"Straight, No Chaser" Playlists

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

Hammer Klavier Trio -- "Take Fifteen" -- Rocket in the Pocket -- Jan Matthies (N)

Florian Weber -- "Piecemeal" -- Biosphere -- Enja

Giovanni Guidi Trio -- "No Other Possiblity" -- City of Broken Dreams -- ECM (N)

Bill Frisell -- "On The Lookout" -- Big Sur -- Okeh (N)

Marc Ribot -- "Fiesta en el Solar" -- Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos -- Atlantic

Pat Metheny -- "Tharsis" -- Tap: John Zorn's Book of Angels, Vol. 20 -- Nonesuch (N)

Anthony Braxton & Derek Bailey -- "The Second Set--Area 8" -- First Duo Concert -- Emanem

Paul Bley, Evan Parker & Barre Phillips -- "Variation 8" -- Sankt Gerold -- ECM

Trio 120 -- "Konstant" -- Flug -- Fuhrwerk Music

Tineke Postma -- "Motivation" -- The Traveller -- Etcetera Now

Kenny Wheeler -- "Siena" -- Balloons -- HighNote

Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense -- "Circus" -- Moment & The Message -- Pi (N)

Michael Bisio, Raymond Boni, Dominic Duval & Joe McPhee -- "The Snake, The Fish (And Things)" -- Port of Saints -- CJR

Wayne Shorter Quartet -- "Myrrh" -- Without A Net -- Blue Note

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

Michael Blanco -- "RSVP" -- No Time Like The Present -- (self) (N)

I'll be out of town next week. On Monday, July 1st, John Midgley will be your guest host on "Straight, No Chaser."

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Our excellent guest host John Midgley played these tunes on "Straight, No Chaser" this week:

Sonny Rollins -- "Decision" -- The Best of Sonny Rollins: The Blue Note Years

Dexter Gordon -- "Modal Mood" -- Dexter Calling

Gato Barbieri & Abdullah Ibrahim -- "Hamba Khale" -- Hamba Khale -- (for Nelson Mandela)

Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra -- "Nikosi SikeLeL'i Afrika" -- Dream Keeper

Ron Carter -- "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise" -- Where?

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers -- "Oscalypso" -- Drum Suite

Amer ElSaffar -- "Inana's Dance (IV)" -- Inana

Jason Kao Hwang -- "Burning Bridge III: Fiery, Far Away" -- Burning Bridge

Denny Zeitlin & Charlie Haden -- "Bird Food" -- Time Remembers One Time Once

Horace Tapscott -- "As A Child" -- Thoughts of Dar es Salaam

Miles Davis Quintet -- "Freedom Jazz Dance" -- Miles Smiles

Wayne Shorter Quartet -- "Orbits" -- Without A Net

Max Roach -- "Equipoise" -- Members, Don't Git Weary

Duke Pearson -- "Empathy" -- Sweet Honey Bee

George Russell -- "Night Sound" -- The Jazz Workshop

Hear this show on demand in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

Also, check out John Midgley's program "Jazz Kaleidoscope" on http://voiceofvashon.org/ at 1:00 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Sunday; click in the upper right hand corner to listen.

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The July 8 edition of "Straight, No Chaser" was dedicated to my cousin Daniel Utevsky (1950-2013). Here are the musical selections we heard:

Jacob Varmus -- "Stillness" -- Terminal Stillness -- (self) (N)

Wallace Roney -- "Search For Peace" -- Understanding -- HighNote (N)

Amina Figarova -- "Sharp Corners" -- Above The Clouds -- Munich

B'shnorkestra -- "Move" -- Go To Orange -- Present Sounds (N)

Butch Morris -- "Long Goodbye" -- Dust To Dust -- New World

Ellery Eskelin -- "It Doesn't Wait" -- Figure of Speech -- Soul Note

Charles Gayle Trio -- "Warm Bones Cold" -- Homeless -- Silkheart

S.O.S. (John Surman, Mike Osborne & Alan Skidmore) -- "Rashied" -- Looking For The Next One -- Cuneiform (N)

The Fell Clutch -- "Life In Your Years" -- The Fell Clutch -- Animul

Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet -- "One Morten" -- Way Out East -- Songlines

Marilyn Crispell Trio -- "The Storyteller" -- The Storyteller -- ECM

Tobias Delius 4tet -- "Kafka 1" & "Kintopp" -- The Heron -- BVHaast

Terence Blanchard -- "Central Focus" & "Another Step" -- Magnetic -- Blue Note (N)

John Escreet -- "Don't Fight The Inevitable" (incomplete) -- Don't Fight The Inevitable -- Mythology

Michel Petrucciani -- "It's What I'm Doing When I Miss You" -- Oracle's Destiny -- Owl

This program will be available for two weeks in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

[Utevsky]

On this warm summer evening, we heard these tracks on "Straight, No Chaser":

Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins -- "The Way You Look Tonight" -- Thelonious Monk / Sonny Rollins -- Prestige

Mulgrew Miller -- "Thinkin' Out Loud" -- Hand in Hand -- RCA Victor

Claire Daly Quintet -- "Kluane" -- Mary Joyce Project: Nothing To Lose -- Daly Bread

Chad Eby -- "The Sorcerer" -- New Business -- (self) (N)

Andy Parsons, Ben Monder, John Patitucci & Gene Lewin -- "Lot of Our Souls" -- Flip! -- Sons of Sound

J D Allen -- "Load Star" -- Grace -- Savant (N)

Branford Marsalis -- "Xavier's Lair" -- Bloomington -- Columbia

John Devine -- "Eelpout Shout" -- A Little O'That -- Devine Sax

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

Ensemble Uncontrolled -- "Searching For The Talking Plant" -- Tales From The Forest -- Leo

Gallio / Voerkel / Frey -- "Improvisation #8" -- Tiegel -- Unheard Music Series

Tommy Babin's Benzene -- "Citizen Kang" -- Your Body Is Your Prison -- Drip Audio

Cold Bleak Heat -- "The Blue Dabs of Varicose Veins" -- It's Magnificent, But It Isn't War -- Family Vineyard

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society -- "Grand Opening" -- Brooklyn Babylon -- SOCAN (N)

Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone -- "New October" -- Departure of Reason -- Thirsty Ear

Jeff Parker Trio -- "Swept Out to Sea" -- Bright Light in Water -- Delmark

Hammer Klavier Trio -- "Rocket in the Pocket" -- Rocket in the Pocket -- Jan Matthies (N)

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Here is the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on July 22:

Hank Mobley -- "Two And One" -- Hi Voltage -- Blue Note

Philly Joe Jones -- "Interpretation" -- Showcase -- Riverside

Freddie Hubbard -- "True Colors" -- Born To Be Blue -- Pablo

Shan Kenner -- "Miracle Worker" -- The Behavior of Vibration -- (self) (N)

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

John McNeil -- "Internal Hurdles" -- East Coast Cool -- Omnitone

Empty Cage Quartet -- "Gravity: Section 8" -- Gravity -- Clean Feed

Oliver Lake Big Band -- "Studder" -- Wheels -- Passin' Thru (N)

Tony Grasso -- "Playing With Fire" -- Tony Grasso Saxophone? Quartet! -- (self)

Mike Vlatkovich -- "The Length of the Tail Doesn't Really Matter, But It Does Have to Be Bushy" -- Succulence of Abstraction -- Thankyou (N)

Natsuka Tamura -- "A Hole in the Ceiling" -- A Song For Jyaki -- Leo

Tetzepi -- "Cows At Sea" -- Seed -- Trytone

Scott Fields Ensemble -- "The Shots He Missed..." -- Dénouement -- Geode

Marilyn Crispell & Gary Peacock -- "Blue" -- Azure -- ECM (N)

John Butcher -- "Curling / Charred" -- [John Butcher & Matthew Shipp] At Oto -- Fataka

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

Marty Ehlrich & Myra Melford -- "Blue Delhi" -- Spark! -- Palmetto

As usual, you can hear it on demand for the next two weeks at www.kbcs.fm.

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Here's the playlist for July 29 on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS:

Jessica Williams Trio -- "Nobody's Blues" -- Now!!! -- Red and Blue

Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez & Paul Motian -- "Off The Cuff" -- Further Explorations -- Concord Jazz

Joanne Brackeen -- "Can This McBee?" -- Where Legends Dwell -- Ken

Etienne Charles -- "Green Chimneys" -- Creole Soul -- Culture Shock (N)

Quentin Angus -- "Restoration" -- Perception -- Aurora Sounds (N)

David Murray Infinity Quartet -- "French Kiss For Valerie" -- Be My Monster Love -- Motema (N)

Jason Lindner Big Band -- "Suheir" -- Live at the Jazz Gallery -- Anzic

New York Composers Orchestra -- "Pliant Plaint" -- Music by Marty Ehrlich, Robin Holcomb, Wayne Horvitz & Doug Weiselman -- New World

Thomas Chapin Trio (with John Zorn) -- "Bad Birdie" -- Menagerie Dreams -- Knitting Factory

Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense -- "Circus" -- Moment and the Message -- Pi (N)

Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom -- "The Kitchen" -- No Morphine No Lilies -- Foxhaven (N)

J D Allen -- "Luke Sky Walker" -- Grace -- Savant (N)

David Liebman & Ellery Eskelin -- "Tie Those Laces" -- Different But The Same -- Hat Hut

Zapp4 -- "De Hamer" -- Radiohunter -- Lop Lop

Elastic Jargon -- "Gahu" -- Slang -- Data

Splatter Trio -- "Ace Dag Bee & Counting" -- Hi-Fi Junk Note -- Ratascan

David Ake -- "Open/Balance" -- Bridges -- Positone (N)

To hear streaming versions of this and other KBCS shows, click through to the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

[Utevsky]

This is what we heard this week on "Straight, No Chaser":

(artist -- title -- album -- label)

Ernie Watts Quartet -- "Bass Geige" -- Oasis -- Flying Dolphin

Blue Cranes -- "Ritchie Bros." -- Observatories -- (self)

Mike Fahie -- "Seven Sisters" -- Anima -- BJU

Scott Neumann Neu3 Trio -- "Clamba" -- Blessed -- Origin (N)

Yuri Honing -- "Hell's Kitchen" -- Seven -- Jazz in Motion

Go Home -- "TGO" -- Go Home -- BAG Productions

yeah NO -- "He Has A Pair of Dice" -- Swell Henry -- Squeaker Music

Wilson / Lee / Bentley -- "Escondido Dreams" -- Escondido Dreams -- Drip Audio

John Law Quartet -- "Burlesque" -- Abacus -- Hat Hut

Bill Smith & Enrico Pieranunzi -- "Matt" -- The Rome Sessions -- Beat

Steve Swallow / Ohad Talmor Sextet -- "Some Echoes" -- L'histoire du Clochard (The Bum's Tale) -- Palmetto

Randy Weston -- "Little Niles" -- Earth Birth -- Verve

Evan Parker & The Transatlantic Art Ensemble -- "Furrow 4" -- Boustrophedon (In Six Furrows) -- ECM

Frode Gjerstad with William Parker and Hamid Drake -- "The People" -- On Reade Street -- FMR

Buddy Collette Quintet featuring James Newton -- "It's You" -- Flute Talk -- Soul Note

Christian McBride Trio -- "Cherokee" -- Out Here -- Mack Avenue (N)

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As summer droned on, we heard the following music on "Straight, No Chaser":

Alex Snydman -- "One For Elegua" -- Fortunate Action -- (self) (N)

The Aperturistic Trio -- "Dance of the Macrocosmic People" -- Truth and Actuality -- Inner Circle Music (N)

Martin Bejerano -- "B. Radley" -- Potential Energy -- Figgland (N)

Grant Green -- "Cool Blues" -- Born To Be Blue -- Blue Note

Sarah Vaughan -- "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" -- Divine: The Jazz Albums, 1954-1958 -- Mercury

Gerry Mulligan -- "The Flying Scotsman" -- Lonesome Boulevard -- A&M

Matt Jorgensen + 451 -- "Tomorrow Never Knows" -- Quiet Silence -- Origin

The New Gary Burton Quartet -- "Jackalope" -- Guided Tour -- Mack Avenue (N)\

Bill Frisell -- "A Beautiful View" -- Big Sur -- Okeh (N)

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society -- "Construction + Destrucion / Interlude #4: Bewail / Builders" -- Brooklyn Babylon -- New Amsterdam (N)

John Clark -- "Bad Attitude" -- I Will -- Postcards

Matthew Shipp -- "Circular Temple #2" -- Circular Temple -- Quinton

Joe Morris / Rob Brown Quartet -- "Pivotal" -- Illuminate -- Leo

Smiley Winters (with Barbara Donald and Bert Wilson) -- "Two Trains" -- Smiley Etc. -- Arhoolie

What We Live -- "Will Be" -- Never Was -- Black Saint

Check it out in the archives at www.kbcs.fm.

Next Monday, August 19, Gordon Todd will be your guest host on "Straight, No Chaser."

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I’ve been sidetracked the last couple of weeks and need to catch up on the “Straight, No Chaser” playlists. On August 19, Gordon Todd was the guest host and he played the following music, beginning with a tribute to Cedar Walton (1934-2013):

Cedar Walton – “Milestones” – Underground Memoirs

Cedar Walton – “Blue Monk” – Naima (Live)

Cedar Walton – “Naima” – Voices Deep Within

Chris Potter – “Wine Dark Sea” – The Sirens

SJ Jazz Collective – “Una Muy Bonita” – Inaugural Season Live 2004

Ornette Coleman – “Ramblin’” – Change of the Century

Dexter Gordon Quartet – “Body And Soul” – Manhattan Symphonie

Kurt Elling – “A New Body & Soul” – Nightmoves

Herbie Hancock – “Wiggle-Waggle” – The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings

Miles Davis – “It Gets Better” – Star People

Wayne Shorter – “Calm” – Odyssey of Iska

Michael Brecker – “African Skies” – Tales From The Hudson

Kenny Werner – “Tribute To Sonny” – Unprotected Music

Bunky Green – “It Could Happen To You” – Another Place

Thelonious Monk – “Straight, No Chaser” (live) – Live At The It Club

The following week, on August 26, Brett Watanabe sat in for me. His playlist included a tribute to Marian McPartland (1918-2013), as well as some pieces in honor of the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington:

Marian McPartland’s Hickory House Trio – “Prelude To A Kiss” – Reprise

Marian McPartland – “The Duke” – Live At Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 9

Marian McPartland’s Hickory House Trio – “I Hear Music” – Reprise

Dave Holland & Prism – “Spirals” – Prism (N)

B’shnorkestra – “La Noche Negra” – Go To Orange (N)

Charlie Haden – “Not In Our Name” – Not In Our Name

Max Roach – “Tears For Johannesburg” – We Insist!—Freedom Now Suite

Herbie Hancock – “I Have A Dream” – The Prisoner

Wadada Leo Smith – “Freedom Summer: Voter Registration, Acts of Compassion and Empowerment, 1964” – Ten Freedom Summers

Malachi Thompson, Hamiet Bluiett & Oliver Lake – “Way Back When We Didn’t Understand” – Talking Horns

Gary Burton – “Caminos” – Guided Tour (N)

Carla Bley – “The Girl Who Cried Champagne (Parts 1, 2 & 3)” – Fleur Carnivore

Thanks to Gordon and Brett for putting these shows together. You can hear streaming versions of the programs on demand, for two weeks after the broadcast date, in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

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Tonight on "Straight, No Chaser," we heard a couple more tunes by Cedar Walton (1934-2013), new releases by Chick Corea and Dave Holland with their respective new bands, and the usual assortment of jazz gems and oddities:

Chico Hamilton -- "Thoughts of Prez" -- Thoughts of... -- Koch

Irvin Mayfield -- "James Booker" -- A Love Letter to New Orleans -- Basin Street

Modern Jazz Quartet -- "Moving Nicely" -- Modern Jazz Quartet -- Jazz Heritage

Cedar Walton -- "Spectrum" -- Spectrum -- Prestige

Cedar Walton -- "Bridge Work" -- Blues For Myself -- Red

Joan Stiles -- "Bebopicity" -- Three Musicians -- Oo-Bla-Dee

Outer Bridge Ensemble -- "Homage to Freedom" -- Determined -- (self) (N)

Chick Corea -- "Royalty" -- The Vigil -- Concord Music (N)

Dave Holland & Prism -- "The True Meaning of Determination" -- Prism -- Dare2 (N)

(Dave Holland & Prism are coming to the Jazz Alley in Seattle, October 8 and 9)

Bad Luck -- "Cash and Tongue" -- Bad Luck -- Belle

Steam -- "Explosive Motor" -- Real Time -- Atavistic

Steve Lehman Trio -- "Foster Brothers" -- Dialect Fluorescent -- Pi

The Swallow Quintet -- "Back in Action" -- Into the Woodwork -- ECM (N)

Rich Halley 4 -- "Duopoly" -- Crossing the Passes -- Pine Eagle (N)

Brötzmann / Van Hove / Bennink -- "Garten" -- Balls -- FMP

Sonny Fortune -- "It Ain't What It Was" -- A Better Understanding -- Blue Note

Diego Barber -- "Ailanto" -- The Choice -- Sunnyside

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

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This week on "Straight, No Chaser" we listened to several artists who will appear in the Earshot Jazz Festival, October 1 to November 17 in Seattle (see dates and venues below), and also revisited a classic Archie Shepp track from 1967. Here is the playlist:

Louis Hayes -- "St. Peter's Walk" -- The Real Thing -- 32 Jazz

Noah Bernstein -- "DDR Twenty-Six Sixty-Six" -- Six -- Hanley

SF Jazz Collective -- "Moment's Notice" -- SF Jazz Collective 2 -- Nonesuch

* SF Jazz Collective, 10/22, Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall

Dafnis Prieto (with Yosvany Terry) -- "The Stutterer" -- Absolute Quintet -- Zoho

* Dafnis Prieto Si O Si, 10/17, PONCHO Concert Hall

* Yosvany Terry Quintet, 10/9, Langston Hughes Center

NEXT Collective -- "No Church in the Wild" -- Coverart -- Concord Jazz

* NEXT Collective, 11/14, Experience Music Project

The Bad Plus -- "Re-Elect That" -- Made Possible -- E-One

* The Bad Plus, 10/20, Triple Door

* Dave King, Chris Speed, Chris Tordini, 10/13, PONCHO Concert Hall

Charles Lloyd Quartet -- "Lift Every Voice and Sing" -- Mirror -- ECM

* Charles Lloyd & Friends With Bill Frisell, 11/17, Town Hall

Nicole Mitchell -- "Center of the Earth" -- Awakening -- Delmark

* Nicole Mitchell Ice Crystal Quartet, 10/25, PONCHO Concert Hall

Kneebody -- "Break Me" -- Kneebody -- Koch

* Kneebody, 11/7, PONCHO Concert Hall

The Claudia Quintet -- "Adowa" -- I, Claudia -- Cuneiform

* John Hollenbeck Claudia Quintet, 10/6, PONCHO Concert Hall

Mat Maneri Trio -- "Tone Dialing" (alt. take) -- Fifty-One Sorrows -- Leo

* Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri, 10/27, PONCHO Concert Hall

Scott Amendola Band -- "Streetbeat" -- Cry -- Cryptogramophone

* Brian Haas & Scott Amendola, 11/1, Royal Room

Archie Shepp -- "The Magic of Ju-Ju" -- The Magic of Ju-Ju -- Impulse!

Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom -- "The Kitchen" -- No Morphine No Lilies -- Foxhaven

Han Bennink, Michael Borstlap, Ernst Glerum -- "Think of One" -- Monk -- Gramercy Park Music

Clark Somers' Ba(SH) -- "Fathom-A-Ning" -- Clark Somers' Ba(SH) -- Origin (N)

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Details about the Earshot Jazz Festival are here: http://www.earshot.org/Festival/festival.html.

You can listen to this and other KBCS programs, at your convenience, for 14 days after broadcast, at www.kbcs.fm.

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Jon Jang's version of the great Charles Mingus composition, "Meditations On Integration," was the centerpiece this week on "Straight, No Chaser." Here is the September 16 playlist:

Roy Eldridge 4 -- "Gofor" -- Montreux '77 -- Pablo Live

Miles Davis Quintet -- "Salt Peanuts" -- The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions -- Prestige

Charlie Christian -- "I Got Rhythm" (take 2) -- Electric -- Uptown

Hampton Hawes -- "Blues For Jacque" -- This Is Hampton Hawes, Vol. 2--The Trio -- Contemporary

Bill Evans -- "Ornithology" -- The Solo Sessions, Volume 2 -- Milestone (shortened by equipment malfunction)

Geri Allen Trio -- "Printmakers" -- The Printmakers -- Minor Music

Andrew Cyrille -- "Baby Man" -- Special People -- Soul Note

Tom Goehring -- "Clarion Call" -- A Reflected Journey -- (self) (N)

Steve Lacy Quartet -- "The Adventures Of" -- One Fell Swoop -- Silkheart

Jon Jang Sextet -- "Meditations On Integration" -- Two Flowers On A Stem -- Soul Note

Bill Carrothers -- "Cuddle Up A Little Closer" -- Armistice 1918 -- Sketch

Jaki Byard -- "Journey / Night of Departure" -- Empirical -- Muse

Trio M -- "Kind of Nine" -- The Guest House -- Enja

Darius Jones Quartet -- "Winkie" -- Book of Mae'bul (Another Kind of Sunrise) -- AUM Fidelity

Darren Johnston's Gone To Chicago -- "Love Call" -- The Big Lift -- Porto Franco

Patrick Zimmerli -- "Anaptyxis" -- Twelve Sacred Dances -- Arabesque

Will Martina -- "Snake, Money, Cow" -- The Dam Levels -- (self)

Next Monday's show occurs during the KBCS Fund Drive. Please think about becoming a Sustaining Member through monthly deductions or making an annual or one-time donation. The phone lines will be open at 425-564-5000. Or donate without having to speak to a human, at www.kbcs.fm.

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Tonight on "Straight, No Chaser," we celebrated John Coltrane's birthday in the most obvious manner, by listening to a few of his recordings:

John Coltrane -- "Bakai" -- Coltrane -- Prestige

John Coltrane -- "Cousin Mary" -- Afro-Blue Impressions -- Pablo

John Coltrane -- "Dear Old Stockholm" -- Impressions -- Impulse!

John Coltrane -- "Mr. Knight" -- The Heavyweight Champion -- Atlantic

John Coltrane -- "Jupiter" -- Interstellar Space -- Impulse!

John Coltrane -- "Out of This World" -- Live in Seattle -- Impulse!

John Coltrane -- "Route 4" -- Dakar -- Prestige

John Coltrane -- "Aisha" -- Olé Coltrane -- Atlantic

John Coltrane -- "The Damned Don't Cry" -- The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions -- Impulse!

John Coltrane -- "Amen" -- Sun Ship -- Impulse!

This was also Fund Drive week on KBCS. Thanks to the listeners who donated to the station during the the program, and also to John Pai and Brett Watanabe, who joined me in the studio to talk about community radio.

If you're interested, check out this and other KBCS shows at your convenience in the streaming audio archive at www.kbcs.fm. And if you have any comments about "Straight, No Chaser," please post them here or on the Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/StraightNoChaserOnKBCS.

[Utevsky]

I dedicated this week's program to my father, Fred Utevsky, and began it with a song for him. Then we listened to some of the artists who are appearing in this year's Earshot Jazz Festival, Oct. 1-Nov. 17 in and around Seattle. The dates and festival venues are noted in the playlist:

Horace Silver -- "Song For My Father" -- Song For My Father -- Blue Note

John Scofield -- "Mood Returns" -- A Moment's Peace -- EmArcy

[John Scofield's Uberjam, Triple Door, Oct. 2]

Industrial Revelation -- "Perfect Imperfection" -- Unreal Reality -- (self)

[industrial Revelation, Tula's, Oct. 1]

[industrial Revelation, Royal Room, Nov. 15]

Dayna Stephens -- "Smoking Gun" -- The Timeless Now -- CTA

[Dayna Stephens with Colin Stranahan & Ben Street, Royal Room, Oct. 4]

Omar Sosa -- "D'Son" -- Afreecanos -- Ota

[Omar Sosa Afri-Lectric Sextet, Kirkland Performance Center, Nov. 6]

Brad Mehldau Trio -- "Granada" -- Day Is Done -- Nonesuch

[brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana, Triple Door, Oct. 16]

Dave Douglas Quintet -- "Little Feet" -- Time Travel -- Greenleaf

[Dave Douglas Quintet, PONCHO Concert Hall, Oct. 12]

[Dave Douglas with Cuong Vu Trio & UW Jazz Students, Jones Playhouse Theatre, Nov. 9]

Yosvany Terry -- "Harlem Matinee" -- Today's Opinion -- Criss Cross

[Yosvany Terry Quintet, Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, Oct. 9]

George Colligan -- "Thought Police" -- Mad Science -- (self)

[George Colligan Organ Trio, Tula's, Oct. 18]

The Kora Band -- "Over-Caffeinated and Under-Fed" -- Cascades -- OA2

[The Kora Band, PONCHO Concert Hall, Nov. 3]

Dave King -- "Indelicate" -- Indelicate -- Sunnyside

[Chris Speed, Dave King & Chris Tordini Trio, PONCHO Concert Hall, Oct. 13]

Michael Bisio & Eyvind Kang -- "After The Break" -- MBEK -- Miniscus

[Jim Woodring & Eyvind Kang, featuring Bill Frisell, Meany Hall, Nov. 10]

Bill Frisell -- "Revolution" -- All We Are Saying... -- Savoy Jazz

[bill Frisell with Ted Poor & Luke Bergman, Jones Playhouse Theatre, Nov. 3]

[bill Frisell's Big Sur Quintet, Meany Hall, Nov. 10]

[Charles Lloyd & Friends with Bill Frisell, Town Hall, Nov. 17]

Cuong Vu 4-tet -- "Child-Like (for Vina)" -- Leaps of Faith -- Origin

[Edmonds-Woodway High School Jazz Band with Cuong Vu Trio, Edmonds-Woodway H.S., Oct. 8]

[Dave Douglas with Cuong Vu Trio & UW Jazz Students, Jones Playhouse Theatre, Nov. 9]

B'shnorkestra -- "Go To Orange" -- Go To Orange -- Present Sounds

[b'shnorkestra, Chapel Perfmance Space, Oct. 26]

Patricia Barber -- "Icarus" -- Mythologies -- Blue Note

[Patricia Barber, Town Hall, Oct. 26]

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

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Most of the artists we heard this week on "Straight, No Chaser" are appearing in the 2013 Earshot Jazz Festival. Their performance dates and venues are listed below. For more information about the Festival, go to www.earshot.org.

Steve Treseler -- "Look For The Silver Lining" -- Resonance -- (self)

-----[steve Treseler Group featuring Ingrid Jensen, Royal Room, Oct. 25]

Ingrid Jensen (with George Colligan) -- "Fallin'" -- Here On Earth -- Enja

-----[steve Treseler Group featuring Ingrid Jensen, Royal Room, Oct. 25]

-----[George Colligan Organ Trio, Tula's, Oct. 19 ]

Bill Anschell -- "Faster Than The Speed of Mildew" -- More To The Ear Than Meets The Eye -- Origin

-----[bill Anschell Quartet, Seattle Art Museum, Nov. 14]

Overton Berry Trio -- "Our Love Is Here To Stay" -- Live At Admiral -- Paradox

-----[Overton Berry, Royal Room, Nov. 15]

Chris Parker Trio -- "In A Capricornian Way" -- The Chris Parker Trio -- GPR (N)

Marc Copland -- "My Funny Valentine" -- Some More Love Songs -- Pirouet

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey (with Brian Haas) -- "The Man Who Adjusted Tonalities" -- We Sell Soul

-----[brian Haas & Scott Amendola, Royal Room, Nov. 1]

McTuff (with Skerik) -- "Seven Bullets" -- Volume 1 -- (self)

-----[McTuff, Tula's, Nov. 17]

-----[Peggy Lee, Skerik, Wayne Horvitz Trio, Royal Room, Oct. 18]

Chemical Clock -- "Neurotic Bricklayer" -- Chemical Clock -- Table & Chairs

-----[Chemical Clock, Royal Room, Nov. 1]

Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love -- "Open Too Close" -- Seven -- Smalltown Superjazz

-----[Ken Vandermark & Nate Wooley, PONCHO Concert Hall, Oct. 10]

-----[Peter Brötzmann & Paal Nilssen-Love, Royal Room, Nov. 16]

Bad Luck (Chris Icasiano & Neil Welch) -- "Pollock" -- Bad Luck -- Belle

-----[bad Luck, PONCHO Concert Hall, Oct. 13]

Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet (with Peggy Lee) -- "Way Out East" -- Way Out East -- Songlines

-----[Peggy Lee, Skerik, Wayne Horvitz Trio, Royal Room, Oct. 18]

Peggy Lee Band -- "Not A Wake Up Call" -- New Code -- Drip Audio

-----[Peggy Lee, Skerik, Wayne Horvitz Trio, Royal Room, Oct. 18]

Harrybu McCage -- "Evidence" -- Harrybu McCage -- (self)

Clifford Jordan & Ran Blake -- "Arline" -- Masters From Different Worlds -- Mapleshade

Terence Blanchard -- "Central Focus" & "Another Step" -- Magnetic -- Blue Note

As always, this program is available on demand for the next two weeks at www.kbcs.fm.

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This week, a nice long Revolutionary Ensemble piece and an early session with Burton Greene and Alan Silva were among the tracks we heard. Here is the playlist for October 14 on "Straight, No Chaser":

Sam Yahel Trio -- "Man O'War" -- Truth and Beauty -- Origin
David Murray Infinity Quartet -- "The Graduate" -- Be My Monster Love -- Motema
Courtney Pine -- "A Ragamuffin's Stance" -- The Vision's Tale -- Antilles

Craig Taborn Trio -- "Speak The Name" -- Chants -- ECM
Gene Ess -- "Descent" -- Fatal Attraction -- SIMP
Hermeto Pascoal e Grupo -- "Airan" -- Mundo Verde Esperança -- Selo Radio

Steve Lacy Quartet (with Charles Tyler) -- "One Fell Swoop" -- "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCSe Fell Swoop -- Silkheart
Mark Helias -- "Beau Regard" -- Attack The Future -- Enja
Vijay Iyer, Prasanna & Nitin Mitta -- "Gauntlet" -- Tirtha -- Fully Altered Media

The Revolutionary Ensemble -- "Ponderous Planets" -- The People's Republic -- Horizon
Didier Petit -- "Road Song" -- Don't Explain -- Buda Musique
Wadada Leo Smith's Organic -- "The Dhikr of Radiant Hearts, Part I" -- Heart's Reflections -- Cuneiform

Bill Evans (with orch. conducted by Claus Ogerman) -- "1st Movement, Part 2" -- Symbiosis -- Jazz Heritage
David Binney -- "Out of Airplanes" -- Out of Airplanes -- Mythology

The Free Form Improvisation Ensemble (with Burton Greene, Alan Silva) -- "Free Form Composition 3" -- The Free Form Improvsation Ensemble -- Cadence Jazz

ROVA -- "Preshrunk" -- Totally Spinning -- Black Saint

[Utevsky]

This week on "Straight, No Chaser" we caught up with some new releases and heard a stunning solo bass opus by William Parker. Here's the list:

Steve Turre -- "Shorter Bu" -- The Bones of Art -- Highnote (N)

Florian Hoefner Group -- "Countryside" -- Falling Up -- OA2 (N)

Hutchinson Andrew Trio (with Donny McCaslin) -- "The Realm - Part II" -- Prairie Modern -- Chromograph (N)

Ethan Iverson, Lee Konitz, Larry Grenadier & Jorge Rossy -- "It's You" -- Costumes Are Mandatory -- Highnote (N)

Samuel Blaser Consort in Motion -- "Color" -- A Mirror to Machaut -- Songlines (N)

Gordon Grdina / Mark Helias -- "Fierce Point" -- No Difference -- Songlines (N)

Mintz Trio -- "Dit" -- Mintz Trio -- Thirteenth Note (N)

Matthew Shipp -- "Blue To A Point" -- Piano Sutras (N)

Matt Mitchell -- "Brain Color" -- Fiction -- Pi (N)

William Parker -- "Cathedral Wisdom Light" -- At Somewhere There -- Barnyard

Michael Vlatkovich Quartet -- "Fools Drunks and Angels" -- You're Too Dimensional -- pfMentum (N)

Francois Houle & Havard Wiik -- "Earth / Sea" -- Aves -- Songlines (N)

[Utevsky]

Here is the music we consumed on "Straight, No Chaser" on October 28:

Mitchell Forman Trio² -- "Speedy" -- Patience -- Sanctuary

Jerry Hahn -- "The Method" -- Time Changes -- Enja

Foreign Motion -- "Until It Falls" -- In Flight -- (self) (N)

Francesco Bearzatti Bizart Trio -- "Virus" -- Virus -- Auand

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

Harris Eisenstadt -- "Especially Preposterous Assertions" -- Golden State -- Songlines (N)

Alessandro Stefana -- "Poste e Telgrafi Blues" -- Poste e Telegrafi -- Important

Plotz! The Kid -- "Encierro" -- Plotz! The Kid -- SNP

Oren Marshall and the Charming Transport Band -- "Dog Lead" -- Family Connections -- F-IRE

Les Projectionistes -- "Laïc Laiton" -- Copie Zéro -- Dame

Amir El Saffar -- "Quartal" -- Alchemy -- Pi (N)

Mobtown Modern Big Band -- "Ritual of Abduction" -- The Re-(W)rite of Spring -- Innova

Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Solar Arkestra -- "Watusa" -- Space Is The Place (Soundtrack) -- Evidence

Francois Tusques -- "Souvenir de l'oiseau" -- 1965, Francois Tusques, Free Jazz -- In Situ

Pandelis Karayorgis Trio -- "Lautir" -- Heart and Sack -- Leo

Roscoe Mitchell -- "Waves" -- Duets With Tyshawn Sorey and Special Guest Hugh Ragin -- Wide Hive

Bloom (Thollem McDonas, Rent Romus, Jon Brumit & Steven Baker) -- "Pollen" -- Bloom -- Edgetown

Grismore / Scea Group -- "Jack With A Beer Back" -- Just Play -- Accurate

J D Allen Trio -- "Pinyin" -- The Matador and The Bull -- Savant

Trio San Francisco -- "Lamps" -- Prisoners of Pleasure -- BVHaast

Kirk Knuffke Quartet -- "Truck" -- Bigwig -- Clean Feed

As always, you can hear streaming versions of these programs for two weeks at www.kbcs.fm.

[Utevsky]

This week's "Straight, No Chaser" started with a brief tribute to Frank Wess (1922-2013). Later on, we sampled some duos, including Jon Jang/David Murray, Mary Halvorson/Jessica Pavone and Anthony Braxton/Evan Parker. Here's the list:

John Coltrane & Frank Wess -- "Wheelin'" (take 2) -- Wheelin' and Dealin' -- Prestige

Frank Wess -- "Short Circuit" -- Tryin' to Make My Blues Turn Green -- Concord Jazz

Donny McCaslin -- "2nd Hour" -- Declaration -- Sunnyside

Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble -- "Mal-Lester" -- The Prairie Prophet -- Delmark

Pink Inc. (Alex Deutsch, George Garzone, Jamaladeen Tacuma) -- "New Frame" -- Pink Inc. -- DIW

Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone -- "Hyphen" -- Departure of Reason -- Thirsty Ear

Lounge Lizards -- "Queen Reprise" -- Queen of All Ears -- Strange & Beautiful Music

Michael Moore -- "Five Bits" -- Monitor -- Between The Lines

Anthony Braxton & Evan Parker -- "ParkBrax #5" -- Duo (London) 1993 -- Leo

United Brassworkers Front -- "Three Little Things" -- In Between Stories -- (self)

Tineke Postma -- "Off Minor" -- The Dawn of Light -- Challenge

Jon Jang & David Murray -- "Two Portraits of Capital Punishment" -- River of Life -- Asian Improv

Javier Vercher & Ferenc Nemeth -- "Giant Henge" -- Imaginary Realm -- Dreamers Collective (N)

Søren Kjærgaard -- "Abrahms' Paraphrase" -- Open Opus -- ILK

Naked City (John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz, Fred Frith, Joey Baron) -- "The Bitter and The Sweet" -- Radio -- Tzadik

Rob Mazurek Pulsar Quartet -- "Twister Uranus" -- Stellar Pulsations -- Delmark

Geri Allen -- "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" -- Grand River Crossings -- Motema (N)

If you weren't able to hear the show, check out the streaming version of "Straight, No Chaser" in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

[Utevsky]

On November 11 on "Straight, No Chaser," we honored drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson (1940-2013) with a few selections, heard Dizzy Gillespie stretch out with a great band, and consumed a raunchy Sonny Simmons track from 1966. Among these others, of course:

Chris Parker Trio -- "Love For Sale" -- The Chris Parker Trio -- GPR (N)

Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin, Milt Jackson, Tommy Flanagan) -- "Lover, Come Back To Me" -- At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 -- Pablo

Johnny Padilla -- "Jackals and Hounds" -- Bright Morning -- BP Music Production

Don Byron Quintet -- "Tuskegee Strutter's Ball" -- No-Vibe Zone -- Knitting Factory

Ben Goldberg, John Schott, Trevor Dunn & Kenny Wollesen -- "Shaw Nuff" -- Junk Genius -- Knitting Factory

Oliver Lake Quintet -- "Hat and Beard" -- Dedicated To Dolphy -- Black Saint

Phillip Johnston -- "The Dancer" -- Page of Madness -- Asynchronous

Vladimir Tarasov -- "Monotype VI" -- Atto II Monotypes -- Sonore

Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society -- "Thieves Market" -- Decode Yourself -- Island

Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society -- "Dream Caravan" -- Live at the Caravan of Dreams -- Caravan of Dreams

Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition -- "You Talk Too Much" -- Apti -- Innova

Sonny Simmons -- "Interplanetary Travelers" -- Staying on the Watch -- ESP

Ornette Coleman (with Ronald Shannon Jackson) -- "Home Grown" -- Body Meta -- Artists House

Plunge -- "Just Like Alice" -- Falling With Grace -- Accurate

Sticks and Stones -- "End of the Game" -- Sticks and Stones -- 482 Music

If you miss a show on KBCS, you can dial it up on your computer for two weeks after the broadcast date. Just look for the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

[Utevsky]

On "Straight, No Chaser" this week, we noted the passing of Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre with a strong dose of his music. The playlist:

Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra -- "St. Louis Blues" -- The Complete Solid State Recordings -- Mosaic -- 1968

David Budway -- "Strike Up The Band" -- A New Kiss -- MaxJazz -- 2009

Jenny Scheinman -- "American Dipper" -- Shalagaster -- Tzadik -- 2003

Wallace Roney -- "Is That So?" -- Understanding -- Highnote -- 2012

Harris Eisenstadt -- "It Is Never Safe To Be" -- Golden State -- Songlines -- 2012 (N)

Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre -- "Ram's Run" -- Ram's Run -- Cadence Jazz -- 1981

Kalaparush and the Light -- "Symphony No. 1" -- Morning Song -- Delmark -- 2003

Maurice McIntyre -- "Humility in the Light of the Creator" -- Humility in the Light of the Creator -- Delmark -- 1969

Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre Quartet -- "N° 39" -- Peace and Blessings -- Black Saint -- 1979

Kalaparusha (Maurice McIntyre) -- "Ananda" -- Forces and Feelings -- Delmark -- c. 1972

Scott Fields Ensemble -- "When it comes time to hang the Capitalists, they shall be found bidding on the rope" -- Five Frozen Eggs -- 1996

Giancarlo Tossani Synapser -- "Beauty So Different" -- Coherent Deformation -- Auand -- 2006

Matt Mitchell -- "Wanton Eon" -- Fiction -- Pi -- 2012 (N)

Maurice McIntyre -- "Suite: Ensemble Fate" -- Humility in the Light of the Creator -- Delmark -- 1969

Kenny Garrett -- "Rotation" -- Pushing The World Away -- Mack Avenue -- c. 2013 (N)

Edited November 19, 2013 by David Utevsky

[Utevsky]

I've been away from "Straight, No Chaser" for a few weeks. Thanks to Brett Watanabe and John Midgley for stepping in to play some fine jazz for you. Brett was the guest host on November 25. Here is the music Brett played:

Big Neighborhood – “Anthem for Jolyon Wagg” – 11:11

Deardorf/Peterson Group – “Ana Maria” – Waltzes, Two-Steps & Other Matters of the Heart

George Colligan – “Song for the Tarahumera” – The Endless Mysteries (N)

Ettore Fioravanti – “Oscillando” – Belcanto

Jaco Pastorius – “Used to Be a Cha-Cha” – Jaco Pastorius

Operation I.D. – “Different People’s Perception of the Same Thing” – Legs

Kenny Barron & Regina Carter – “Freefall” – Freefall

Michael Vlatkovich Quartet – “Blue Peppers” – You’re Too Dimensional (N)

Bebop and Destruction – “Round Trip / Broadways Blues / Song X” – The Kingdome Album

Kris Davis – “Dancing Marlins” – Massive Threads (N)

Wayne Horvitz & the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble – “Daylight” – Wayne Horvitz & the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble (N)

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Next, John Midgley hosted the program on December 2. He had some powerful pieces on his playlist:

Luis Perdomo -- "Three Card Molly" -- Links

Charlie Haden with Paul Motian & Geri Allen -- "Blues in Motian" -- Etudes

Rudresh Mahanthappa -- "Ballad For Troubled Times" -- Gamak

Rudresh Mahanthappa -- "Stay I" -- Gamak

Wayne Shorter Quartet -- "SS Golden Mean" -- Without A Net

Roy Haynes -- "Question and Answer" -- The Roy Haynes Trio feat. Danilo Perez

Yosvany Terry -- "Inner Speech" -- Today's Opinion

Horace Tapscott -- "Inspiration of Silence" -- Aiee! The Phantom

Grachan Moncur III -- "Thandiwa" -- Mosaic Select 1

Andrew Hill -- "Ocho Rios" (Second Version) -- Mosaic Select 16

McCoy Tyner -- "The Wanderer" -- Extensions

Larry Young -- "The Moontrane" -- Unity

Gato Barbieri & Abdullah Ibrahim -- "Hamba Khale" -- Hamba Khale!

Ben Goldberg -- "Possible" -- Subatomic Particle Homesick Blues

The Tiptons Sax Quartet -- "Anthem" -- Laws of Motion

John Coltrane -- "Olé" -- Olé Coltrane

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Then Brett Watanabe returned on December 9 with a show that emphasized new releases:

Brian Gephart -- "Disposition" -- Standing On Two Feet (N)

Tom Harrell -- "Blues 2013" -- Colors of A Dream (N)

Ralph Alessi, Jason Moran, Drew Gress, Nasheet Waits -- "Chuck Barris" -- Baida (N)

Marc Cary's Focus Trio -- "Ready Or Not" -- Four Directions (N)

Samuel Blaser Consort In Motion -- "Color" -- A Mirror To Machaut (N)

Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow -- "Vashkar" -- Trios (N)

Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra -- "Spend Every Dime" -- City of Neighborhoods

Amir ElSaffar -- "Ishtarum" -- Alchemy (N)

Mintz Quartet -- "Ugly Beautiful" -- Mintz Quartet (N)

Myra Melford Extended Ensemble -- "La Mesquita Suite" -- Even The Sounds Shine

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When I have to be away on Monday night, I believe I leave you in good jazz-hands when my friends Jon and Brett (and others) come in to substitute.

Please stop by the audio archive at the KBCS website and listen to the two most recent shows.

[Utevsky]

This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we celebrated the long and bountiful jazz careers of Jim Hall (1930-2013) and Chico Hamilton (1921-2013):

Jim Hall -- "Careful" -- ...Where Would I Be? -- Milstone -- 1971

Jim Hall -- "João" -- Dedications & Inspirations -- Telarc -- 1993

Jim Hall -- "Scrapple From The Apple" -- Jim Hall Live! -- Horizon -- 1975

Jimmy Giuffre 3 (with Jim Hall) -- "That's The Way It Is" -- The Jimmy Giuffre 3 -- Atlantic -- 1956

Chico Hamilton Quintet (with Jim Hall) -- "Spectacular" -- Chico Hamilton Quintet -- World Pacific -- 1955

Jim Hall--Ron Carter Duo -- "Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise" -- Alone Together -- Milestone -- 1972

Jim Hall -- "Quadrologue" -- Textures -- Telarc -- 1996

Jim Hall (with John Scofield)-- "Sanctity" -- Jim Hall and Friends Live At Town Hall, Vol. 2 -- Musicmasters -- 1990

Jim Hall -- "Down The Line" -- Commitment -- A&M -- 1976

Jim Hall & Enrico Pieranunzi -- "Duologue 3" -- Duologues -- CamJazz -- 2004

Jim Hall -- "All The Things You Are" -- Hallmarks--The Best of Jim Hall -- Telarc

Jim Hall & Red Mitchell -- "Osaka Express" -- Jim Hall / Red Mitchell -- Artists House -- 1978

Bill Evans & Jim Hall -- "Turn Out The Stars" -- Intermodulation -- Verve -- 1966

Chico Hamilton and Euphoria -- "Mandrake" -- My Panamanian Friend -- Soul Note -- 1992

The New Amazing Chico Hamilton Quintet -- "Passin' Thru" -- Passin' Thru -- Impulse! -- 1962

Chico Hamilton -- "Lu Tu" -- Heritage -- Joyous Shout -- 2005

Chico Hamilton Quintet -- "Far East" -- Gongs East! -- Discovery -- 1958

Chico Hamilton -- "Fire Works" -- Chic Chic Chico -- Impulse! -- 1965

Chico Hamilton -- "Just Play The Melody" -- Junflip -- Joyous Shout -- 2003

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This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we continued to honor Chico Hamilton and heard some new releases, including a new CD by Tim Berne's Snakeoil:

Frank Wess Orchestra -- "Rink Rat" -- Entre Nous -- Concord Jazz -- 1990

Oliver Nelson With Eric Dolphy -- "Straight Ahead" -- Straight Ahead -- Prestige New Jazz -- 1961

Jazz Combustion Uprising -- "Cupcake Flavor Profile" -- Self-Immolation -- (self) -- ~ 2013 (N)

Travis Shook and the Club Wow -- "Enlightenment" -- Wavelength Infinity--A Sun Ra Tribute -- Rastascan -- ~ 1994

John Zorn / Bill Frisell, Carol Emanuel & Kenny Wollesen -- "America, A Prophecy" -- In Lambeth--Visions of the Walled Garden of William Blake -- Tzadik

Chico Hamilton -- "A Trip" -- The Dealer -- Impulse! -- ~ 1966

Chico Hamilton -- "Mallet Dance" -- Man From Two Worlds -- Impulse! -- 1963

Chico Hamilton -- "Could Be" -- Thoughts Of... -- Koch Jazz -- 2002

Chico Hamilton -- "Forestorn" -- Forestorn -- Koch Jazz -- 2000/2001

Chico Hamilton Trio -- "Tickle Toe" -- Live @ Artpark -- Joyous Shout! -- 1994

Kris Davis -- "Massive Threads" -- Massive Threads -- Thirsty Ear -- 2012 (N)

Harris Eisenstadt -- "It Is Never Safe To Be" -- Golden State -- Songlines -- 2012 (N)

Kali Z. Fasteau with William Parker -- "Vitesse" -- An Alternate Universe -- Flying Note -- 1991

Tim Berne's Snakeoil -- "Socket" -- Shadow Man -- ECM -- 2013 (N)

Gebhard Ullmann -- "Gospel" -- Essencia -- Between The Lines -- 1999

Rent Romus' Lords of Outland -- "If Ornette Grew Cacti" -- You'll Never Be The Same -- Jazzheads -- 1995

Samuel Blaser Consort in Motion -- "Complainte: Tels rit au main qui au soir pleure" -- A Mirror to Machaut -- Songlines -- 2013 (N)

Here's hoping your holidays are filled with good music!

[Utevsky]

This week's "Straight, No Chaser" began with "My Favorite Things," my personal New Year's anthem. The remainder of the show was a tribute to Yusef Lateef (1920-2013):

John Coltrane -- "My Favorite Things" -- My Favorite Things -- Atlantic -- 1960

Yusef Lateef -- "Space" -- Jazz For The Thinker -- Savoy Jazz -- 1957

Yusef Lateef -- "Number 7" -- Live At Pep's -- Impulse! -- 1964

Yusef Lateef -- "The Three Faces of Balal" -- Eastern Sounds -- Prestige -- 1061

Yusef Lateef -- "See Line Woman" -- The Complete Yusef Lateef -- Atlantic

Yusef Lateef -- "Morning" -- Jazz Mood -- Savoy Jazz -- 1957

Yusef Lateef -- "Woodward Avenue" -- Yusef Lateef's Detroit -- Atlantic -- 1969

Yusef Lateef & Adam Rudolph -- "Southside" -- Towards The Unknown -- Yal -- 2009

Yusef Lateef & Adam Rudolph -- "Kampong" -- Live In Seattle -- Yal -- 1999

Yusef Lateef & Adam Rudolph -- "Sun Cup" -- Beyond The Sky -- Yal -- 2000

Yusef Lateef -- "2nd Movement: Transmutation" -- The African-American Epic Suite -- ACT -- 1993

Yusef Lateef -- "While On Earth" -- Nocturnes -- Atlantic -- 1989

Yusef Lateef -- "Revelation" -- The Centaur and The Phoenix" -- Riverside -- 1960

Yusef Lateef -- "Symphonic Blues Suite, Third Movement: Blues (Twelve Measure Form) & Variational Interlude" -- Suite 16 -- Atlantic 00 1970

Yusef Lateef & Adam Rudolph -- "Percussion Concerto (For Adam Rudolph), Second Movement" -- Towards The Unknown -- Yal -- 2009

Yusef Lateef -- "Brother" -- The Complete Yusef Lateef -- Atlantic

I hope your 2014 is filled with good music!