"Straight, No Chaser" Playlists

[Utevsky]

On January 30, this is the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS:
 

Transgressors -- "Beyond Addis" -- Beyond Addis:  Contemporary Jazz & Funk Inspired by Ethiopian Sounds From the 70's -- Trikont -- rel. 2014

Pyramids -- "Cloud Rider" -- Otherworldly -- Disko B -- rel. 2012

Quinsin Nachoff -- "Astral Echo Poem" -- Flux -- Mythology -- 2012
 

Charles Mingus -- "Peggy's Blue Skylight" -- The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65 -- Mosaic -- 1965

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

Louis Sclavis -- "Le verbe" -- L'imparfait des langues -- ECM -- 2005

Miguel Zenon -- "Entre las raices" -- Tipico -- Miel Music -- 2016  (N)

[Miguel Zenon will be at the PONCHO Concert Hall in Seattle on March 1st, presented by Earshot Jazz.]

Myra Melford -- "First Protest" -- Snowy Egret -- Enja -- 2013
 

Andrew Cyrille Quartet -- "Sanctuary" -- The Declaration of Musical Independence -- ECM -- 2014  (N)

Tyshawn Sorey -- "Template" -- Alloy -- Pi -- 2014

Satoko Fujii -- "Green Cab" -- Invisible Hand [see photo]-- 2016  (N)
 

Quest -- "Pendulum" -- Mosaic Select:  David Liebman and Richie Beirach -- Mosaic -- 1988
 

Peggy Lee Band -- "Path of a Smile" -- Invitation -- Drip Audio -- rel. 2012

Brooklyn Blowhards -- "Dancing Flower" -- Brooklyn Blowhards -- (self) -- 2015

Mark Dresser Seven -- "Trumpinputinstoopin" -- Sedimental You -- Clean Feed -- 2015  (N)
 

David Friesen Circle 3 Trio -- "Rainbow Song" -- Triple Exposure -- Origin -- 2015  (N)
 

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

 

[Utevsky]

Here is the playlist for the February 6 edition of "Straight, No Chaser," which you can hear any time in the next two weeks in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm:
 

Geri Allen, Dave Holland & Jack DeJohnette -- "Dance of the Infidels" -- The Life of a Song -- Telarc -- rel. 2004

Aaron Parks Trio -- "Well You Needn't" -- The Promise -- Keynote -- 1999

[The Aaron Parks Trio will be at the PONCHO Concert Hall in Seattle, Wednesday, February 22, presented by Earshot Jazz.]

Eric Vloeimans -- "Midnight Child" -- Bitches and Fairy Tales -- Radio Netherlands -- 1998

[Eric Vloeimans & Will Holshouser wil be at the Royal Room in Seattle, this Wenesday, February 8, presented by Earshot Jazz.]
 

OU -- "La Mentita" -- Pisces Crisis -- Spoot Muic -- 2013

Amina Claudine Myers Trio -- "Mind Chambers" -- Jumping in the Sugar Bowl -- Minor Music -- 1984

Amina Claudine Myers Sextet -- "Untitled" -- Country Girl -- Minor Music -- 1986

[Amina Claudine Myers will be at the Royal Room in Seattle, Saturday, February 18, presented by Earshot Jazz.]
 

Rich Halley & Carson Halley -- "From Memory" -- The Wild -- Pine Eagle -- rel. 2017  (N)

Muhal Richard Abrams & Marty Ehrlich -- "Bright Canto" -- The Open Air Meeting -- New World -- 1996
 

Fareed Haque -- "Mellow Mood" -- Trance Hypothesis -- Delmark -- 2013

Joe Morris -- "Angle of Incidence" -- Camera -- EDP-Disk -- 2010

Michael Bocian -- "Ratman" -- Reverence -- Enja -- 1994
 

Charlie Haden & The Liberation Music Orchestra -- "Song for the Whales" -- Time/Life -- Song for the Whales and Other Beings -- Impulse! -- 2011 (N)

Pandelis Karayorgis / Mat Maneri Quintet -- "Case in Point" -- Disambiguation -- Leo -- 2001
 

Ingrid Laubrock & Tom Rainey -- "The Museum of Human Achievement" -- Buoyancy -- Relative Pitch -- 2014

Wally Shoup -- "The Big Mo" -- Racer Sessions--Curator Compilation:  Volume Two -- Table & Chairs -- rel. 2012
 

Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense -- "Flank and Center" -- Moving Still -- Pi -- 2016  (N)

 

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[Utevsky]

To hear the February 13 edition of "Straight, No Chaser," head for the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.  Here is the music we heard this week:
 

Ted Nash Big Band -- "The Promise of America" -- Presidential Suite:  Eight Variations on Freedom" -- Motema -- 2014

Ben Markely Big Band -- "Hindsight" -- Clockwise:  The Music of Cedar Walton -- OA2 -- 2016  (N)  (incomplete due to technical difficulty)

Ralph Towner – “Les Douzilles” – Ana – ECM – 1996

[Ralph Towner will be at the Seattle Art Museum, Tue. Feb. 21.]

String Trio of New York – “Ephemera Trilogy” – Rebirth of a Feeling – Black Saint – 1983

Amina Claudine Myers – “Louisville” – The Circle of Time – Black Saint – 1983

[Amina Claudine Myers will be at the Royal Room in Seattle, Sat. Feb. 18]

 

Charles Lloyd – “Lark” – Wild Man Dance – Blue Note – 2013

Fifth – “The Chase” – Fifth – Jinsy – rel. 2016 (N)

 

Kneebody – “Break Me” – Kneebody – Greenleaf – c. 2005

[Kneebody will be at the Nectar Lounge in Seattle, Sun. Feb. 19.]

Burning Ghosts – “Defiance” – Burning Ghosts – Orenda – 2015

Schweizer Holt Trio – “Waiting for an Answer” – Love Letters to the President – Intakt – 2008

 

Ben Bennett & Jack Wright – “Bogus Ferret” – Tangle – Public Eyesore – 2013

 

Craig Taborn – “Crocodile” – Light Made Lighter – Thirsty Ear – rel. 2001

[Craig Taborn will be at the PONCHO Concert Hall in Seattle, Fri. Feb. 24.]

Aaron Parks – “Travelers” – Invisible Cinema – Blue Note – 2008

[The Aaron Parks Trio will be at the PONCHO Concert Hall, Wed. Feb. 22.]

Revolutionary Snake Ensemble – “Roohane” – I Want That Sound! – Innova (N)

 

Miguel Zenon – “Tipico” – Tipico – Miel Music – 2016 (N)

[Miguel Zenon will be at the PONCHO Concert Hall, Wed. March 1^st.]

 

Happy Valentines Day to all!

 

 

[Utevsky]

This is the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS on February 20:
 

Larry Coryell -- "Tonk" -- Inner Urge -- HighNote -- 2000

Larry Coryell -- "Murali's Picture" -- Twelve Frets To One Octave -- Shanachie -- rel. 1991

Larry Coryell -- "Entardecendo en Saudade" -- At The Village Gate -- Vanguard -- 1971.

[Guitarist Larry Coryell died February 19 at the age of 73.]
 

Ralph Towner -- "Suite:  3 x 12" -- (Ralph Towner and Glen Moore) Trios / Solos -- ECM -- 1972

Ralph Towner -- "Zoetrope" -- Solo Concert -- ECM -- 1979

Ralph Towner -- "Erg" -- Diary -- ECM -- 1973

[Ralph Towner will be at the Seattle Art Museum, Tues. Feb. 21, at 8 p.m., presented by Earshot Jazz.]
 

Bill Horvitz Band -- "Archives" -- The Disappearance -- Evander Music

Bill Horvitz Band -- "The Disappearance" -- The Disappearance -- Evander Music

[Guitarist Bill Horvitz died January 15 at the age of 69.]

Will Martina -- "Instant This" -- The Dam Levels -- (self) -- rel. 2011
 

Herbie Hancock -- "Cotton Tail" -- Gershwin's World -- Verve -- 1998

Terell Stafford -- "The Tint Train" -- Forgive and Forget -- HHM Jazzmasters -- 2016  (N)

Yelena Eckemoff Quintet -- "Wildflower Meadows" -- Blooming Tall Phlox -- L&H Production -- 2013  (N)
 

Jihye Lee Orchestra -- "Sewol Ho" -- April -- (self) -- 2016  (N)

Throttle Elevator Music -- "Playing the Alleyway" --  Retrospective -- Wide Hive -- 2011 (N)
 

Nick Finzer -- "Race to the Bottom" -- Hear Now -- Outside In -- 2016  (N)

[Nick Finzer will be at the Royal Room in Seattle, Mon. Feb 27.]

Noah Haidu -- "Momentum" -- Infinite Distances -- Cellar Live -- 2016  (N)

Noah Preminger -- "Mother Earth" -- Meditations on Freedom -- (self) -- 2016  (N)

 

[Utevsky]

This week, “Straight, No Chaser” on KBCS was devoted to recordings of the fabulous guitarist Larry Coryell (1943-2017). Here are the pieces we heard:

 

Larry Coryell – “Fantasy in D” – Cedars of Avalon – HighNote – 2001

Larry Coryell – “My Shining Hour” – Joy Spring—The Swinging Side of Larry Coryell – Savoy Jazz – rel. 2005

Larry Coryell – “Alone Together” – Monk, Trane, Miles & Me – HighNote – 1998

 

The Free Spirits – “Cosmic Daddy Dancer” – Out of Sight and Sound – ABC – 1966

The Dynamics – “J.A.J.” – Bolo Bash – Seafair-Bolo – 1961

The Dynamics – “Tennessee Boy” – Bolo Bash – Seafair-Bolo – 1963

The Free Spirits – “Bad News Cat” – Out of Sight and Sound – ABC – 1966

Larry Coryell – “Stiff Neck” – Lady Coryell – Vanguard – rel. 1968

 

Chico Hamilton – “Jim-Jeannie” – The Dealer – Impulse! – 1966

Larry Coryell – “Gypsy Queen” – Barefoot Boy – Flying Dutchman – rel. 1971

 

Larry Coryell – “Julie la Belle” – The Restful Mind – Vanguard – rel. 1975

Larry Coryell – “Improvisation” – Difference – Egg – c. 1975

Larry Coryell – “Rodrigo Reflections” – European Impressions – RCA Novus – 1978

Larry Coryell & Philip Catherine – “Ms. Julie” – Twin-House – Elektra – rel. 1977

 

The Eleventh House featuring Larry Coryell – “Suite: (a) Entrance, (b) Repose, (c) Exit” – Level One – Arista – rel. 1975

The Eleventh House featuring Larry Coryell – “Kowloon Jag” – Aspects – Arista – rel. 1976

Larry Coryell & The Eleventh House – “Joyride” – At Montreux – Vanguard – 1974

 

Gary Burton Quartet – “General Mojo's Well Laid Plan” – Duster – RCA Victor – rel. 1967

Gary Burton Quartet – “Lines” – Lofty Fake Anagram – RCA Victor – 1967

Larry Coryell – “Bicentennial Head Fest” – The Lion and the Ram – Arista – rel. 1976

Larry Coryell (with Joe Beck & John Scofield) – “Mother's Day” – Tributaries – RCA Novus – 1979

 

On next Monday's “Straight, No Chaser” (March 3) we will continue to honor Larry Coryell with more of his recorded works. Meanwhile, you can hear the February 27 show in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

 

[Utevsky]

On March 6, for the second week in a row, “Straight, No Chaser” on KBCS focused on the music of guitarist Larry Coryell (1943-2017). You can hear this program, as well as last week's all-Coryell show, in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm. Here are the selections we heard this week:

 

Larry Coryell & Emily Remler – “Joy Spring” – Together – Concord – 1985

Larry Coryell – “From 'Rhapsody in Blue'” – Visions in Blue—Coryell Plays Ravel & Gershwin – Soundscreen – 1989

 

Larry Coryell – “Lady Coryell” – Lady Coryell – Vanguard – rel. 1968

Larry Coryell – “Morning Sickness” – Coryell – Vanguard – rel. 1969

Larry Coryell – “Aquarian Mode” – Difference – Egg – 1975

 

Larry Coryell – “Wrong Is Right” – Spaces – Vanguard – 1969

Larry Coryell – “Planet End” – Planet End – Vanguard – c. 1969

 

Larry Coryell – “'Round Midnight” – Toku-Do – Muse – 1987

Larry Coryell – “Good Citizen Swallow” – Tricycles – In+Out – 2002

Larry Coryell – “Ghost Note” – Heavy Feel – Wide Hive – 2014

 

Gary Burton Quartet with Orchestra – “Some Dirge” – A Genuine Tong Funeral – RCA Victor – c. 1967

Herbie Mann – “Hold On, I'm Comin'” – Memphis Underground – Atlantic – c. 1969

 

Larry Coryell – “Spaces Revisited” – Spaces Revisited – Shanachie – 1997

Larry Coryell – “The Jam With Albert” – Coryell – Vanguard – rel. 1969

 

Larry Coryell & Steve Khan – “Juju” – Two for the Road – Arista – c. 1975

 

Keep listening to the jazz!

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[Utevsky]

This week's "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS was the third and final installment of an extended tribute to the great guitarist Larry Coryell (1943-2017).  You can hear the March 13 program any time in the next two weeks in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.  Last week's program, also devoted to Coryell's music, will be available in the archive for another week.  Here is the March 13 playlist:
 

Larry Coryell & Kenny Drew, Jr. -- "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes" -- Duality -- Random Act -- rel. 2011

Larry Coryell -- "Confirmation" -- Comin' Home -- Muse -- 1984
 

Chico Hamilton -- "Larry of Arabia" -- The Dealer -- Impulse! -- 1966

Steve Marcus -- "Rain" -- Tomorrow Never Knows -- Vortex -- 1968

Michael Mantler -- "Movie Seven" -- Movies -- Watt -- 1977
 

Larry Coryell & Philip Catherine -- "The Train and the River" -- Splendid -- Elektra -- 1978

Larry Coryell -- "Toronto Under the Sign of Capricorn" -- European Impressions -- Novus -- 1978

Larry Coryell & Steve Khan -- "Spain" -- Two for the Road -- Arista -- 1975/76
 

Larry Coryell -- "Two Minute Classical" -- Lady Coryell -- Vanguard -- 1968

Larry Coryell -- "Elementary Guitar Solo #5" -- Coryell -- Vanguard -- 1969

Larry Coryell -- "Can You Follow? (Dance on the Green Hill)" -- At the Village Gate -- Vanguard -- 1971
 

Larry Coryell -- "Three Mile Island" -- Return -- Vanguard -- 1979

The Eleventh House -- "Rocks" -- [Larry Coryell] Planet End -- rel. 1975

Larry Coryell -- "Blues for Django and Stephane" -- Spaces Revisited -- Shanachie -- 1997
 

Larry Coryell -- "Rene's Theme" -- Spaces -- Vanguard -- 1969

Larry Coryell -- "Dragon Gate" -- Tricycles -- In + Out -- 2002

Larry Coryell -- "Straight No Chaser" -- Laid Back & Blues -- Rhombus -- 2006
 

Larry Coryell -- "Giant Steps" -- Dragon Gate -- Shanachie -- 1989

 

[Utevsky]

This week on "Straight, No Chaser," Brett Watanabe and I spent some time talking about the KBCS spring fund drive, seeking your contributions at www.kbcs.fm.  But mostly we did what we usually do, i.e., we listened to some great jazz.  Here are the tunes we heard on March 20:
 

Jim Yanda Trio -- "Off The Stairs" -- Home Road -- Corner Store Jazz -- rel. 2016  (N)

Kevin Eubanks -- "Take The Coltrane" -- East West Time Line -- Mack Avenue -- rel. 2017  (N)

Jentsch Group Quartet -- "Follow That Cab" -- Fractured Pop -- (self) -- 2009  (N)
 

Sonny Clark -- "Minor Meeting" -- My Conception -- Blue Note -- 1959

Luis Perdomo Controlling Ear Unit -- "A Different Kind of Reality" -- Twenty-Two -- Hot Tone Music -- 2014

Luis Munoz -- "Seveneves" -- The Dead Man -- Pelin Music -- 2014  (N)
 

Billy Mintz -- "Shmear" -- Ugly Beautiful -- 13th Note -- 2015  (N)

Julius Hemphill Quartet -- "Body" -- Flat-Out Jump Suite -- Black Saint -- 1980
 

Secret Keeper (Stephan Crump & Mary Halvorson) -- "In Time You Yell" -- Emerge -- Intakt -- 2013

Tom Rainey Trio -- "Briefly Lompoc" -- Hotel Grief -- Intakt -- 2013

Thumbscrew -- "Barn Fire Slum Brew: -- Convallaria -- Cuneiform -- 205
 

Harris Eisenstadt -- "Redwood" -- Old Growth Forest -- Clean Feed -- 2015

Rich Halley 5 -- "Recipe For Improvisers" -- The Outlier -- Pine Eagle -- 2015
 

Mary Halvorson Octet -- "Inky Ribbons (No. 530)" -- Away With You -- Firehouse 12 -- rel. 2016

Edited March 21, 2017 by Utevsky

[Utevsky]

The jazz community lost another cherished member today when the alto saxophonist Arthur Blythe passed away at the age of 76. We paid tribute to Arthur with several of his recordings on this week's “Straight, No Chaser” on KBCS. We also checked out several noteworthy new releases. You'll find a streaming version of this show in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, where it will be available to you any time in the next two weeks. Here is the playlist for the March 27 program:

 

Arthur Blythe – “Cousin Mary” – Exhale – Savant – 2002

Arthur Blythe – “Break Tune” – In The Tradition – Columbia – rel. 1979

Arthur Blythe – “Off Minor” – Light Blue – Columbia – rel. 1983

 

Manuel Valera Trio – “What Is This Thing Called Love” – The Seasons – Mavo – 2016 (N)

James DeJoie / The Ocular Proof – “Naisrep” – The Ocular Proof – (self) – rel. 2017 (N)

 

Arthur Blythe – “Odessa” – Lenox Avenue Breakdown – Columbia – rel. 1979

Arthur Blythe – “Off The Top” – Bush Baby – Adelphi – 1977

 

Andrew Cyrille & Bill McHenry – “Aquatic Life” – Proximity – Sunnyside – 2014 (N)

Okkyung Lee & Peter Evans – “Duo 4” – [Parker/Lee/Evans] The Bleeding Edge – Emanem – 2010

Anna Webber's Simple Trio – “Tug o'War” – Binary – Skirl – 2016 (N)

 

Arthur Blythe, David Eyges & Bruce Ditmas – “Time Cycles” – Synergy – In & Out – 1996

Arthur Blythe – “Miss Nancy” – Spirits in the Field – Savant – 1999

Arthur Blythe – “Faceless Woman” – Blythe Spirit – Columbia – rel. 1981

 

Yelena Eckemoff Quintet – “Aunt Galya's Perfume” – Blooming Tall Phlox – (self) – 2013 (N)

Jimmy Greene – “Thirty-Two” – Flowers: Beautiful Life, Volume Two – Mack Avenue – rel. 2017 (N)

Akua Dixon – “The Sweetest Taboo” – Akua's Dance – Akua's Music – rel. 2017 (N)

 

Arthur Blythe – “Cause of It All” – Night Song – 1996

 

 

[Utevsky]

Catch a streaming version of this week's "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time in the next two weeks.  Here is the music we heard on April 3:

 

Bill Ware and the Club Bird All-Stars -- "Turn the Screw" -- Long and Skinny -- Knitting Factory Works -- rel. 1993

Bob Stewart -- "Tunk" -- Then & Now -- Postcards -- 1995

Jackie McLean -- "Minor Dream" -- Jackie McLean & Co. -- Prestige -- 1957
 

Idris Muhammad -- "Power of Soul" -- Power of Soul -- CTI -- 1974

Rez Abbasi & Junction -- "Matter Falls" -- Behind the Vibration -- Cuneiform -- 2015

Bill Horist -- "The Dread Mocus" -- Nervewheel -- (self) -- 2003
 

Living by Lanterns -- "2000 West Erie" -- Cuneiform -- 2011

Satoko Fujii Orchestra Tokyo -- "Peace" -- Peace -- 2014
 

Louis Moholo-Moholo, Frode Gjerstad, Fred Lonberg-Holm & Nick Stephens -- "Distant Groove 2" -- Distant Groove -- FMR -- 2013

Steve Adams Trio -- "Equilibria" -- Surface Tension -- Clean Feed -- 2000

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

Arthur Blythe -- "Illusions" -- Illusions -- Columbia -- rel. 1980

Arthur Blythe -- "Sister Daisy" -- Elaborations -- Columbia -- rel. 1982

Arthur Blythe -- "Blood Count" -- Night Song -- Clarity --1996
 

Joel Harrison & Lorenzo Feliciati -- "Faith" -- Holy Abyss -- Cuneiform -- 2010

Lounge Lizards -- "John Zorn's S&M Circus" -- Queen of All Ears -- Strange & Beautiful Music -- rel. 1998
 

Heads of State -- "Milestones" -- Four in One -- Smoke Sessions -- 2016  (N)
 

 

 

 

Edited April 4, 2017 by Utevsky

[Utevsky]

I hope you had a chance to hear "Straight, No Chaser" on April 10 and/or April 17, when Brett Watanabe was sitting in for me.  He's been an important contributor to jazz on KBCS for more than 20 years.  Here are the playlists for those shows, which of course can still be heard in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm:
 

April 10
 

Prestige Jazz Quartet -- "Take Three Parts Jazz" -- The Prestige Jazz Quartet

Jimmy Greene -- "Stink Thumb" -- Flowers:  Beautiful Life, Vol. 2  (N)

Microscopic Septet -- "PJ in The 60s" -- Been Up So Long It Looks Down Up To Me  (N)

Melton Mustafa -- "Center of the Circle" -- The Traveling Man

Gerry Hemingway Quartet -- "Toombow" -- Devil's Paradise

Craig Taborn -- "The Broad Day King" -- Avenging Angel

Elm Fiction -- "Sick Wires" -- Score  (N)

Jeremy Pelt -- "Evolution" -- Make Noise!  (N)

Michael Bisio -- "Grimes, Henry Grimes" -- Undulations

Bobby Watson -- "The Real Lone Ranger 'For Bass Reeves'" -- Made in America  (N)

Red Garland Trio -- "Stormy Weather" -- All Kinds of Weather
 

April 17
 

Jack De Johnette -- "Bayou Fever" -- New Directions

Branford Marsalis -- "Elysium" -- Requiem

Kevin Eubanks -- "Time Line" -- East West Time Line  (N)

Tony Williams Trio -- "On Green Dolphin Street" -- Young at Heart

Jason Adasiewicz -- "The Griots" -- Varmint

John Zorn -- "Bith Aneth" -- Masada Series, Volume 1

Chicago / London Underground [pictured] -- "Mysteries of Emanating Light" -- A Night Walking Through Mirrors  (N)

Billy Mintz -- "Shmear" -- Ugly Beautiful  (N)

Lisa Parrott -- "Rosa Takes A Stand" -- Round Tripper  (N)

Clifford Brown and Max Roach -- "Joy Spring" -- Clifford Brown and Max Roach

Elmo Hope Sextet -- "Weeja" -- Informal Jazz

 

[Utevsky]

Here is the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS on April 24:
 

Don Byron -- "War Dance For Wooden Indians" -- Bug Music -- Nonesuch -- 1996

Mostly Other People Do The Killing -- "Hi-Nella" -- Loafer's Hollow -- Hot Cup-- 2016  (N)

Roberto Fonseca -- "Terra Santa" -- ABUC -- Impulse! -- rel. 2016  (N)

David Weiss & Point of Departure -- "The Mystic Knights of the Sea" -- Wake Up Call -- Ropeadope -- 2015  (N)
 

Kenny Burrell -- "Perception" -- Kenny Burrell -- Prestige -- 1057

Tom Dempsey / Tim Ferguson Quartet -- "Receipt Please" -- Waltz New -- OA2 -- 2015  (N)

Michael Blum Quartet -- "Tristeza" -- Chasin' Oscar:  A Tribute to Oscar Peterson -- (self) -- rel. 2016  (N)

Lionel Loueke -- "Gaia" -- Gaia -- Blue Note -- rel. 2015
 

Kris Davis -- "Eronel" -- Duopoly -- Pyroclastic -- 2015  (N)

Mark Nauseef, Ikue Mori, Sylvie Courvoisier & Walter Quintus -- "Albert's Alchemy" -- Albert -- Leo -- 2005

Ullman / Swell 4 -- "New York 5:50" -- News? No News! -- Jazzwerkstatt -- 2008

Billy Mintz -- "Angels" -- Ugly Beautiful -- 13th Note -- 2015  (N)
 

Joe Morris, Simon H. Fell & Alex Ward -- "Improviseront" -- The Necessary and the Possible -- Victo -- 2009
 

Satoko Fujii -- "Increase" -- Invisible Hand -- Cortez Sound -- 2016  (N)

Craig Taborn -- "New Glory" -- Daylight Ghosts -- ECM -- 2016  (N)

Graham Haynes -- "Standing Before Time" -- Full Circle -- RKM Music -- rel. 2007
 

Fire Room -- "When Water Burns Air" -- Broken Music -- Atavistic -- 2005

Conrad Bauer, Peter Kowald & Gunter Sommer -- "Looking Out" -- Between Heaven and Earth -- Intakt -- 2001

Noah Preminger -- "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" -- Meditations on Freedom -- (self) -- 2016  (N)
 

A Conrad Trio -- "Hour Time" -- Screaming While Playing -- Orenda -- 2015  (N)
 

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

 

 

[Utevsky]

The May 1st edition of "Straight, No Chaser" can be heard any time in the next two weeks in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.  Here is the music we heard on this week's program:
 

Gerald Clayton -- "Mao Nas Massa" -- Life Forum -- Concord Jazz -- rel. 2013

[The Gerald Clayton Trio will be at the PONCHO Concert Hall in Seattle, Tuesday, May 2 at 8 p.m., presented by Earshot Jazz.]

Helen Sung -- "Brother Thelonious" -- Anthem For A New Day -- Concord Jazz --rel. 2014

[The Helen Sung Quartet will perform at the PONCHO Concert Hall on Thursday, May 4 at 8 p.m., also presented by Earshot Jazz.]

Cory Weeds & The Jeff Hamilton Trio -- "Bonnissimo" -- Dreamsville -- Cellar Live -- 2016  (N)
 

AZIZA -- "Summer 15" -- AZIZA -- Dare2 -- 2015  (N)

Cedar Walton -- "March of the Fishman" -- Charmed Circle -- Highnote -- 1979  (N)
 

MONK'estra -- "Skippy" -- John Beasley Presents MONK'estra, Vol. 1 -- Mack Avenue -- rel. 2016  (N)

Tim Davies Big Band -- "Conceivalization" -- The Expensive Train Set -- Origin -- rel. 2016  (N)
 

Miles Okazaki [pictured] -- "Box In A Box" -- Trickster -- Pi -- 2016  (N)

Matthew Shipp Trio -- "Cosmopolitan" -- PIano Song -- Thirsty Ear -- rel. 2017  (N)

Erik Friedlander -- "Bohemia After Dark" -- Oscalypso:  Tribute to Oscar Pettiford -- Skipstone  (N)
 

Sun Ra & His Arkestra -- "The House of Eternal Being" -- Live at Montreux -- Inner City -- 1976

Rich Halley & Carson Halley -- "Cursorial" -- The Wild -- Pine Eagle -- 2015  (N)

David Friesen & Michael Brecker -- "Signs and Wonders" -- [Kenny Garrett, John Scofield, Michael Brecker & David Friesen] Old Folks -- West Wind -- 1993
 

Joseph Jarman & Marilyn Crispell -- "Structure I" -- Connecting Spirits -- Music & Arts -- 1996

Chick Corea Trio -- "I Hear A Rhapsody" -- The Musician -- 2011 (N)

Terence Blanchard -- "Electricity on Macdougal" -- The Comedian (Soundtrack) -- Blue Note -- rel. 2017  (N)

 

 

[Utevsky]

Here is the jazz music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS-FM on May 8:
 

Kenny Burrell -- "Caravan" -- Blue Lights, Vol. 1 -- Blue Note -- 1958

Tina Brooks -- "The Blues and I" -- Back to the Tracks -- Blue Note -- 1960
 

Paul Chambers -- "Dexterity" -- Chambers' Music:  A Jazz Delegation From The East -- Blue Note -- 1956

Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt & Sonny Rollins -- "I Know That You Know" -- Sonny Side Up -- Roost -- 1957

Jackie McLean -- "Windy City" -- Alto Madness -- Original Jazz Classics -- 1957
 

David Bandman -- "Frankie's Dance" -- Burn Notice -- (self) -- rel. 2016  (N)

Tom Harrell -- "GT" -- Number Five -- Highnote -- 2011

Alex Levine Quartet -- "Prism Swing" -- Towards The Center -- Outside In -- 2016
 

Joe Henderson -- "Foresight and Afterthought (an impromptu suite)" -- Power To The People -- Milestone -- 1969

Kris Davis (and Tim Berne) -- "Trip Dance For Tim" -- Duopoly -- Pyroclastic -- 2015  (N)

Craig Taborn -- "The Shining One" -- Daylight Ghosts -- ECM -- 2016  (N)

 

Chicago / London Underground -- "Something Must Happen" -- A Night Walking Through Mirrors -- Cuneiform -- 2016  (N)

Joe McPhee & Paal Nilssen-Love -- "Go" -- Tomorrow Came Today -- Smalltown Superjazz -- 2007
 

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society -- "The Enemy Within" -- Real Enemies -- New Amsterdam -- rel. 2016

Jihye Lee Orchestra -- "Guilty" -- April -- (self) -- rel. 2016  (N)

Noah Haidu -- "Against The Sky" -- Infinite Distances -- Cellar Live --2016  (N)

Hear it at your convenience in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

 

 

[Utevsky]

If you go to the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm any time in the next two weeks, you can hear a streaming version of this week's "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS.  Here is the playlist for the May 15 program:
 

Nina Simone -- "Mood Indigo" -- Little Girl Blue -- Bethlehem -- 1957

Eugenie Jones -- "A Good Day" -- Black Lace Blue Tears -- Openmic -- rel. 2013

Jeremy Pelt -- "Cry Freedom" -- Make Noise! -- Highnote -- 2016  (N)
 

Larry Coryell -- "Glorielle" -- Comin' Home -- Muse -- 1984

Bobby Broom -- "D's Blues" -- Upper West Side Story -- Origin -- 2011

Jimmy Greene -- "Big Guy" -- Flowers--Beautiful Life, Vol. 2 -- Mack Avenue -- rel. 2017  (N)
 

Mark Turner Quartet -- "The Edenist" -- Lathe of Heaven -- ECM -- rel. 2014

Wolfgang Muthspiel -- "Superonny" -- Rising Grace -- ECM -- 2016  (N)

Underkarl -- "Line For Lyons" -- Timetunnel 25 -- Rent a Dog -- 2016  (N)
 

Quinsin Nachoff's Ethereal Trio -- "Subliminal Circularity" -- Quinsin Nachoff's Ethereal Trio -- Whirlwind Recordings -- 2016  (N)

Joe McPhee & Ingebrigt Haker Flaten  -- "214 Martense" -- Brooklyn DNA -- Clean Feed -- 2011

James DeJoie -- "That's Just Oxytalkin'" -- The Ocular Proof -- (self) -- rel. 2017  (N)
 

Miles Okazaki -- "Caduceus" -- Trickster -- Pi -- 2016  (N)

Hound Dog Taylor's Hand -- "Relax, It's Okay" -- Hound Dog Taylor's Hand -- Abduction -- 2015

Mary Halvorson -- "Deformed Weight of Hands (No. 28)" --  Bending Bridges -- Firehouse 12 -- 2011
 

Portico Quartet -- "The Kon Tiki Expedition" -- Knee-Deep in the North Sea -- Real World -- 2007

Matthew Shipp Trio -- "Silence Of" -- Piano Song -- Thirsty Ear -- 2016  (N)

Benedikt Jahnel Trio -- "Part of the Game" -- The Invariant -- ECM -- rel. 2017  (N)
 

Aggregate Prime -- "Who's in Control" -- Dream Deferred -- Onyx -- 2015  (N)

 

[Utevsky]

Here is the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS on May 22 -- now filed in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, where you can hear it any time in the next two weeks:
 

Underkarl -- "A Call For All Demons" -- Timetunnel 25 -- Rent a Dog -- 2016  (N)

John Abercrombie Quartet -- "Silver Circle" -- Up and Coming -- ECM -- 2016  (N)

Marius Preda -- "198 Strings vs. Stern & Preda" -- Mission Cimbalom -- (self)  (N)
 

Kevin Eubanks -- "Take The Coltrane" -- East West Time Line -- Mack Ave. -- rel. 2017  (N)

B.J. Jansen -- "Street Walk" -- Common Ground -- Roninjazz -- 2016  (N)

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

Vijay Iyer Trio -- "Mystery Woman" -- Break Stuff -- ECM -- 2014

Bill Evans Trio -- "T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune)" -- On A Monday Evening -- Fantasy -- 1976  ()

Thelonious Monk -- "Well, You Needn't" -- Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 -- Sam -- 1960  (N)
 

Randy Weston & Billy Harper -- "Blues to Senegal" -- The Roots of the Blues -- Sunnyside -- 2013

Joris Teepe & Don Braden -- "Three Card Molly" -- Conversations -- Creative Perspective Music -- 2016 -- (N)

Honey Ear Trio -- "Six Nettes" -- Steampunk Serenade" -- Foxhaven

 

Pat Metheny -- "Hurmiz" -- Tap:  John Zorn's Book of Angels, Volume 20 -- Tzadik -- rel. 2013

Roscoe Mitchell Sextet -- "Ornette" -- Sound -- Delmark -- 1966

Burning Ghosts -- "Radicals" -- Reclamation -- Tzadik -- rel. 2017  (N)
 

Yelena Eckemoff Quintet -- "Sleeping in the Tent" -- Blooming Tall Phlox -- (self) -- 2013  (N)

Edited May 23, 2017 by Utevsky

[Utevsky]

If you missed "Straight, No Chaser" this Monday night -- or even if you heard it and want to hear it again -- you can get it on your computer or mobile device, any time in the next two weeks, by going to the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.  Here is the May 29 playlist:
 

Joe Beck & Red Mitchell -- "Like Someone in Love" -- Empathy -- Jazz Heritage -- 1980

Alex Wintz -- "Sweet and Lovely" -- Life Cycle -- Culture Shock -- 2016  (N)

Jim Yanda Trio -- "Country Mother" -- Home Road -- Corner Store Jazz -- 2014
 

Thelonious Monk Quintet -- "Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues Are" -- Les Liaisons Dangereuses -- Saga / Sam -- 1959  (N)

Louis Hayes -- "Strollin'" -- Serenade for Horace -- Blue Note -- rel. 2017  (N)

Erik Friedlander -- "Cello Again" -- Oscalypso--Tribute to Oscar Pettiford -- SkipStone -- rel. 2015
 

Wolfgang Muthspiel -- "Boogaloo" -- Rising Grace -- ECM -- 2016  (N)

Nate Wooley Quintet -- "Cecelia" -- (Put Your) Hands Together -- Clean Feed -- 2010
 

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

Michael Bisio & Kirk Knuffke -- "Row for William O." -- Row for William O. -- Relative Pitch -- 2015

Arrive -- "Frosted" -- Live at Elastic -- Single Speed Music -- 2007

Microscopic Sextet -- "When It's Getting Dark" -- Been Up So Long It Looks Like Down To Me -- Cuneiform -- 2016  (N)
 

John Seman will be the guest host on "Straight, No Chaser" next Monday night, June 5,  John is a regular host on "Flotation Device," presenting avant garde and new music Sunday nights on KBCS, from 10 p.m. to midnight (Pacific time).  You can hear "Flotation Device" in the audio archive as well.
 

 

 

[Utevsky]

John Seman was the guest host on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS on Monday, June 5.  That program will be available in the KBCS audio archive until June 19.  Here is the music John played:
 

David S. Ware Trio -- "#1 A" -- Live in New York, 2010

Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble -- "Black Unstoppable" -- Black Unstoppable

Harriet Tubman -- "Blacktal Fractal" -- Araminta

Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra -- "Intergalactic II" -- My Brother the Wind Volume 1
 

Anthony Braxton -- "C-M = B05-7" -- The Montreux/Berlin Concerts

Carla Bley Band -- "Wrong Key Donkey" -- European Tour 1977

Frank Zappa -- "Big Swifty" -- Make A Jazz Noise Here

ICP Orchestra -- "Moeder Aller Oorlogen" -- !ICP! 50
 

Cactus Truck -- "Destrudinal Economy" -- The New Wave of Dutch Heavy Jazz

Spider Trio -- "A-2" -- Rendezvous

Julius Hemphill -- "G Song" -- Raw Materials and Residuals

Bern Nix -- "Autumn Abade" -- Low Barometer

Ornette Coleman -- "Love Words" -- Of Human Feelings
 

William Parker Quartet -- "Criminals in the White House" -- Meditation / Resurrection
 

Most of the artists heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on June 12 are headed for Seattle concert venues this month.  Dates and locations are listed below.  These performances are presented by Earshot Jazz; and information and tickets are available at www.earshot.org.  Here is the complete playlist for June 12:
 

Dave Holland Quintet -- "Lucky Seven" -- Critical Mass -- Dare2 -- 2005

Terje Rypdal -- "To Be Continued" -- To Be Continued -- ECM -- 1981
 

Ambrose Akinmusire -- "The Walls of Lechuguilla" -- When The Heart Emerges Glistening -- Blue Note -- 2010

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

Jen Shyu & Jade Tongue (with Ambrose Akinmusire)-- "Bloom's Mouth Rushed In" -- Sounds and Cries of the World -- Pi -- 2014

[Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet, Tues., June 20, 8 p.m., PONCHO Concert Hall]
 

OAHSPE (Ray Anderson, Mark Helias, Gerry Hemingway) -- Gyro -- OAHSPE -- Auricle -- 1978

BassDrumBone -- "Mumblypeg" -- March of Dimes -- Data -- 1997

[BassDrumBone (Anderson, Helias & Hemingway) [pictured] , Mon., June 19, 7:30 p.m., The Royal Room]
 

Tony Malaby -- "The Mestizo Suite -- Mambo Chueco" -- Apparitions -- Songlines -- 2002

Kris Davis -- "Beam The Eyes" -- Aeriol Piano -- Clean Feed -- 2009

Kris Davis & Marcus Gilmore -- "Dig & Dump: -- [Kris Davis] Duopoly -- Pyroclastic

[Nick Fraser, Tony Malaby & Kris Davis, Sat., June 24, 8:00 p.m., PONCHO Concert Hall]
 

Gerry Hemingway Quartet -- "Spektiv" -- The Whimbler -- Clean Feed -- 2004

Mark Helias -- "Yellows and Blues" -- Split Image -- Enja -- 1984

Ray Anderson -- "Cape Horn" -- Wishbone -- Gramavision -- 1990
 

Kahil El'Zabar Trio (with David Murray) -- "The Ebulllient Duke" -- Love Outside of Dreams -- Delmark -- 1997

David Murray Quartet (with Kahil El'Zabar) -- "Short and Sweet" -- A Sanctuary Within -- Black Saint -- 1991

[Kahil El'Zabar & David Murray, Wed., June 28, 8:00 p.m., Columbia City Theatre]

 

Next Monday, June 19, Gordon Todd will sit in as host of "Straight, No Chaser."  You can also hear Gordon on KBCS every week, Tuesday from 1:00 to 3:00 a.m., on "Shape of Modern Jazz."

 

 

[Utevsky]

This week's edition of "Straight, No Chaser" will be in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm for the next two weeks, where you can hear it at your convenience.  Here is the music we heard on June 26:
 

Gil Evans -- "Straight, No Chaser" -- Great Jazz Standards -- Blue Note -- rel. 1959

Thelonious Monk Quintet -- "Rhythm-a-Ning" -- Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 -- Saga / Sam  (N)

Donald Byrd & Gigi Gryce -- "Steppin' Out" -- Modern Jazz Perspective -- Columbia -- 1957
 

Kahil El'Zabar & Billy Bang -- "The Dream Merchant" -- Spirits Entering -- Delmark -- 1998

David Murray & Mal Waldron -- "Silence" -- Silence -- Justin Time-- 2000

Kahil El'Zabar & David Murray -- "We Is" -- We Is -- Delmark -- 2000

[Kahil El'Zabar and David Murray will be at the Columbia City Theatre in Seattle, 8 p.m., Weds., June 28, presented by Earshot Jazz.]
 

Dan O'Brien -- "Song For Che" -- Inside Out -- Pony Boy -- rel. 2003

Tom Collier -- "Odious Mode" -- Impulsive Illuminations -- Origin -- 2015
 

Sylvie Courvoisier Trio -- "Double Windsor" -- Double Windsor -- Tzadik -- 2014

Mark Feldman & Sylvie Courvoisier -- "Purveyors" -- Oblivia -- Tzadik -- 2009

[The Sylvie Courvoisier Trio, with Drew Gress and Kenny Wollesen, will play at The Royal Room in Seattle, 7:30 pm., Tues., June 27, also presented by Earshot.]
 

Tomasz Stanko Quintet -- "Aeoioe" & "Heban" -- Jazzmessage From Poland -- B. Free -- 1972
 

Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith -- "Black Satin" -- Yo Miles! -- Shanachie -- 1998

Burning Ghosts -- "Catalyst" -- Reclamation -- Tzadik -- rel. 2017  (N)

[Utevsky]

This week's "Straight No Chaser" on KBCS featured a tribute to pianist Geri Allen [pictured], who died last week at age 60. Give it a listen in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.  Here is the playlist for the July 3 program:
 

Zem Audu -- "Spirits" -- Spirits -- Origin -- 2015  (N)

Michael Morriale -- "439 AVE C" -- Love and Influence -- Pep Jack -- 2016  (N)

Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse -- "Horda" -- Morphogenesis -- Pi -- 2016  (N)
 

Geri Allen Trio  -- "When Kabuya Dances" -- Twylight -- Verve -- rel. 1989

Geri Allen Trio -- "Eric (For Eric Dolphy)" -- The Printmakers -- Minor Music -- 1984

Geri Allen -- "Home Grown" -- Home Grown -- Minor Music -- 1985
 

Scenes -- "Solar" -- Destinations -- Origin -- 2017  (N)

Joris Teepe & Don Braden -- "Humpty Dumpty" -- Conversations -- Creative Perspective Music -- 2016  (N)

Quinsin Nachoff's Ethereal Trio -- "Imagination Reconstruction" -- Quinsin Nachoff's Ethereal Trio -- Whirlwind Recordings -- 2016  (N)
 

Geri Allen -- "Dark Prince" -- The Gathering -- Verve -- rel. 1998

Geri Allen -- "Dancing Mystic Poets at Midnight" -- Flying Toward the Sound -- Motema -- rel. 1989

Geri Allen -- "Nancy Joe" -- Grand River Crossings -- Motema -- 2012

Geri Allen, Dave Holland & Jack DeJohnette -- "Holdin' Court" -- The Life of a Song -- Telarc -- 2004
 

Tobias Delius 4tet -- "P Chats" -- The Heron -- ICP -- 1997

Gerry Hemingway -- "Thump It" -- Songs -- Between the Lines -- rel. 2002

Reuben Radding -- "Phosphorus" -- Fugitive Pieces -- Pine Ear -- 2005
 

Geri Allen -- "Ah-Leu-Cha" -- Timeless Portraits and Dreams -- Telarc -- rel. 2006

Geri Allen (with Ornette Coleman) -- "Vertical Flowing" -- In the Back of Your Head -- Blue Note -- 1996

Geri Allen -- "Drummer's Song" -- Open On All Sides In The MIddle -- Minor Musi -- 1986
 

Bobby Watson -- "The Computer Scientist" -- Made in America -- Smoke Sessions -- 2016  (N)



 

[Utevsky]

This week on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS, we heard some additional selections by pianist Geri Allen, who passed away recently, as well as several new releases.  As always, you can hear the program in the KBCS audio archive, any time in the next two weeks.  Here is the July 10 playlist:
 

Herbie Mann -- "Opicana" -- Yardbird Suite -- Savoy -- 1957

Clark Terry -- "Sapphire Blue" -- Tread Ye Lightly -- Cameo -- 1963

Roy Campbell -- "Thanks to the Creator" -- New Kingdom -- Delmark -- 1991
 

Simona Premazzi [pictured] -- "Up on A. Hill" -- Outspoken -- (self) -- 2016  (N)

Ryan Keberle & Catharsis -- "Mindfulness" -- Find the Common, Shine A Light -- Greenleaf -- 2017  (N)

Riverside (with Dave Douglas) -- "King Conlon" -- The New National Anthem -- Greenleaf -- 2015  (N)

Jaco Pastorius -- "Twins" -- Truth, Liberty & Soul -- Resonance -- 1982  (N)
 

Ambrose Akinmusire -- "Trumpet Sketch (milky pete)" -- A Rift in Decorum:  Live at the Village Vanguard -- Blue Note -- rel. 2017  (N)

Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet -- "Conclusion" -- December Avenue -- ECM -- 2016  (N)

Miles Okazaki -- "Black Bolt" -- Trickster -- Pi -- 2016  (N)
 

Geri Allen -- "In the Middle" -- Twenty One -- Blue Note -- 1994

Charle Haden / Paul Motian feat. Geri Allen -- "Blues in Motion" -- Etudes -- Soul Note -- 1987

Geri Allen -- "No. 3" -- The Nurturer -- Blue Note -- 1990
 

Pachora (with Chris Speed & Brad Shepik) -- "Klink" -- Astereotypical -- Winter & Winter -- 2003

Mary Halvorson Quintet -- "All the Clocks (No. 29)" -- Bending Bridges -- Firehouse 12 -- 2011

Calvin Keys -- "Perfection Is Instant Death" -- Detours Into Unconscious Rhythms -- Wide Hive -- rel. 2000
 

Charles Lloyd New Quartet -- "Tagore on the Delta" -- Passin' Thru -- Blue Note -- 2016  (N)

Conference Call -- "29 Shoes" -- Seven -- Not Two -- 2008
 

Geri Allen Trio -- "RTG" -- Twenty One -- Blue Note -- 1994

 

[Utevsky]

Look in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm for a streaming version of "Straight, No Chaser" for July 17.  It will be available for the next two weeks.  Here is the music you'll find there:
 

Martin Taylor -- "Change of Heart" -- Change of Heart -- Linn -- 1991

Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan -- "Subconscious Lee" -- Small Town -- ECM -- 2016  (N)

Wes Montgomery with The Wynton Kelly Trio -- "Jingles" -- Smokin' in Seattle -- Resonance -- 1966  (N)
 

Logan Richardson -- "Release" -- Cerebral Flow -- Fresh Sound New Talent -- rel. 2006

Louis Sclavis -- "Archeologie" -- L'imparfait des langues -- ECM -- 2005

Mutatu Astatke -- "Dewel" -- Mulatu of Ethiopia -- Worthy -- 1972
 

Jon Jang & David Murray -- "Eleanor Bumpurs" -- River of Life -- Asian Improv -- 1998

Chris Potter -- "Heart in Hand" -- The Dreamer Is the Dream -- ECM -- 2016  (N)

Cuong Vu 4-tet -- "And On the Third Day" -- Ballet:  The Music of Michael Gibbs -- Rare Noise -- 2016  (N)

Ambrose Akinmusire -- "Response" -- A Rift in Decorum:  Live at the Village Vanguard -- Blue Note -- rel. 2017  (N)
 

John Butcher & Paal Nilssen-Love -- "Pipestone" -- Concentric -- Clean Feed -- 2001

William Parker & Stefano Scodanibbio -- "V" -- Bass Duo -- Centering-- 2008

David S. Ware -- "Tenderly" -- Earthquation -- DIW -- 1994
 

David Weiss & Point of Departure -- "Black Comedy" -- Snuck In -- Sunnyside -- 2008

Enrique Haneine -- "Color and Space" -- Instants of Time -- Elephant Walk -- 2014

Ralph Alessi -- "Sunflower" -- Cognitive Dissonance -- CamJazz -- 2004/2005

Errol Rackipov Group -- "The Dream of the Little Gypsy" -- Distant Dreams -- OA2 -- 2015  (N)
 

Brian Landrus Orchestra -- "Arise" -- Generations -- Blueland -- 2017  (N)
 

Keep listening to the jazz!

 

[Utevsky]

Here is the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on July 24:
 

Maria Schneider Orchestra -- "Nimbus" -- The Thompson Fields -- Artist Share -- 2014

Brian McCarthy Nonet -- "The Bonnie Blue Flag" -- The Better Angels of Our Nature -- Truth Revolution Recording Collective -- 2016  (N)
 

Paul Jones -- "Buckley Vs. Vidal" -- Clean -- Outside In Music -- 2017  (N)

Chris Potter -- "Yasodhara" -- The Dreamer Is The Dream -- EM -- 2016  (N)
 

Fredrik Nordstrom Quintet -- "No Longer" -- Live at Coimbra -- Clean Feed -- 2005

Bobby Hutcherson -- "Oblique" -- Oblique -- Blue Note -- 1967
 

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

Devin Gray -- "Thickets (For Gerald Cleaver)" -- Dirigo Rataplan -- Skirl -- 2011
 

Scenes -- "Pretty Boy Floyd" -- Destinations -- Origin -- 2017  (N)

Dave Holland Quartet -- "Processional" -- Extensions -- ECM -- 1989

John Scofield -- "Past Present" -- Past Present -- Impulse! -- 2015
 

Terje Rypdal -- "Mountain in the Clouds" -- To Be Continued -- ECM -- 1981

Michael Bisio & Eyvind Kang -- "After the Break" -- MBEK(TM) -- Meniscus -- 1998
 

Andrew Hill -- "Belleza" -- A Beautiful Day -- Palmetto -- 2002

 

 

[Utevsky]

Here is the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on 91.3 KBCS this Monday, July 31, which you can hear anytime until August 14 in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm:
 

Tom Rizzo -- "Little Green Men" -- Day and Night -- Origin -- 2015  (N)

Rodney Jones -- "Blues When You Need Them" -- Dreams and Stories -- Savant -- rel. 2005

Jim Yanda Trio -- "No More Outs" -- Regional Cookin' -- Cornerstore Jazz -- rel. 2013

John McLean Clark Summers Band -- "Labor Day" -- Parts Unknown -- Origin -- rel. 2017  (N)
 

Branford Marsalis Trio -- "Citizen Tain" -- Bloomington -- Columbia -- 1991
 

Marc Johnson & Eliane Elias -- "Sirens of Titan" -- Swept Away -- ECM -- rel. 2012 -- ECM

Michael Blake Trio -- "Funhouse" -- Right Before Your Very Ears -- Clean Feed -- 2005

JD Allen -- "Load Star" -- Grace -- Savant -- 2012
 

Roland Kirk -- "The Call" -- Introducing Roland Kirk -- 1960 -- Argo

Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane -- "Nutty" -- The Complete Studio Master Takes -- Jazz Images -- 1057

Art Pepper Quartet -- "Val's Pal" -- The Art Pepper Quartet -- Omnivore -- c. 1957
 

Art Ensemble of Chicago -- "Number 2 (Quartet Version Take 7)" -- The Art Ensemble of Chicago 1967/68 -- Nessa
 

Charles Mingus -- "New York Sketchbook" -- A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry -- Doxy -- 1957

Freddie Hubbard -- "Earmon Jr." -- Hub Cap -- Blue Note -- rel. 1961
 

Simona Premazzi -- "Peltlude" -- Outspoken -- (self) -- 2016  (N)
 

I hope you enjoy the music on "Straight, No Chaser."
 

 

[Utevsky]

Here is the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS on Monday, August 7:
 

Aaron Parks -- "Alice" -- Find the Way -- ECM -- 2015  (N)

Kei Akagi Trio -- "Ame To Kaeru (The Rain and the Frog)" -- Contrast & Form -- Time & Style Jazz -- 2016  (N)

Jovino Santos Nieto & Andre Mehmari -- "Jovino em Realengo" -- Guris--Celebrating the Music of Hermeto Pascoal -- Adventure Music -- 2016  (N)
 

Sam Boshnack Quintet -- "After One Is In Trouble" -- Nellie Bly Project -- Artists Recording Collective -- 2016  (N)

Matt Wilson -- "Paper 2" -- Honey and Salt--Music Inspired by the Poetry of Carl Sandburg -- Palmetto -- 2016  (N)

Ryan Keberle & Catharsis -- "Mindfulness" -- Find the Common, Share a Light -- Greenleaf -- 2017  (N)
 

Nicole Mitchell -- "Listening Embrace" -- Mandorla Awakening II:  Emerging Worlds -- FPE -- 2015  (N)

Miles Davis Quintet -- "Agitation" -- Live in Europe 1967 -- Columbia -- 1967
 

Alexander Hawkins Trio -- "Song Singular / Owl (friendly) / Canon" -- Alexander Hawkins Trio -- (self) -- rel. 2015

Tyshawn Sorey -- "Cascade in Slow Motion" -- Verisimilitude -- Pi -- 2016  (N)

Bill Frisell -- "Big Fish" -- Silent Comedy -- Tzadik -- 2012
 

NOJO with Sam Rivers -- "The Year in Review" -- City of Neighbourhoods -- True North -- rel. 2004

MONK'estra -- "I Mean You" -- John Beasley Presents MONK'estra Vol. 2 -- Mack Avenue -- rel. 2017  (N)

Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse -- "Shoulder Roll" -- Morphogenesis -- Pi -- 2016  (N)
 

Leo Smith Trio -- "The Offering" -- The Mass on the World -- Moers Music -- 1978

Leo Smith -- "Ep-1 (Solo Trumpet)" -- Creative Music-1 -- Kabell

Leo Smith -- "Tastalun" -- Divine Love -- ECM -- 1978
 

Riverside (with Dave Douglas) -- "King Korn" -- The New National Anthem -- Greenleaf -- 2015  (N)
 

As always, you can hear a streaming version of the show, any time in the next two weeks, in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

 

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