"Straight, No Chaser" Playlists

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KBCS now has six straight hours of jazz on Monday evenings, starting with "Shape of Modern Jazz" at 7 p.m., and continuing with "Straight, No Chaser" at 9 p.m. and "Giant Steps" at 11 p.m.

Head for the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm to hear the music played on "Straight, No Chaser" on July 20:

 

John Surman -- "Whistman's Wood" -- Saltash Bells -- ECM -- 2009

Joe Pass -- "Shadow Waltz" -- Meditation -- Pablo -- 1992

Richard Cole -- "Angel Eyes" -- The Forgotten -- Origin -- 1999/2000

 

Marc Ribot -- "Fiesta en el Solar" -- Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos (The Prosthetic Cubans) -- Atlantic -- c. 1998

Bobby Previte & Bump -- "312-Soul" -- Counterclockwise -- Palmetto -- 2002

Tony Williams -- "Ancient Eyes" -- Tokyo Live -- Blue Note -- 1992

 

Miles Davis Quintet -- "Dear Old Stockholm" -- 'Round About Midnight -- Columbia -- 1955

Whit Dickey -- "Vital Transmission" -- Sacred Ground -- Clean Feed -- 2004

 

David Haney -- "Khartoum" -- Day For Night at Jackstraw -- Slam -- 2000

Muhal Richard Abrams (with George Lewis) -- "SoundDance Part 2" -- SoundDance -- Pi -- 2010

 

Ed Blackwell Project -- "Nebula" -- Ed Blackwell Project, Vol. II: "What It Be Like?" -- Enja -- 1992

Sam Rivers, Dave Holland & Barry Altschul -- "First Set, Part One" -- Reunion: Live In New York -- Pi -- 2007

 

Brian Groder Trio -- "Some Other Where" -- Reflexology -- Latham -- 2013

Yngvil Vatn Guttu -- "Plan B" -- On The Crosswalk -- (self) -- rel. 2014

 

Catherine Russell -- "I Cover The Waterfront" -- Bring It Back -- Jazz Village -- 2013

[Vocalist Catherine Russell is appearing at The Jazz Alley in Seattle this Tues. and Weds., July 21 and 22.]

 

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Head for the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm to hear a streaming version of this week's "Straight, No Chaser." This is the music you'll find there:

 

Charles Brackeen Quartet -- "Prince of Night" -- Attainment -- Silkheart -- 1987

Andrew Hill -- "Desire" -- Change -- Blue Note -- 1966

 

Darren Johnston's Gone To Chicago -- "Rubber Bullets" -- The Big Lift -- Porto Franco -- 2010

Signal Problems -- "Pogo Stick" -- Signal Problems -- pfMentum -- 2013

Mark Helias' Open Loose -- "What Up" -- Atomic Clock -- Radio Legs -- 2004

 

Oliver Lake Quintet -- "Poster" -- Prophet -- Black Saint -- 1980

Oliver Lake -- "Brass and Oak" -- Impala -- Gramavision -- 1987

Oliver Like Quartet -- "Hmbay" -- Clevont Fitzhubert (A Good Friend of Mine) -- Black Saint -- 1981

 

Paul Hoskin, Bradley Stevens, Doug Henderson, Greg Powers, David Milford & Harlan Mark Vale -- "(Untitled)" -- The 1st Seattle Festival of Improvised Music -- (self) -- 1986

[There will be a benefit concert for Paul Hoskin at the Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, on Friday, July 31 at 8 p.m.]

John Butcher -- "Unspeakable Damage" -- Bell Trove Spools -- NSPY -- 2010

Paradoxical Frog -- "Fear The Fairy Dust" -- Union -- Clean Feed -- 2011

 

Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio -- "Peace, Love and Music" -- Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio -- Concord Jazz -- rel. 2014

Yelena Eckemoff Trio -- "Young At Play" -- Lions -- L&H Production -- 2013

Steve Coleman and Five Elements -- "Change The Guard" -- Resistance Is Futile -- Label Bleu -- 2001

 

The Bad Plus & Joshua Redman -- "Faith Through Error" -- The Bad Plus Joshua Redman -- Nonsesuch -- rel. 2015 (N)

Marco Eneidi Streamin' 4 -- "Made In Pole Land" -- Panta Rei -- Fortune -- 2013 (N)

 

Chico Freeman --  "A Distinction Without A Difference" -- [George Freeman & Chico Freeman] All In The Family -- Southport -- 2014/2015 (N)

 

 

 

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Among the highlights on "Straight, No Chaser" this week were new releases by Henry Threadgill Zooid and Wayne Horvitz and a Marilyn Crispell trio recording from 1992 with Don Byron and Gerry Hemingway. Here is the complete playlist:

 

Charlie Kohlhase Quintet -- "The Kingdom of Not" -- Wavelength Infinity--A Sun Ra Tribute -- Ratascan -- 1994

Tom Varner -- "Mele" -- Nine Surprises -- 4 Culture --2012

 

Big Crinkly Trio -- "This Is Not About The Pecking Order, Parts I & II" -- This Is Not About The Pecking Order -- (self) -- 2014

Steve Adams & Ben Goldberg -- "Transition" -- Wavelength Infinity--A Sun Ra Tribute -- Ratascan -- 1994

 

Henry Threadgill Zooid -- "Unoepic (for guitar)" -- In For A Penny, In For A Pound -- Pi -- 2014 (N)

 

Daniel Rosenboom Quintet -- "Tendrils" -- Fire Keeper -- Orenda -- 2013

Dafnis Prieto Sextet -- "Emergency Call" -- Taking The Soul For A Walk -- (self) -- 2007

Miles Davis -- "Little High People (take 8)" -- The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions -- Columbia -- 1970

 

Fusk -- "Isst Doch Wurst" -- Sieben Acht Gute Nacht -- Fortune -- 2012 (N)

Platform 1 -- "Compromising Emanations" -- Platform 1 Takes Off -- Clean Feed -- 2011

 

Marilyn Crispell -- "Mirabilis II" (Pozzi Escot) -- Stellar Pulsations / Three Composers -- Leo -- 1992

 

Wayne Horvitz -- "All Weather Is Yours No Matter How Vulgar?" -- Some Places Are Forever Afternoon -- Songlines -- 2015 (N)

 

Check it out in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

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These are the jazz selections we heard on August 10 on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS:

 

Benny Goodman Sextet -- "Shivers" -- Charlie Christian: Electric -- Uptown -- 1939

Wes Montgomery -- "A Night In Tunisia" -- In The Beginning -- Resonance -- 1958 (N)

Dizzy Gillespie Quintet -- "Salt Peanuts" -- An Electrifying Evening With The Dizzy Gillespie Quintet -- Verve -- 1961

 

Joe Beck & Red Mitchell -- "Someday My Prince Will Come" -- Empathy -- Jazz Heritage -- 1980

Antonio Sanchez (with John Scofield & Christian McBride) -- "Fall" -- Three Times Three -- CamJazz -- 2013

 

Gary Peacock Trio -- "Moor" -- Now This -- ECM -- 2014 (N)

Pandelis Karayorgis Trio -- "Half Tilt" -- Heart and Sack -- Leo -- 1998

Kadziela & Wojcinski -- "Alex, No Exit" -- 10 Little Stories -- Fortune -- 2013/14 (N)

 

Natsuki Tamura -- "Conversation With Martian" -- A Song For Jyaki -- Leo Lab -- 1997

Anthony Wilson / Peggy Lee / Jon Bentley -- "Mor Feen" -- Escondido Dreams -- Drip Audio -- 2007

Tomas Fujiwara Trio -- "November Wept I" -- Variable Bets -- Reklative Pitch -- 2013

 

Joe Lovano / Ed Blackwell / Anthony Cox -- "23rd Street Theme" -- Sounds of Joy -- Enja -- 1991

Kris Davis (with Tony Malaby) -- "35 Cents" -- The Slightest Shift -- Fresh Sound New Talent -- 2005

Vijay Iyer Trio -- "Countdown" -- Break Stuff -- ECM -- 2014

 

Sumi Tonooka -- "Phantom Carousel" -- Now -- ARC -- 2011

Roberta Piket -- "Saying Goodbye" -- Emanation (Solo: Volume 2) -- 13th Note -- 2014

Michel Petrucciani (with Jim Hall) -- "Waltz New" -- Power of Three -- Blue Note -- 1986

 

Tim Berne -- "Hard Cell (For Tom)" -- The Shell Game -- Thirsty Ear -- rel. 2001

Amir ElSaffar -- "Taqsim Saba" -- Crisis -- Pi -- 2015 (N)

 

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If you missed "Straight, No Chaser" this week, navigate to the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm to hear a streaming version of the show, any time in the next two weeks. Here is the playlist for August 17:

 

Virginia Mayhew Quartet -- "N.M.E." -- Mary Lou Williams: The Next 100 Years -- Renma -- 2010

Paul Chambers Quintet -- "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise" -- Quintet -- Blue Note -- 1957

Terrell Stafford -- "Stop Start" -- Brotherlee Love: Celebrating Lee Morgan -- Capri -- 2014 (N)

Tadd Dameron with John Coltrane -- "Super Jet" -- Mating Call -- Blue Note -- 1956

 

David Weiss -- "Nellie Bly" -- Endangered Species: The Music of Wayne Shorter -- Motema -- 2012

World Saxophone Quartet -- "Urban" -- Moving Right Along -- Black Saint -- 1993

Kirk Knuffke -- "Practical Sampling" -- Amnesia Brown -- Clean Feed -- 2008

 

Jessica Lurie & Metropoliziani -- "Reflex" -- La Luce Azzurra -- Zipa -- 1992

Michael Gibbs & The N.D.R. Big Band (with Bill Frisell) -- "Subconscious Lee" -- Michael Gibbs & The N.D.R. Big Band Play A Bill Frisell Set List -- Cuneiform -- 2013 (N)

Ian Sims and Divergent Paths -- "The Eleventh Hour" -- Conundrum -- (self) -- 2014

 

Anthony Braxton -- "Composition 98 (Live) (Part I)" -- Composition 98 -- Hat Hut --- 1981

 

Yells At Eels (Dennis Gonzalez, Aaron Gonzalez, Stefan Gonzalez) -- "Lower Arm" -- In Quiet Waters -- Fortune -- 2013 (N)

Ellery Eskelin -- "Latin" -- Forms -- Hat Hut -- 1990

AYCH (Jim Hobbs, Mary Halvorson, Taylor Ho Bynum) -- "Southern School of Complete Reality" -- As The Crow Flies -- Reflective Pitch -- rel. 2012

 

Frank Mobus -- "Risky Business" -- Der Rote Bereich: Risky Business -- ACT -- 2002

 

Brett Watanabe will be your guest host on "Straight, No Chaser" next Monday, August 24.

 

[Utevsky]

Thanks to Brett Watanabe for hosting "Straight, No Chaser" on August 24. Brett filled the entire show with new releases, as follows:

 

George Cables -- "After The Morning" -- In Good Company (N)

Ed Cherry Special Trio -- "Edda" -- Szosta Po Poludniu (N)

Big Crinkly Trio -- "Grainbelt" -- This Is Not About The Pecking Order (N)

Wayne Horvitz -- "The car that brought you here still runs (Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg)" -- Some Places Are Forever Afternoon (N)

Nick Finzer -- "Spheres of Influence" -- The Chase (N)

Electric Squeezebox Orchestra -- "Electric Squeezebox" -- Cheap Rent (N)

George Freeman & Chico Freeman -- "Essence of Silence" -- All In The Family (N)

Gary Peacock Trio -- "Esprit De Muse" -- Now This (N)

Amir ElSaffar -- "El-Sha'ab (The People)" -- Crisis (N)

Charles Gayle Trio -- "Joy In The Lord" -- Christ Everlasting (N)

Waxwing -- "Dune" -- A Bowl of Sixty Taxidermists (N)

Rob Mazurek + Exploding Star Orchestra -- "Collections of Time" -- Galactic Parables, Vol. 1 (N)

 

Moving ahead to this week's show, here is the music I played on "Straight, No Chaser" on August 31:

 

Thelonious Monk -- "Boo-Boo's Birthday" -- Underground -- Columbia -- 1967

Wayne Horvitz -- "Last place there" -- Some Places Are Forever Afternoon -- Songlines -- 2015 (N)

[Wayne Horvitz and Elecric Circus will be at The Royal Room in Seattle this Tuesday, September 1st at 9 p.m.]

Burgstaller Martignon 4 -- "Mozart...Busted!" -- Mozart's Blue Dreams -- Summit -- rel. 2009

Carlo Actis Dato Quartet -- "Cecenia" -- Delhi Mambo -- YVP Music -- 1998

 

Liberty Ellman -- "Rhinocierisms" -- Radiate -- Pi -- 2014 (N)

Harris Eisenstadt -- "Especially Preposterous Assertions" -- GoldenState -- Songlines -- 2012

Gary Peacock Trio -- "Noh Blues" -- Now This -- ECM -- 2014 (N)

 

Sonny Simmons Trio -- "Cosmic Ship" -- Live--In Paris -- Arhoolie -- rel. 2002

JD Allen -- "Indigo (Blue Like)" -- Graffiti -- Savant -- 2015 (N)

 

SS Puft (Seems Sometimes People Undergo Full Transformation) -- "Blury" -- Simple Songs of Projective Unified Field Theory -- Solponticello -- 2001

Charles Gayle Trio -- "Oleo" -- Christ Everlasting -- Fortune -- 2014 (N)

 

Stephan Crump With Rosetta Trio -- "Overreach" -- Reclamation -- Sunnyside -- 2009

Morris Voigt Plesk -- "Separate Blue X's" -- MVP LSD--The Graphic Scores of Lowell Skinner Davidson -- Riti -- rel. 2008

Kalaparush & The Light -- "Symphony No. 1" -- Morning Song -- Delmark -- 2003

Mark Helias Open Loose -- "Motoric" -- The Signal Maker -- Intakt -- 2014

 

John Ellis & Double-Wide -- "Better Angels" -- Charm -- Parade Light -- 2014 (N)

Kenny Dorham -- "Blue Spring Shuffle" -- Quiet Kenny -- Blue Note -- 1959

Perez / Patitucci / Blade -- "Sunburn and Mosquito (Dedicated to Carolina)" -- Children of the Light -- Mack Avenue -- rel. 2015 (N)

 

As usual, you can hear either of these programs in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time up to two weeks after the broadcast date.

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This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we paid tribute to Sonny Rollins on his 85th birthday. We also heard a few selections by Ken Vandermark and Paal Nilssen-Love, who are appearing this Thursday, September 10, at 8 p.m. at the PONCHO Concert Hall in Seattle, presented by Earshot Jazz. (For more information, see www.earshot.org.) Here is this week's playlist:

 

Sonny Rollins -- "Paul's Pal" -- The Complete Prestige Recordings -- Prestige -- 1956

Sonny Rollins -- "Just In Time" -- The Sound of Sonny -- Riverside -- 1957

Sonny Rollins -- "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top" -- Newk's Time -- Blue Note -- 1957

 

Sonny Rollins -- "East Broadway Run Down" -- East Broadway Run Down -- Impulse! -- 1966

 

Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls -- "Breeding Resistance (aka Paper Tiger Blues)" -- Breeding Resistance -- Delmark -- 2003

Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown -- "Hide" -- Varmint -- Cuneiform -- 2008

Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse -- "Chasin' LeRoy" -- Cries From Tha Ghetto -- Pi -- 2008

 

Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love -- "First Hit, Second Fall" -- Seven -- Smalltown Superjazz -- 2005

 

Waxwing (Tony Wilson, Peggy Lee & Jon Bentley) -- "Cinder" -- A Bowl of Sixty Taxidermists -- Songlines -- rel 2015 (N)

Kadziela & Wojcinski -- "Attitude" -- 10 Little Stories -- Fortune -- 2013/2014

Conspiracy of Equals (with Harry S. Fulcher, Aaron Standon) -- "Starters" -- Conspiracy of Equals -- Leo -- 2005

 

Fire Room (Ken Vandermark, Lasse Marhaug, Paal Nilssen-Love) -- "Dashboard Fire" -- Broken Music -- Atavistic -- 2005

Ab Baars, Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love -- "Abakebo" -- Double Tandem--OX -- dEN -- rel. 2012

 

Michael Gibbs & The N.D.R. Big Band -- "Freddy's Step" -- Michael Gibbs & The N.D.R. Big Band Play A Bill Frisell Set List -- Cuneiform -- 2013 (N)

 

Check it out in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.!

This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we paid tribute to Sonny Rollins on his 85th birthday. We also heard a few selections by Ken Vandermark and Paal Nilssen-Love, who are appearing this Thursday, September 10, at 8 p.m. at the PONCHO Concert Hall in Seattle, presented by Earshot Jazz. (For more information, see www.earshot.org.) Here is this week's playlist:

 

Sonny Rollins -- "Paul's Pal" -- The Complete Prestige Recordings -- Prestige -- 1956

Sonny Rollins -- "Just In Time" -- The Sound of Sonny -- Riverside -- 1957

Sonny Rollins -- "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top" -- Newk's Time -- Blue Note -- 1957

 

Sonny Rollins -- "East Broadway Run Down" -- East Broadway Run Down -- Impulse! -- 1966

 

Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls -- "Breeding Resistance (aka Paper Tiger Blues)" -- Breeding Resistance -- Delmark -- 2003

Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown -- "Hide" -- Varmint -- Cuneiform -- 2008

Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse -- "Chasin' LeRoy" -- Cries From Tha Ghetto -- Pi -- 2008

 

Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love -- "First Hit, Second Fall" -- Seven -- Smalltown Superjazz -- 2005

 

Waxwing (Tony Wilson, Peggy Lee & Jon Bentley) -- "Cinder" -- A Bowl of Sixty Taxidermists -- Songlines -- rel 2015 (N)

Kadziela & Wojcinski -- "Attitude" -- 10 Little Stories -- Fortune -- 2013/2014

Conspiracy of Equals (with Harry S. Fulcher, Aaron Standon) -- "Starters" -- Conspiracy of Equals -- Leo -- 2005

 

Fire Room (Ken Vandermark, Lasse Marhaug, Paal Nilssen-Love) -- "Dashboard Fire" -- Broken Music -- Atavistic -- 2005

Ab Baars, Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love -- "Abakebo" -- Double Tandem--OX -- dEN -- rel. 2012

 

Michael Gibbs & The N.D.R. Big Band -- "Freddy's Step" -- Michael Gibbs & The N.D.R. Big Band Play A Bill Frisell Set List -- Cuneiform -- 2013 (N)

 

Check it out in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.!

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Guitars and pianos were featured prominently, but not exclusively, on this week's "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS. Here is the playlist for the September 14 show:

 

Ed Cherry Special Trio -- "Edda" -- Szosta Po Potudniu -- Fortune -- 2014 (N)

Bobby Broom Quartet -- "Minor Major Mishap" -- No Hype Blues -- Criss Cross Jazz -- 1995

Wolfgang Muthspiel, Larry Grenadier & Brian Blade -- "Bossa For Michael Brecker" -- Driftwood -- ECM -- 2013

 

Larry Coryell -- "The Way It Was" -- Heavy Feel -- Wide Hive -- 2014

Gene Ess -- "The Trials" -- Eternal Monomyth -- SIMP -- 2014

Joel Harrison 5 -- "Left Hook" -- Spirit House -- (self) -- 2013 (N)

 

Tim Berne's Snakeoil -- "False Impressions" -- You've Been Watching Me -- ECM -- 2014 (N)

Stanley Cowell -- "Finale (from Juneteenth Suite)" -- Juneteenth -- Vision Fugitive -- 2014 (N)

 

Aaron Diehl -- Flux Capacitor" -- Space Time Continuum -- Mack Avenue -- rel. 2015 (N)

Justin Kauflin -- "Tempest" -- Dedication -- Qwest -- 2014

(Jose) Negroni's Trio -- "Matices" -- On The Way -- AA -- rel. 2012

 

Henry Threadgill Zooid -- "In For A Penny, In For A Pound (Opening)" -- In For A Penny, In For A Pound -- Pi -- 2014 (N)

Wayne Shorter Quartet -- "Adventures Beyond The Golden Mean" -- Beyond The Sound Barrier -- Verve -- 2004

[The Wayne Shorter Quartet is appearing at Benaroya Hall in Seattle on Sunday, October 11, as part of the Earshot Jazz Festival.]

Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra -- "Collections of Time" -- Galactic Parables: Volume 1 -- Cuneiform -- 2013 (N)

 

Enrico Rava Quartet -- "Frogs" -- Wild Dance -- ECM -- 2015 (N)

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey -- "Say Nothing" -- The Battle For Earth -- Royal Potato Family -- 2014 (N)

[Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey is appearing with Skerik at The Royal Room in Seattle on Thursday, November 5, as part of the Earshot Jazz Festival.]

Reptet -- "Pills" -- At The Cabin -- ARC -- 2010

 

Cecile McLorin Savant -- "Wives and Lovers" -- For One To Love -- rel. 2015 (N)

 

Check it out in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time in the next two weeks.

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Go to the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm for a streaming version of this week's "Straight, No Chaser." This is the music you'll hear there:

Marian McPartland -- "Turn Around" -- Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume 9 -- Concord Jazz -- 1991
Bill Evans Trio -- "Sweet and Lovely" -- Explorations -- Riverside -- 1961
Orrin Evans -- "For Miles" -- The Evolution of Oneself -- Smoke Sessions -- 2014 (N)

Jimmy Owens -- "Let's Cool One" -- The Monk Project -- IPO -- 2011
JD Allen -- "Naked" -- Graffiti -- Savant -- 2015 (N)
Jazz Passengers -- "Blues For Helen" -- Plain Old Joe-- Knitting Factory -- rel. 1993

Myra Melford -- "First Protest" -- Snowy Egret -- Enja -- 2013 (N)
[The Earshot Jazz Festival Presents Myra Melford & Snowy Egret at the Seattle Art Museum, Sunday, October 18.]
Steve Olson -- "Crunchy Grumbles" -- The Ruthless Shapes of Paradise -- (self) -- 2015 (N)
Yelena Eckemoff Quartet -- "Waves and Shells" -- Everblue -- 2014 (N)

Jack Wright & Ben Wright -- "Be" -- As If Anything Could Be The Same -- Relative Pitch -- rel. 2014
FAB: Fonda--Altschul--Bang -- "Tales From Da Bronx" -- Transforming the Space -- CIMP -- 2003

Grachan Moncur III -- "The Twins" -- Some Other Stuff -- Blue Note -- 1964
Misako Kano Quartet -- "Well, You Needn't" -- Watch Out -- Knitting Factory -- 1996

Kevin Eubanks & Stanley Jordan -- "Old School Jam" -- Duets -- Mack Avenue -- rel. 2015 (N)
Kenny Carr -- "Anthrozoology" -- Idle Talk -- (self) -- rel. 2014
George Benson & The Jack McDuff Quartet -- "Rock-a-Bye" -- The New Boss Guitar of George Benson -- Prestige -- 1964

Keep listening to the jazz!

[Utevsky]

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 -- 1962

Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown -- "Turnpike" -- Brownie Speaks:  The Complete Blue Note Recordings -- Blue Note -- 1953

Charlie Parker -- "Salt Peanuts" -- The Complete Live Performances on Savoy -- Savoy Jazz -- 1948
 

Roy Hargrove Big Band -- "Tschpiso" -- Emergence -- EmArcy -- 2008

Cynthia 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. 2014

Jason 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 -- 2010

Gavin Templeton -- "Bug" -- In Series -- Nine Winds -- 2011

Waxwing -- "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
 

[Utevsky]

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.
 

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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 -- 1990

Phil Woods Quintet + 1 -- "Bradley's Revenge" -- Flash -- Concord Jazz -- 1989

Phil 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 -- 1977

Julian Priester & Sam Rivers -- "Public Servant" -- Hints on Light and Shadow -- Postcards -- 1996

Julian 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 -- 1980

Wayne Horvitz -- "Extra Extra" -- This New Generation -- Elektra -- 1985

Previte 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.

[Utevsky]

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 -- 1992

Jeremy 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 -- 1999

Jeff Parker -- "Cubes" -- Like-Coping -- Delmark -- 2002

Nels 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 -- 2006

Michael Bisio -- "Livin' Large" -- Travel Music -- (self) -- 2010
 

The Bad Plus with Joshua Redman -- "Friend or Foe" -- The Bad Plus Joshua Redman -- Nonesuch -- rel. 2015

Paul Bley -- "Solo 4" --12 (+6) In A Row -- Hat Hut -- 1990

For 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.

[Utevsky]

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 -- 2012

Yves Leveille -- "Dissidence" -- Zone Indigone -- Effendi -- 2001

Alex 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 -- 2009

McDonas, Romus, Brumit & Baker -- "Discussion" -- Bloom -- Edgetone -- rel. 2006
 

Marilyn Crispell Trio -- "Cosmology 2" -- Storyteller -- ECM -- 2003

Kenny Barron & Dave Holland -- "Dr. Do Right" -- The Art of Conversation -- Blue Note -- 2014

Noah Bernstein -- "Jubilee" -- Six -- Hanley -- 2011
 

Josh Berman & His Gang -- "One Train May Hide Another" -- There Now -- Delmark -- 2011

Coat Cooke & Rainier Wiens -- "Storm Eye" -- High Wire -- New Orchestra -- 2011

Arcado 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.

[Utevsky]

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)

 

[Utevsky]

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)
 

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[Utevsky]

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
 

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[Utevsky]

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!

[Utevsky]

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)
 

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[Utevsky]

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)

 

[Utevsky]

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.

 

[Utevsky]

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!

 

[Utevsky]

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)

 

[Utevsky]

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
 

[Utevsky]

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.