"Straight, No Chaser" Playlists

[Utevsky]

Here's the playlist for the December 3 edition of "Straight, No Chaser":

John Abercrombie Quartet -- "Interplay" -- Within A Song -- ECM

Harris Eisenstadt -- "Settled" -- Canada Day III -- Songlines

(In memory of Ted Curson, 1935-2012)

Ted Curson -- "Searchin' For The Blues" -- Tears For Dolphy -- Black Lion

Ted Curson -- "Playhouse March" -- Ted Curson & Co. -- India Navigation

Ted Curson -- "Light Blue" -- Flip Top -- Arista

Linda Oh -- "Ultimate Persona" -- Initial Here -- Greenleaf

Ravi Coltrane -- "Check Out Time" -- Spirit Fiction -- Blue Note

Avery Sharpe -- "Bomefree" -- Sojourner Truth--"Ain't I A Woman?" -- JKNW

Jason Robinson -- "Elbow Grease" -- Tiresian Symmetry -- Cuneiform (N)

Rob Mazurek Pulsar Quartet -- "Twister Uranus" -- Stellar Pulsations -- Delmark (N)

Jon Irabagon's Outright! -- "Mourning in America" -- Unhinged -- Irabbagast (N)

Frode Gjerstad Trio -- "Forever" -- Nothing Is Forever -- Circulasione Totale

(The Frode Gjerstad Trio is appearing Tuesday, December 4 at 7:30 p.m. at The Royal Room in Seattle.)

Rez Abassi Trio -- "Divided Attention" -- Continuous Beat -- Enja (N)

Weasel Walter, Mary Halvorson & Peter Evans -- "Klockwork" -- Mechanical Malfunction -- Thirsty Ear (N)

Jessica Lurie Ensemble -- "Zasto" -- Megaphone Heart -- Zipa! (N)

Living By Lanterns -- "2000 West Erie" -- New Myth / Old Science -- Cuneiform (N)

George Schuller's Circle Wide -- "Bed Head" -- Listen Both Ways -- Playscape (N)

Here is my list of ten favorite CDs released in 2012, as submitted to KBCS:

Ravi Coltrane -- Spirit Fiction -- Blue Note

Harris Eisenstadt -- Canada Day III -- Songlines

Human Spirit -- Dialogue -- Origin

Jon Irabagon’s Outright! -- Unhinged -- Irabbagast

Steve Lehman Trio -- Dialect Fluorescent -- Pi

Hafez Modirzadeh -- Post-Chromodal Out! -- Pi

Michael Musillami Trio + 4 -- Mettle -- Playscape

Sam Rivers, Dave Holland & Barry Altschul -- Reunion: Live in New York -- Pi

Avery Sharpe -- Sojourner Truth—“Ain’t I A Woman?” -- JKNW

Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts -- An Attitude For Gratitude -- Palmetto

And here are some other fine jazz CDs that have been released in the last year or so:

Rez Abassi Trio -- Continuous Beat -- Enja

John Abercrombie Quartet -- Within A Song -- ECM

AYCH -- As The Crow Flies -- Relative Pitch

Art Bailey Trio -- Quiet As A Bone -- HRL

Tim Berne -- Snakeoil -- ECM

David Binney -- Graylen Epicenter -- Mythology

Todd Bishop Group -- Little Played Little Bird -- Origin

Bobby Broom -- Upper West Side Story -- Origin

Joe Chambers -- Moving Pictures Orchestra -- Savant

Jeff Coffin Mu'tet -- Mutopia -- Compass

Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez & Paul Motian -- Further Explorations -- Concord Jazz

Chick Corea -- The Continents -- Deutsche Grammophon

Bill Evans -- Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate -- Resonance

Floratone -- Floratone II -- Savoy Jazz

Joel Frahm Quartet -- Live At Smalls -- Smalls Live

Tia Fuller -- Angelic Warrior -- Mack Avenue

Jeff Gauthier Goatette -- Open Source -- Cryptogramophone

Hans Glawischnig -- Jahira -- Sunnyside

Vitaly Golovnev Quartet -- What Matters -- Tippin'

Grampus -- ILK ILK -- pfMentum

Devin Gray -- Dirigo Rataplan -- Skirl

Sunna Gunnlaugs -- Long Pair Bond -- Sunny Sky

Joel Harrison & Lorenzo Feliciati -- Holy Abyss -- Cuneiform

Billy Hart -- All Our Reasons -- ECM

Francois Houle -- Genera -- Songlines

Vijay Iyer Trio -- Accelerando -- ACT

Guillermo Klein -- caRREra -- Sunnyside

Greg Lewis -- Organ Monk--Uwo In The Black -- (self)

Living By Lanterns -- New Myth / Old Science -- Cuneiform

Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer Group -- Signing -- Motema

Todd Marcus -- Inheritance -- HipNotic

Branford Marsalis Quartet -- Four MF's Playin' Tunes -- Marsalis Music

Max Marshall -- Instant Camaraderie -- Jazz Hang

Virginia Mayhew Quartet -- Mary Lou Williams--The Next 100 Years -- Remma

Rob Mazurek Pulsar Quartet -- Stellar Pulsations -- Delmark

Michael McNeill Trio -- Passageways -- (self)

Pat Metheny -- Unity Band -- Nonesuch

Wes Montgomery -- Echoes of Indiana Avenue -- Resonance

Nick Moran Trio -- No Time Like Now -- Manor Sound

Tyson Naylor Trio -- Kosmonauten -- Songlines

Ferenc Nemeth -- Triumph -- Dreamers Collective

New Haven Improvisers Collective -- NHIC: Atlas -- NHIC

Linda Oh -- Initial Here -- Greenleaf

Opus 5 -- Introducing Opus 5 -- Criss CrossPositive Catastrophe -- Dibrujo, Dibrujo, Dibrujo -- Cuneiform

Racer Sessions Curator Collection, Volume 2 -- Table & Chairs

Eric Reed -- The Baddest Monk -- Savant

Ribouem -- Jazz Griot -- (self)

Jason Robinson -- Tiresian Symmetry -- Cuneiform

George Schuller's Circle Wide -- Listen Both Ways -- Playscape

Louis Sclavis Atlas Trio -- Sources -- ECM

Christian Scott -- Christian aTunde Adjuah -- Concord Jazz

Seattle Jazz Composers Ensemble -- Seattle Jazz Composers Ensemble, Vol. 1 -- (self)

Woody Shaw -- Woody Plays Woody -- Highnote

Matthew Shipp Trio -- Elastic Aspects -- Thirsty Ear

Wadada Leo Smith -- Ten Freedom Summers -- Cuneiform

Colin Stetson -- New History Warfare Vol. 2--Judges -- Constellation

Richard Sussman Quintet -- Continuum -- Origin

Henry Threadgill Zooid -- Tomorrow Sunny / The Revelry, Spp -- Pi

Sumi Tonooka -- Now -- ARC

Trio M -- The Guest House -- Enja

Twopool -- Traffic Bins -- Origin

Weasel Walter, Mary Halvorson & Peter Evans -- Mechanical Malfunction -- Thirsty Ear

Skaller / Holt Duo -- Music of Mark Dresser -- pfMentum

Undivided -- Moves Between Clouds--Live in Warsaw -- Multikulti Project

Upper Left Trio -- Ulternative -- Origin

Donald Vega -- Spiritual Nature -- Resonance

David Virelles -- Continuum -- Pi

Weasel Walter, Mary Halvorson & Peter Evans -- Mechanical Malfunction -- Thirsty Ear

Edited December 4, 2012 by David Utevsky

[Utevsky]

This is what we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on December 10:

(In memory of Dave Brubeck, 1920-2012)

Dave Brubeck -- "Two-Part Contention" -- Time Signatures: A Career Retrospective -- Columbia

Dave Brubeck Quartet -- "Charles Matthew Hallelujah" -- Time Further Out -- Columbia

Dave Brubeck Quartet -- "The Way You Look Tonight" -- Jazz At Oberlin -- Fantasy

Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts -- "No Outerwear" -- An Attitude For Gratitude -- Palmetto

Ryan Truesdell Gil Evans Project -- "The Maids of Cadiz" -- Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans -- Artist Share

(In memory of Austin Peralta, 1990-2012)

Austin Peralta -- "The Underwater Mountain Odyssey" -- Endless Planets -- Brainfeeder

Dave Brubeck Quartet -- "Blue Ground" -- The Riddle -- Columbia

Dave Brubeck Quartet -- "Dizzy's Dream" -- Blue Rondo -- Concord Jazz

Dave Brubeck -- "History of A Boy Scout (We Crossed The Rhine)" -- Time Signatures: A Career Retrospective -- Columbia

Devin Gray -- "Cancel The Cancel" -- Dirigo Rataplan -- Skirl

Jeff Gauthier Goatette -- "40 Lashes (With Mascara)" -- Open Source -- Cryptogramophone

Tim Berne -- "Not Sure" -- Snakeoil -- ECM

New Haven Improvisers Collective -- "Cross-Eyed and Painful" -- NHIC: Atlas -- NHIC

Sam Rivers, Dave Holland & Barry Altschul -- "First Set, Part 1" -- Reunion: Live in New York -- Pi (S)

Steve Lehman Trio -- "Mr. E" -- Dialect Fluorescent -- Pi

Trio M -- "The Guest House" -- The Guest House -- Enja

Floratone -- "Gimme Some" -- Floratone II -- Savoy Jazz

Twopool -- "Coda" -- Traffic Bins -- Origin

As always, you can hear a streaming version of this program any time you like in the next two weeks, here:

http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=28486

Next Monday, December 17, Brett Watanabe will be your guest host on "Straight, No Chaser."

[Utevsky]

Thanks to Brett Watanabe for hosting “Straight, No Chaser” on December 17. Here are the tunes he played:

Matthias Lupri – “Song of Change” – Same Time Twice – Summit

Hugh Ragin – “Kamal’s Gift” – Revelation — Justin Time

David Haney – “Khartoum” – Day For Night At Jackstraw – Slam (N)

Endangered Blood – “Rare” – Endangered Blood – Skirl

Chemical Clock – “Blind Topographer” – Chemical Clock – Table & Chairs

Walter Weasel, Mary Halvorson & Peter Evans – “Baring Teeth” – Mechanical Malfunction – Thirsty Ear (N)

Mahavishnu Orchestra – “The Noonward Race” – Mar Y Sol Festival, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico – Atlantic

Louis Sclavis Atlas Trio – “Pres d’Hagondange” – Sources – ECM

Trio 3 – “Y2 Chaos” – Open Ideas – Palmetto

Grampus – “Large Indefinite Quantity” – ILK ILK – pfMentum

Brian Carpenter’s Ghost Train Orchestra – “Hot Tempered Blues” – Hot House Stomp – (self)

Red Norvo Trio – “Swedish Pastry” – The Savoy Sessions – Savoy Jazz

Eyvind Kang – “Gringsing” – Grass – Tzadik (N)

As always, you can listen to this program in the KBCS Audio Archive:

http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=28606

Happy Holidays, and keep listening!

[Utevsky]

On December 24, when some children were nestled all snug in their beds, we listened to this music on "Straight, No Chaser":

Duke Ellington -- "A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing" -- Unknown Session -- Columbia

Chico Freeman -- "A Prayer" -- Tradition In Transition -- Elektra

Tommy Flanagan -- "Come Sunday" -- Moodsville -- Original Jazz Classics

Robert Glasper -- "Portrait of An Angel" -- Canvas -- Blue Note

Duke Ellington & Ray Brown -- "Sophisticated Lady" -- This One's For Blanton -- Pablo

Bill Evans & Jim Hall -- "My Man's Gone Now" -- Intermodulation -- Verve

Walt Dickerson & Richard Davis -- "Divine Gemini" -- Dialogue -- SteepleChase

Miles Davis -- "In A Silent Way" -- In A Silent Way -- Columbia

Don Lanphere & Larry Coryell -- "Peace" -- Don Lanphere / Larry Coryell -- Hep

John McLaughlin -- "Follow Your Heart" -- My Goal's Beyond -- Douglas

Harold Land Quartet -- "Angel Dance" -- The Peace-Maker -- Cadet

Charles Mingus -- "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting" -- Passions of A Man -- Atlantic

Sun Ra -- "Sun Song" -- Sun Song -- Delmark

Miles Davis -- "Moon Dreams" -- Birth of the Cool -- Capitol

Ralph Towner -- "Winter Solstice" -- Solstice -- ECM

Art Pepper - "Over The Rainbow" -- Birds & Ballads -- Galaxy

Pharoah Sanders -- "After The Rain" -- A Prayer Before Dawn -- Theresa

John Coltrane -- "Spiritual" -- "Live" At The Village Vanguard -- Impulse!

Leon Thomas -- "The Creator Has A Master Plan (Peace)" -- Facets--The Legend of Leon Thomas -- Flying Dutchman

Matt Jorgensen + 451 -- "India" -- Quiet Silence -- Origin

John Coltrane -- "Psalm (Part 4)" -- A Love Supreme -- Impulse!

Mark Morganelli & The Jazz Forum All Stars -- "A Child Is Born" -- Speak Low -- Candid

In the next two weeks (until January 7), you can listen to the December 24 program here:

http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=28711

Wishing all jazz fans a happy holiday season and a delicious New Year, filled with good music!

[Utevsky]

Here is the music we heard on New Year's Eve on "Straight, No Chaser":

John Stetch Trio -- "Do Telepromptu" -- Fabled States -- Addo (N)

McCoy Tyner -- "Motherland" -- Horizon -- Milestone

Jon Irabagon's Outright! -- "Camp Douglas 2" -- Unhinged -- Irabbagast (N)

The Othertet -- "Naptown /Trenton" -- The Othertet -- Engine

The Pyramids -- "Nebulosity" -- Otherworldly -- Indigo (N)

Oregon -- "Back Pocket" -- 1000 Kilometers -- CamJazz

James Farm -- "I-10" -- James Farm -- Nonesuch

Mats-Up -- "Promenade 2" -- Same Pictures--New Exhibition -- Suisa

John Ehlis Ensemble -- "Bird Boy" -- John Ehlis Ensemble -- (self)

Anat Cohen & The Anzic Orchestra -- "Bebe" -- Noir -- Anzic

Marty Ehrlich's Darkwoods Ensemble -- "Side By Side" -- Just Before The Dawn -- New World

(In honor of Fontella Bass, 1940-2012)

Art Ensemble of Chicago (with Fontella Bass) -- "Theme De Yoyo" -- Les Stances A Sophie -- Nessa

Matland / Lonberg-Holm / Solberg / Gjerstad -- "WDED" -- VCDC -- Hispid

Hal Galper Trio -- "Ascendant" -- Airegin Revisited -- Origin (N)

Erik Friedlander -- "Airstream Envy" -- Block Ice & Propane -- Skipstone

John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension -- "Echoes From Then" -- Now Here This -- Mediastarz (N)

Steve Lehman Quintet -- "Panther" -- Structural Fire -- CIMP

World Saxophone Quartet -- "Giant Steps" -- Steppenwolf -- Justin Time

John Coltrane -- "My Favorite Things" -- My Favorite Things -- Atlantic

Listen to the December 31 program in the KBCS audio archive:

http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=28798

[Utevsky]

These are the tunes we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" this week:

Jack McDuff -- "Screamin'" -- The Prestige Years -- Prestige

Steve Turre -- "Dance of the Gazelles" -- Delicious and Delightful -- Highnote

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

The Bad Plus -- "Gaston" -- Everybody Wants To Be A Cat / Disney Jazz, Vol. 1 -- Walt Disney

Julian Waterfall Pollack -- "Blackberry" -- Infinite Playground -- (self)

Tomasz Stanko -- "Last Song" -- Balladyna -- ECM

Masada -- "Hafla'ah" -- Live in Taipei 1995 -- Tzadik

Paul Tynan & Aaron Lington -- "Stat" -- Bicoastal Collective: Chapter Three -- OA2 (N)

NYNDK -- "Voyage Into The Golden Screen" -- The Hunting of the Snark -- Jazzheads

8 Bold Souls -- "Pachinko" -- Last Option -- Thrill Jockey

Anthony Branker & Ascent -- "Little Rascal" -- Together -- Origin (N)

Kidd Jordan -- "Speaking in Tongues" (incomplete) -- On Fire, Vol. 2 -- Engine (N)

Jayna Nelson -- "Tim's Brain" -- Bloom of Creation -- Sun Jump

Ivo Perelman -- "Self-Forgiveness" -- Introspection -- Leo

Dikeman, Kugel, Van der Weide -- "It Has Happened Before" -- Across The Sky -- Not Two (N)

Here is the link to the streaming version of this program in the KBCS audio archive:

http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=28901

[Utevsky]

Here are the pieces of music we heard on “Straight, No Chaser” on January 14:

Endemic Ensemble – “Do The Math” – Lunar – Pony Boy

Thelonious Monk – “Bright Mississippi” – Live At The 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival

Ezra Weiss – “Lord Give Me Wings” – Persephone – Umoja

Matt Vashlishan – “Inner Urge” – No Such Thing – Origin

Jeff Johnson – “Kiwi” – Suitcase – Origin (N)

David Haney – “Khartoum” – Day For Night At Jackstraw – Slam (N)

Heiner Stadler – “The Fugue #2” – Retrospection – Jazz Alliance

Richard Bliwas Trio – “The Stirring” – Nine – Rising Rose (N)

Joe McPhee’s Bluette – “Here I Stand” – Let Paul Robeson Sing – CIMP

Industrial Revelation – “5033 Brooklyn” – Unreal Reality – (self)

Rez Abassi Trio – “Major Major” – Continuous Beat – Enja (N)

Bjorkenheim / Haker Flaten / Nilssen-Love – “Salaa” – Scorch Trio – Rune Grammophon

Charlie Hunter Trio – “Wizard Sleeve” – Mistico – Fantasy

Wayne Horvitz & Pigpen – “Hard Regulator” – Best of Pigpen (N)

The program will be stored in the KBCS audio archive, available on demand, until January 28, here:

http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=29012

Next week’s "Straight, No Chaser" will celebrate the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

[Utevsky]

On January 21, while celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday on KBCS, we listened to the following tracks on "Straight, No Chaser":

Ray Drummond Quintet -- "Peace" (H. Silver) -- Camera In A Bag -- Criss-Cross

Bill Evans -- "Peace Piece" -- Everybody Digs Bill Evans -- Riverside

McCoy Tyner -- "Search For Peace" -- The Real McCoy -- Blue Note

Pharoah Sanders -- "You've Got To Have Freedom" -- Africa -- Timeless

Charlie Haden -- "We Shall Overcome" -- Liberation Music Orchestra -- Impulse!

Franco Ambrosetti -- "Peace" (H. Silver) -- Music For Symphony And Jazz Band -- Enja

Larry Goldings -- "Many Rivers To Cross" -- Awareness -- Warner Bros.

Jeanne Lee -- "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands" -- (Jeanne Lee & Ran Blake) The Legendary Duets -- RCA Victor

Ravi Coltrane -- "Search For Peace" -- Moving Pictures -- RCA Victor

Wadada Leo Smith -- "The Freedom Riders Ride" -- Ten Freedom Summers -- Cuneiform

Ralph Alessi -- "Peace" (O. Coleman) -- Vice & Virtue -- RKM

Branford Marsalis Quartet -- "The Freedom Suite" (S. Rollins) -- Footsteps of Our Fathers -- Marsalis Music

David S. Ware -- "Peace Celestial" -- Surrendered -- Columbia

Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio, with Billy Bang -- "Freedom Flexibility" -- Big M--A Tribute To Malachi Favors -- Delmark

The streaming version of this program can be found in the KBCS audio archive, here:

http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=29116.

[Utevsky]

This week's "Straight, No Chaser" was dedicated to the memory of my mother, Shirley Utevsky, who was born 90 years ago today. Here are the tunes we heard:

Mary Lou Williams -- "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top" -- Live At The Cookery -- Chiaroscuro

McCoy Tyner -- "Ain't Misbehavin'" -- Jazz Roots -- Telarc

Oscar Peterson Trio With Milt Jackson -- "A Wonderful Guy" -- Very Tall -- Verve

Art Farmer -- "Younger Than Springtime" -- Out of The Past -- Chess

Oscar Alemán -- "Swingin' On A Star" -- Swing Guitar Masterpieces 1938-1957 -- Acoustic Disk

Mimi Fox -- "This Land Is Your Land" -- Standards, Old & New -- Origin (N)

Nobuki Takamen -- "Scarborough Fair" -- Three Wishes -- Summit

Bill Evans -- "California Here I Come" -- Live At Art D'Lugoff's Top of The Gate -- Resonance

Sonny Rollins -- "The House I Live In" -- The Complete Prestige Recordings -- Prestige

Gary Bartz -- "I've Never Been In Love Before" -- There Goes The Neighborhood! -- Candid

Joshua Breakstone Quartet -- "Some Enchanted Evening" -- Self-Portrait In Swing -- Contemporary

Bill Frisell, Ron Carter & Paul Motian -- "On The Street Where You Live" -- Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian -- Nonesuch

Bill Smith & Enrico Pieranunzi -- "Lover Man" -- The Rome Sessions -- Edipan

Jane Ira Bloom -- "I Could Have Danced All Night" -- Wingwalker -- Out-line

Anat Cohen -- "St. Louis Blues" -- Clarinetwork--Live At The Village Vanguard -- Anzic

Fred Katz -- "Foggy, Foggy Dew" -- Folk Songs For Far Out Folk -- Reboot

McCoy Tyner -- "If I Were A Bell" -- Land of Giants -- Telarc

Frank Sinatra -- "Cheek To Cheek" -- Come Dance With Me! -- Capitol

Check out the streaming version of this program, available any time in the next two weeks, here:

http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=29229

[Utevsky]

On February 4, we heard these selections on "Straight, No Chaser":

Pat Martino with Bobby Rose -- "Four On Six" -- Alone Together -- Highnote

Rebecca Coupe Franks -- "Moving On" -- Two Oceans -- (self) (N)

Joe Lovano UsFive -- "In A Spin" -- Cross Culture -- Blue Note (N)

Nils Wogram & Root 70 -- "One For George" -- Listen To Your Woman -- (self)

Claire Daly -- "Two Timer" -- Baritone Monk -- North Coast Brewing Co. (N)

Alfredo Rodriguez -- "Cu-Bop" -- Sounds of Space -- Mack Avenue

The Whammies -- "The Whammies" -- The Whammies Play The Music of Steve Lacy -- Driff

Fred Anderson -- "Fougeux" -- Back At The Velvet Lounge -- Delmark

Peggy Lee Band -- "Why Are You Yelling?" -- Invitation -- Drip Audio

Andy Clausen -- "To And From" -- The Wishbone Suite -- Table & Chairs

Triptet -- "Rain Tractor" -- Figure In The Carpet -- Engine (N)

John Devine -- "Mirepoix du Nord" -- A Little O'That -- (self) (N)

Ab Baars -- "The Rhythm Is In The Sound" -- Time To Do My Lions -- Wig

Jeff Kaiser & Phil Skaller -- "Image of A Punctiform" -- Endless Pie -- pfMentum (N)

Eric Vloeimans' Fugimundi -- "Harry Bo" -- Live At Yoshi's -- Challenge

Tobias Delius 4tet -- "Ringelnatter" -- Pelikanismus -- BVHaast

William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra -- "Mayan Space Station" -- Sunrise In The Tone World -- AUM Fidelity

UoU -- "Jali" -- Take The 7 Train -- Tippin' (N)

To listen to this program on your computer (until February 18), navigate to the KBCS archive:

http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=29350

[Utevsky]

Here are the musical selections we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on February 11:

Saratoga Jazz Hounds, featuring Don Byas -- "I Know That You Know" -- Don Byas: Moon Nocturne -- Membran

Illinois Jacquet & His Orchestra -- "Adam's Alley" -- Illinois Jacquet: Memories of You -- Membran

Betty Carter -- "Foul Play" -- Out There With Betty Carter -- Blue Moon

Serge Chaloff -- "Sergical" -- Boston Blow-Up! -- Capitol

Stan Kenton & His Orchestra -- "Cool" -- Crime Jazz -- Rhino

Hermeto Pascoal -- "Suddenly" -- Brazilian Adventure -- Muse

David Binney & Edward Simon -- "Pere" -- Afinidad -- Red

Microscopic Septet -- "Hofstra's Dilemma" -- Seven Men In Neckties -- Cuneiform

Jeff Johnson -- "Avion" -- Suitcase -- Origin (N)

Wayne Shorter Quartet -- "Zero Gravity To The 10th Power" -- Without A Net -- Blue Note (N)

Cecil Taylor -- "Song" -- Jazz Advance -- Fresh Sound

Darius Jones Quartet -- "The Fagley Blues" -- Book of Mae'bul (Another Kind of Sunrise) -- AUM Fidelity (N)

John Escreet -- "Don't Fight The Inevitable" -- Don't Fight The Inevitable -- Mythology

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

Burnt Sugar -- "Greetings From Takemistu" -- If You Can't Dazzle Them With Your Brilliance, Then Baffle Them With Your Blisluth -- TruGROID

Gato Libre -- "Battle" -- Kuro -- Libra

Amir Elsaffar Two Rivers Ensemble -- "Inana's Dance (I, II, III)" -- Inana -- Pi

J. D. Allen -- "Vuela (The Whisperer)" -- The Matador And The Bull -- Savant

To hear a streaming version of this program in the KBCS audio archive, go here:

http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=29476

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[Utevsky]

Between the Fund Drive pitches tonight on "Straight, No Chaser," we listened to five pieces that featured the great trumpeter Donald Byrd (1932-2013), and some other things as well:

Elmo Hope Sextet (with Donald Byrd) -- "On It" -- Informal Jazz [reissued on John Coltrane -- Side Steps] -- Prestige

Herbie Hancock (with Donald Byrd) -- "Three Wishes" -- The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions -- Mosaic

Donald Byrd -- "Hush" -- The Complete Blue Note Donald Byrd / Pepper Adams Studio Sessions -- Mosaic

Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams -- "Trio" -- Motor City Scene -- Bethlehem

Chris Potter -- "Wayfinder" -- The Sirens -- ECM (N)

Alfredo Rodriguez -- "Crossing The Border" -- Sounds of Space -- Mack Avenue

Craig Taborn -- "Neverland" -- Avenging Angel -- ECM

Donald Byrd -- "Free Form" -- Free Form -- Blue Note

Orchestre National de Jazz (dir. by Daniel Yvinec) -- "Flying Dream" -- Shut Up And Dance -- Bee Jazz

Kurt Rosenwinkel and OJM (Orquestra Jazz Matosinhos) -- "Turns" -- Our Secret World -- Word of Mouth

David Murray Octet -- "Dewey's Circle" -- Ming -- Black Saint

Dee Dee Bridgewater -- "Compared To What" -- Red Earth -- DDB

Darius Jones Quartet -- "Be Patient With Me" -- Book of Mae'bul -- AUM Fidelity (N)

Thanks to the good folks who have contributed to the KBCS Fund Drive this week. Now it will be all music on the show for about three months, until the Spring Fund Drive. Meanwhile, you can still call (425) 564-5000 to contribute, or use the website, www.kbcs.fm.

The streaming version of this week's show is here:

http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=29595

[Utevsky]

Many thanks to Brett Watanabe,who capably guided KBCS listeners through the world of jazz on March 25 and March 4 on "Straight, No Chaser." Here are the tracks Brett played on March 4th:

Hal Galper Trio -- "Ambleside" -- Airegin Revisited -- Origin (N)

Andrea Brachfeld -- "Eye of the Hurricane" -- Lady of the Island -- Zoho (N)

Melton Mustafa -- "Festivities" -- The Traveling Man -- Independent (N)

The New Triumph -- "Undungu's Wife" -- Starship Estrada -- Independent (N)

Asuka Kakitani Jazz Orchestra -- "Electric Images" -- Bloom -- Nineteen-Eight (N)

Nick Finzer -- "Lit By Lightning" -- Exposition -- Outside In (N)

Hiromi -- "Move" -- Move: The Trio Project -- Telarc (N)

Electric NHIC -- "Notes From Underground" -- Ground Waves -- NHIC Records (N)

Jeff Kaiser & Phil Skaller -- "Two Unknowns, The One Being" -- Endless Pie -- pfMentum (N)

NEXT Collective -- "Oceans" -- Cover Art -- Concord Jazz (N)

Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran -- "Pictogram" -- Hagar's Song -- ECM (N)

Joe McPhee -- "Port of Saints" -- Port of Saints -- CJR

You can still catch the streaming version of the March 4 show for the next seven days, here:

http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=29830

On this week's show, March 11, I revisited the music of two players who recently passed, John Tchicai and David S. Ware, and took a '60s side trip with the Don Ellis Orchestra. Otherwise just the usual good stuff:

Ray Charles -- "Mister C" -- Genius + Soul = Jazz -- Rhino

Kenny Dorham -- "Blue Spring Shuffle" -- Quiet Kenny -- New Jazz

Dexter Gordon -- "The Jumpin' Blues" -- Blue Dex: Dexter Gordon Plays The Blues -- Prestige

Rebecca Coupe Franks -- "Genetic Make Up" -- Two Oceans -- Independent (N)

Nathan Eklund Group -- "Triple Shot Espresso" -- Coin Flip -- OA2

Don Ellis Orchestra -- "New Horizons" -- Electric Bath -- Columbia

John Tchicai Quartet -- "Hasty Passion" -- Grandpa's Spells -- Storyville

John Tchicai Group -- "Mothers" -- Timo's Message -- Black Saint

Albert Beger Electroacoustic Band -- "Triangle" -- Peacemaker -- Anova Music

Lotte Anker, Craig Taborn & Gerald Cleaver -- "The Hierophant" -- Triptych -- Leo

Stu Martin & John Surman -- "Professor Goodly's Imposion Machine" -- Live At Woodstock Town Hall -- Breathless

1982 -- "7" -- Pintura -- Hubro

Joe Lovano UsFive -- "Blessings in May" -- Cross Culture -- Blue Note (N)

George Cables -- "But He Knows" -- My Muse -- HighNote

Sumi Tonooka -- "Heaven" -- Now -- ARC

David S. Ware Quartet -- "Unknown Mansion" -- Live In The World -- Thirsty Ear

In the KBCS audio archives, this program will be available for two weeks:

http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=29941

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Thanks to John Midgley for sitting in on “Straight, No Chaser” this week. You can hear John’s on-line jazz program, “Jazz Kaleidoscope,” daily at 1 p.m. at http://voiceofvashon.org. Here is the music John played on KBCS this week:

Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran – “I Shall Be Released” – Hagar’s Song – ECM

Greg Osby – “All Neon Like” – Inner Circle – Blue Note

Yusef Lateef – “Blues For The Orient” – Eastern Sounds – Prestige

Rudresh Mahanthappa – “Stay I” – Gamak – ACT (N)

Dave Brubeck Quartet – “The Golden Horn” – Jazz Impressions of Eurasia – Columbia

Curtis Hasselbring – “37º 56’ 39” by 111º 32” – Number Stations – Cuneiform

John Irabagon Outright! – “Lola Pastillas” – Unhinged – Irabagast

Miles Davis – “So What” – Miles in Tokyo – Columbia

Joe Henderson – “Afro-Centric” – Power To The People – Milestone

Bobby Hutcherson – “Ghetto Lights” – Dialogue – Blue Note

Andrew Hill – “Yellow Violet” – Dance With Death – Blue Note

Yosvany Terry – “Harlem Matinee” – Today’s Opinion – Criss Cross

Project O – “Dilemma” – Now As then – Jim

Wayne Shorter Quartet – “SS Golden Mean” – Without A Net – Blue Note (N)

Vijay Iyer Trio – “Optimism” – Accelerando – ACT

Kenny Werner Trio – “Nardis” – Form And Fantasy – Double-Time

You can listen to the March 18 show in the KBCS audio archive, here:

http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=30051

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On March 25, we heard these musical tracks on "Straight, No Chaser":

Nick Finzer -- "2.4 Cents" -- Exposition -- Outside In (N)

Hailey Niswanger -- "Yes or No" -- Confeddie -- (self)

Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams -- "Chico San" -- The Complete Blue Note Donald Byrd / Pepper Adams Studio Sessions -- Mosaic

Benny Green -- "Flying Saucer" -- Magic Beans -- Sunnyside (N)

Teri Lyne Carrington -- "Very Special" -- Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue -- Concord Jazz (N)

Herbie Nichols -- "It Didn't Happen" -- The Complete Blue Note Recordings -- Blue Note

Jason Adasiewicz -- "Get In There" -- Sun Rooms -- Delmark

David Haney -- "Khartoum" -- Day For Night At Jackstraw -- Slam

Dave Douglas -- "The View From Blue Mountain" -- Spirit Moves -- Greenleaf

Adam Lane's Full Throttle Orchestra -- "Desperate Incantations" -- Ashcan Rantings -- Clean Feed

Scott Fields Ensemble -- "Edmond" -- Mamet -- Delmark

Frode Gjerstad & Derek Bailey -- "A Cup of Tea" -- Nearly a D -- Emanem

The Ganelin Trio -- "Poco 1" -- Poco-A-Poco -- Leo

Eivind Opsvik -- Nineteen To The Dozen" -- Overseas IV -- Loyal Label

Michael Bates -- "Strong Arm" -- Acrobat: Music For, And By, Dmitri Shostakovich -- Sunnyside

Christian Scott -- "Jihad Joe" -- Christian aTunde Adjuah -- Concord Jazz

Nils Wogram & Simon Nabatov -- "Split The Difference" -- Moods & Modes -- NWOG

Sven-Ake Johansson -- "#1" -- Barcelona Series -- Hat Hut

Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook-Up -- "Folly Cove" -- Actionspeak -- 482 Music

As usual, this program can be heard in the KBCS audio archive for the next two weeks:

http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=30163

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This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we said farewell to Barbara Donald (1942-2013), the high-energy trumpet player who lived for many years in Olympia, Washington; checked out some new releases, and so on. Here's what we heard:

Anthony Wilson Trio -- "Luck Be A Lady" -- Our Gang -- Groove Note

Kermit Driscoll -- "Hekete" -- Reveille -- 19/8

Jeff Parker Trio -- "Swept Out To Sea" -- Bright Lights In Winter -- Delmark

Barbara Donald & Unity -- "Let It Ride" -- The Past And Tomorrows -- Cadence Jazz

Huey Simmons (feat. Barbara Donald) -- "Burning Spirits No. 1" -- Burning Spirits -- Contemporary

Andy Clausen -- "To And From" / "Who Goes There? (Again)" -- The Wishbone Suite -- Table & Chairs

Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet -- "Assassins" -- Wislawa -- ECM (N)

Steve Coleman And Five Elements -- "Limbic Cry" -- Functional Arrhythmias -- Pi (N)

Empty Cage Quartet -- "Tzolkien 2 + 9" -- Gravity -- Clean Feed

Roscoe Mitchell -- "Scrunch" -- Duets With Tyshawn Sorey And Special Guest Hugh Ragin -- Wide Hive (N)

Barbara Donald & Unity -- "Raisha's Dreams" -- Olympia Live -- Cadence Jazz

First House -- "Dimple" -- Cantilena -- ECM

Brainkiller -- "U Can't Stop Z Train" -- The Infiltration -- Rare Noise

Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran -- "Bolivar Blues" -- Hagar's Song -- ECM (N)

Clifford Jordan & Ran Blake -- "Doug's Prelude" -- Masters From Different Worlds -- Mapleshade

Joe Lovano UsFIVE -- "Myths And Legends" -- Cross Culture -- Blue Note

The streaming version of this program is available any time in the next two weeks, here:

http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=30285

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This week's "Straight, No Chaser" included a raucous live performance by Charles Mingus from 1964, with Eric Dolphy and Clifford Jordan; there were also pounding guitars from Larry Coryell and Gordon Grdina, and an extended piece by saxophonist Kidd Jordan. Here's what we heard:

Dutch Jazz Orchestra -- "Shafi" -- The Lady Who Swings The Band--Rediscovered Music of Mary Lou Williams -- Challenge

Max Roach Septet -- "Orientation" -- The Max Roach Quintet Featuring Hank Mobley -- Debut

Art Farmer -- "I Mean You" -- Live At Stanford Jazz Workshop -- Monarch

Charles Mingus -- "Parkeriana, Parts 1 & 2" -- The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65 -- Mosaic

Anthony Branker & Word Play -- "Across The Divide" -- Origin (N)

The Grismore / Scea Group -- "Dream Theme" -- Just Play -- Accurate

Mike Fahie -- "An Axe To Grind" -- Anima -- BJU Records

Larry Coryell -- "Alternative Recollection" -- The Lift -- Wide Hive (N)

Gordon Grdina Trio With Mats Gustafsson -- "Burning Bright" -- Barrel Fire -- Drip Audio

Kidd Jordan -- "Coming Down Blue" -- On Fire 2 -- Engine

Johnny Padilla -- "Below Freezing" -- Bright Morning -- (self)

Kris Davis -- "Black Tunnel" -- Rye Eclipse -- Fresh Sound New Talent

The New Triumph -- "Undungu's Wife" -- Starship Estrada -- (self) (N)

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Thanks to guest host Megan Sullivan, who concentrated on new releases on “Straight, No Chaser” on April 15. Here’s what Megan played:

Benny Green – “La Portuguesa” – Magic Beans (N)

Brian McCarthy – “Precipice” – This Just In (N)

Nick Finzer – “Eventide” – Exposition (N)

Jaleel Shaw – “Conclusions” – The Soundtrack of Things To Come (N)

Dave Douglas Quintet – “Time Travel” – Time Travel

Hiromi – “Move” – Move: The Trip Project (N)

Terri Lyne Carrington – “Wig Wise” – Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue (N)

Robert Hurst – “Big Queen” – Bob: A Palindrome (N)

Gerald Clayton – “Shadamanthem” – Life Forum (N)

Wayne Shorter Quartet – “S.S. Golden Mean” – Without A Net (N)

Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet – “Faces” – Wislawa (N)

Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran – “Journey Up River” – Hagar’s Song (N)

Nilson Matta – “Overture” – Nilson Matta’s Black Orpheus (N)

Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood – “Cachaca” – Out Louder

Terri Lyne Carrington – “Money Jungle” – Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue (N)

Jaleel Shaw – “The Understanding” – The Soundtrack of Things to Come (N)

You can hear a streaming version of this program in the KBCS Audio Archives:

http://kbcs.fm/programs/straight-no-chaser/

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Here are the artists and compositions we heard this week on "Straight, No Chaser":

Pamela Hines -- "Loose Blues" (alt. take) -- 3.2.1. -- Spicerack (N)

Sumi Tonooka -- "At Home" -- Now -- ARC

George Cables -- "Helen's Song" -- You Don't Know Me -- Kind of Blue

Tania Gill -- "Magpie" -- Bolger Station -- Barnyard

Grachan Moncur III -- "Thandiwa" -- Some Other Stuff -- Blue Note

The October Trio -- "Imagine It" -- New Dream -- Songlines

Dave King -- "This Nearly Was Mine" -- I've Been Ringing You -- Sunnyside

Myra Melford's Crush -- "Always Chant Could One" -- Dance Beyond The Color -- Arabesque

Matthew Shipp -- "Galaxy 105" -- Harmony and Abyss -- Thirsty Ear

Kamikaze Ground Crew -- "Duke's Entrance" -- The Scenic Route -- New World

Christian Muthspiel's Yodel Group -- "Yodeler No. 6" & "Yodeler No. 4" -- Christian Muthspiel's Yodel Group -- (self)

1939 Ensemble -- "Wait!" -- Howl & Bite -- (self)

Paul Bley -- "Variation 6" -- [Paul Bley, Evan Parker & Barre Phillips] Sankt Gerold -- ECM

Han Bennink Trio -- "Flemische March" -- Parken -- ILK

Frank Möbus -- "Ich Geh' Zur Polizei" -- Risky Business -- ACT

Terje Rypdal & The Chasers -- "Om Bare" -- Blue -- ECM

Coat Cooke & Joe Poole -- "Bob Weaver" -- Conversations -- NOW Orchestra

E_L_B (Erskine_Lê_Benita) -- "Plan 9" -- Dream Flight -- ACT

Mike Stern -- "Hope You Don't Mind" -- Big Neighborhood -- Heads Up

* Brad Mehldau Trio -- "M.B." -- Ode -- Nonesuch

* The Brad Mehldau Trio is appearing at The Jazz Alley in Seattle April 30 & May 1.

Each of these programs is stored for two weeks in the KBCS audio archive:

http://kbcs.fm/programs/straight-no-chaser/

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These are the musical selections that we heard on April 29 on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS 91.3 FM and www.kbcs.fm:

Ron Oswanski -- "80-80-8" -- December's Moon -- Palmetto (N)

Jaimeo Brown -- "Baby Miesh" -- Transcendence -- Motema (N)

James Carter Organ Trio -- "Lettuce Toss Yo' Salad" -- At The Crossroads -- EmArcy

Joanne Brackeen -- "Enchance" -- Special Identity -- Antilles

Bill Carrothers -- "Home Row" -- Home Row -- Pirouet

Stanley Cowell Trio -- "Astral Spiritual" -- Illusion Suite

Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith / Yo Miles! -- "Jabali (Part II)" -- Sky Garden -- Cuneiform

John Butcher -- "Unspeakable Damage" -- Bell Trove Spools -- Northern Spy

Chicago Underground Duo -- "Twelve Degrees of Freedom" -- 12° of Freedom -- Thrill Jockey

Second Sight -- "Jump At The Sun" -- Flying With The Comet -- Sun Jump

Dave Douglas Quintet -- "Little Feet" -- Time Travel -- Greenleaf (N)

Sunny Murray -- "EMOI" -- 13# Steps On Glass -- Enja

Chris Greco Quartet -- "Electra" -- Trane of Thought -- GWS Fourwinds

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

Jaki Byard -- "Sunday" -- Tommy Flanagan & Jaki Byard--The Magic of 2 -- Resonance (N)

Andrew Hill -- "Limbo" -- Compulsion -- Blue Note

As usual, you can check it out at www.kbcs.fm.

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Thanks to John Midgley for hosting “Straight, No Chaser” on May 6. Here is the music John played:

Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran – “Journey Up River” – Hagar’s Song – ECM (N)

Nicole Mitchell’s Ice Crystal – “Yearning” – Aquarius – Delmark (N)

Charlie Haden, Paul Motian & Geri Allen – “Blues in Motian” – Etudes – Soul Note

Anthony Braxton – “Played Twice” – Six Monk’s Compositions (1987) – Black Saint

Craig Taborn Trio – “Hot Blood” – Chants – ECM (N)

Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet – “Assassins” – Wislawa – ECM (N)

Andy Bey – “Midnight Blue” – Shades of Bey – Evidence

Max Roach & Abbey Lincoln – “Lonesome Lover” – It’s Time – Impulse!

Spectrum Road – “There Comes A Time” – Spectrum Road – Palmetto

Frank Kimbrough – “Eventualities” – Lullabluebye – Palmetto

Edward Simon Trio – “Pathless Path” – Live in New York at Jazz Standard – Sunnyside (N)

Ingrid Jensen -- “Seventh Avenue” – Higher Grounds – Enja

Wayne Shorter – “Kryptonite” – Schizophrenia – Blue Note

Eric Dolphy – “17 West” – Out There – New Jazz/OJC

SF Jazz Collective – “Africa” – 2 – SF Jazz Collective, Vol. 2 – Nonesuch

And... here is the playlist for the May 13 edition of "Straight, No Chaser":

Jeff Berlin -- "Fee Fi Fo Fum" -- Low Standards -- Random Act (N)

Torben Waldorff -- "Shark" -- American Rock Beauty -- (self)

Larry Coryell -- "Broken Blues" -- The Lift -- Wide Hive (N)

Tommy Flanagan & Jaki Byard -- "Scrapple From The Apple" -- The Magic of 2 -- Resonance (N)

Mads Vinding Trio -- "New Lands" -- The Kingdom -- Stunt

Jim Snidero -- "Fear One" -- Stream of Consciousness -- Savant (N)

The Claudia Quintet -- "Sphinx" -- Royal Toast -- Cuneiform

* Roscoe Mitchell And The Note Factory -- "Trio Four For Eight" -- Far Side -- ECM

* Roscoe Mitchell -- "A Cactus And A Rose" -- Duets With Tyshawn Sorey And Special Guest Hugh Ragin -- Wide Hive (N)

Bert Seager, George Gonchev & Nat Mugavero -- "Chaos Theory" -- Freedom of Assembly -- Buzz

Benoit Delbecq and Fred Hersch Double Trio -- "Night For Day" -- Fun House -- Songlines (N)

Pear -- "Jenn 2 Sect 1" -- Extemp'ore -- Pear Studio

Oliver Lake Trio -- "Clicker" -- Zaki -- Hat Hut

Michael Blake -- "The Variety Hour" -- In The Grand Scheme of Things -- Songlines (N)

Charnett Moffett -- "Black Codes (From The Underground)" -- The Bridge--Solo Bass Works -- Motema (N)

Bobby Hutcherson -- "Aquarian Moon" -- Happenings -- Blue Note

Steve Wilson -- "The Vibe" -- [Chris Potter, Steve Wilson, et al.] Coming Together -- Inarhyme

* Table & Chairs presents Roscoe Mitchell and other performing solo and group versions of Mitchell’s “Nonaah” at Benaroya Hall in Seattle on June 7. Additional information at www.tableandchairsmusic.com.

Next Monday, May 20, John Midgley will again be your guest host on "Straight, No Chaser."

Edited May 14, 2013 by David Utevsky

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Thanks again to John Midgley, who was your host on "Straight, No Chaser" on Monday, May 20. John selected these tunes:

Charles Mingus -- "Self-Portrait In Three Colors" -- Mingus Ah Um -- Columbia

Edsel Gomez -- "Juan Tizol" -- Cubist Music -- Zoho

Abdullah Ibrahim -- "Sotho Blue" -- Ekaya -- Ekapa

Rudresh Mahanthappa -- "Richard's Game" -- Samdhi -- ACT

Rudresh Mahanthappa -- "Playing With Stones" -- Samdhi -- ACT

Chris Speed -- "Suggestible" -- Emit -- Songlines

Dafnis Prieto Sextet -- "The Sooner The Better" -- Taking The Soul For A Walk -- Dafnison

Marty Ehrlich -- "Like I Said" -- Line On Love -- Palmetto

Larry Goldings -- "A Dream About Jaki Byard" -- Quartet -- Palmetto

Ornette Coleman -- "Law Years" -- The Complete Science Fiction Sessions -- Columbia

Luis Perdomo -- "Rebellious Contemplation" -- Universal Mind -- Kindred Rhythm

Sam Rivers -- "Downstairs Blues Upstairs" -- Fuchsia Swing Song -- Blue Note

Andrew Hill -- "New Monastery" -- Point of Departure -- Blue Note

Joe Henderson -- "El Barrio" -- Inner Urge -- Blue Note

Robert Glasper -- "Y'outta Praise Him (Intro)" -- In My Element -- Blue Note

Greg Osby -- All Neon Like -- Inner Circle -- Blue Note

Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd -- "Plastic Bag" -- In What Language -- Pi

McCoy Tyner -- "Message From The Nile" -- Extensions -- Blue Note

On May 27, we listened to the following selections on "Straight, No Chaser":

Stanley Turrentine -- "Smile, Stacey" -- That's Where It's At -- Blue Note

Lee Morgan -- "Sneaky Pete" -- Sonic Boom -- Blue Note

Antonio Sanchez -- "The Real McDaddy" -- New Life -- CamJazz (N)

Roy Hargrove -- "Runnin' Out of Time" -- The Vibe -- Novus

John Medeski -- "Graveyard Fields" -- A Different Time -- Okeh (N)

* Roscoe Mitchell -- "The 4:50 Express" -- Sound Songs -- Delmark

Diego Barber & Hugo Cipres -- "New York Citric" -- 411 -- Origin (N)

Dollar Brand Orchestra -- "Tintiyana, Second Part" -- African Space Program -- Enja

Olive Lake Big Band -- "Clicker" -- Wheels -- Passin' Thru (N)

Gene Ess -- "Letter From Boston" -- Fractal Attraction -- SIMP (N)

Rick Mandyck & Gregg Keplinger -- "Serraphic Light / Jupiter" -- Ear To Here -- (self)

Kenny Wheeler -- "Any How" -- One of Many -- CamJazz

AYCH -- "Cydonia's Face" -- As The Crow Flies -- Relative Pitch]

Anthony Braxton -- "First Meeting" -- Beyond Quantum -- Tzadik

Alex Snydman -- "Cross Fade" -- Fortunate Action -- (self)

* Table & Chairs presents Roscoe Mitchell and other performing solo and group versions of Mitchell’s “Nonaah” at Benaroya Hall in Seattle on June 7. Additional information at www.tableandchairsmusic.com.

As always, these and other KBCS programs are stored for two weeks in the archive at www.kbcs.fm, where you can listen to them at your convenience.

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This week's show featured a telephone interview with Roscoe Mitchell, who is appearing in Seattle this week. He will be joined by several groups of Northwest musicians who will perform arrangements of his composition "Nonaah." The concert is at 8:00 Friday, June 7, at the Nordstrom Recital Hall in Benaroya Hall. There will also be an interview with Roscoe at 7:15 p.m.

Before and after talking with Roscoe on "Straight, No Chaser," we heard several selections of his music, culled from his own albums and from the later works of the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Here's the playlist:

Art Ensemble of Chicago -- "Malachi" -- Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City -- Pi

Art Ensemble of Chicago -- "Tech Ritter And The Megabytes" -- The Meeting -- Pi

Roscoe Mitchell And The Note Factory -- "Song For Gerald Oshita" -- This Dance Is For Steve McCall -- Black Saint

Roscoe Mitchell And The Note Factory -- "When The Whistle Blows" -- Song For My Sister -- Delmark

Roscoe Mitchell -- "For Madeline" -- Sound Songs -- Delmark

Roscoe Mitchell -- "The Band Room" -- Hey Donald -- Delmark

(Interview with Roscoe Mitchell)

Art Ensemble of Chicago -- "Fresh Start" -- Soweto -- DIW

Art Ensemble of Chicago -- "Suite For Lester" -- Tribute To Lester -- ECM

Art Ensemble of Chicago -- "Odwalla Theme" -- Coming Home Jamaica -- Atlantic

Jacob Varmus -- "Slide Rules" -- Terminal Stillness -- Crows' Kin (N)

Wallace Roney -- "FMS" -- If Only For One Night -- HighNote

Ryan Keberle + Catharsis -- "Blueport" -- Music Is Emotion -- Alternate Side

Roby Glod, Roberta Piket, Mark Tokar & Klaus Kugel -- "Dredger of Pig Rolls" -- Op Der Schmelz Live -- Nemu (N)

Evan Parker, Alexander von Schlippenbach & Paul Lytton -- "To Avoid Monotony" -- America 2003 -- Emanem

John Zorn (Bill Frisell, Carol Emanuel & Kenny Wollesen) -- "Ode To The Cathars" -- The Mysteries -- Tzadik (N)

Scott Fields Ensemble -- "American Buffalo" -- Mamet -- Delmark

Sam Sadigursky -- "El Hombre" -- Words Project iii--Miniatures -- New Amsterdam

For more information about the June 7 concert:

http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/single/production.aspx?id=14327&src=t&dateid=14327

Here is a comment from Jacob Rex Zimmerman, a Mitchell student and organizer of the event:

http://blog.tableandchairsmusic.com/post/52070405864/why-roscoe-mitchell-is-important-jacob-rex-zimmerman

The show is in the archive at www.kbcs.fm, as usual.

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This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we participated in the KBCS early summer fund drive and paid tribute to two fine musicians who recently passed away, Bert Wilson and Mulgrew Miller. Brett Watanabe was the host, and he picked out the following music:

Melton Mustafa -- "Windstorm" -- The Traveling Man

John Handy -- "Theme X" -- The Second John Handy Album

James Blood Ulmer -- "See-Through" -- Are You Glad To Be In America

Reptet -- "Eve of Thrieve" -- Chicken or Beef

Bert Wilson -- "The One Behind It All" -- Endless Fingers

Ralph Peterson -- "Urban Omen" -- Presents The Fotet

Mulgrew Miller -- "Song For Darnell" -- Live at Kennedy Center, Volume 2

Sonny Simmons (w/ Bert Wilson) -- "Dolphy's Dance" -- Music From The Spheres

Miya Masaoka -- "Aubade" -- Monk's Japanese Folk Song

Project W -- "In A Pickle" -- Project W

Craig Taborn -- "True Life Near" -- Avenging Angel

Andy Laster -- "Mito" -- Window Silver Bright

Chemical Clock -- "Neurotic Bricklayer" -- Chemical Clock

It's available in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

Check out the Facebook page, if you're into that kind of thing. https://www.facebook.com/StraightNoChaserOnKBCS?fref=ts.

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This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we continued to sample the works of Bert Wilson (1939-2013) and Mulgrew Miller (1955-2013). We checked out the new release by Samantha Boshnack's B'shnorchestra, as well as a great Miles Davis Quintet concert from 1969. Here's the list:

Coleman Hawkins & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis -- "There Is No Greater Love" -- Night Hawk -- Essential Jazz Classics

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk -- "In Walked Bud" -- Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk -- Essential Jazz Classics

Mulgrew Miller -- "Wingspan" -- Wingspan -- 32 Jazz

Diego Urcola -- "The Natural (To Freddie Hubbard)" -- Appreciation -- CamJazz

B'shnorchestra -- "La Noche Negra" -- Present Sounds (N)

Bobby Hutcherson -- "Rojo" -- Happenings -- Blue Note

Pigpen -- "The Gift" -- Daylight -- Tim/Kerr

Miles Davis Quintet (Shorter, Corea, Holland, De Johnette) -- "Masqualero" -- Live in Europe 1969 -- Columbia (N)

Bert Wilson & Rebirth -- "Happy Pretty" -- Further Adventures in Jazz -- FMO

* Colin Stetson -- "Judges" -- New History Warfare, Vol. 2--Judges -- Constellation

(appearing at Barboza in Seattle, Friday, June 21, 7:30 p.m.)

Craig Taborn Trio -- "Cracking Hearts" -- Chants -- ECM (N)

Mario Pavone -- "Bootleg" -- Dancers Tales -- Knitting Factory

Ken Thomson and Slow/Fast -- "It Would Be Easier If" -- It Would Be Easier If -- Clusterhocket

Matt Vashlishan -- "Blues For Brecker" -- No Such Thing -- Origin

The Spokes (Curtis Hasselbring, Andy Biskin, Phillip Johnston) -- "Wiesinski" -- Not So Fast -- Strudelmedia

Bert Wilson & Jeffrey Morgan -- "Lightning, Thunder, and Rain" -- Take No Prisoners -- Konnex

Marc Ribot -- "Hitman" -- Shoe String Symphonettes -- Tzadik

It's in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.