lomus" -- Unveil -- Clean Feed -- 2003-04 Alexander Hawkins Trio -- "Sweet Duke" -- Alexander Hawkins Trio -- AH Music -- 2014 Joey Alexander -- "Countdown" -- Countdown -- Motema - 2016 (N) "Like" the show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StraightNoChaserOnKBCS/?fref=ts

This week's "Straight, No Chaser" will be available for listening in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm any time in the next two weeks. Here is the music we heard on September 12: Clifford Brown Max Roach All Stars -- "Caravan" -- Best Coast Jazz -- Fresh Sound -- 1954 Blue Mitchell Sextet -- "Top Shelf" -- Blue Soul -- Riverside -- 1959 Vijay Iyer Trio -- "Wildflower" -- Accelerando -- ACT -- 2011 [Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith will be in the Earshot Jazz Festival, November 9 at the Nordstrom Recital Hall in Benaroya Hall.] Craig Taborn -- "Whiskey Warm" -- Light Made Lighter -- Thirsty Ear -- rel. 2001 [Craig Taborn and Kris Davis will play in the Earshot Jazz Festival, October 11 at the PONCHO Concert Hall, Cornish College.] Stanley Cowell -- "Nefertiti" -- Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 5 -- Concord Jazz -- 1990 Stanley Cowell -- "Sylvia's Place" -- Back to the Beautiful -- Concord Jazz -- 1989 [The Stanley Cowell Trio will be at Town Hall Seattle this Thursday, September 15, presented by Earshot Jazz.] Gene Ess -- "Fractica" -- Fractal Attraction -- SIMP -- 2012 Jenny Scheinman -- "Ali Farka Touche" -- Mischief & Mayhem -- (self) -- rel. 2012 Endangered Blood -- "Epistrophy" -- Endangered Blood -- Skirl -- 2010 Connie Crothers & Michael Bisio -- "Resonanaces" -- Session at 475 Kent -- Mutable Music -- 2009 [Connie Crothers passed away in August of this year.] Ben Goldberg -- "TBO" -- Go Home -- BAG Production -- rel. 2009 Kris Davis Infrasound -- "Union Forever" -- Save Your Breath -- Clean Feed -- 2014 [Kris Davis and Craig Taborn will be in the Earshot Jazz Festival, October 11 at the PONCHO Concert Hall, Cornish College.] Franz Koglmann -- "Rue Montmartre" -- Make Believe -- Between the Lines -- 1988 Dominic Duval & The Equinox Trio -- "Paratum 'The Whisper'" -- Equinox -- Leo -- 1997 [Bassist Dominic Duval died in July of this year at age 71.] John Ehlis Ensemble -- "Bird Boy" -- John Ehlis Ensemble -- Sivac -- 1996 Stanley Cowell -- "Darkness Transforming" -- Juneteenth -- Vision Fugitive -- 2014

This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we paid tribute to pianist Connie Crothers, who passed away in August. We also heard several selections by another fine piano player, Stanley Cowell, who will appear with his trio at Town Hall in Seattle on Thursday, September 15. (Get details at www.earshot.org.) To hear the September 5 program, head for the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm. Here is the complete playlist: Jason Marsalis -- "Theodore Shouts" -- Heirs of the Crescent City -- ELM -- 2014 (N) [The Jason Marsalis Quintet, with Etienne Charles, will be at the Jazz Alley in Seattle September 27 & 28.] Industrial Revelation -- "Fungirl" -- Liberation & the Kingdom of Nri -- (self) -- rel. 2015 Kris Allen -- "Hate the Game" -- Beloved -- Truthrevolution -- 2015 (N) Stanley Cowell -- "Equipoise" -- MUSA--Ancestral Streams -- Strata-East -- 1973 Stanley Cowell Trio -- "Ibn Mukhtarr Mustapha" -- Illusion Suite -- ECM -- 1972 Stanley Cowell -- "'Round Midnight" -- Waiting for the Moment -- Galaxy -- 1977 Connie Crothers -- "That Straight Ahead Thing" -- Solo -- Jazz -- rel. 1980 Connie Crothers--Lenny Popkin Quartet -- "Lennie-Bird" -- New York Night -- New Artists -- 1989 Max Roach & Connie Crothers -- "Creepin' In" -- Swish -- New Artists -- 1982 Rich Halley 5 -- "Long Blue Road" -- The Outlier -- Pine Eagle -- 2015 (N) Sound Underground -- "Wanderer's Rondo" -- Quiet Spaces -- (self) -- rel. 2016 (N) Steve Lehman Trio -- "Pure Imagination" -- Dialect Fluorescent -- Pi -- 2011 [The Steve Lehman Trio will be in the Earshot Jazz Festival, October 8 at the PONCHO Concert Hall.] Stanley Cowell -- "Brilliant Circles" -- Brilliant Circles -- Arista -- 1969 Stanley Cowell -- "Cal Massey" -- Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 5 -- Concord Jazz -- 1990 Connie Crothers -- "All About You" -- Solo -- Jazz -- rel. 1980 Connie Crothers -- "All the Things You Are" -- Perception -- Inner City -- 1974 Connie Crothers -- "A New Jazz Scene" -- Solo -- Jazz -- rel. 1980 Stanley Cowell -- "Ask Him" -- Juneteenth -- Vision Fugitive -- 2014

On this week's "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS, we celebrated Charlie Parker's birthday with two hours of his music. You can hear the program in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time in the next two weeks. Here are the tunes we heard: Dizzy Gillespie Sextet -- "Groovin' High" -- Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings -- Savoy -- 2-28-45 Charlie Parker Septet -- "Moose the Mooche" -- The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings -- Savoy -- 3-28-46 Charlie Parker Quartet -- "Bird's Nest" -- The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings -- Savoy -- 2-19-47 Charlie Parker Quartet -- "Ko Ko" -- The Complete Live Performances on Savoy -- Savoy -- 9-4-48 Charlie Parker Quartet -- "Be Bop" -- Charlie Parker Sessions Live Vol. 2 -- Zeta -- 1-1-49 Charlie Parker All-Star Sextet -- "Crazeology" -- Charlie Parker All Star Sextet -- Roost Charlie Parker All-Star Sextet -- "My Old Flame" -- Charlie Parker All Star Sextet -- Roost Charlie Parker & His Orchestra -- "Bloomdido" -- Bird & Diz: Charlie Parker Vol. 2 -- Verve -- 6-6-50 Charlie Parker & His Orchestra -- "An Oscar For Treadwell" -- Bird & Diz: Charlie Parker Vol. 2 -- Verve -- 6-6-50 Charlie Parker's New Stars -- "Relaxin' at Camarillo" (Take E) -- The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings -- 2-26-47 Miles Davis All Stars -- "Little Willie Leaps" (Take 2) -- Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings -- Savoy -- 8-14-47 Charlie Parker, Fats Navarro & Bud Powell -- "Moo (Move)" -- Here Are Charlie Parker, Fats Navarro & Bud Powell at Their Rare of All Rarest Performances, Vol. 1 -- Kings of Jazz -- 6-30-50 Charlie Parker Quintet -- "Si Si" -- Bird on Verve, Vol. 6: South of the Border -- Verve -- 8-8-51 Charlie Parker Quintet -- "Swedish Schnapps" -- Bird on Verve, Vol. 6: South of the Border -- Verve -- 8-8-51 Charlie Parker -- "Segment" -- Confirmation: Best of the Verve Years -- Verve Charlie Parker -- "Leap Frog" -- Confirmation: Best of the Verve Years -- Verve Charlie Parker & The Orchestra -- "Light Green" -- One Night in Washington -- Elektra Musician -- 2-22-53 Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie -- "Dizzy Atmosphere" -- Diz 'n' Bird at Carnegie Hall -- Roost -- 9-29-47 Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus & Max Roach -- "A Night in Tunisia" -- The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever -- Prestige -- May 1953 Charlie Parker Quintet -- "Dewey Square" (Take B) -- The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings -- Savoy -- 10-28-47 Charlie Parker Quintet -- "Scrapple from the Apple" -- The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings -- Savoy -- 11-4-47 Charlie Parker Quartet -- "'S' Wonderful" -- The Bird You Never Heard -- Stash -- 8-28-50 Charlie Parker Quartet -- "Now's the Time" -- Confirmation: Best of the Verve Years -- Verve -- 12-30-52? Charlie Parker Quartet -- "Confirmation" -- Confirmation: Best of the Verve Years -- Verve -- 12-30-52? Charlie Parker Big Band -- "What Is This Thing Called Love" -- Bird on Verve, Vol. 7 -- Verve -- 3-26-52 Charlie Parker Quartet -- "The Song Is You" -- Bird on Verve, Vol. 7 -- Verve -- 12-30-52 Charlie Parker's All Stars -- "Bird Gets the Worm" -- The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings -- Savoy -- 12-21-47 Charlie Parker All Stars -- "Marmaduke" (Take 5) -- The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings -- Savoy -- 9-24-48 Charlie Parker Quartet -- "Hot House" -- The Complete Live Performances on Savoy -- Savoy -- 1-15-49 Charlie Parker Sextet -- "Billie's Bounce" -- The Charlie Parker Story -- Savoy -- 1945 Charlie Parker Quintet -- "Ko Ko" -- Carnegie Hall X-mas '49 -- Jass -- 12-24-49 Charlie Parker & His Orchestra -- "Au Privave" -- Bird on Verve, Vol. 5 -- Verve-- 1-17-51 Charlie Parker & His Orchestra -- "She Rote" -- Bird on Verve, Vol. 5 -- Verve -- 1-17-51 Charlie Parker Quartet -- "K.C. Blues" -- The Original Recordings of Charlie Parker -- Verve -- 1-17-51

Happy Birthday Bird! I'll be saluting him with two hours of his music tonight on my program, "Straight, No Chaser." You can hear it streaming live from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. Pacific time on www.kbcs.fm, OR any time in the next two weeks in the audio archive at the same website.

This is a sad moment, but it gave me good reason to listen to a bunch of Bobby Hutcherson's recordings - only skimming the surface, really. His was a long and varied career, with too many highlights to digest. But I put together two hours of Hutcherson for my "Straight, No Chaser" program on KBCS this week. The list is admittedly weighted in favor of his 1960s recordings, but I think you'll understand that. If you're interested, you can hear it any time (until Sept. 5) in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm under August 22. (The complete playlist is posted in my radio show thread, at p. 13 -- see link below.)

This week on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS, we listened to recordings by the great vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson (1941-2016), including some where he appeared as a sideman. If you click your way towards the August 22 show in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, here is the music you'll find there: Bobby Hutcherson -- "Dave's Chant" -- Medina -- Blue Note -- 1968/69 Bobby Hutcherson -- "For Duke P." -- The Kicker -- Blue Note -- 1963 Bobby Hutcherson -- "La Alhambra" -- Solo / Quartet -- Contemporary -- 1981/82 Eric Dolphy -- "Jitterbug Waltz" -- Conversations -- Metrotone -- 1963 Andrew Hill -- "Duplicity" -- Andrew!!! The Music of Andrew Hill -- Blue Note -- 1964 Joe Henderson -- "Granted" -- Mode For Joe -- Blue Note -- 1966 Bobby Hutcherson, Craig Handy, Lenny White & Jerry Gonzalez -- "8/4 Beat" -- Acoustic Masters II -- Atlantic -- 1993 Bobby Hutcherson -- "Israel" -- Good Bait - 32 Jazz -- 1988 Bobby Hutcherson -- "Spiritual" -- Wise One -- Kind of Blue -- 2009 Bobby Hutcherson -- "Movement" -- Components -- Blue Note -- 1965 Bobby Hutcherson -- "Witchcraft" -- In the Vanguard -- Landmark -- 1986 Bobby Hutcherson -- "Bi-Sectional" -- Oblique -- Blue Note -- 1967 Bobby Hutcherson -- "Dialogue" -- Dialogue -- Blue Note -- 1965 Bobby Hutcherson -- "Mtume" -- Head On -- Blue Note -- c. 1971 Eric Dolphy -- "Out to Lunch" -- Out to Lunch -- Blue Note -- 1964 Jeremy Pelt -- "Baswald's Place" -- #Jiveculture -- Jazz Depot -- 2015 (N) Next Monday, "Straight, No Chaser" will salute Charlie Parker on his 96th birthday. I hope you enjoy the jazz on KBCS!

Here is the line-up of musical selections that we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on Monday, August 15: Joonsam -- "2 Tunes and Off-Hour Waiting Area" -- A Door -- Origin -- 2014 (N) Steve Turre -- "Coffee Pot" -- Colors for the Masters -- Smoke Sessions -- 2016 (N) Shuzo Ohno -- "Song for Sensei" -- ReNew -- Pulsebeats -- rel. 2015 (N) Jeff Parker -- "Jrifted" -- The New Breed -- International Anthem -- 2015 (N) Lori Goldston -- "Driving in New York" -- Film Scores -- Sub Rosa -- c. 2010 Dan Berglund's Tonbruket -- "Gi Hop" -- Dan Berglund's Tonbruket -- ACT -- rel. 2010 ElectroNHIC -- "Scaly When Wet" -- Reaching Out -- NHIC -- 2014 (N) Stanley Cowell -- "Commentary on Strange Fruit" -- Juneteenth -- 2014 [Stanley Cowell will be at Town Hall in Seattle on September 15.] Soren Kjaergaard -- "Abrahms' Paraphrase" -- Open Opus -- ILK -- 2008 Sirius Quartet -- "The Wollheim Quartet, Movement I" -- Paths Become Lines -- Autentico Music (N) Jean-Marc Padovani -- "Flight of the Blue Jay" -- Motian in Motion -- Sole Art -- 2014 Convergence Quartet -- "Remember Raoul / Piano Part Two" -- Slow and Steady -- NoBusiness -- 2011 Simon Nabatov & Nils Wogram -- "Loft Sonata, Movement III" -- Jazz Limbo -- Leo -- 2007 Social / Science Set -- "Gabbro Scoops" -- The Social / Science Set -- Beak Doctor -- 1980 Kenny Wheeler -- "Kind Folk" -- Angel Song -- ECM -- 1996 Mark Helias' Open Loose -- "Momentum Interrupted" -- Atomic Clock -- Radio Legs -- 2004 Tom Harrell -- "Windmills" -- Trip -- Highnote -- 2014 Jeff Denson Quartet -- "City Life on Trains" -- Concentric Circles -- Ridgeway -- 2016 (N) You can hear the program any time in the next two weeks in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

Here are the musical selections we heard this week on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS: Derf Reklaw -- "Ole" -- From The Nile -- Ubiquity Jazz -- rel. 1998 Bill Ware and The Club Bird All-Stars -- "Down Under" -- Long and Skinny -- Knitting Factory -- rel. 1993 Matthew Shipp Trio -- "The Conduct of Jazz" -- The Conduct of Jazz -- Thirsty Ear -- 2015 Benoit Delbecq and Fred Hersch Double Trio -- "Night For Day" -- Fun House -- Songlines -- 2012 Ron Stabinsky -- "Rapture" -- Free For One -- Hot Cup -- rel. 2016 (N) Henry Threadgill Ensemble Double Up -- "Part One" -- Old Locks and Irregular Verbs -- Pi -- 2015 (N) Mary Halvorson -- "Cheshire Hotel" -- Meltframe -- Firehouse 12 -- 2014 Julian Lage -- "I'll Be Seeing You" -- Arclight -- Mack Avenue -- rel. 2016 (N) Michael Musillami Trio + 3 -- "Graphite" -- From Seeds -- Playscape -- 2009 Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus [Formanek pictured] -- "Exoskeleton, Part IV - Echoes, Part V - Without Regrets" -- The Distance -- ECM -- 2014 (N) Restroy -- "Autumn Must Be Money" -- Saturn Return -- Milk Factory Productions -- rel. 2016 (N) Brian Groder & Burton Greene -- "Only The Now" -- Groder & Greene -- Latham -- 2007 Mark Whitecage -- "High Tech #7" -- Split Personality -- GM 00 1995 Matt Wilson's Big Happy Family -- "Feel The Sway" -- Beginning of A Memory -- Palmetto -- 2015 (N) Hear it any time in the next two weeks in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm. Keep listening to the jazz!

To hear the August 1st edition of "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS, head for the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm. Here is the music you'll find there: Rafi Malkiel -- "Eden Rain" -- Water -- Tzadik -- 2009 Rachel Thierrien -- "To John" -- Pensamiento--Proyecto Colombia -- Free Run Artists -- rel. 2016 (N) Paolo Fresu & Omar Sosa -- "No Trance" -- Alma -- Ta -- rel. 2012 Tom Varner -- "Prince of Jamaica (Queens)" -- Long Night Big Day -- New World -- rel. 1991 Myra Melford & Ben Goldberg -- "1 Through 8" -- Dialogue -- BAG Production -- 2014 Dave Douglas & Uri Caine -- "End to End" -- Present Joys -- Greenleaf -- 2013 Thelonious Monk Quartet with Johnny Griffin -- "Rhythm-a-ning" -- Thelonious in Action -- Riverside -- 1958 John Coltrane -- "Goldsboro Express" -- Bahia -- Prestige -- 1958 Clark Terry -- "No Problem" -- Color Changes -- Candid -- 1960 Avram Fefer -- "Testament" -- Ritual -- Clean Feed -- 2008 Marilyn Crispell, Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake -- "Destiny 6" -- Destiny -- Okkadisk -- 1995 Craig Flory -- "Split the Blast" -- Wigwam Bendix -- Franchise -- rel. 1998 Charles Gayle Trio -- "Oleo" -- Christ Everlasting -- Fortune -- 2014 Clusone Trio [pictured] -- "Medley 2: Restless in Pieces / Love Henry" -- Love Henry -- Gramavision -- 1986 Manu Katche -- "Miles Away" -- Neighbourhood -- ECM -- 2004 Ed Palermo Big Band -- "Fifty-Fifty" -- One Child Left Behind -- Cuneiform -- 2014 (N) Dead Kenny G's -- "Black Budget" -- Operation Long Leash -- Royal Potato Family -- rel. 2011 Ceramic Dog -- "Take Five" -- Your Turn -- Northern Spy -- rel. 2013 Marquis Hill -- "Straight, No Chaser" -- The Way We Play -- Concord Jazz -- rel. 2016 (N)

The July 25 edition of "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS is waiting for you in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm. Here is the music we heard this week: Peggy Lee Band -- "Warming" -- Initiation -- Drip Audio -- rel. 2012 Rachel Thierrien -- "Parallele" -- Home Inspiration -- SOCAN -- rel. 2014 Curtis Fowlkes Catfish Corner -- "Treasure Chest" -- Reflect -- Knitting Factory -- rel. 1999 Bobby Timmons Trio -- "A Little Busy" -- Easy Does It -- Fresh Sound -- 1961 Herbie Hancock -- "A Jump Ahead" -- Inventions & Dimensions -- Blue Note -- 1963 Donald Byrd -- "Clarion Calls" -- Byrd in Hand -- Blue Note -- 1959 [reissued on The Definitive Classic Blue Note Collection -- Enlightenment] Jon Irabagon's Outright! -- "Charles Barkley" -- Unhinged -- Irabagast -- rel. 2012 Sun Ra -- "Neo-Project #2" -- Cosmos -- Inner City -- rel. 1977 Drumheller -- "Sometimes Machine" -- Sometimes Machine -- Barnyard -- rel. 2013 Benny Golson -- "Times Past (This Is For You, John)" -- This Is For You, John-- Timeless -- 1983 Frank Catalano -- "III. Pursuance and Persistence" -- Love Supreme Collective -- Ropeadope -- rel. 2014 Keefe Jackson & Jason Adasiewicz -- "Swap" -- Rows and Rows -- Delmark -- 2015 (N) Anthony Braxton & Marilyn Crispell -- "Composition No. 136" -- Duets--Vancouver 1989 -- Music & Arts -- 1989 Marion Brown -- "Why Not?" -- Why Not? -- ESP-Disk -- rel. 1968 Kris Davis Infrasound -- "Whirly Swirly" -- Save Your Breath -- Clean Feed -- 2014 Noah Preminger -- "Spoonful Blues" -- Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground -- (self) -- 2015 (N)

Here is the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on July 18: Gene Ammons' All Stars -- "The Real McCoy" -- The Big Sound -- Prestige -- 1958 Barry Harris Sextet -- "Oh So Basal" -- Bull's Eye! -- Prestige -- 1968 Roberta Piket [pictured] -- "Kaleidoscope" -- One For Marian: Celebrating Marian McPartland -- 13th Note -- 2015 (N) A Bu -- "With Mind I" -- Butterflies Fly in Pairs -- Sennheiser Media -- rel. 2015 (N) Tom Harrell -- "Cycle" -- Trip -- Highnote -- 2014 Jim Knodle & Anansi -- "Wending" -- Wending -- 9 Winds -- 1999 Sun Ra -- "Cosmos" -- Cosmos -- Inner City -- c. 1977 Cecil Taylor -- "O.P." -- New York City R&B -- Candid -- 1961 Mal Waldron -- "Herbal Syndrome" -- One Entrance, Many Exits -- Quicksilver -- 1982 Jane Ira Bloom -- "Rhyme or Rhythm" -- Early Americans -- 2015 (N) Nolatet -- "Dogs" -- Dogs -- Royal Potato Family -- rel. 2016 (N) Wadada Leo Smith & John Lindberg -- "Hurricane" -- Celestial Weather -- TUM -- 2012 Jacques Kuba Seguin -- "Etude des Lueurs, Mouvement II" -- Litania Projekt -- Odd Sounds -- 2016 (N) Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra -- "Daan Park" -- Into Forever -- (self) -- c. 2013 Theo Croker -- "Meditations" -- Escape Velocity -- Okeh -- 2015 (N) Check it out in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time in the next two weeks.

This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we paid tribute to pianist Don Friedman, who died on June 30 at the age of 81, and we heard a number of new and recent releases. Here is the complete playlist for the July 11 program: Lucky Thompson -- "Fly With The Wind" -- Lucky Strikes -- Prestige -- 1964 J D Allen -- "Bigger Thomas" -- Americana -- Savant -- 2016 (N) Michael Blum Quartet -- "Nightingale" -- Chasin' Oscar: A Tribute to Oscar Peterson -- (self) -- 2015 (N) Matt Wilson's Big Happy Family -- "July Hymn" -- Beginning of a Memory -- Palmetto -- 2015 (N) Don Friedman Trio -- "Giant Steps" -- My Favorite Things -- 441 -- 2003 Don Friedman -- "Alone Together" -- Don Friedman at Maybeck -- Concord Jazz -- 1993 Don Friedman Quartet -- "Blizzard" -- Dreams and Explorations -- Riverside -- 1964 Ron Stabinsky -- "Viral Inflection" -- Free For One -- Hot Cup -- 2015 (N) Lefteris Kordis -- "The Raven and the Fox" -- Mediterrana [Goddess of Light] -- Left Chord -- 2013 (N) Matt Criscuolo -- "West Haven Knock Around" -- The Dialogue -- Jazzeria -- rel. 2016 (N) Don Friedman -- "Free Improvisation No. 1" -- I Hear A Rhapsody -- Stash -- 1984 Don Friedman Trio -- "From A To Z" -- Waltz For Debby -- 441 -- 2002 Don Friedman -- "Extension" -- Metamorphosis -- Prestige -- rel. 1966 Naftule's Dream -- "Aby Kirly The War Hero" -- Blood -- (self) -- 2013 (N) Donkey Monkey -- "Can't Get My Motor To Start" -- Hanakana -- Umlaut -- 2010 Brian Groder Trio -- "Praxis" -- R Train On The D Line -- Latham -- 2014 Nate Wooley -- "Delfeayo's Dilemma" -- (Dance To) The Early Music -- Clean Feed -- rel. 2015 Don Friedman Trio -- "Night" -- A Day in the City -- Riverside -- 1961 David Murray, Geri Allen & Terri Lyne Carrington -- "D Special" -- Perfection -- Motema -- rel. 2016 (N) Check it out in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time in the next two weeks. Enjoy the jazz!

I'm also sorry to have missed Dewey Redman, Don Cherry, and Paul Bley.

Brett Watanabe was the substitute host on "Straight, No Chaser" on July 4. He devoted most of the show to artists who appeared in this year's Vancouver International Jazz Festival. You can hear a streaming version of the July 4 program in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time until July 18. Here is Brett's playlist: Hiromi -- "Dilemma" -- Spark Gianluigi Trovesi [pictured] -- "Dance From the East No. 2" -- Dances Joe Lovano -- "Eternal Joy" -- Trio Fascination Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone -- "Begin Again" -- Departure of Reason Waxwing -- "For Claude" -- A Bowl of Sixty Taxidermists Endangered Blood -- "Valya" -- Endangered Blood Evan Parker -- "Intertuba/Extremii" -- Ghost in the Machine Marcin Wasilewski Trio -- "Green Sky" -- Trio Ricky Rodriguez Group -- "The Humbleness" -- Looking Beyond Ralph Peterson -- "Backgammon" -- Triangular III Cuong Vu & Pat Metheny -- "Acid Kiss" -- Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny Paul Fonfara & The Ipsifendus Orchestra -- "Large Hearted" -- Seven Secrets of Snow

Tonight, Zony Mash and the Robin Holcomb Band. Last night, Matt Norman playing solo piano, and the Seth Alexander Trio.

The last seven days at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival have been delightfully busy. Let me tick off some of the better performances I heard. One standout was the Alexander Hawkins Trio, featuring the brilliant young English pianist (who also posts on Organissimo). George Graewe, who was heard earlier with Evan Parker, played in another trio with two Vancouver musicians, drummer Dylan van der Schyff and saxophonist John Paton. The very young Paton is someone to watch in the coming years. Then Graewe showed up a third time for a solo performance. Perhaps the quirkiest group I heard is Donkey Monkey, from France. Eve Risser was on piano, Yuko Ishima on drums, and both contributed vocals. I also enjoyed a fiery set by the Polish trumpeter Piotr Damasiewicz and his quintet. Benoit Delbecq came in from France and played with Vancouver stalwarts Francois Houle on clarinet and Gordon Grdina on guitar and oud. Mats Eilertson, the Norwegian bassist, had Harmen Fraanje, a Dutch pianist, in his trio. The Israeli pianist Anat Fort performed in two duos, one with the sweetly innovative vocalist Ayelet Rose Gottlieb, and one with Gianluigi Trovesi on clarinets. As is often the case, I found Fort more impressive in person than on her records. (Of course, after hearing someone live, I go back to their records and find I like them more than before.) Rachel Thierren, a trumpet player from Montreal who is now based in New York, was also very impressive with her quintet. Francois Houle returned in a duo with pianist Mattias Risberg from Sweden. Vinny Golia jammed with Dylan van der Schyff and Vancouver bassist Clyde Reed. Endangered Blood (Oscar Noriega, Chris Speed, Trevor Dunn & Jim Black) provided one of the most energetic performances of the festival. Noriega and Speed were also joined by their Brooklyn brothers in the Mexican brass band Banda de los Muertos. Matthew Halsall & the Gondwana Orchestra, a sextet from Manchester, played "spiritual jazz," which I guess means largely modal pieces with a harp. Terell Stafford joined the Cory Weeds Quintet for a hard bop set emphasizing Lee Morgan tunes. Tomeka Reid came in to direct the "TD Intensive" workshops with an elite assembly of high school students and then directed them in a free outdoor concert. This was not your typical high school band. They played original compositions and others by MIsha Mengelberg, Nicole Mitchell and MIchael Moore. This serves as another reminder that the jazz can be expected to thrive for years to come. Then Tomeka Reid was heard with her outstanding quartet (Mary Halvorson, Tomas Fujiwara & Jason Roebke). After her turn with Reid, Halvorson played a very successful improvised set with trumpeter JP Carter and drummer Skye Brooks, plus the former Vancouver bass player Tommy Babin (now living in San Diego). Vancouver has more than its share of good jazz musicians, and of course many of them were featured in the festival. Among them were the Malleus Trio, with saxophonist Dominic Conway, and a quintet led by Geoff Claridge on reeds. Pianist Tyson Naylor put together a quartet tribute to Paul Bley. Guitarist Andre Lachance (who doubles on bass) had a fine quartet with Brad Turner (primarily, I think, a trumpeter) on keyboards, Chris Gestrin on Moog, and Joe Poole on drums. The Boys of BenRiach (named after a favorite Scotch whisky) were led by the trumpeter Kevin Elaschuk. (That was the first time I've seen a trumpet player clip a CD to the bell of his horn in lieu of a mute.) Guitarist Ron Samworth led a special project, "Dogs Do Dream," in tunes that sought to reproduce the stuff of canine dreams. In a non-festival event in a shitty, sweaty little club in Chinatown, Gordon Grdina (guitar and oud) played a blistering duo set with Jim Black on drums, and another set with his trio, augmented by Oscar Noriega. Saxophonist Mike Allen and his quartet led nightly jam sessions at a more elegant club called Frankie's. All this, and I still managed to miss some quality acts, like the Arild Andersen Trio and Gordon Grdina's Middle Eastern jazz band Haram. The Vancouver festival, now in its 31st year, has to be one of the best in the world. The city itself is a great place to visit, especially in the summer. So if you haven't been to Vancouver, consider putting it on your bucket list

Thanks to Patty Fong for hosting "Straight, No Chaser" this week and filling the airwaves with potent Latin-flavored jazz. You can hear Patty's regular show, "Musica de la Raza," every Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. on KBCS. Here are the selections Patty played on June 27: Tito Puente -- "Caravan" -- Cafe Latino Ray Barretto -- "Bomba-Riquen" -- Concord Picante 25th Anniversary Disc Collection Esperanza Spalding -- "Mompouana" -- Junjo Paquito D'Rivera & Arturo Sandoval -- "Friday Morning" -- Latin Jazz Anat Cohen -- "Veinte Anos" -- Place and Time Candido -- "Jingo" -- Santeros, Marielitos & Nueve Roquinos Latin Music Charlie Palmieri -- "The Taxi Driver" -- Electroduro Edna Vasquez -- "I Love You" -- Sola Soy Carlos Patato Valdes -- "Equinox" -- Carlos "Patato" Valdes Chucho Valdes -- "Con Pocococo" -- Latin Jazz Johnny Conga -- "Chablue" -- Oye Ruben Gonzalez -- "Isora Club" -- Chanchullo Cal Tjader -- "Solar Heat" -- Solar Heat Sounds Gonzalo Rubalcaba -- "The Blessing" -- The Blessing Arturo Sandoval -- "Stella By Starlight" -- My Passion for the Piano Omar Sosa -- "Ternura" -- Mulatos Phil Cochrane & The Artistic Heritage Ensemble -- The Malcolm X Memorial--A Tribute in Music Wynton Marsalis -- "Supercapitalism" -- From the Plantation to the Penitentiary Rahsaan Roland Kirk -- "A Tribute to John Coltrane -- Lush Life, Afro Blue, Bessie's Blues" -- Volunteered Slavery Next Monday, July 4, Brett Watanabe will be the guest host on "Straight, No Chaser." I expect to be back on July 11.

The trio's performance in Vancouver last night was outstanding.

When Thelonious Monk came to town, I was under 21 and tried to use a friend's i.d. to get in. I was turned away and I never had another chance to see him.

Just completed the first weekend of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Two of the highlights were performances by the great Evan Parker, one with pianist Georg Graewe and bassist Torsten Muller; the other with Muller, violinist Meredith Bates and cellist Peggy Lee. The next night, Peggy Lee led a ten-piece group with new compositions, including "Echo Painting," a work commissioned for the festival. There was a blistering set by The Thing and an uplifting one by the Marcin Wasilewski Trio. Vancouver guitarist Tom Wherrett led two impressive groups, a trio called Evil Three and a quintet called ElkHorn. From Montreal, the festival pulled in the Andre Leroux Quartet and the Litania Project, led by the trumpeter Jacques Kuba Seguin. Organist Chris Gestrin led a funky ensemble called Greasy G and the Poole Party. Guitarist Tony Wilson brought his group Longhand. Another highlight was the Norwegian quartet Cortex. Like other major festivals, Vancouver incorporates a lot of non-jazz artists, especially in the big-ticket venues. But there is plenty of jazz to go around, and many of the most compelling gigs are free. There are not too many places where you can spend the day in the sun, choosing from multiple stages and imbibing jazz for free. And there is still another week to go....

Here is the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS on June 20: Warren Byrd & David Chevan -- "Sha Shtil" -- This Is The Afro-Semitic Experience -- Reckless DC Music -- 2001 Erica Lindsay & Sumi Tonooka -- "Initiation" -- Initiation -- ARC -- 2004 Ahmed Abdullah's Dispersions of the Spirit of Ra -- "We Travel the Spaceways" -- Traveling the Spaceways -- Planet Arts -- 2004 Sam Boshnack Quintet -- "Juba" -- Exploding Syndrome -- (self) -- rel. 2014 Sumi Tonooka -- "Evidence" -- Now -- ARC -- 2010 Samuel Blaser Consort in Motion -- "Linea" -- A Mirror to Machaut -- Songlines -- 2013 Kris Allen (pictured below) -- "Flores" -- Beloved -- Truth Revolution Recording Collective -- 2015 (N) Jack De Johnette, Ravi Coltrane & Matthew Garrison -- "Rashied" -- In Movement -- ECM -- 2015 (N) Ben Goldberg Quintet -- "F13" -- The Door, The Hat, The Chair, The Fact -- Cryptogramophone -- 2004 Alchemy Sound Project -- "Archetype" -- Further Explorations -- ARC -- 2014 (N) Satoko Fujii Orchestra -- "Freeze--Winter" -- South Wind -- Leo -- 1997 Smiley Winters -- "Some Blue Shoes" -- Smiley Etc. -- Arhoolie -- 1969 Anthony Braxton -- "Composition No. 373" (excerpt) --3 Compositions [EEMHM] 2011 -- Firehouse 12 -- 2011 (N) I will be out of town next week. On June 27, Patty Fong (host of KBCS's "Musica de la Raza") will be your guest host on "Straight, No Chaser." As always, you can hear this and other KBCS programs at your convenience for two weeks after the broadcast date in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.