"Straight, No Chaser" Playlists

[Utevsky]

For "Straight, No Chaser" this week, I chose some music associated with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the principles he stood for.  Here are the selections we heard:
 

Nina Simone -- "Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)" -- The Best of Nina Simone -- RCA -- rel. 1970

David Newman -- "A Change Is Gonna Come" - Bigger & Better -- Atlantic -- 1968

Illinois Jacquet -- "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" -- The King! -- Prestige -- 1968
 

Noah Baerman -- "Memphis, 1968" -- Soul Force -- Lemel -- 2004

Charlie Haden -- "Song For Che" -- Liberation Music Orchestra -- Impulse! -- 1969
 

Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy -- "Strange Fruit" -- The Fire This Time -- In + Out -- 1992

Oscar Peterson Trio  -- "Hymn To Freedom" -- Night Train -- Verve -- 1962

Harold Land -- "The Peace-Maker" -- The Peace-Maker -- Cadet -- 1968
 

Charles Mingus -- "Prayer for Passive Resistance" -- Passions of A Man -- Atlantic -- 1960

Albert Ayler-- "Divine Peacemaker" -- The Village Concerts (The Dedication Series / Vol. VII) -- Impulse! -- 1966
 

Chico Hamilton Quintet -- "Freedom Traveler" -- Charles Lloyd:  NIrvana -- Columbia -- 1962

Rashied Ali, Peter Kowald & Assif Tsahar -- "Freedom Train" -- Deals, Ideas & Ideals -- Hopscotch -- 2000

Ornette Coleman -- "Peace Warriors" (Quartet version) -- In All Languages -- Verve -- rel. 1978
 

Oliver Lake -- "Electric Freedom Colors" -- Ntu:  Point From Which Creation Begins -- Arista -- 1971

Chico Freeman -- "Freedom Swing Song" -- Peaceful Heart, Gentle Spirit -- Contemporary -- 1980
 

Nina Simone -- "Backlash Blues" -- Forever Young, Gifted & Black -- RCA -- 1968
 

To hear a streaming version of the show, head for the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time in the next two weeks.
 

 

[Utevsky]

Here are the jazz selections we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on January 25:
 

Sonny Rollins with Coleman Hawkins -- "All The Things You Are" -- Sonny Meets Hawk -- RCA -- 1963

Ralph Moore -- "Song For Soweto" -- Rejuvenate! -- Criss Cross Jazz -- 1988
 

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels -- "Of Course, Of Course" -- I Long To See You -- Blue Note -- 2015  (N)

John Zorn / Gnostic Trio -- "Through the Looking Glass" -- In Lambeth:  Visions From the Walled Garden of William Blake -- Tzadik -- 2013

Stanley Clarke, Bireli Lagrene & Jean-Luc Ponty -- "To and Fro" -- D-Stringz -- Impulse! -- 2014  (N)
 

Curtis Stewart -- "Of Color(s) and (UN)-folding" -- Of Colors -- Outside In Music -- rel. 2016  (N)

New York Composers Orchestra -- "Always Lying On" -- Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London -- (self) (unreleased)
 

Steve Coleman and the Council of Balance -- "Synovial Joints (suite):  Part I -- Hand and Wrist" -- Synovial Joints -- Pi -- rel. 2015

Barry Altschul -- "Martin's Stew" -- The 3dom Factor -- TUM -- 2012

Dave Douglas Quintet -- "Inure Phase" -- Brazen Heart -- Greenleaf Music -- 2015  (N)
 

Paul Motian -- "Abacus" -- Le Voyage -- ECM -- 1979

Tisziji Munoz, Lam-Sobo & John Medeski -- "Venus" -- Songs of Soundlessness -- Anami Music -- rel. 2015
 

Joshua Redman -- "Trinkle, Tinkle" -- Trios Live -- Nonesuch -- 2009

Ray Vega & Thomas Marriott -- "Totem Pole" -- Return of the East West Trumpet Summit -- Origin -- 2014  (N)

Joe Farrell -- "Sweet Rita Suite (Part I):  Her Spirit" -- Sonic Text -- Contemporary -- 1979
 

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

[Utevsky]

You can hear this week's "Straight, No Chaser" any time in the next two weeks in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.  Here is the playlist for the February 1st show:
 

Bud Powell Trio -- "Elogie" -- Blues in the Closet -- Verve -- rel. 1956

Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie -- "Algo Bueno" -- Roy & Diz -- Avid -- 1954

Kenny Barron -- "Body and Soul" -- At The Piano -- Xanadu -- 1981
 

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra -- "A Tone Parallel To Harlem" -- Ellington Uptown -- Columbia -- 1951

Oscar Pettiford -- "Jack, The Fieldstalker" -- My Little Cello -- Fantasy -- rel. 1964
 

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

Enrique Haneine -- "Slippery When Dry" -- Instants of Time -- Elegant Walk -- 2014  (N)

Dave Douglas -- "Parallel Worlds" -- Parallel Worlds -- Soul Note -- 1993
 

Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra -- "The Afro Latin Jazz Suite" -- Cuba:  The Conversation Continues -- Motema -- 2014  (N)
 

Christina Pato -- "Let's Festa" -- Latina -- Sunnyside -- 2015  (N)

Aki Takase & Alexander von Schlippenbach -- "Hat and Beard" -- So Long, Eric! Homage To Eric Dolphy -- Intakt -- 2014
 

Theodosii Spassov Trio -- "Tatovata Rabolnitsa (Father's Workshop)" -- The Fish Are Praying For Rain -- Traditional Crossroads -- 1998

Curtis Stewart -- "Descent" -- Of Colors -- Outside In Music -- rel. 2016  (N)

Big Crinkly Trio -- "Skittles" -- This Is Not About The Pecking Order -- (self) -- 2014
 

Stuart Dempster -- "Didjerilayover" -- Underground Overlays From The Cistern Chapel -- New Albion -- 1995

[The "StuART Fest," a tribute to Stuart Dempster, where he and several of his colleagues will perform, is set for 8 p.m. on Saturday, February 6, in the PONCHO Concert Hall at Cornish College in Seattle.]
 

On next Monday's "Straight, No Chaser," we will be soliciting donations in the KBCS quarterly fund drive.  The following week, February 15, Brett Watanabe will be your guest host.

[Utevsky]

Thanks to the listeners who contributed to the KBCS fund drive during this week's "Straight, No Chaser."  Here is the music we heard on February 8:
 

Ellis Marsalis Trio -- "Like Someone In Love" -- On The First Occasion -- ELM -- 1998

Chick Corea -- "Matrix" -- Now He Sings, Now He Sobs -- Blue Note -- 1968
 

Gary Peacock Trio -- "Gloria's Step" -- Now This -- ECM -- 2014

Marc Copland & Gary Peacock - "In A Dance" -- What It Says -- Sketch -- 2002

Gary Peacock -- "Pot Luck" -- Paul Bley & Gary Peacock:  Partners -- Owl -- 1989

Marc Copland -- "Old Friends 1" -- Marc Copland And... -- Hat Hut -- 2002

[The Gary Peacock Trio, with Marc Copland and Joey Baron, will be at the Seattle Art Museum, Feb. 20 at 8 p.m.]
 

Robin Holcomb & Peggy Lee -- "Sorrow" -- Live at the Vancouver Jazz Festival -- (self)

Robin Holcomb and Talking Pictures with Wayne Horvitz -- "10.15.07" -- The Point of It All -- Songlines -- 2009

The Westerlies -- "The Band With Muddy" -- Wish The Children Would Come On Home:  The Music of Wayne Horvitz -- Songlines -- 2013

[Robin Holcomb & Peggy Lee and The Westerlies will play at the Chapel Performance Space in Seattle, Feb. 13 at 8 p.m.]
 

Craig Taborn -- "Crocodile" -- Light Made Lighter -- Thirsty Ear -- rel. 2001

Mat Maneri Quartet -- "Blue Decco" -- Blue Decco -- Thirsty Ear -- 2000

Mat Maneri -- "Almost Pretty" -- Trinity -- ECM -- 1999

[Ches Smith, Mat Maneri & Craig Taborn will be at the PONCHO Concert Hall in Seattle, Feb. 16 at 8 p.m.]
 

Sam Boshnack Quintet -- "Dormant" -- Exploding Syndrome -- (self) -- rel. 2014

[The Sam Boshnack Quintet and Duende will be at The Royal Room in Seattle, Feb. 18 at 7:30 p.m.]

Wally Shoup, Gust Burns, Reuben Radding & Greg Campbell -- "Caressing The Cube" -- The Levitation Shuffle -- Clean Feed -- 2003

[Wally Shoup, Greg Campbell & Greg Kelly will be at the Chapel Performance Space, Feb. 18 at 8 p.m.]
 

Kristjan Jarvi Sound Project (with MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra) - "A Tone Parallel To Harlem (Harlem Suite)" -- Parallel Tones -- MDR -- 2013/2104
 

Michael Mantler -- "Update Twelve, Part 1" -- The Jazz Composers Orchestra Update -- ECM -- 2013
 

On February 15, Brett Watanabe will be your guest host on "Straight, No Chaser."  I'll be back on February 22.
 

 

[Utevsky]

Thanks to Brett Watanabe for hosting "Straight, No Chaser" last week when I was out of town.  You can hear the February 15 program in the KBCS audio archive until February 29.  Here is the music that Brett played:
 

Cindy Blackman -- "The Oracle" -- The Oracle

Don Byron -- "Bernhard Goetz, James Ramseur, and Me" -- Romance With The Unseen

Matthias Lupri Group -- "Song of Change" -- Same Time Twice

Dr. Lonnie Smith -- "Straight, No Chaser" -- Evolution

Harrison Bankhead Sextet -- "Chicago Senorita" -- Morning Sun, Harvest Moon

Gebhard Ullmann & The NDR Big Band -- "D. Nee No" -- The Big Band Project

Kris Davis Infrasound -- "Union Forever" -- Save Your Breath

Julius Hemphill -- "Rites" -- Dogon A.D.

Don Pullen -- "Yebrino Spring" -- Kele Mou Bana

Plunge -- "Big Bang Theory" -- Tin Fish Tango

Prince Lasha & Sonny Simmons -- "Psalms of Solomon" -- Firebirds

 

The February 22 program will be in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm until March 7.  Here is the music we heard on this week's program:
 

Curtis Nowosad -- "A Casual Test" -- Dialectics -- Cellar Live -- 2014

Oran Etkin -- "Be Good Lady" -- What's New:  Reimagining Benny Goodman -- Motema -- 2015  (N)

Duane Eubanks Quintet -- "Slew Footed" -- Things of That Particular Nature -- Sunnyside -- 2014
 

Adison Evans -- "The Epicurean" -- Hero -- AdiTone -- 2015  (N)

Miles Davis -- "Bye Bye Blackbird" -- Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975 -- Columbia
 

Brian Groder Trio -- "Quanta" -- R Train on the D Line -- Latham -- 2014  (N)

Don Ellis -- "How Time Passes" -- How Time Passes -- Barnaby

Ibrahim Maalouf -- "Movement II -- Alf Leila Wa Leila (Tribute to Oum Kalthoum)" -- Kalthoum -- Impulse! -- 2015  (N)
 

Wadada Leo Smith -- "Lake Superior" -- The Great Lakes Suites -- TUM -- 2012

John Abercrombie & Ralph Towner -- "Elbow Room" -- Sargasso Sea -- ECM -- 1976

Tomeka Reid Quartet -- "Samo Swing" -- Tomeka Reid Quartet -- Thirsty Ear -- 2014
 

Frieze of Life -- "Epona" -- Nuclear Frog Pond -- FOL -- rel. 2004

John Coltrane Sextet -- "Acknowledgment (Take 6)" -- A Love Supreme:  The Complete Masters -- Impulse! -- 1964
 

Tom Harrell -- "Beau Soir" (Debussy) -- First Impressios -- HIghnote -- 2013

Matt Parker Trio -- "Song To Keki" -- Present Time -- Bynk -- 2015  (N)

Dean Johnson -- "Beautiful Love" -- Triology -- (self) -- rel. 2016  (N)
 

Enjoy the jazz!

 

[Utevsky]

Check out a streaming version of this week's "Straight, No Chaser" in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time in the next two weeks.  Here is the music you'll find there in the February 29 program:
 

Christina Pato -- "Fandango:  Prueba de Fuego" -- Latina -- Sunnyside -- 2015  (N)

Ilhan Ersahin -- "Londres" -- Istanbul Underground -- Nublu -- rel.  2015  (N)

Michael Bisio -- "AM" -- Accortet -- Relative Pitch -- 2014  (N)
 

Avishai Cohen -- "Into the Silence" -- Into the Silence -- ECM -- 2015  (N)

Bill Stewart -- "Tincture" -- Space Squid -- Pirouet -- 2014  (N)
 

Curtis Stewart -- "Giant Steps" -- Of Colors -- Outside In  Music -- rel. 2015  (N)

David White Trio  -- "Dromedary" -- Words and Music -- MMC -- 2002

Tiszil Munoz, Lam-Sobo & John Medeski -- "Damned If You Do Or Don't" -- Songs of Soundlessness -- Anami Music -- rel. 2014
 

Trevor Watts & Veryan Weston -- "Going Out" -- Ad At Libitum -- Fortune -- 2013  (N)

Rik Wright's Fundamental Forces -- "Overcast" -- Green -- Hipsync -- rel. 2015  (N)

Evan Parker, Joe Morris & Nate Wooley -- "High Center" -- Ninth Square -- Clean Feed -- 2014
 

John Ellis -- "Bonus Round" -- One Foot in the Swamp -- Hyena -- rel. 2005

Oliver Lake Big Band -- "Philly Blues" -- Wheels -- Passin' Thru -- 2012

Michael Mantler -- "Update 5" -- The Jazz Composers Orchestra Update -- ECM -- 2013
 

Mette Henriette Ensemble -- "I" -- Mette Henriette -- ECM -- 2013/2014  (N)

Branford Marsalis Quartet -- "A Love Supreme Part I - Acknowledgment" -- A Love Supreme Live in Amsterdam -- Marsalis Music -- rel. 2015
 

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[Utevsky]

To hear a streaming version of this week's "Straight, No Chaser," navigate to the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm and look under March 7.  Here is the music we heard:
 

Wes Montgomery -- "So Do It!" -- Movin' Along -- Riverside -- 1960

Wes Montgomery & Milt Jackson -- "Jingles" -- The Alternative Wes Montgomery -- Riverside -- 1961

Wes Montgomery -- "Nica's Dream" -- Echoes of Indiana Avenue -- Resonance -- 1957/1958
 

Ark Ovrutski Quintet -- "Twister" -- Intersection -- Origin -- 2015  (N)

Logan Richardson -- "In Your Next Life" -- Shift -- Blue Note -- 2013  (N)

Paul Bley -- "Around Again" -- The Floater Syndrome -- Savoy Jazz -- 1963
 

Brad Shepik & Ron Samworth -- "Circa" -- Quartet 1991 -- Songlines  (N)

Michael Blake -- "The Soldier and the Saint" -- Fulfillment -- Songlines -- 2015  (N)

Julian Lage -- "Stop Go Start" -- Arclight -- Mack Avenue - rel. 2016  (N)
 

Jean-Luc Ponty -- "Music for Electric Violin and Low Budget Orchestra" -- King Kong -- Blue Note -- c. 1993
 

Wadada Leo Smith -- "Lake Huron" -- The Great Lakes Suites -- TUM -- 2012
 

Bobby Bradford, Mark Dresser & Glenn Ferris -- "Pandas Run" -- Live in LA -- Clean Feed -- 2009

Open Loose -- "Irrational" -- Strange Unison -- Radio Legs Music -- 2007

Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra -- "Blue Yonder" -- Habitat -- Justin Time -- rel. 2014
 

Paul Bley Trio -- "Cartoon" -- Closer -- ESP-Disk -- 1965
 

 

[Utevsky]

Here are the tunes we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on March 14:
 

Kei Akagi Trio -- "Shikakugai Katsudou (Unqualified Activities)" -- Circlepoint  (N)

Fred Hersch -- "Enfant" -- Sarabande  (N)

Chris Ziemba -- "Little T" -- Manhattan Lullaby  (N)
 

Paul Green -- "So, Nu?" -- Music Coming Together  (N)

Curtis Nowasad -- "Dialectics" -- Dialectics  (N)

Lee Morgan -- "Stand By" -- The Complete Recordings 1956-1962  (N)
 

Dan Weiss -- "Elvin" -- Sixteen:  Drummers Suite  (N)

Quantum Trio -- "And If Salfate Was Right?" -- Gravity  (N)

Jen Shyu & Jade Tongue -- "Bloom's Mouth Rushed In" -- Sounds and Cries of the World  (N)
 

Art Ensemble of Chicago -- "Till Autumn" -- Sirius Calling

Happy Apple -- "Marvin Says" -- Body Popping, Moon Walking, Top Rocking

Bill Dixon -- "Vecctor" -- Son of Sisyphus
 

Dylan Howe -- "All Saints" -- Subterranean:  New Designs on Bowie's Berlin  (N)

Peter Evans Quartet -- "Interlude 2" -- Live in Lisbon

Wayne Horvitz -- "Last Place There" -- Some Places Are Forever Afternoon  (N)
 

Dennis Gonzalez -- "Catechism (Part Two)" -- Catechism
 

Ernestine Anderson -- "On Green Dolphin Street" -- Ernestine Anderson Swings the Penthouse

[Ernestine Anderson passed away last week at the age of 87.]
 

You can find the program, as always, in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

 

[Utevsky]

This week's "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS featured a tribute to a Seattle favorite, Ernestine Anderson (1928-2016), and a diverse batch of new and recent releases.  Here are the selections we heard:

Ernestine Anderson -- "I Love Being Here With You" -- Ow! / Great Moments With Ernestine Anderson -- Concord Jazz -- 1987

Ernestine Anderson -- "It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" -- Hello Like Before -- Concord Jazz -- rel. 1977

Ernestine Anderson with The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra -- "One Mint Julep" -- Boogie Down -- Concord Jazz -- 1989

Ernestine Anderson -- "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" -- Live From Concord to London / Great Moments With Ernestine Anderson -- Concord Jazz -- `976

Ernestine Anderson -- "Big City" -- Big City -- Concord Jazz -- 1983

 

Jeremy Pelt -- "Desire" -- #Jiveculture -- Highnote -- 2015  (N)

Justin Kauflin -- "On Danish Shore" -- [Various Artists] Oscar:  With Love -- Two Lions -- rel. 2015  (N)

Darren English -- "Cherokee" -- Imagine Nation -- Hot Shoe -- 2014  (N)

 

Melissa Aldana -- "Back Home" -- Back Home -- Wommusic -- 2015  (N)

Florian Hoefner Group -- "Newfound Jig" -- Luminosity -- Origin -- 2015  (N)

Erena Terakubo -- "Golden Oolong Tea" -- A Time For Love -- Cellar Live -- 2015  (N)

 

Avishai Cohen -- "Behind the Broken Glass" -- Into the Silence -- ECM -- 2015 (N)

Kenny Wheeler & John Taylor -- "Quiso" -- On the Way to Two -- CamJazz -- 2005  (N)

Pat Battstone & Kit Demos -- "Broken Promises" -- From Dream to Dream -- (self) -- 2015  (N)

 

Weather Report -- "Gibraltar" -- The Legendary Live Tapes:  1978-1981 -- Columbia -- 1978  (N)

 

John McLaughlin -- "Panditji" -- Black Light -- Abstract Logix -- 2015  (N)

Lionel Loueke -- "Aziza Dance" -- Gaia -- Blue NOte -- rel. 2015  (N)

 

Ernestine Anderson with The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra -- "Love Walked In" -- Concord Jazz -- 1989

 

Catch this show at your convenience in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

 

 

 

[Utevsky]

Here is the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS on March 28:
 

Tony Lustig Quintet -- "Prometheus" -- Taking Flight -- Bimperl -- rel. 2016  (N)

Clark Terry -- "Boomerang" -- Serenade to a Bus Seat -- Riverside -- 1957

Marta Sanchez Quartet -- "El paso de los anos" -- Partenika -- Fresh Sound New Talent -- 2014  (N)
 

Herlin Riley -- "Connection to Congo Square" -- New Direction -- Mack Avenue -- rel. 2016  (N)

Enrique Haneine -- "Bordeaux" -- Instants of Time -- Elegant Walk -- 2014  (N)

Bill Stewart -- "Space Squid" -- Space Squid -- Pirouet -- 2014  (N)
 

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels -- "Barche Lamsel" -- I Long to See You -- Blue Note -- 2015  (N)

Bill Frisell -- "Psycho, Pt. 2" -- When You Wish Upon a Star -- Okeh -- rel. 2016  (N)
 

Mary Halvorson -- "Blood" -- Meltframe  -- Firehouse 12 -- 2014

Dan Weiss -- "Tony" -- Sixteen:  Drummers Suite -- Pi -- 2014  (N)

Brad Shepik & Ron Samworth -- "PLAW" -- Quartet 1991 -- Songlines -- 1991 (N)
 

Jen Shyu & Jade Tongue -- "She Held Fire" -- Sounds and Cries of the World -- Pi -- 2014  (N)

Debashish Bhattacharya feat. John McLaughlin -- "A Mystical Morning" -- Beyond the Ragasphere -- Riverboat -- rel. 2013 [reissued on The Rough Guide to Psychedelic India -- World Music Network]
 

Michael Blake -- "Exaltation" -- Fulfillment -- Songlines -- 2015  (N)

Mat Maneri Quartet -- "East Broadway Rundown" -- Acceptance -- Hat Hut -- 1996

Matt Parker Trio -- "Sixteen" -- Present Time -- Bynk -- 2015  (N)
 

Logan Richardson -- "Time" -- Shift -- Blue Note -- rel. 2016  (N)
 

Catch this line-up in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time in the next two weeks.

 

Here is the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS on March 28:
 

Tony Lustig Quintet -- "Prometheus" -- Taking Flight -- Bimperl -- rel. 2016  (N)

Clark Terry -- "Boomerang" -- Serenade to a Bus Seat -- Riverside -- 1957

Marta Sanchez Quartet -- "El paso de los anos" -- Partenika -- Fresh Sound New Talent -- 2014  (N)
 

Herlin Riley -- "Connection to Congo Square" -- New Direction -- Mack Avenue -- rel. 2016  (N)

Enrique Haneine -- "Bordeaux" -- Instants of Time -- Elegant Walk -- 2014  (N)

Bill Stewart -- "Space Squid" -- Space Squid -- Pirouet -- 2014  (N)
 

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels -- "Barche Lamsel" -- I Long to See You -- Blue Note -- 2015  (N)

Bill Frisell -- "Psycho, Pt. 2" -- When You Wish Upon a Star -- Okeh -- rel. 2016  (N)
 

Mary Halvorson -- "Blood" -- Meltframe  -- Firehouse 12 -- 2014

Dan Weiss -- "Tony" -- Sixteen:  Drummers Suite -- Pi -- 2014  (N)

Brad Shepik & Ron Samworth -- "PLAW" -- Quartet 1991 -- Songlines -- 1991 (N)
 

Jen Shyu & Jade Tongue -- "She Held Fire" -- Sounds and Cries of the World -- Pi -- 2014  (N)

Debashish Bhattacharya feat. John McLaughlin -- "A Mystical Morning" -- Beyond the Ragasphere -- Riverboat -- rel. 2013 [reissued on The Rough Guide to Psychedelic India -- World Music Network]
 

Michael Blake -- "Exaltation" -- Fulfillment -- Songlines -- 2015  (N)

Mat Maneri Quartet -- "East Broadway Rundown" -- Acceptance -- Hat Hut -- 1996

Matt Parker Trio -- "Sixteen" -- Present Time -- Bynk -- 2015  (N)
 

Logan Richardson -- "Time" -- Shift -- Blue Note -- rel. 2016  (N)
 

Catch this line-up in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time in the next two weeks.

 

[Utevsky]

You can hear a streaming version of the April 4 edition of "Straight, No Chaser" in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.  Here is the music you'll find there:
 

Marco Varela -- "Mitsuru" -- San Ygnacio -- Origin -- 2012  (N)

Jay Hoggard -- "Pleasant Memories" -- Riverside Dance -- India Navigation -- rel. 1985

Ratatet -- "Red State, Blue State" -- Arctic -- Ridgeway -- 2015  (N)
 

Jacknife -- "Climax" -- The Music of Jackie McLean -- Primary  (N)

Empirical -- "Card Clash" -- Connection -- Cuneiform -- 2015  (N)

Brooklyn Blowhards -- "Haul on the Bowline" -- Brooklyn Blowhards -- (self) -- 2015  (N)
 

Dave Pike -- "Free Improvisation" -- The Doors of Perception -- Vortex -- rel. 1970

Markus Stockhausen -- "Across Bridges" -- Casi Lontano...Quasi Dentro -- ECM -- 1988

Myra Melford & Ben Goldberg -- "The Kitchen" -- Dialogue -- BAG Production -- 2014  (N)

Ibrahim Maalouf -- "Overture I -- Alf Leila Wa Leila (Tribute to Oum Kalthoum)" -- Kalthoum -- Impulse! -- rel. 2015  (N)
 

Dewey Redman -- "Walls-Bridges" -- The Ear of the Behearer -- Impulse! -- 1973

Heiner Stadler -- "Pointed" -- Brains on Fire, Vol. 2 -- Labor -- 1971

Paal Nilssen-Love -- "House" -- Townorchestrahouse -- Clean Feed -- 2002
 

Peter Brotzmann Quartet -- "Tell A Green Man" -- Nipples -- Calig -- 1969

Bassdrumbone -- "Lips and Grits" -- The Other Parade -- Clean Feed -- 2009
 

Billy Bang -- "Seeing Together" -- Outline No. 12 -- Celluloid -- 1982

Tomasz Stanko -- "Purple Sun" -- Purple Sun -- Calig -- 1973
 

Rudresh Mahanthappa -- "Man, Thanks For Coming" -- Bird Calls -- ACT -- 2014
 

[Utevsky]

Here is the playlist for the April 11 edition of "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS:
 

Dafnis Prieto -- "Just Say It" -- Taking The Soul For A Walk -- Dafnison -- 2007

Jackie McLean -- "Jacknife" -- Jacknife -- Blue Note -- 1965

[The Jackie McLean tribute band "Jacknife" will be at The Royal Room in Seattle, Sunday, April 17]

Leszek Kulakowski Ensemble -- "Regi" -- Looking Ahead -- Fortune -- 2014
 

Matthew Shipp Trio -- "Instinctive Touch" -- The Conduct of Jazz -- Thirsty Ear -- 2015  (N)

Waxwing -- "A Bowl of Sixty Taxidermists" -- A Bowl of Sixty Taxidermists -- Songlines -- rel. 2015

John Zorn & Bar Kokhba -- "Abdiel" -- Lucifer (Book of Angels, Volume 10) -- Tzadik -- 2007

Lionel Loueke -- "Sleepless Night" -- Gaia -- Blue NOte -- rel. 2015
 

Amir ElSaffar -- "El-Sha'ab (The People)" -- Crisis -- Pi -- 2015

Chicago Underground Duo -- "Exponent Red" -- Axis and Alignment -- Thrill Jockey -- 2001

Michael Moore -- "Race in Space for Face" -- Monitor -- Between the Lines -- 1999

Harris Eisenstadt -- "Sometimes It's Hard To Get Dressed In The Morning" -- Canada Day IV -- Songlines -- 2015
 

Noah Preminger -- "I Am The Heavenly Way" -- Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground -- (self) -- 2015  (N)

Restroy -- "S.M.I.B.D." -- Saturn Return -- Milk Factory Productions -- rel. 2016  (N)

Liberty Ellman -- "Supercell" -- Radiate -- Pi -- 2014
 

John William Gordon -- "Hither Blither" -- Just A Wild Guess -- (self) -- rel. 2015

Russell Malone -- "Suite Sioux" -- Love Looks Good On You - Highnote -- 2014

Jason Parker Quartet -- "'Cello Song" -- Five Leaves Left:  A Tribute to Nick Drake -- Broken Time -- 2010  (N)
 

Matt Mitchell -- "Utensil Strength" -- Vista Accumulation -- Pi -- 2015
 

You can listen to a streaming version of this program in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time in the next two weeks.

 

[Utevsky]

Some nuggets from the vinyl bins (so to speak) were sprinkled among the musical selections on "Straight, No Chaser" this week. We also heard new releases by Sonny Rollins, Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom, Empirical and a Polish group, Obara International. Here is the April 18 playlist:

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers -- "Close Your Eyes" -- At the Jazz Corner of the World, Vol. 1 -- Blue Note -- 1959 -- [reissued on The Complete Blue Note Collection, Part Two -- Enlightenment]
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble -- "Chatham Dirge" -- The Continuum -- Delmark -- 1997

Dizzy Reece -- "We Smile" -- Possession, Exorcism, Peace -- Honey Dew -- rel. 1977
Wojtczak NYConnection -- "Lecycki (Oberek)" -- Folk Five -- Fortune

3.5.7 Ensemble -- "Stand Fast" -- Amongst the Smokestacks and Steeples -- Milk Factory Productions -- 2013
Woody Shaw -- "Rosewood" -- Rosewood -- Columbia -- 1977
Sonny Rollins -- "In A Sentimental Mood" -- Holding The Stage: Road Shows, Vol. 4 -- Okeh -- 2007 (N)

Jeremy Steig & Eddie Gomez -- "Outlaws" -- Outlaws -- Enja -- 1976
Josh Abrams -- "Background Beneath" -- Cipher -- Delmark -- 2002
Reggie Workman Ensemble -- "Fabula" -- Synthesis -- Leo -- 1986

Fay Victor Ensemble -- "Gunk" -- Absinthe & Vermouth -- Green Ave. Music -- 2013
Mark Helias Open Loose -- "Many Nows" -- Atomic Clock -- Radio Legs Music -- 2004 [photo of Mark Helias below]
Jim Staley -- "#3" -- Mumbo Jumbo -- Rift -- 1986

Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom -- "Shimmer" -- Otis Was A Polar Bear -- Royal Potato Family -- rel. 2016 (N)
Obara International -- "Pinnacle of Accura, See?" -- Live in Minsk Mazowiecki -- Fortune -- 2014 (N)
Empirical -- "The Two-Edged Sword" -- Connection -- Cuneiform -- 2015 (N)

Next week (April 25) I will feature some recordings by Leandro "Gato" Barbieri, who passed away earlier this month.

David Utevsky
Celebrating 25 Years with KBCS

 

[Utevsky]

This week on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS, we said good-bye to the saxophonist Gato Barbieri, who died in early April at the age of 83.  In addition to selections of Barbieri's music, we checked out some new releases.  Here is the complete playlist for April 25:

Gato Barbieri -- "El Sertao" -- Under Fire -- Flying Dutchman -- rel. 1973

Gato Barbieri -- "Lluvia Azul" -- Chapter Four:  Alive in New York -- Impulse -- 1975
 

Ergo -- "A Conviction"  -- As Subtle As Tomorrow -- Cuneiform -- 2013  (N)

Paul Fonfara & The Ipsifendus Orchestra -- "Handholder" -- Seven Secrets of Snow  -- (self)  (N)

Dominik Strycharski Core 6 -- "Ametyst" -- Czoczko -- Fortune - 2014  (N)
 

Gato Barbieri & Don Cherry -- "Togetherness, Fifth Movement" -- Gato Barbieri & Don Cherry -- Inner City -- 1965

Don Cherry (with Gato Barbieri) -- "Orfeu Negro" -- Live at Cafe Montmartre 1966, Vol. Two -- ESP
 

Gato Barbieri Quartet -- "In Search of the Mystery" / "Michelle" -- In Search of the Mystery -- ESP -- 1967
 

Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith -- "All Becomes Alive" -- A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke -- ECM -- 2015  (N)

Gato Barbieri & Dollar Brand -- "Eighty-First Street" -- Confluence -- Arista  -- 1968
 

Gato Barbieri -- "Encuentros" -- Chapter One:  Latin America -- Impulse -- 1973

Brooklyn Blowhards -- "Bells" -- Brooklyn Blowhards -- (self) -- 2015  (N)
 

Myra Melford & Ben Goldberg -- "9 + 5" -- Dialogue -- BAG Productions -- 2014  (N)
 

Hear it any time in the next two weeks in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.
 

 

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You can hear this week's "Straight, No Chaser" any time in the next two weeks in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.  Here is the music we heard on May 2nd:
 

Stan Getz -- "Morning Star" -- Moments in Time -- Resonance -- 1976  (N)

Murray Allen & Carrington -- "The David, Geri & Terri Show" -- Perfection -- Motema -- rel. 2016  (N)
 

Booker Little -- "Moods in Free Time" -- Out Front -- Candid -- 1981

Charles Mingus -- "Hobo Ho" -- Let My Children Hear Music -- Columbia -- c. 1972
 

John Hollenbeck -- "Bluegreenyellow" -- No Images -- Blueshift -- 1995

Vehemence Quartet -- "Kazdy Chcialby Mieszkac w Regulicach" -- Anomalia -- Fortune -- 2015  (N)
 

Ralph Alessi -- "Smooth Descent" -- Quiver -- ECM -- 2014  (N)

Matthew Shipp Trio -- "Primary Form" -- The Conduct of Jazz -- Thirsty Ear -- 2015  (N)

Ralph Peterson & Triangular -- "The Art of War" -- Triangular III -- Onyx Productions -- 2015  (N)
 

Chico Freeman 4-Tet -- "Black Inside" -- Spoken Into Existence -- Jive Music -- rel. 2015  (N)

Logan Richardson -- "Creeper" -- Shift -- Blue Note -- 2013  (N)

Ryan Keberle & Catharsis -- "Cheryl" -- Into the Zone -- Greenleaf  -- 2014
 

Henry Threadgill Ensemble Double Up -- "Part Three" -- Old Locks and Irregular Verbs -- Pi -- 2015  (N)
 

Matt Criscuolo -- "Prelude to a Kiss" -- The Dialogue -- Jazzeria -- rel. 2016 (N)
 

 

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Here are the tunes we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on Monday, May 9:
 

Restroy -- "Uma" -- Saturn Return -- Milk Factory Productions -- rel. 2016  (N)

Noah Preminger -- "Future Blues" -- Dark Was The Night,  Cold Was The Ground -- (self) -- 2015  (N)

Ray Vega & Thomas Marriott -- "United" -- Return of the East West Trumpet Summit -- Origin -- 2014  (N)
 

Four Corners -- "Spin With The EARth" -- Four Corners -- Clean Feed -- rel. 2016

Burning Ghosts -- "Defiance" -- Burning Ghosts -- Orenda -- 2015  (N)

Curtis Stewart -- "J.S. Bach:  Solo Violin Sonata in G Minor; Presto" -- Of Color(s) -- Outside In Music -- rel. 2016
 

Hafez Modirzadeh -- "Number That Moves" -- In Convergence Liberation -- Pi -- 2011

William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra -- "Voice Dancer Kidd" -- Sunrise in the Tone World -- AUM Fidelity -- 1995

Miriodor -- "Free Fall" -- 3rd Warning -- Cuneiform -- c. 1991
 

Pat Battstone & Kit Demos -- "Tryptic" -- From Dream To Dream -- (self) -- 2015

The White Spot -- "Schoepfiae" -- Way Out Northwest -- Relative Pitch -- 2008

Adam Pieronczyk & Miroslav Vitous -- "Pheidippides" -- Wings -- Fortune -- 2015  (N)

Paradoxical Frog -- "An Intermittent Procession" -- Union -- Clean Feed -- 2011
 

Scott Amendola -- "Remixes" -- Fade To Orange -- Sazi -- 2014

Tomas Fujiwara Trio -- "Nudge Storms"  -- Variable Bets -- Relative Pitch -- 21013

Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith -- "Marian Anderson" -- A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke -- ECM -- 2015  (N)

Tom Trio -- "Mornings" -- Radical Moves -- Fortune -- 2013
 

You can listen to a streaming version of this program in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time in the next two weeks.

 

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Many thanks to Brett Watanabe, who filled in for me last week on "Straight, No Chaser," when I was unable to come to the station.  Here is the music that Brett played on March 23:
 

John Coltrane -- "Brasilia" -- Chim Chim Cheree

India Cooke -- "Logan's Reel" -- Red Handed

Chris Dingman -- "Jet Lag" -- Waking Dreams

Sam Jones -- "Seven Minds" -- Something in Common

Jack Gold Quartet -- "Spiritual" -- Daylight

Kris Davis Infrasound -- "Union Forever" -- Save Your Breath

Deardorf / Peterson Group -- "Rhythm Tune" -- Portal

Carmell Jones -- "That's Good" -- Business Meetin'

Ken Vandermark -- "Improvisation--Tokyo, Part 8" -- Extended Duos

Mahavishnu Orchestra -- "The Noonward Race" -- Mar y Sol Festival

 

You can still hear the March 23 program in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time in the coming week.
 

Here is the music we heard when I returned to "Straight, No Chaser" on May 30:
 

African Jazz Pioneers -- "Yeka Yeka" -- The Rough Guide to South African Jazz -- World Music Network -- rel. 2016  (N)

Gil Melle -- "It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" -- Quadrama -- Prestige -- 1957

Thad Jones -- "Tariff" -- Detroit--New York Junction -- Blue Note -- 1956
 

Max Roach -- "Juliano" -- Quiet As It's Kept -- Verve --  1960

Max Roach -- "Petit Dejeuner" -- Parisian Sketches -- Gitanes -- 1960

Max Roach & Buddy Rich -- "Big Foot" -- Rich vs. Roach -- Mercury -- 1959
 

Delirium -- "Iki" -- Eclexistence -- TUM -- 2004

Spring Heel Jack -- "Red Worm" -- Masses -- Thirsty Ear -- c. 2001

Burning Ghosts -- "Requiem" -- Burning Ghosts -- Orenda -- 2015  (N)
 

Stephan Crump with Rosetta Trio -- "Shoes, Jump" -- Reclamation -- Sunnyside -- 2009

Gato Barbieri -- "Milonga Triste" -- Chapter Four:  Alive in New York -- Impulse -- 1975

Howard Johnson & Gravity -- "Appointment in Ghana" -- Gravity!!! -- Verve -- rel. 1996
 

Wayne Shorter -- "Genesis" -- The All Seeing Eye -- Blue Note -- 1965

Max Roach & Connie Crothers -- "Let 'Em Roll" -- Swish -- New Artists -- 1982
 

Dave Burrell (with Sirone & Sunny Murray) -- "East Side Colors -- High Won--High Two -- Arista -- 1968

Paul Plimley & Lisle Ellis -- "Ascending Ladders" -- Both Sides of the Same Mirror -- 9 Winds -- 1989
 

Jane Ira Bloom -- "Big Bill" -- Early Americans -- Outline -- 2015  (N)
 

The May 30 program will be available in the KBCS audio archive for the next two weeks.
 

 

Many thanks to Brett Watanabe, who filled in for me last week on "Straight, No Chaser," when I was unable to come to the station.  Here is the music that Brett played on March 23:
 

John Coltrane -- "Brasilia" -- Chim Chim Cheree

India Cooke -- "Logan's Reel" -- Red Handed

Chris Dingman -- "Jet Lag" -- Waking Dreams

Sam Jones -- "Seven Minds" -- Something in Common

Jack Gold Quartet -- "Spiritual" -- Daylight

Kris Davis Infrasound -- "Union Forever" -- Save Your Breath

Deardorf / Peterson Group -- "Rhythm Tune" -- Portal

Carmell Jones -- "That's Good" -- Business Meetin'

Ken Vandermark -- "Improvisation--Tokyo, Part 8" -- Extended Duos

Mahavishnu Orchestra -- "The Noonward Race" -- Mar y Sol Festival

 

You can still hear the March 23 program in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time in the coming week.
 

Here is the music we heard when I returned to "Straight, No Chaser" on May 30:
 

African Jazz Pioneers -- "Yeka Yeka" -- The Rough Guide to South African Jazz -- World Music Network -- rel. 2016  (N)

Gil Melle -- "It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" -- Quadrama -- Prestige -- 1957

Thad Jones -- "Tariff" -- Detroit--New York Junction -- Blue Note -- 1956
 

Max Roach -- "Juliano" -- Quiet As It's Kept -- Verve --  1960

Max Roach -- "Petit Dejeuner" -- Parisian Sketches -- Gitanes -- 1960

Max Roach & Buddy Rich -- "Big Foot" -- Rich vs. Roach -- Mercury -- 1959
 

Delirium -- "Iki" -- Eclexistence -- TUM -- 2004

Spring Heel Jack -- "Red Worm" -- Masses -- Thirsty Ear -- c. 2001

Burning Ghosts -- "Requiem" -- Burning Ghosts -- Orenda -- 2015  (N)
 

Stephan Crump with Rosetta Trio -- "Shoes, Jump" -- Reclamation -- Sunnyside -- 2009

Gato Barbieri -- "Milonga Triste" -- Chapter Four:  Alive in New York -- Impulse -- 1975

Howard Johnson & Gravity -- "Appointment in Ghana" -- Gravity!!! -- Verve -- rel. 1996
 

Wayne Shorter -- "Genesis" -- The All Seeing Eye -- Blue Note -- 1965

Max Roach & Connie Crothers -- "Let 'Em Roll" -- Swish -- New Artists -- 1982
 

Dave Burrell (with Sirone & Sunny Murray) -- "East Side Colors -- High Won--High Two -- Arista -- 1968

Paul Plimley & Lisle Ellis -- "Ascending Ladders" -- Both Sides of the Same Mirror -- 9 Winds -- 1989
 

Jane Ira Bloom -- "Big Bill" -- Early Americans -- Outline -- 2015  (N)
 

The May 30 program will be available in the KBCS audio archive for the next two weeks.
 

 

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The powerful flutist Jeremy Steig (1942-2016), who died last week, was featured on this week's "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS.  Here is the playlist for the June 6 program:
 

Donny McCaslin -- "Love What Is Mortal" -- Fast Future -- Greenleaf -- 2014

Brooklyn Blowhards -- "Island Harvest" -- Brooklyn Blowhards -- (self) -- 2015  (N)

Ed Palermo Big Band -- "The Goat Patrol" -- One Child Left Behind -- Cuneiform -- 2014  (N)
 

Jeremy Steig -- "Hop Scotch" -- Firefly -- CTI -- 1977

Jeremy Steig -- "Energy" -- Energy -- Capitol

Jeremy & The Satyrs -- "Foreign Release" -- Jeremy & The Satyrs -- Reprise -- c.1968
 

Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus  -- "Exoskeleton -- Part VI & Part VII" -- The Distance -- ECM -- 2014  (N)

Pascal Niggenkemper Vision7 -- "I Don't Know Why, But This Morning..." -- Lucky Prime -- Clean Feed -- c. 2013
 

Ryan Keberle & Catharsis -- "Zone" -- Zone -- Greenleaf -- 2014

Cuong Vu Trio & Pat Metheny -- "Telescope" -- Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny -- Nonesuch -- 2015  (N)

Brad Shepik & Ron Samworth -- "Way In" -- Quartet 1991 -- Songlines -- 1991  (N)
 

Jeremy Steig -- "Night Mare" -- [Jeremy Steig & Eddie Gomez] Outlaws -- Enja -- 1976

Jeremy Steig -- "Bluesdom" -- Monium -- Columbia -- rel. 1974

Jeremy Steig -- "Cakes" -- Energy -- Capitol
 

Robert Kusiolek & Elena Czekanowa -- "Act IV" -- Qui Pro Quo -- Multikulti Project -- 2014

Zbigniew Chojnacki -- "Suita, Part 3" -- Elektrotropism -- Fortune -- 2015  (N)
 

J D Allen -- "Americana" -- Americana  -- Savant -- 2016  (N)
 

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Here is the music heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on June 13:
 

Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie -- "Caravan" -- Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie / Perfect Peterson -- Pablo -- 1974

Bill Evans & Jeremy Steig -- "Straight No Chaser" -- What's New -- Verve -- 1969

Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra -- "Space Aura" -- Sun Ra Visits Planet Earth / Interstellar Low Ways -- Evidence -- 1960
 

Kenny Barron Trio -- "Prayer" -- Book of Intuition -- Verve -- 2015  (N)

Franco D'Andrea -- "Area N. 4" -- Solo 2--Abstractions -- Philology -- 2001

The Bad Plus -- "Seven Minute Mind" -- Made Possible -- E-One -- 2011

Matthew Shipp Trio -- "Raw Materials" -- Elastic Aspects -- Thirsty Ear -- 2011
 

Avram Fefer & Michael Bisio -- "City Life / Tipping Point" -- Painting Breath, Stoking Fire -- CIMP -- 2005  (N)

Avram Fefer, Eric Revis & Chad Taylor -- "Eliyahu (take. 2)" -- Eliyahu -- Not Two -- 2010  (N)

Avram Fefer Quartet -- "Cycle of Fits" -- Lucille's Gemini Dream -- CIMP -- 2001  (N)
 

Joe Farrell -- "Moon Germs" -- Moon Germs -- CTI -- 1972

Jane Ira Bloom -- "Dangerous Times" -- Early Americans -- Outline -- 2015  (N)

Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom -- "Pig In a Sidecar" -- Otis Was A Polar Bear -- Royal Potato Family -- rel. 2016  (N)
 

Stan Getz (with Joanne Brackeen) -- "O Grande Amor" -- Moments in Time -- Resonance -- 1976  (N)

David Murray, Geri Allen & Teri Lynne Carrington -- "Cycles and Seasons" -- Perfection -- Motema -- rel. 2016  (N)

Le Rex -- "Don't Lean on the Case!" -- Wild Man -- Cuneiform -- 2014
 

Reginald Cyntje -- "Beatitudes" -- Spiritual Awakening -- (self) -- 2015  (N)

D-Town Brass -- "A Close Call" -- Golden Belt -- (self) -- 2012  (N)

Michael Blake -- "Perimeters" -- Fulfillment -- Songlines -- 2015  (N)

Matt Wilson's Big Happy Family -- "Feel the Sway" -- Beginning of a Memory -- Palmetto -- 2015  (N)
 

This and other KBCS programs are available on demand, in streaming format, in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm for two weeks after the broadcast date.  Tune in at your convenience from  your computer or mobile device.

 

[Utevsky]

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.

 

[Utevsky]

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.

 

[Utevsky]

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

 

 

[Utevsky]

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!

 

 

[Utevsky]

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.

 

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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)