"Straight, No Chaser" Playlists

[Utevsky]

To hear the August 1st edition of "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS, head for the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.  Here is the music you'll find there:
 

Rafi Malkiel -- "Eden Rain" -- Water -- Tzadik -- 2009

Rachel Thierrien -- "To John" -- Pensamiento--Proyecto Colombia -- Free Run Artists -- rel. 2016  (N)

Paolo Fresu & Omar Sosa -- "No Trance" -- Alma -- Ta -- rel. 2012
 

Tom Varner -- "Prince of Jamaica (Queens)" -- Long Night Big Day -- New World -- rel. 1991

Myra Melford & Ben Goldberg -- "1 Through 8" -- Dialogue -- BAG Production -- 2014

Dave Douglas & Uri Caine -- "End to End" -- Present Joys -- Greenleaf -- 2013
 

Thelonious Monk Quartet with Johnny Griffin -- "Rhythm-a-ning" -- Thelonious in Action -- Riverside -- 1958

John Coltrane -- "Goldsboro Express" -- Bahia -- Prestige -- 1958

Clark Terry -- "No Problem" -- Color Changes -- Candid -- 1960
 

Avram Fefer -- "Testament" -- Ritual -- Clean Feed -- 2008

Marilyn Crispell, Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake -- "Destiny 6" -- Destiny -- Okkadisk -- 1995

Craig Flory -- "Split the Blast" -- Wigwam Bendix -- Franchise -- rel. 1998
 

Charles Gayle Trio -- "Oleo" -- Christ Everlasting -- Fortune -- 2014

Clusone Trio [pictured] -- "Medley 2:  Restless in Pieces / Love Henry" -- Love Henry -- Gramavision -- 1986

Manu Katche -- "Miles Away" -- Neighbourhood -- ECM -- 2004
 

Ed Palermo Big Band -- "Fifty-Fifty" -- One Child Left Behind -- Cuneiform -- 2014  (N)

Dead Kenny G's -- "Black Budget" -- Operation Long Leash -- Royal Potato Family -- rel. 2011

Ceramic Dog -- "Take Five" -- Your Turn -- Northern Spy -- rel. 2013
 

Marquis Hill  -- "Straight, No Chaser" -- The Way We Play -- Concord Jazz -- rel. 2016  (N)
 

 

 

 

[Utevsky]

 

Here are the musical selections we heard this week on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS:
 

Derf Reklaw -- "Ole" -- From The Nile -- Ubiquity Jazz -- rel. 1998

Bill Ware and The Club Bird All-Stars -- "Down Under" -- Long and Skinny -- Knitting Factory -- rel. 1993
 

Matthew Shipp Trio -- "The Conduct of Jazz" -- The Conduct of Jazz -- Thirsty Ear -- 2015

Benoit Delbecq and Fred Hersch Double Trio -- "Night For Day" -- Fun House -- Songlines -- 2012

Ron Stabinsky -- "Rapture" -- Free For One -- Hot Cup -- rel. 2016 (N)
 

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

Mary Halvorson -- "Cheshire Hotel" -- Meltframe -- Firehouse 12 -- 2014

Julian Lage -- "I'll Be Seeing You" -- Arclight -- Mack Avenue -- rel. 2016  (N)

Michael Musillami Trio + 3 -- "Graphite" -- From Seeds -- Playscape -- 2009
 

Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus [Formanek pictured] -- "Exoskeleton, Part IV - Echoes, Part V - Without Regrets" -- The Distance -- ECM -- 2014 (N)

Restroy -- "Autumn Must Be Money" -- Saturn Return -- Milk Factory Productions -- rel. 2016  (N)

Brian Groder & Burton Greene -- "Only The Now" -- Groder & Greene -- Latham -- 2007

Mark Whitecage -- "High Tech #7" -- Split Personality -- GM 00 1995

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

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

Keep listening to the jazz!

[Utevsky]

Here is the line-up of musical selections that we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on Monday, August 15:
 

Joonsam -- "2 Tunes and Off-Hour Waiting Area" -- A Door -- Origin -- 2014  (N)
Steve Turre -- "Coffee Pot" -- Colors for the Masters -- Smoke Sessions -- 2016  (N)
Shuzo Ohno -- "Song for Sensei" -- ReNew -- Pulsebeats -- rel. 2015  (N)

Jeff Parker -- "Jrifted" -- The New Breed -- International Anthem -- 2015  (N)
Lori Goldston -- "Driving in New York" -- Film Scores -- Sub Rosa -- c. 2010

Dan Berglund's Tonbruket -- "Gi Hop" -- Dan Berglund's Tonbruket -- ACT -- rel. 2010
 

ElectroNHIC -- "Scaly When Wet" -- Reaching Out -- NHIC -- 2014  (N)
 

Stanley Cowell -- "Commentary on Strange Fruit" -- Juneteenth -- 2014

[Stanley Cowell will be at Town Hall in Seattle on September 15.]

Soren Kjaergaard -- "Abrahms' Paraphrase" -- Open Opus -- ILK -- 2008

Sirius Quartet -- "The Wollheim Quartet, Movement I" -- Paths Become Lines -- Autentico Music  (N)
 

Jean-Marc Padovani -- "Flight of the Blue Jay" -- Motian in Motion -- Sole Art -- 2014

Convergence Quartet -- "Remember Raoul / Piano Part Two" -- Slow and Steady -- NoBusiness -- 2011
 

Simon Nabatov & Nils Wogram -- "Loft Sonata, Movement III" -- Jazz Limbo -- Leo -- 2007

Social / Science Set -- "Gabbro Scoops" -- The Social / Science Set -- Beak Doctor -- 1980
 

Kenny Wheeler -- "Kind Folk" -- Angel Song -- ECM -- 1996

Mark Helias' Open Loose -- "Momentum Interrupted" -- Atomic Clock -- Radio Legs -- 2004

Tom Harrell -- "Windmills" -- Trip -- Highnote -- 2014
 

Jeff Denson Quartet -- "City Life on Trains" -- Concentric Circles -- Ridgeway -- 2016  (N)
 

You can hear the program any time in the next two weeks in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

[Utevsky]

This week on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS, we listened to recordings by the great vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson (1941-2016), including some where he appeared as a sideman.  If you click your way towards the August 22 show in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, here is the music you'll find there:
 

Bobby Hutcherson -- "Dave's Chant" -- Medina -- Blue Note -- 1968/69
Bobby Hutcherson -- "For Duke P." -- The Kicker -- Blue Note -- 1963
Bobby Hutcherson -- "La Alhambra" -- Solo / Quartet -- Contemporary -- 1981/82
 

Eric Dolphy -- "Jitterbug Waltz" -- Conversations -- Metrotone -- 1963

Andrew Hill -- "Duplicity" -- Andrew!!! The Music of Andrew Hill -- Blue Note -- 1964

Joe Henderson -- "Granted" -- Mode For Joe -- Blue Note -- 1966

Bobby Hutcherson, Craig Handy, Lenny White & Jerry Gonzalez -- "8/4 Beat" -- Acoustic Masters II -- Atlantic -- 1993
Bobby Hutcherson -- "Israel" -- Good Bait - 32 Jazz -- 1988
Bobby Hutcherson -- "Spiritual" -- Wise One -- Kind of Blue -- 2009

Bobby Hutcherson -- "Movement" -- Components -- Blue Note -- 1965
Bobby Hutcherson -- "Witchcraft" -- In the Vanguard -- Landmark -- 1986
Bobby Hutcherson -- "Bi-Sectional" -- Oblique -- Blue Note -- 1967

Bobby Hutcherson -- "Dialogue" -- Dialogue -- Blue Note -- 1965
Bobby Hutcherson -- "Mtume" -- Head On -- Blue Note -- c. 1971
 

Eric Dolphy -- "Out to Lunch" -- Out to Lunch -- Blue Note -- 1964

Jeremy Pelt -- "Baswald's Place" -- #Jiveculture -- Jazz Depot -- 2015  (N)
 

Next Monday, "Straight, No Chaser" will salute Charlie Parker on his 96th birthday.  I hope you enjoy the jazz on KBCS!

 

 

[Utevsky]

On this week's "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS, we celebrated Charlie Parker's birthday with two hours of his music.  You can hear the program in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time in the next two weeks.  Here are the tunes we heard:
 

Dizzy Gillespie Sextet -- "Groovin' High" -- Charlie Parker:  The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings -- Savoy -- 2-28-45

Charlie Parker Septet -- "Moose the Mooche" -- The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings -- Savoy -- 3-28-46

Charlie Parker Quartet -- "Bird's Nest" -- The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings -- Savoy -- 2-19-47

Charlie Parker Quartet -- "Ko Ko" -- The Complete Live Performances on Savoy -- Savoy -- 9-4-48

Charlie Parker Quartet -- "Be Bop" -- Charlie Parker Sessions Live Vol. 2 -- Zeta -- 1-1-49
 

Charlie Parker All-Star Sextet -- "Crazeology" -- Charlie Parker All Star Sextet -- Roost

Charlie Parker All-Star Sextet -- "My Old Flame" -- Charlie Parker All Star Sextet -- Roost

Charlie Parker & His Orchestra -- "Bloomdido" -- Bird & Diz:  Charlie Parker Vol. 2 -- Verve -- 6-6-50

Charlie Parker & His Orchestra -- "An Oscar For Treadwell" -- Bird & Diz:  Charlie Parker Vol. 2 -- Verve -- 6-6-50

Charlie Parker's New Stars -- "Relaxin' at Camarillo" (Take E) -- The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings -- 2-26-47

Miles Davis All Stars  -- "Little Willie Leaps" (Take 2) -- Charlie Parker:  The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings -- Savoy -- 8-14-47

Charlie Parker, Fats Navarro & Bud Powell -- "Moo (Move)" -- Here Are Charlie Parker, Fats Navarro & Bud Powell at Their Rare of All Rarest Performances, Vol. 1 -- Kings of Jazz -- 6-30-50
 

Charlie Parker Quintet -- "Si Si" -- Bird on Verve, Vol. 6:  South of the Border -- Verve -- 8-8-51

Charlie Parker Quintet -- "Swedish Schnapps" -- Bird on Verve, Vol. 6:  South of the Border -- Verve -- 8-8-51

Charlie Parker -- "Segment" -- Confirmation:  Best of the Verve Years -- Verve

Charlie Parker -- "Leap Frog" -- Confirmation:  Best of the Verve Years -- Verve

Charlie Parker & The Orchestra -- "Light Green" -- One Night in Washington -- Elektra Musician -- 2-22-53

Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie -- "Dizzy Atmosphere" -- Diz 'n' Bird at Carnegie Hall -- Roost -- 9-29-47

Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus & Max Roach -- "A Night in Tunisia" -- The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever -- Prestige -- May 1953
 

Charlie Parker Quintet -- "Dewey Square" (Take B) -- The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings -- Savoy -- 10-28-47

Charlie Parker Quintet -- "Scrapple from the Apple" -- The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings -- Savoy -- 11-4-47

Charlie Parker Quartet -- "'S' Wonderful" -- The Bird You Never Heard -- Stash -- 8-28-50

Charlie Parker Quartet -- "Now's the Time" -- Confirmation:  Best of the Verve Years -- Verve -- 12-30-52?

Charlie Parker Quartet -- "Confirmation" -- Confirmation:  Best of the Verve Years -- Verve -- 12-30-52?

Charlie Parker Big Band -- "What Is This Thing Called Love" -- Bird on Verve, Vol. 7 -- Verve -- 3-26-52

Charlie Parker Quartet -- "The Song Is You" -- Bird on Verve, Vol. 7 -- Verve -- 12-30-52
 

Charlie Parker's All Stars -- "Bird Gets the Worm" -- The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings -- Savoy -- 12-21-47

Charlie Parker All Stars -- "Marmaduke" (Take 5) -- The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings -- Savoy -- 9-24-48

Charlie Parker Quartet -- "Hot House" -- The Complete Live Performances on Savoy -- Savoy -- 1-15-49

Charlie Parker Sextet -- "Billie's Bounce" -- The Charlie Parker Story -- Savoy -- 1945

Charlie Parker Quintet -- "Ko Ko" -- Carnegie Hall X-mas '49 -- Jass -- 12-24-49

Charlie Parker & His Orchestra -- "Au Privave" -- Bird on Verve, Vol. 5 -- Verve-- 1-17-51

Charlie Parker & His Orchestra -- "She Rote" -- Bird on Verve, Vol. 5 -- Verve -- 1-17-51
 

Charlie Parker Quartet -- "K.C. Blues" -- The Original Recordings of Charlie Parker -- Verve -- 1-17-51 

[Utevsky]

This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we paid tribute to pianist Connie Crothers, who passed away in August.  We also heard several selections by another fine piano player, Stanley Cowell, who will appear with his trio at Town Hall in Seattle on Thursday, September 15.  (Get details at www.earshot.org.)  To hear the September 5 program, head for the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.  Here is the complete playlist:
 

Jason Marsalis -- "Theodore Shouts" -- Heirs of the Crescent City -- ELM -- 2014  (N)

[The Jason Marsalis Quintet, with Etienne Charles, will be at the Jazz Alley in Seattle September 27 & 28.]

Industrial Revelation -- "Fungirl" -- Liberation & the Kingdom of Nri -- (self) -- rel. 2015

Kris Allen -- "Hate the Game" -- Beloved -- Truthrevolution -- 2015  (N)
 

Stanley Cowell -- "Equipoise" -- MUSA--Ancestral Streams -- Strata-East -- 1973

Stanley Cowell Trio -- "Ibn Mukhtarr Mustapha" -- Illusion Suite -- ECM -- 1972

Stanley Cowell -- "'Round Midnight" -- Waiting for the Moment -- Galaxy -- 1977
 

Connie Crothers -- "That Straight Ahead Thing" -- Solo -- Jazz -- rel. 1980

Connie Crothers--Lenny Popkin Quartet -- "Lennie-Bird" -- New York Night -- New Artists -- 1989

Max Roach & Connie Crothers -- "Creepin' In" -- Swish -- New Artists -- 1982
 

Rich Halley 5 -- "Long Blue Road" -- The Outlier -- Pine Eagle -- 2015  (N)

Sound Underground -- "Wanderer's Rondo" -- Quiet Spaces -- (self) -- rel. 2016  (N)

Steve Lehman Trio -- "Pure Imagination" -- Dialect Fluorescent -- Pi -- 2011

[The Steve Lehman Trio will be in the Earshot Jazz Festival, October 8 at the PONCHO Concert Hall.]
 

Stanley Cowell -- "Brilliant Circles" -- Brilliant Circles -- Arista -- 1969

Stanley Cowell -- "Cal Massey" -- Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 5 -- Concord Jazz -- 1990
 

Connie Crothers -- "All About You" -- Solo -- Jazz -- rel. 1980

Connie Crothers -- "All the Things You Are" -- Perception -- Inner City -- 1974

Connie Crothers -- "A New Jazz Scene" -- Solo -- Jazz -- rel. 1980
 

Stanley Cowell -- "Ask Him" -- Juneteenth -- Vision Fugitive -- 2014

 

[Utevsky]

This week's "Straight, No Chaser" will be available for listening in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm any time in the next two weeks.  Here is the music we heard on September 12:
 

Clifford Brown Max Roach All Stars -- "Caravan" -- Best Coast Jazz -- Fresh Sound -- 1954

Blue Mitchell Sextet -- "Top Shelf" -- Blue Soul -- Riverside -- 1959
 

Vijay Iyer Trio -- "Wildflower" -- Accelerando -- ACT -- 2011

[Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith will be in the Earshot Jazz Festival, November 9 at the Nordstrom Recital Hall in Benaroya Hall.]

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

[Craig Taborn and Kris Davis will play in the Earshot Jazz Festival, October 11 at the PONCHO Concert Hall, Cornish College.]

Stanley Cowell -- "Nefertiti" -- Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 5 -- Concord Jazz -- 1990

Stanley Cowell -- "Sylvia's Place" -- Back to the Beautiful -- Concord Jazz -- 1989

[The Stanley Cowell Trio will be at Town Hall Seattle this Thursday, September 15, presented by Earshot Jazz.]
 

Gene Ess -- "Fractica" -- Fractal Attraction -- SIMP -- 2012

Jenny Scheinman -- "Ali Farka Touche" -- Mischief & Mayhem -- (self) -- rel. 2012

Endangered Blood -- "Epistrophy" -- Endangered Blood -- Skirl -- 2010
 

Connie Crothers & Michael Bisio -- "Resonanaces" -- Session at 475 Kent -- Mutable Music -- 2009

[Connie Crothers passed away in August of this year.]
 

Ben Goldberg -- "TBO" -- Go Home -- BAG Production -- rel. 2009

Kris Davis Infrasound -- "Union Forever" -- Save Your Breath -- Clean Feed -- 2014

[Kris Davis and Craig Taborn will be in the Earshot Jazz Festival, October 11 at the PONCHO Concert Hall, Cornish College.]

Franz Koglmann -- "Rue Montmartre" -- Make Believe -- Between the Lines -- 1988
 

Dominic Duval & The Equinox Trio -- "Paratum 'The Whisper'" -- Equinox -- Leo -- 1997

[Bassist Dominic Duval died in July of this year at age 71.]

John Ehlis Ensemble -- "Bird Boy" -- John Ehlis Ensemble -- Sivac -- 1996
 

Stanley Cowell -- "Darkness Transforming" -- Juneteenth -- Vision Fugitive -- 2014
 

 

Edited September 20, 2016 by Utevsky

[Utevsky]

Here are the jazz selections we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS on September 19:
 

Cameron Mizell -- "Take the Humble" -- Negative Spaces -- Destiny -- rel. 2016 (N)

Bill Frisell -- "Alias" -- Unspeakable -- Nonesuch -- rel. 2004

Larry Coryell -- "Equipoise" -- Equipoise -- Muse -- 1985
 

Sonny Rollins -- "B. Swift" -- Tour de Force -- Prestige -- 1956

Jan Kus Quartet -- "Neofito" -- Faith -- Leitmotiv Arts -- 2015   (N)

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society -- "Dark Alliance" -- Real Enemies -- New Amsterdam -- 2016  (N)
 

Quinsin Nachoff  -- "Complimentary Opposites" -- Flux -- Mythology -- 2012  (N)

Michael Vlatkovich -- "Sometimes a Red Nose and Big Shoes Aren't Enough" -- Mortality -- pfMentum -- 2014  (N)

Empirical -- "The Two-Edged Sword" -- Connection -- Cuneiform -- 2015
 

ESQ (East Side Quintet) -- "Ashdod" -- Casual Connection -- MAP -- 2007

Nels Cline [pictured] -- "Lady Gabor" -- Lovers -- Blue Note -- 2013  (N)
 

Darrell Katz and Oddsong -- "Jailhouse Doc with Holes in Her Socks" -- Jailhouse Doc with Holes in Her Socks -- JCA -- c.2015  (N)

Mat Maneri -- "Nerve" -- Sustain -- Thirsty Ear -- rel. 2002

[Mat Maneri and Lucian Ban will be at the Earshot Jazz Festival, October 21 at the Chapel Performance Space.]

Mark Dresser -- "Lomus" -- Unveil -- Clean Feed -- 2003-04
 

Alexander Hawkins Trio -- "Sweet Duke" -- Alexander Hawkins Trio -- AH Music -- 2014

Joey Alexander -- "Countdown" -- Countdown -- Motema - 2016  (N)
 

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Edited September 20, 2016 by Utevsky

[Utevsky]

This week KBCS-FM is conducting its quarterly fund drive.  On "Straight, No Chaser" Brett Watanabe and I talked about the station and urged listeners to donate at www.kbcs.fm.  We also heard selections from several artists who are appearing in this year's Earshot Jazz Festival in Seattle.  Here is the September 26 playlist:
 

Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex & Friends -- "Ambassel" -- The Rough Guide to Ethiopian Jazz -- World Music Network -- rel. 2016  (N)

Rudresh Mahanthappa (with Vijay Iyer) -- "Enhanced Performance" -- Codebook -- Pi -- 2006

[Rudresh Mahanthappa Bird Calls is appearing in the Earshot Jazz Festival, October 21 at the Seattle Art Museum.]

[Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith will be at the festival, November 9, at Benaroya Hall, Nordstrom Concert Hall.]
 

George Graewe, Ernst Reijseger & Gerry Hemingway -- "Fibulation" -- Sonic Fiction -- 1989 -- Hat Hut

[George Graewe will play solo piano in the Earshot Jazz Festival, October 12 at the Chapel Performance Space.]

John Tchicai Trio -- "One Way Ticket" -- Real Tchicai -- SteepleChase -- 1977
 

Michael Bisio (with Kirk Knuffke) -- "Times That Bond" -- Accortet -- Relative Pitch -- 2014

Kirk Knuffke -- "Leadbelly" -- Amnesia Brown -- Clean Feed -- 2008

[Michael Bisio and Kirk Knuffke will appear together in the Earshot Jazz Festival, October 25 at the Seattle Art Museum.]

Rich Halley 5 -- "Around the Fringes" -- The Outlier -- Pine Eagle -- 2015  (N)
 

Hans Teuber & Paul Rucker -- "Some Are More Equal" -- Oil -- Jackson Street -- 2002

Hans Teuber -- "Old Fellow" -- Lucky -- Origin -- 2000

Paul Rucker (with Hans Teuber) -- "Sunday Morning Walk in Jasper Texas" -- History of an Apology -- Jackson Street -- c. 2001

[Paul Rucker & Hans Teuber will perform together at the Earshot Jazz Festival, October 25 at the Seattle Art Museum (on the same bill as Michael Bisio and Kirk Knuffke.)]
 

Frode Gjerstad [pictured]-- "The Street" -- On Reade Street -- FMR -- 2006

[The Frode Gjerstad Trio will be in the Earshot Jazz Festival, October 20 at the Chapel Performance Space.]
 

Conference Call -- "The Shining Star" -- Poetry in Motion -- Clean Feed -- c. 2005

Bad Luck -- "Lure" -- Bad Luck 2 -- (self)

[Conference Call and Bad Luck will both appear in the Earshot Jazz Festival, October 23 at the Seattle Art Museum.]
 

Fred Hersch -- "Valentine" -- Sunday Night at the Vanguard -- Palmetto -- 2016  (N)

[Fred Hersch will play solo piano in the Earshot Jazz Festival, October 9 at the PONCHO Concert Hall.]
 

For more information about the Earshot Jazz Festival, and for tickets, consult www.earshot.org or call (206) 547-6763. 

 

[Utevsky]

Almost all of the musical selections on "Straight, No Chaser" this week were by artists who are appearing in the Earshot Jazz Festival, which runs from October 7 to November 11.  Dates and venues of their performances are shown in brackets below.
 

For more information about the festival, or for tickets, visit www.earshot.org or call (206) 547-6763.
 

Here is the complete playlist for October 3:
 

Miles Davis -- "The Duke" -- Miles Ahead -- Columbia -- 1957

[The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra presents "Miles Ahead," Nov. 5 at Benaroya Hall, Nordstrom Recital Hall; and Nov. 6 at Kirkland Performance Center.]

Bill Frisell -- "Tales From the Far Side" -- When You Wish Upon A Star -- Okeh -- rel. 2016

[Bill Frisell presents "When You Wish Upon A Star," Nov. 5, Moore Theatre.]

The Westerlies -- "9/8" -- Wish the Children Would Come On Home:  The Music of Wayne Horvitz -- Songlines -- 2014

[The Westerlies with Dave Douglas, Oct. 29, Seattle Art Museum.]
 

Frank Kohl Quartet -- "Falling Sky" -- Invisible Man -- Pony Boy -- 2013

[Frank Kohl--Steve Luceno Duo, with the Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto, Oct. 7, Columbia City Theatre.]

Rez Abassi Trio -- "Divided Attention" -- Continuous Beat -- Enja -- 2012

[Rez Abassi Quartet, Oct. 27, Royal Room.]

Manuel Valera [pictured] -- "Simplicity" -- Forma Nueva -- Mavo -- rel. 2004

[Manuel Valera Trio, Oct. 22, Seattle Art Museum.]
 

Bill Anschell -- "Dear Old Stockholm" -- When Cooler Heads Prevail -- Summit -- 2001

[Bill Anschell CD Release Party, Oct. 21 & 22, Tula's Restaurant & Jazz Club.]

Kris Davis -- "Good Citizen" -- Aeriol PIano -- Clean Feed -- 2009

[Kris Davis & Craig Taborn Duo, Oct. 11, PONCHO Concert Hall.]

Scott Amendola & Charlie Hunter -- "The Mighty" -- Pucker -- Sazi -- 2014

[Scott Amendola & Wil Blades, Oct. 15, Royal Room.]
 

Dave Douglas Quintet -- "Variable Current" -- Brazen Heart -- Greenleaf -- 2015  (N)

[Dave Douglas with The Westerlies, Oct. 29, Seattle Art Museum.]

Jaimeo Brown -- "Patience" -- Transcendence -- Motema -- rel. 2013

[Jaimeo Brown Transcendence, Oct. 30, Seattle Art Museum.]

B'shnorkestra - "Move" -- Go to Orange -- Present Sounds -- 2013

[B'shnorkestra:  Global Concertos, Oct. 24, PONCHO Concert Hall.]
 

Wadada Leo Smith -- "Yosemite:  The Glaciers, the Falls, the Wells and the Valley of Goodwill 1890" -- America's National Parks -- Cuneiform -- 2016  (N)

[Wadada Leo Smith & Vijay Iyer, Nov. 9, Benaroya Hall, Nordstrom Recital Hall.]
 

Lucian Ban & John Hebert -- "George Enesco, Symphony No. 4, 1934, 2d Movement" -- Enesco Re-imagined -- Sunnyside -- 2009

[Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri, Oct. 21, Chapel Performance Space.]

Burning Ghosts -- "Anthem" -- Burning Ghosts -- Orenda -- 2015
 

Mark Taylor -- "Bye-Ya" -- After Hours -- Origin -- 2002

Dawn Clement -- "2-Day" -- Break -- Origin -- 2007

[Mark Taylor--Dawn Clement Duo, Nov. 3, Royal Room.]

Dee Daniels -- "What A Difference A Day Made" --  All of Me -- September -- 1983

[Dee Daniels Trio, Nov. 6, Seattle Art Museum.]
 

Next week (October 10), Megan Sullivan will be your guest host on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS.
 

 

 

[Utevsky]

Thanks to KBCS veteran Megan Sullivan for hosting "Straight, No Chaser" on October 10, while I was out of town.  You can hear the program in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm any time until October 24.  Here is the excellent music that Megan played:
 

Cannonball Adderley -- "Autumn Leaves" -- Somethin' Else

Tommy Flanagan -- "Minor Mishap" -- The Cats

Kenny Dorham -- "Afrodisia" -- Afro-Cuban

Betty Carter (pictured) -- "Moonlight in Vermont" -- Social Call

Blue Mitchell -- "Tones for Joan's Bones" -- Boss Horn Remaster

Lee Morgan -- "The Sidewinder" -- The Best of Lee Morgan

Cal Tjader -(pictured) - "Shoshana" -- Good Vibes

McCoy Tyner -- "Festival in Bahia" -- McCoy Tyner & The Latin All-Stars

McCoy Tyner -- "Four By Five" -- The Real McCoy

Wayne Shorter -- "Night Dreamer" -- Night Dreamer

Herbie Hancock -- "Succotash" -- Inventions & Dimensions

Theolonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - Evidence -- At Carnegie Hall

Thelonious Monk -- "Four in One" (live) -- San Francisco Holiday (Remastered)

Joni Mitchell -- "Don't Go To Strangers" -- Both Sides Now

Miles Davis -- "R.J." -- E.S.P.

Edited October 17, 2016 by Utevsky

[Utevsky]

Here is the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on October 17:
 

Takuya Kuroda -- "Thirteen" -- Zigzagger -- Concord Jazz -- 2015  (N)

[The Takuya Kuroda Group will be in the Earshot Jazz Festival, Oct. 20 at the PONCHO Concert Hall.]

Jaimeo Brown Transcendence -- "Be So Glad" -- Work Songs -- Motema -- 2014

[Jaimeo Brown Transcendence will appear twice in the Earshot Festival, Oct. 28 at V2 and Oct. 30 at the Seattle Art Museum.\

Gene Ess -- "Forkball (For Ornette)" -- Absurdist Theatre -- SIMP -- rel. 2016  (N)
 

Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet -- "Punjab" -- Natural Selection -- Sunnyside -- 2010

[The Rez Abbasi Quartet will be at The Royal Room on Oct. 27, presented by the Earshot Jazz Festival.]

Rik Wright's Fundamental Forces -- "Nonchalant" -- Subtle Energy -- Hipsync -- 2016  (N)

Nice Guy Trio -- "Any Alleyway" -- Sidewalks and Alleys / Waking Music -- Porto Franco -- rel. 2011
 

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society -- "Silent Weapons For Quiet Wars" -- Real Enemies -- New Amsterdam -- 2016  (N)

Nels Cline -- "Hairpin & Hatbox" -- Lovers -- Blue Note -- 2013  (N)

John Zorn (composer) -- "Ouroboros (Trio Version 2)" -- Hen to Pan -- Tzadik -- 2014
 

Gil Evans and His Orchestra -- "There Comes A Time" (incomplete due to technical difficulties) -- There Comes A Time -- Bluebird -- rel. 1987

Industrial Revelation -- "The Lake" -- Oak Head -- (self) -- 2012

[Industrial Revelation will perform with D'Vonne Lewis Triplifried and DJ Riz in the Earshot Festival, Oct. 29 at V2.]
 

Metalwood -- "Bodybeard" -- Twenty -- Cellar Live -- 2016  (N)

Tom Harrell -- "View" -- Something Gold, Something Blue -- Highnote -- 2015  (N)

Cuong Vu Trio with Pat Metheny -- "Tune Blues" -- Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny -- Nonesuch -- 2015

[Cuong Vu will play with the Seattle Symphony in "Sonic Evolution," Nov. 11 at Benaroya Hall, as part of the Earshot Jazz Festival.]
 

Nick Zoulek -- "Reconsolidate: In Memories" -- Rushing Past Willow -- Innova -- 2015/2016  (N)

Anna Webber's Simple Trio -- "Disintegratiate" -- Binary -- Skirl -- 2016  (N)

Alex Levine Quartet -- "Dispersal" -- Towards the Center -- Outside In Music -- 2016  (N)
 

The Westerlies -- "New Berlin, New York"  -- The Westerlies -- Songline -- 2015  (N)
 

For information about the Earshot Jazz Festival, see www.earshot.org.
 

As always, you can hear this edition of "Straight, No Chaser" anytime in the next two weeks in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.
 

 

[Utevsky]

This is the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on October 24:
 

Kamasi Washington -- "Leroy and Lanisha" -- The Epic -- Brainfeeder -- rel. 2015

[Kamasi Washington will be at the Moore Theatre in Seattle on Friday, December 2.]

Jaimeo Brown Transcendence -- "2113" -- Work Songs -- Motema -- 2014

[Jaimeo Brown Transcendence will appear twice in the Earshot Jazz Festival, Friday, October 28, at V2; and Sunday, October 30, at the Seattle Art Museum.]

Nguyen Le -- "South Saturn Delta" -- Purple:  Celebrating Jimi Hendrix -- ACT -- 2002
 

Rez Abbasi's Invocation -- "Monuments" -- Suno Suno -- Enja -- 2010

[The Rez Abbasi Quartet will be in the Earshot Jazz Festival, Thurday, October 27 at the Royal Room.]

Big Picture Holiday -- "Lumbar Strut" -- Shimmer and Melt -- Ropeadope -- rel. 2015

Cameron Mizell -- "Barter" -- Negative Spaces -- Destiny -- 2014  (N)
 

Mal Waldron -- "Herbal Syndrome" -- One Entrance, Many Exits -- Quicksilver -- 1982

Hank Mobley -- "Peckin' Time" -- Peckin' Time -- Blue Note -- 1958

Barry Harris -- "Clockwise" -- Bull's Eye! -- Prestige -- 1968
 

Kris Allen -- "Threequel" -- Beloved -- Truthrevolution Recording Collective -- 2015

Ibrahim Maalouf -- "Movement IV -- Alf Leila Wa Leila (Tribute to Oum Kalthoum) -- Kalthoum -- Impulse! -- rel. 2015

Mulatu Astatke -- "Azmari" -- Sketches of Ethiopia -- Jazz Village -- 2012
 

Ivo Perelman & Gerry Hemingway -- "Indulgences" -- The Apple in the Dark -- Leo -- 2010

Evan Parker [pictured] & Alexnder Hawkins -- "Capriole" -- Leaps in Leicester -- Clean Feed -- 2015
 

Darrell Katz and Oddsong -- "Lemmings" -- Jailhouse Doc With Holes In Her Socks -- JCA -- rel. 2016  (N)

Carla Kihlstedt -- "On Waking" -- 2 Foot Yard -- Tzadik -- rel. 2008

Ellen Burr & Michael Unruh -- "6" -- Where Am I From, Where Am I Going -- pfMentum -- 2011

Ornette Coleman -- "Turnaround" -- Sound Grammar -- Sound Grammar -- 2005
 

To hear this program, click through to the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, anytime in the next two weeks.
 

 

[Utevsky]

Here are the musical selections we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on October 31st:
 

Artie Shaw & His Orchestra -- "Nightmare" -- Hollywood Swing & Jazz -- Rhino

Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra -- "Great Caesar's Ghost" -- The End of an Era -- Contact -- 1937

Louis Armstrong -- "The Skeleton in the Closet"  -- Rare Items (1935-1944) -- Decca -- 1936

Raymond Scott Quintette -- "New Year's Eve in a Haunted House" -- Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights -- Sony -- 1939

Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra -- "Jumpin' Punkins" -- The Blanton-Webster Band -- RCA Bluebird -- c. 1940

Charles Mingus Sextette -- "Weird Nightmare" -- Charlie Mingus--The Young Rebel -- Proper -- 1946
 

Charles Mingus -- "West Coast Ghost" -- Jazz Workshop 1957-1958 -- Fresh Sound

Jack Walrath -- "Fright Night" -- Neohippus -- Blue Note -- 1988

Le Sun Ra & His Arkestra -- "Medicine for a Nightmare" -- Sun Ra--The Singles -- Evidence -- 1956
 

Bill Evans Trio -- "Haunted Heart" -- Explorations -- Riverside -- 1961

Jeremy Pelt -- "The Ballad of Ichabod Crane" -- Soul -- HighNote -- 2011

Joanne Brackeen -- "Ghost Butter" -- Pink Elephant Magic -- Arkadia Jazz -- 1998
 

Ingrid Jensen -- "Skookum Spook" -- Vernal Fields -- Enja -- 1994

Prince Lasha Quintet -- "Ghost of the Past" -- The Cry! -- Contemporary -- 1962

Jackie McLean -- "Frankenstein" -- One Step Beyond -- Blue Note -- 1963
 

Bill Carrothers -- "Creep Show" -- Shine Ball -- Fresh Sound New Talent -- c. 2003

Fieldwork -- "Ghost Time" -- Door -- Pi -- 2007

Gebhard Ullmann -- "Black Cat" -- Ta Lam -- Songlines -- 1991
 

Marc Ribot -- "House of Mirrors" -- Soundtracks II -- Tzadik -- rel. 2006

Chris Icasiano -- "Mountain Ghost" -- Racer Sessions--Curator Compilation:  Volume Two -- Table & Chairs -- rel. 2012

Dom Minasi -- "The Vampire's Revenge" -- The Vampire's Revenge -- CDM -- 2005
 

Albert Ayler Trio -- "Ghosts" -- Spiritual Unity -- EDP-Disk -- 1964

New American Wing -- "Fleeing Ghosts" -- New American Wing -- (self) -- 2005
 

Next Monday, November 7, Patty Fong will be your guest host on "Straight, No Chaser."

 

[Utevsky]

Thanks again to Patty Fong for hosting "Straight, No Chaser" this week.  You can hear Patty every Saturday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. (Pacific time) on "Musica de la Raza."  Here is the music Patty played on November 7:
 

Jovino Santos Nieto -- "Nana" -- Roda Carioca Rio Circle

Orquesta Aragon -- "Sin Clave y Bongo No Hay Son" -- Cuba Esencial

Ray Barreto -- "Sola Te Dejare" -- Acid & Head Sounds

Cal Tjader -- "Solar Heat" -- Solar Heat Sounds

Cortijo y Su Maguina del Tiempo -- "Carnaval" -- Nu Yorica Culture Clash

New Swing Sextet -- "The Monster" -- Monkey See Monkey Do

Larry Harlow with Junior Gonzalez -- "La Cartera" -- Larry Harlow Greatest Hits

Tito Puente [pictured] -- "El Rey de Timbal" -- Best of Tito Puente

Alex Wilson -- "A Guarachar" -- Nu School, Beginner's Guide to Latin Music

Eddie Palmieri -- "Habriendo el Dominante" -- Nuyorican Soul

Charlie Palmieri -- "Pacheco's Descarga" -- Old School, Beginner's Guide to Latin Music

Orquestra Fantstica -- "Latin Blues" -- The Sweeter Side of Latin Soul, Vol. 1

Sex Appeal -- "La Llorona" -- Dance Meltdown, Beginner's Guide to Latin Music

Tito Puente / Milton Cardona / Jerry Medina -- "Itutu Ache" -- Masterpiece / Obra Maestra

Los Van Van -- "Dale Dos" -- Bail Exitos

Celia Cruz -- "Pa' La Paloma" -- El Merengue

Johnny Conga -- "Cold Duck Time" -- Oye

Willie Bobo -- "Trinidad" -- Boogaloo Powwow

John Santos -- "Shadow" -- Africa

Joe Cuba -- "Cuba's Madness" -- The Sound of New York

Chico O'Farrill Orquesta -- "Manteca 4" -- Mambo, Introduction to Afro-Cuban Jazz

Noraida y Los More -- "La Barbara" -- Rough Guide to Salsa Divas

Elspeth  Savani and Latin Quartet -- "Pajaro Encerrado" -- Flights of Mind

Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra -- "Moon Over Cuba" -- Que Viva Harlem
 

Hear it in the archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time until November 21.

 

[Utevsky]

The music on this week's "Straight, No Chaser" was selected to fit a certain state of mind, brought on by recent political events.  Here are the tunes we heard on November 14:
 

Miles Davis (with Gil Evans) -- "Once Upon A Summertime" -- Quiet Nights -- Columbia -- 1962

Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet -- "LB" -- Way Out East -- Songlines -- 2005

Dave Douglas (with Frankfurt Radio Big Band) -- "Tree and Shrub" -- A Single Sky -- Greenleaf -- 2009
 

Jessica Williams -- "For All We Know" -- With Love -- Origin -- c. 2013

Frank Kimbroughn -- "Solstice" -- Solstice -- Pirouet -- 2016  (N)

Wayne Horvitz -- "Joanna's Solo" -- Solos -- Songlines -- 2003

Pat Battstone & Kit Demos -- "They've All Left" -- From Dream to Dream -- (self) -- 2015
 

Ben Webster -- "Tenderly" -- King of the Tenors -- Verve -- 1953

Houston Person -- "The Way We Were" -- In A Sentimental Mood -- HIghNote -- 2000

James Moody -- "Easy Living" -- Don't Look Away Now! -- Prestige -- 1969

Joe Henderson (with Tommy Flanagan) -- "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" -- Porgy and Bess -- Verve -- 1997
 

Mat Maneri -- "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen" -- [Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri] Transylvanian Concert -- ECM -- 2011

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

Jeff Johnson -- "Zen" -- Near Earth -- Origin -- c. 2004

Jeff Parker -- "The Morning of the 5th" -- Bright Light in Winter -- Delmark -- 2011
 

Ambrose Akinmusire -- "Marie Christie" -- The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier To Paint -- Blue Note -- rel. 2014

Billy Hart -- "Wasteland" -- All Our Reasons -- ECM -- 2011

Dom Minasi DDT + 2 -- "My Soul Cries Out" -- Time Will Tell -- CDM -- c 2001
 

JD Allen Trio -- "Stairway to the Stars" -- Victory! -- Sunnyside -- 2010

Hamiet Bluiett Baritone Nation -- "Underwater Birth" -- Libation for the Baritone Saxophone Nation -- Justin Time -- 1997

Jacques Kuba Seguin -- "Pour Stanko" -- Litania Projekt -- Odd Sound -- 2011

Carla Kihlstedt -- "Far and Wee" -- 2 Foot Yard -- Tzadik -- rel. 2008
 

Darren Johnston's Gone to Chicago -- "Cut" -- The Big Lift -- Porto Franco -- 2010

Anna Webber's Simple Trio -- "Rectangles 2" -- Binary -- Skirl -- 2016  (N)
 

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

 

 

[Utevsky]

Stop by the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm to hear the November 21st edition of "Straight, No Chaser" -- any time in the next two weeks.  Here are the tunes we heard on this week's show:
 

Ken Schaphorst Big Band -- "Descent" -- How To Say Goodbye -- JCA -- 2014/15  (N)

Max Roach -- "Conversation" -- Deeds, Not Words -- Riverside -- 1958

The Westerlies -- "Ruddy Ducker" -- The Westerlies -- Songlines -- 2015  (N)
 

Larry Corban -- "Segment" -- Corban Nation -- Nabroc -- 201  (N)

Alex Levine Quartet -- "Ignorance" -- Towards The Center -- Outside In Music -- 2016  (N)

Rez Abbasi & Junction -- "Self-Brewing" -- Behind the Vibration -- Cuneiform -- 2015
 

Michael Vlatkovich -- "Hold On To Your Chair Watch Out For Snakes" -- Myrnofant's Kiss -- pfMentum -- rel. 2016  (N)

Matty Harris Double Septet -- "10,000 Kimmys Gibler" -- Double Septet -- pfMentum -- 2015  (N)

Gebhard Ullmann / Steve Swell 4 -- "Planet Hopping On A Thursday Afternoon" -- News?  No News! -- Jazz Werkstatt -- 2008
 

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

Sylvie Courvoisier Trio -- "The Charlier Cut" -- Double Windsor -- Tzadik -- 2014

Alexander von Schlippenbach -- "Les" -- Jazz Now! -- Intuition -- 2015  (N)

Paradoxical Frog (Ingrid Laubrock, Kris Davis, Tyshawn Sorey) -- "An Intermittent Procession" -- Union -- Clean Feed -- 2011
 

Quinsin Nachoff -- "Complimentary Opposites" -- Flux -- Mythology -- 2012

Terrell Stafford -- "Mr. Kenyatta" -- Brotherlee Love:  Celebrating Lee Morgan -- Capri -- 2014
 

Steve Lacy Sextet -- "Napping (Take 2)" -- The Gleam -- Silkheart -- 1986

Evan Parker, Joe Morris & Nate Wooley -- "Wall Crown" -- Ninth Square -- Clean Feed -- 2014
 

Sonny Sharrock Band -- "All My Trials" -- Highlife -- Enemy -- 1990

 

 

[Utevsky]

2016 has been a pretty good year for jazz.  This week on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS, we listened to some of the good jazz recordings that have been released in the last 12 months.  Here is the music we heard on November 28:
 

Rachel Therrien -- "Flamenquillo" -- Pensamiento -- Sodrac -- rel. 2016

Nate Wooley -- "On Insane Asylum" -- (Dance To) The Early Music -- Clean Feed

Alchemy Sound Project -- "Beta" -- Further Explorations -- (self) -- 2014
 

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

Ralph Alessi -- "Smooth Descent" -- Quiver -- ECM -- 2014

Ratatet -- "Father's and Sons" -- Arctic -- Ridgeway -- 2015
 

Jeff Parker -- "Executive Life" -- The New Breed -- International Anthem -- 2015

Nels Cline -- "It Only Has To Happen Once" -- Lovers -- Blue Note -- 2013  (N)

Brad Shepik & Ron Samworth -- "Terrestrials" -- Quartet 1991 -- Songlines
 

Borah Bergman, Peter Brotzmann & Frode Gjerstad -- "Left Hand" -- Left -- Not Two -- 1996
 

Myra Melford & Ben Goldberg -- "Your Life Here" -- Dialogue -- BAG Productions -- 2014

Satoko Fujii & Joe Fonda -- "JSN" -- Duet -- Long Song -- 2015  (N)
 

Wadada Leo Smith -- "Yellowstone:  The First National Park and the Spirit of America -- The Mountains, Super-Volcano Caldera and Its Ecosystem 1872" -- America's National Parks -- Cuneiform -- 2016  (N)

Mamutrio -- "To Remember" -- Primal Existence -- Origin -- 2015  (N)
 

Rob Reddy -- "Paralysis of Analysis" -- Citizen Quintet -- Reddy Music -- 2016  (N)
 

You can hear it in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time in the next two weeks.  If you missed the show Monday night, I hope you'll check it out.
 

 

[Utevsky]

This week on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS, we checked out some of the newest jazz releases.  You can hear them in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.  Here's the full playlist:
 

Erik Jekabson -- "Thriller" -- A Brand New Take -- OA2 -- 2015  (N)

Wallace Roney -- "Around and Through" -- A Place in Time -- Highnote -- 2016  (N)

Throttle Elevator Music -- "Gibraltar Road" -- Throttle Elevator Music IV -- Wide Hive -- 2016  (N)
 

George Cables -- "The Mystery of Monifa Brown" -- The George Cables Songbook -- Highnote -- 2016  (N)

Orrin Evans -- "When Jen Came In" -- #knowingishalfthebattle -- Smoke Sesions -- 2016  (N)

David Friesen Circle 3 Trio -- "Bright Light Sky" -- Triple Exposure -- Origin -- 2015  (N)
 

Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra -- "Utviklingssang" -- Time/LIfe (Song for the Whales and Other Beings) -- Impulse! -- rel. 2016  (N)

B'shnorkestra -- "Concerto for Christos" -- Global Concertos -- Shnack Music -- 2015  (N)
 

Jonathan Finlayson and Sicilian Defense -- "All of the Pieces" -- Moving Still -- Pi -- 2016  (N)

Franklin Kiermyer - "The Soul Train" -- Closer to the Sun -- (self) -- 2015  (N)

Tim Berne's Snakeoil -- "Angles" -- You've Been Watching Me -- ECM -- 2014
 

Tom Collier (with Cuong Vu) -- "Disontinuous Impunity" -- Impulsive Illuminations -- Origin -- 2015  (N)
 

Clay Giberson -- "Song for Ornette" -- Pastures - Origin -- 2015  (N)

Donny McCaslin -- "Glory" -- Beyond Now -- Motema -- 2016  (N)

Michael Blanco -- "Last Stable Orbit" -- Spirit Forward -- BJU -- 2015  (N)
 

 

[Utevsky]

This is the music we heard on December 12 on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS:
 

Art Farmer--Benny Golson Jazztet -- "Farmer's Market" -- The Jazztet at Birdhouse -- Verve -- 1961

Art Farmer--Benny Golson Jazztet -- "Richie's Dilemma" -- The Jazztet:  Here and Now -- Mercury --1962

Art Farmer--Benny Golson Jazztet -- "Space Station" -- Another Git Together -- Mercury -- 1962

[reissued on Art Farmer:  The Complete Albums Collection 1961-1963 (Enlightenment)]
 

Seattle Women's Jazz Orchesrtra -- "The Checkered Demon" -- Meeting of the Waters -- OA2 -- 2005

Naftule's Dream -- "Klez Spiritual" -- Blood -- Naftule's Dream Recordings -- rel. 2016

Nils Wogram's Nostalgia -- "Jack-of-All Trades" -- Affinity -- Intuition -- 2007
 

Cannonball Adderley -- "Hurricane Connie" -- Julian "Cannonball" Adderley -- EmArcy -- 1955

Cannonball Adderley -- "Tribute to Brownie" -- Sophisticated Swing -- EmArcy -- 1957

Cannonball Adderley -- "A Little Taste" -- Presenting Cannonball Adderley --

Savoy Jazz -- 1955

Cannonball Adderley -- "Jubilation" -- Cannonball's Sharpshooters -- Mercury -- 1958

[reissued on Cannonball Adderley:  The Compete Albums Collection 1955-1958 (Enlightenment)]
 

Mi3 -- "Fink Sink Tink" -- Free Advice -- Clean Feed -- 2004

Donkey Monkey -- "Chaconne (Tribute to Gyorgi Ligeti)" -- Hanakana -- Umlaut -- 2010

Frank Kimbrough -- "El Cordobes" -- Solstice -- Pirouet -- 2016  (N)
 

Cecil Taylor Quartet (with Jimmy Lyons, Albert Ayler, Sunny Murray) -- "Four" -- Albert Ayler:  Holy Ghost -- Revenant -- 1062
 

Medeski Martin & Wood + Nels Cline -- "Cinders" -- Woodstock Sessions, Vol. 2 -- Woodstock Sessions -- 2013

Hound Dog Taylor's Hand -- "The Right Way" -- Hound Dog Taylor's Hand -- Abduction -- 2015

LaVon Hardison -- "Come Together" -- Come Together -- (self) -- 2016
 

Anthony Branker & Imagine -- "Beauty Within" -- Beauty Within -- Origin -- 2016  (N)
 

You can hear it any time in the next two weeks in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.
 

 

[Utevsky]

As always, you can hear 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:
 

Houston Person & Ron Carter -- "Can't We Be Friends?" -- Chemistry -- Highnote -- 2015  (N)

Dan Cray -- "Outside In" -- Outside In -- Origin -- 2015  (N)

Jan Kus Quartet -- "Rhythm A Ning" -- Faith -- Leitmotiv Arts -- 2015  (N)
 

Vijay Iyer -- "King Solomon's Marbles" -- Day of the Dead -- Red Hot -- c. 2015

Anat Fort Trio -- "Some" -- And If -- ECM -- 2009

Dave Holland -- "Flurries" -- Emerald Tears -- ECM -- 1977

Michael Lake -- "Moody's Mood For Love" -- The Electrik Project Vol. 1 -- (self) -- 2016  (N)
 

B'shnorkestra (with Thomas Marriott) -- "Concerto for Jazz Trumpet" -- Global Concertos -- (self) -- 2015  (N)

Darrell Katz and OddSong -- "Red Blue" -- Jailhouse Doc With Holes in Her Socks -- JCA -- rel. 2016  (N)

Michael Vlatkovich -- "Hiding Out As A Verb" -- Mortality -- pfMentum -- 2014  (N)
 

3.5.7 Ensemble -- "Ode to 2" -- Amongst the Smokestacks and Steeples -- Milk Factory Productions -- 2014

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

Kirk Knuffke -- "Notwithstanding" -- Arms & Hands -- Royal Potato Family -- rel. 2015
 

Collective 4tet (Mark Hennen, Jeff Hoyer, William Parker, Heinz Geisser) -- "Synopsis" -- Synopsis -- Leo -- 2002
 

Gordon Grdina & Mark Helias -- "Fierce Point" -- No Difference -- Songlines -- 2012

Tricolor (with Jeff Parker) -- "Airport Jail" -- Mirth + Feckless -- Atavistic -- rel. 1999

John Tchicai Trio -- "Bambla Jolifonti" -- Real Tchicai -- SteepleChase -- 177
 

Dave Brubeck & Gerry Mulligan -- "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" -- Christmas Break:  Relaxing Jazz for the Holidays -- Telard -- 1994
 

On December 26 and January 2nd, Brett Watanabe will be your guest host on "Straight, No Chaser."  I will return on January 9.
 

I hope your holidays are safe, jazzy and fun!

 

[Utevsky]

Happy New Year to everyone, and special thanks to Brett Watanabe, who filled in for me "over the holidays."  You can still hear the great music Brett played in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.  Here are his playlists for December 26 and January 2nd:
 

December 26
 

Philly Joe Jones Sextet – “Fiesta” – Blues For Dracula

Steve Lacy Trio – “The Bath” – Bye-Ya

Albert Mangelsdorff – “Wart G'Schwind” – A Jazz Tune I Hope

Andy Laster's Lessness – “Norseman” – Window Silver Bright

Ettore Fioravanti – “E La Chiamano Estate” – Belcanto

Joe Morris Quartet – “Substance” – Balance

Craig Taborn – “The Broad Day King” – Avenging Angel

Linda Oh – “Number One Hit” – Initial Here

John Lindberg Ensemble – “Drifter” – A Tree Frog Tonality

India Cooke – “Cut to Break” – Red-Handed

Sumi Tonooka – “I'm Confessin'” – Solo Live at Howland Cultural Center

Mark Turner – “Pure Imagination” – Jazz Christmas Party

Bob James Trio – “Personent Hodie” – Jazz Christmas Party

 

January 2
 

Guy Lombardo & His Royal Candians – “Auld Lang Syne” – (Capitol digital single)

John Coltrane – “My Favorite Things” – My Favorite Things

Billy Bang Septet – “Nothing But Love” – Above and Beyond

Jamie Baum Septet – “Central Park” – Moving Forward, Standing Still

Howard Johnson & Gravity – “Appointment in Ghana” – Gravity

Cecil Taylor – “Enter, Evening (Soft Line Structure)” – Unit Structures

Julius Hemphill – “The Painter” – Dogon A.D.

Anthony Braxton Quartet – “Airegin” – Eight Standards at Wesleyan

Geri Allen with Ornette Coleman – “The Eyes Have It” – Eyes in the Back of Your Head

Ben Allison & Man-Size Safe – “Blowback” – Little Things Run The World

Big Crinkly Trio – “Heaven” – This Is Not About The Pecking Order

Ralph Towner with Paolo Fresu – “Wistful Thinking” – Chiaroscuro

 

 

 

[Utevsky]

 You can listen to this week's "Straight, No Chaser" in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.  It will be there for two weeks.
 

Here are the details, i.e., the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on on KBCS on January 9:
 

John Medeski -- "Graveyard Fields" -- A Different Time -- Okeh -- rel. 2013

Michika Fukumori -- "Quality Time" -- Quality Time -- Summit -- 2013  (N)

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

Earprint -- "Anthem" -- Earprint -- Endectomorph Music -- 2016  (N)

Mostly Other People Do The Killing -- "Kilgore (For Kurt Vonnegut)" -- Loafer's Hollow -- Hot Cup -- 2016  (N)

Enrique Haneine -- "By Choice" -- Instants of Time -- Elegant Walk -- 2014
 

Don Pullen (with George Adams) -- "Last Year's Lies and Tomorrow's Promises" -- Tomorrow's Promises -- Koch Jazz -- c. 1976

Macy Gray -- "Lucy" -- Stripped -- Chesky -- 2016  (N)

Ricardo Grilli -- "Pulse" -- 1954 -- Time Rogue -- rel. 2016  (N)
 

Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense -- "Between Moves" -- Moving Still -- Pi -- 2016  (N)

Sant'Anna Arresi Quintet by Evan Parker -- "Filu 2" -- Filu 'e Ferru -- Punta Giara -- 2014
 

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society -- "Apocalypse Is A Process" -- Real Enemies -- New Amsterdam -- 2016  (N)

Mark Dresser Seven -- "Hobby Lobby Horse" -- Sedimental You -- Clean Feed -- 2015  (N)
 

Tony Wilson 6-tet -- "Jesse's Tune" -- Pearls Before Swine -- Drip Audio -- 2007

Sun Ra -- "New Day" -- The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra -- Denon -- 1961

Sun Ra -- "Outer Spaceways Incorporated" / "Next Stop Mars" -- Nothing Is... -- ESP-Disk -- 1966

Sound Etiquette -- "Spiral Recollection" -- Sound Etiquette -- Orenda -- rel. 2016  (N)

[Utevsky]

For Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday on "Straight, No Chaser," we focused on two major works that fit in with the holiday theme.  Wadada Leo Smith's four-CD set "Ten Freedom Summers" commemorates the history of the civil rights movement and Matana Roberts' "Coin Coin" series portrays slavery and other struggles in African American history.  Listen to the January 16 show in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.  Here is the complete playlist:
 

Noah Baerman -- "This Little Light of Mine" -- Soul Force -- Lemel -- 2004

Charles Mingus -- "Free Cell Block F, 'Tis Nazi U.S.A." -- Changes Two -- Atlantic -- 1974

Hal Wilner Presents Meditations on Mingus -- "Medications on Integration" -- Weird Nightmare -- Columbia -- rel. 1992
 

Wadada Leo Smith Golden Quartet -- "Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 381 Days" -- Ten Freedom Summers -- Cuneiform -- 2011

Matana Roberts -- "Invocation / Humility Draws Down Blue / All Nations / Twelve Sighed / Spares of the World" -- Coin Coin Chapter Two:  Mississippi Moonchile -- Constellation -- 2010
 

Wadada Leo Smith Golden Quartet & Southwest Chamber Music  -- "The Little Rock Nine:  A Force for Desegregation in Education, 1957" -- Ten Freedom Summers

Matana Roberts -- "Kersaia" -- Coin Coin Chapter One:  Gens de Couleur Libres -- Constellation -- 2010
 

Wadada Leo Smith Golden Quintet -- "Thurgood Marhall and Brown vs. Board of Education:  A Dream of Equal Education, 1954" -- Ten Freedom Summers

Matana Roberts -- :"Dreamer of Dreams" -- Coin Coin Chapter Three:  River Run Thee -- Constellation -- 2014
 

Wadada Leo Smith Golden Quintet -- "Freedom Summer:  Voter Registration, Acts of Compassion and Empowerment, 1964" -- Ten Freedom Summers

Matana Roberts -- "Rise" -- Coin Coin Chapter One:  Gens de Couleur Libres
 

Pat Metheny -- "Sound of Silence" --- What's It All About -- Nonesuch -- 2011

The Philadelphia Experiment -- "Philadelphia Freedom" -- The Philadelphia Experiment -- Ropeadope -- 2000
 

I hope you are enjoying the jazz on KBCS!

[Utevsky]

Head for the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm any time in the next two weeks to hear a streaming version of the January 23 "Straight, No Chaser."  Here is the music you'll find there:
 

Kevin Eubanks -- "The Gloaming" -- The Messenger -- Mack Avenue -- rel. 2012

JD Allen [pictured] -- "Cotton" -- Americana -- Savant -- 2016

Sean Jones -- "Dark Times" -- im-pro-vise never before seen -- Mack Avenue -- rel. 2014
 

Billy Hart Quartet -- "Amethyst" -- One Is The Other -- ECM -- 2013

Endangered Blood -- "Kaffibarinn" -- Work Your Magic -- Skirl = 2-12

Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra -- "Daan Park" -- Into Forever -- Gondwana -- c. 2013
 

Silk Road Ensembe --  "Playlist for an Extreme Occasion" (Vijay Iyer) -- A Playlist Without Borders -- Sony -- rel. 2013
 

Frank Wright Quintet -- "The Lady" -- Your Prayer -- EDP-Disk -- rel. 1967

Rampersaud Shaw Martin Neal Krakowiak -- "Take Me To Your Leader" -- Halcyon Science -- Barnyard -- 2010
 

Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri -- "Monastery" -- Transylvanian Concert -- ECM -- 2011

Sylvie Courvoisier Trio -- "To Fly To Steal" -- Double Windsor -- (self) -- 2014

Andrew Hill  -- "Erato" -- Pax -- Blue Note -- 1965
 

Gary Burton Quintet -- "Intermission Music" -- Dreams So Real--Music of Carla Bley -- ECM -- 1975

Frank Wess Quartet -- "But Beautiful" -- The Frank Wess Quartet -- Prestige Moodsville -- 1960

Hubert Laws -- "Gymnopedie #1" -- In The Beginning -- CTI -- 1974

Ralph Alessi -- "Sanity" -- Baida -- ECM -- 2012