"Straight, No Chaser" Playlists

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Here is the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on January 6:

Herb Silverstein -- "Chilly Summer" -- Monday Morning -- (self) -- rel. 2013 (N)

Ian O'Beirne -- "Sapporo" -- Glasswork -- (self) -- 2012 (N)

Bobby Broome Quartet -- "Pent-Up House" -- No Hype Blues -- Criss Cross -- 1995

Anthony Cox -- "Conclusion / Beginning" -- Dark Metals -- Antilles -- 1991

Carlo De Rosa's Cross-Fade -- "Headbanger's Bawl" -- Brain Dance -- Cuneiform -- 2009

Misako Kano Quartet -- "Dedication" -- Watch Out -- Knitting Factory -- 1996

Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce -- "Blue Lights" -- When Farmer Met Gryce -- Prestige -- 1955

Thelonious Monk & Gerry Mulligan -- "Decidedly" -- Mulligan Meets Monk -- Riverside -- 1957

Louis Hayes -- "Jack's Tune" -- The Real Thing -- 32 Jazz -- 1977

Miles Davis -- "High Speed Chase" -- Doo-Bop -- Columbia -- c. 1991

Berne, Black & Cline -- "The Barbarella Syndrome" -- The Veil -- Cryptogramophone -- 2009

Splatter Trio -- "We Are Ordinary, C'mere" -- Anagrams -- Rastascan -- 1991

Sticks and Stones -- "Usetosay" -- Sticks and Stones -- 482 Music -- rel. 2002

Michael Vlatkovich Quartet -- "The Static Equilibrium of the Values of Savagery" -- You're Too Dimensional -- pfMentum -- 2013

Tri-Dim + Jim O'Rourke & Barry Guy -- "04" -- 2 + 2 -- Sofa -- 2001

Nelly Pouget -- "Respiration" -- Le Dire -- Minuit-- 1991

United Brassworkers Front -- "Fantasy For Fred" -- In Between Stories -- (self) -- 2005

Albert Mangelsdorff & Lee Konitz -- "Bloas" -- Art of the Duo -- Enja -- 1983

Next Monday, January 13, Megan Sullivan will be your guest host on "Straight, No Chaser."

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On January 13, guest host Megan Sullivan pulled out some classics for a great edition of "Straight, No Chaser." Thanks to Megan for sitting in!

Oliver Nelson -- "Stolen Moments" -- Blues and the Abstract Truth

Joe Henderson -- "Our Thing" -- Our Thing

Ahmad Jamal -- "Ahmad's Blues" -- Ahmad's Blues

Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane -- "Why Was I Born?" -- Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane

Clifford Brown -- "Wail Bait" (alt. take) -- Clifford Brown Memorial Album

McCoy Tyner -- "May Street" -- The Definitive McCoy Tyner

Blue Note 7 -- "Mosaic" -- Mosaic: A Celebration of Blue Note

Herbie Hancock -- "Maiden Voyage" -- Maiden Voyage

Wayne Shorter -- "Speak No Evil" -- Footprints: The Life and Music of Wayne Shorter

Joe Chambers -- "Catta" -- The Almorivid

Bebo Valdes -- "Danza N^a 1" -- Bebo de Cuba

Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band -- "Fe Fi Fo Fum" -- Earthdance

Yusef Lateef - "Plum Blossom" -- Eastern Sounds

Charles Mingus -- "Boogie Stop Shuffle" -- Mingus Ah Um

Miles Davis -- "Milestones" -- Cool and Collected: The Very Best of Miles Davis

Terence Blanchard -- "Magnetic" -- Magnetic

Bill Frisell -- "1968" -- Unspeakable

New Directions -- "Tom Thumb" -- New Directions

Like all KBCS shows, this can be heard any time for two weeks after broadcast in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

This coming Monday, January 20, I'll be doing the annual tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on "Straight, No Chaser." In the near future, I'll pay respects to Amira Baraka and Roy Campbell, Jr.

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This week on "Straight, No Chaser," several of the tunes were selected to honor Martin Luther King, Jr., on his holiday. One was chosen to honor the Seattle Seahawks and their fans. Here's the playlist:

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

Bobby Watson & The "I Have A Dream" Project -- "The Triad (Martin, Malcolm, Gandhi)" -- Check Cashing Day -- (self) -- rel. 2013 (N)
Charlie Haden & The Liberation Music Orchestra -- "Spiritual (dedicated to Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers & Malcolm X)" -- Dream Keeper -- Blue Note -- 1990

Herbie Hancock -- "I Have A Dream" -- The Prisoner -- Blue Note -- 1969

The Blue Note 7 -- "Search For Peace" -- Mosaic -- Blue Note -- 2008

Noah Baerman -- "Montgomery, 1956" -- Soul Force -- Lemel -- rel. 2005

Fareed Haque & The Flat Earch Ensemble -- "Fur Peace" -- Flat Planet -- 2009

Ralph Alessi -- "Peace" -- Vice & Virtue -- RKM Music -- 1999

Jason Moran -- "Say Peace" -- Black Stars -- Blue Note -- 2001

Mario Pavone -- "Freedom Song" -- Toulon Days -- New World -- rel. 1992

Wadada Leo Smith -- "Martin Luther King, Jr.: Memphis, The Prophecy" -- Ten Freedom Summers -- Cuneiform -- 2011

Saxophone Summit (Michael Brecker, Dave Liebman & Joe Lovano) -- "The 12th Man" -- Gathering of Spirits -- Telarc

Scenes -- "Spectrum" -- . . . But Not Heard -- Origin -- 2013 (N)

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Thanks to guest host Jonathan Lawson, who filled in for me on "Straight, No Chaser" on January 27. He and John Seman are the alternative hosts of "Flotation Device," an excellent program featuring modern improvised and experiemental music, aired Sundays from 10 p.m. to midnight on KBCS. Here is the music Jonathan played:

Matana Roberts -- "Amma Jerusalem School" -- Coin Coin Chapter Two

Mary Halvorson Trio -- "Existential Tearings (No. 44)" -- Ghost Loop

Jimmy Giuffre 3 -- "The Lonely Time" -- Newport 1958

Stebmo -- "Holding Pattern" -- Stebmo

William Parker & Raining On The Moon -- "Boom Boom Bang Bang" -- Wood Flute Songs

Phillip Greenlief and Covered Pages -- "Last Night On The Neva" -- Russian Notebooks

Fred Anderson -- "Aaron"s Tune" -- Fred Anderson / DKV Trio

Devorah Day -- Lila -- Light of Day

Angelica Sanchez & Wadada Leo Smith -- "Ultimate Causes" -- Twine Forest

Dave Douglas -- "Bury Me Standing" -- Mountain Passages

Syrinx Effect -- "Wanting" -- (Live at Seamonster)

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

Trio Hurricane -- "Initiation" -- Live At Fire In The Valley

Wally Shoup Trio -- "Black Tusk" -- Fusillades and Lamentations

Reptet -- "Harpo" -- Do This!

Marilyn Crispell -- "Prayer" -- Amaryllis

I'm planning to play recordings by the late Roy Campbell, Jr., and maybe some with Imiri Baraka, on upcoming shows.

If you are a jazz musician and if you think your music would fit in with what I play on this program, consider sending your CDs to the Music Director at KBCS, or specifically to "Straight, No Chaser" at the station. The mailing address is KBCS Radio, 3000 Landerholm Circle S.E., Bellevue, WA 98007-6406.

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This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we listened to recordings by the avant garde trumpet player Roy Campbell, Jr. (1952-2014) and jazz poet Amiri Baraka (1934-2014). The show started with guitarist Joe Morris, who is appearing in the Seattle Improvised Music Festival this week, February 6, 7, and 8 in the Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center. Here is the playlist:

Joe Morris -- "Patterns On Faces" -- Camera-- ESP-Disk -- 2010

Marc Ribot (with Roy Campbell) -- "Saints" -- Spiritual Unity -- Pi -- 2004

Roy Campbell Quartet -- "Ode For Mr. DC" -- It's Krunch Time -- Thirsty Ear -- 2001

Other Dimensions In Music (with Roy Campbell) -- "Dawn" -- Now! -- AUM Fidelity -- 1997

New York Art Quartet (with Amiri Baraka) -- "Seek Light At Once" -- 35th Reunion -- DIW -- 1999

Roy Campbell Ensemble -- "Pharoah's Revenge Part 2" -- Akhenaten Suite -- AUM Fidelity -- c. 2007

Other Dimensions In Music Special Quintet with Matthew Shipp (with Roy Campbell) -- "7" -- Time Is Of The Essence Is Beyond Time -- AUM Fidelity -- 1997

Amiri Baraka -- "Black Dada Nihilismus" -- New York Art Quartet -- EDP-Disk -- 1964

Matthew Shipp Quartet (with Roy Campbell) -- "Inner Order" -- Pastoral Composure -- Thirsty Ear -- 2000

Roy Campbell -- "Thanks To The Creator" -- New Kingdom -- Delmark -- 1991

Roy Campbell Pyramid Trio -- "Impressions of Yokohama" -- Ethnic Stew And Brew -- Delmark -- 2000

Hugh Ragin (with Amiri Baraka) -- "When Sun Ra Gets Blue" -- An Afternoon In Harlem -- Justin Time -- 1998

Next Monday night, we'll be raising money for KBCS in our quarterly fund drive. Please tune in on February 10 and give what you can to support jazz on your community radio station. You can pledge by calling (425) 564-5000 or by going to the website, www.kbcs.fm.

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Sorry for the late publication; I’ve had computer problems. Last Monday evening (February 10), I was joined by John Pai and Brett Watanabe for the KBCS quarterly fund drive. This is the music we heard on “Straight, No Chaser,” sandwiched between our appeals for your support:

Dafnis Prieto – “Just Say It” – Taking The Soul For A Walk – Dafnison Music – 2007

Dave Holland Octet – “Wind Dance” – Pathways – Dare2 – 2009

Matt Wilson – “Turn, Turn, Turn” – Going Once, Going Twice – Palmetto – 1997 – (in honor of Pete Seeger)

Josh Deutsch’s Pannonia – “Ramekins” – Another Time, Another Place – Alternate Side – 2012 (N)

Clifford Jordan – “Goodnight Irene” – These Are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly – Atlantic – 1965 – (in honor of Pete Seeger and The Weavers)

Michael Musillami Trio + 4 – “Piazzola On The Porch” – Mettle – Playscape – 2011

Andrew Hill – “Euterpe” (alternate take) – Pax – Blue Note – 1965

Greg Ward – “V.S. 4” – Greg Ward’s Phonic Juggernaut – Thirsty Ear – 2011

Richard Bliwas Trio – “The Stirring” – Nine – Rising Rose – rel. 2012

Joe Morris, John Voigt & Tom Plsek – “Gold Drop #2” – MVP LSD: The Graphic Scores of Lowell Skinner Davidson – Riti – rel. 2008

Lowell Davidson Trio – “L” – Lowell Davidson Trio – ESP-Disk – 1965

Matt Mitchell – “Ohm Nuggets” – Fiction – Pi – 2012

Steve Coleman and Five Elements – “Air-Imori” – The Mancy of Sound – Pi – 2007

Matthias Spillmanns – “Fliegen Früher” – Mats-Up “5” – Unit – 2008

Fareed Haque – “Srishti” – Trance Hypothesis – Delmark – rel. 2013

Thanks to the listeners who contributed to KBCS during the fund drive. Tonight (February 17), Brett Watanabe will sit in for me on “Straight, No Chaser.” Enjoy the music!

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Thanks to Brett Watanabe for hosting “Straight, No Chaser” on February 17. Here is the music Brett played:

Matt Wilson Quartet + John Medeski – “Pumpkin’s Delight” – Gathering Call (N)

Tord Gustavsen Quartet – “The Prodigal Song” – Extended Circle (N)

Jeremy Pelt – “Glimpse” – Face Forward, Jeremy (N)

Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band – “Return of the Prodigal Son” – Season of Changes

Terence Blanchard – “Time To Spare” – Magnetic

Pat Metheny Unity Group – “Rise Up” – Kin (N)

Jack Walrath & Hard Corps – “Bouncin’ With Ballholzka” – Journey Man

Gebhard Ullmann – “Almost Twenty-Eight” – Kreuzberg Park East

Marilyn Crispell – “Chant” – Live In Berlin

Peter Evans & Raleigh Dailey – “Spiffle” – Measure From Zero (N)

1032K – “Ecclusiastics Intro” – That Which Is Planted (N)

Joe Morris, Nate McBride & Jerome Deupree – “Stare Into A Lightbulb For Three Years” -- Antennae

Edited February 18, 2014 by David Utevsky

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Here are the tunes we heard on “Straight, No Chaser” on February 24:

Sonny Rollins – “Swingin’ for Bumsy” – Moving Out – Prestige – 1954

Johnny Griffin – “Smoke Stack” – A Blowin’ Session – Prestige – 1957

Steve Briggs – “Nihonmachi” – Panama Hotel Jazz – Hip City – rel. 2013

Enrico Pieranunzi – “Permutation” – Permutation – CamJazz – 2009

McCoy Tyner – “Impressions” – Trident – Milestone – 1975

Ben Wendel – “Jean and Renata” – Frame – Sunnyside – 2011

Curtis Hasselbring – “Make Anchor Babies” – Number Stations – Cuneiform – 2012

Ken Aldcroft’s Convergence Ensemble – “X Marks The Spot” – Saskatoon – Trio – 2007

Ivo Perelman Trio with Rory Stuart – “Ivocation” – Revelation – CIMP – 1996

Kahil El’Zabar’s Ritual Trio (with Dwight Trible) – “Footprints” – Follow The Sun – Delmark – 2013

Mark Taylor – “Kennebrew’s Dance” – QuietLand – Mapleshade – rel. 1997

Steven Lugerner – “Up From The Land” – For We Have Heard – Primary – rel. 2013

Dave Douglas (with Frankfurt Radio Big Band) – “Blockbuster” – A Single Sky – Green Leaf – 2009

Charles Tolliver Big Band – “Hit The Spot” – With Love – Blue Note – 2006

Rudresh Mahanthappa – “Further And In Between” – Codebook – Pi – 2006

Clarinet Trio – “Homogenous Emotions” – 4 – Leo – 2011

Toshinori Kondo & Evan Parker – “Xenon” – The Social / Science Set – Beak Doctor – 1980

Ziya Tabassian – “Seul devant soi” – Tombak -- Ambiances Magnetiques – 2005

Bassekoa Kouyate, Elindes Ochoa & Toumani Diabate – “Guantanamera” – Afrocubism – Nonesuch – rel. 2010

Meanwhile, on February 23 I sat in as guest host for KBCS’s most avant garde program, “Flotation Device,” brought to you by John Seman and Jonathan Lawson Sundays from 10 p.m. to midnight. It is available, as are most KBCS programs, in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm. Here are the selections I played on “Flotation Device”:

Javier Vercher & Ferenc Nemeth – “Circles in the Sky” – Imaginary Realm – Dreamers Collective – 2011

Rampersaud Shaw Martin Neal Krakowiak – “Little Bird Told Me So” – Halcyon Science – Barnyard – 2010

McDonas, Romas, Brubit & Baker – “Chandelier” – BLOOM – Edgetone – 2006

Ratchet Orchestra – “Hemlock” (parts 1 & 2) – Hemlock – Drip Audio – 2011

Travis LaPlante – “Five Points” – Heart Protector – Skirl – 2010

Willem Breuker & Han Bennink – “Singing The Impalpable Blues” – New Acoustic Swing Duo – ICP – 1967

Trapist – “Mile” – Highway My Friend – Hat Hut – 2000

Splatter Trio – “Islam In Berdoo” – The Splatter Trio – Ratascan – 1989

Not Missing Drums Project – “Nach dieser Aufregung” – Offline Adventures – Leo Lab – 1997

Evan Parker & The Transatlantic Art Ensemble – “Furrow 6” – Boustrophedon (in Six Furrows) – ECM – 2007

Wadada Leo Smith & TUMO – “The Bell—2” – Occupy The World – TUM – 2012

Claudia Quintet – “12th Coping Song” – September – Cuneiform – 2013

UNSK – “Anat” – Tidszon – Creative Sources – 2003

Vladimir Tarasov – “Monotype VI” – Atto II Monotypes – Sonore – 1986

Black Host – “Amsterdam / Frames” – Life in the Sugar Candle Mines” – Northern Spy – rel. 2013

Not Missing Drums Project – “Ganz, zerbrochen, geklebt” – Offline Adventures – Leo Lab – 1997

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Here is the music we heard on “Straight, No Chaser” on March 3:

Percy Heath – “Century Rag” – A Love Song – Daddy Jazz – 2002

Earl Hines – “Satin Doll” – Earl Hines Plays Duke Ellington, Volume 2 – New World –1971

Lee Morgan – “The Double Up” – Charisma – Blue Note – 1966

Yaron Herman Trio – “Trylon” – Follow The White Rabbit – ACT – 2010

Chris Parker Trio – “Love For Sale” – The Chris Parker Trio – GPR – 2013

Bebop Trio – “Boa” – Bebop Trio – Creative Nation – 2007

Ben Holmes Quartet – “Nada vs. Armitage” – Anvil of the Lord – Skirl – 2011

Ralph Alessi and This Against That – “A Dollar In Your Shoe” – Wiry Strong – Clean Feed – 2008

Dave King Trucking Company – “When In North Dakota” – Adopted Highway – Sunnyside – rel. 2013

Barry Altschul – “Martin’s Stew” – The 3Dom Factor – TUM – 2012

Mary Halvorson Septet – “Smiles of Great Men (no. 34)” – Illusionary Sea – Firehouse 12 – rel. 2013

Rudresh Mahanthappa – “We’ll Make More” – Gamak – ACT – rel. 2013

Sticks and Stones – “Hannibul” – Sticks and Stones – 492 Music – rel. 2002

Peter Evans & Raleigh Dailey – “End, Middle, Beginning” – Measure From Zero – Llama – 2013 (N)

Jimmy Lyons – “After You Left B” – Push Pull – Hat Hut – 1978

Gebhard Ullmann – “D. Nee-No” – Tá Lam – 99 – 1991

Paolo Sorge & The Jazz Waiters – “Clessidra” – Slow Food – Improvisatore Involuntario – 2007

Regina Carter – “Trampin’” – Southern Comfort – Masterworks – rel. 2013

On March 2, I was the substitute host for “Flotation Device” on KBCS. Here are the musical selections from that program:

Julian Priester & Sam Rivers – “The New System” – Hints on Light and Shadow – Postcards – 1996

Paolo Angeli & Antonello Salis – “Carta d’imbarco” – MA.RI – Auand – 2002

Third Ear Band – “Dragon Lines” – Alchemy – Harvest

Nathan Hubbard Skeleton Key Orchestra – “Track 2 (for AB)” – Trummerflora: Rubble 2 – Accretions

Maurice Horsthuis’ Jargon – “Rit” – Elastic – Datarecords

Gerry Hemingway – “Circus” – Chamber Music – Tzadik – 1999

Acting Trio – “Acting No. 13” – Acting Trio – BYG

Michael Bisio – “MI” – Travel Music – (self) – 2010

The Social / Science Set – “Lexeme” – The Social / Science Set – Beak Doctor – 1980

Anthony Braxton – “JMK-730 CFN-7” – Alto Saxophone Improvisations 1979 – Arista – 1978

Spring Heel Jack – “Inlet” – The Sweetness of the Water” – Thirsty Ear – rel. 2004

Muhal Richard Abrams (composer) – The Janáček Philarmonic – “Mergertone” – Spectrum – Mutable – rel. 2009

Ursel Schlicht & Hans Tammen – “Werkstatt 1” – Statements – Hybrid

Johnny La Marama – “Your Jazz Is Dead” – Your Jazz Is Dead – Traumton

Jay Roulston – “Apparition” – Monkey Mind Control – Conduit – 2002

John O’Gallagher – “Olo’s” – Rules of Invisibility Vol. 2 – CIMP -- 2004

Give these programs a listen in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

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This week after my show ended I stayed on the air and substituted for John Pai on his program “Giant Steps” (Monday nights 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. on KBCS), so there are two playlists in this post. Of course, both shows are available on demand in the KBCS audio archive on the station's website.

Next week (March 17), John Midgley will be your guest host on “Straight, No Chaser.”

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

Anton Schwartz – “The Contender” – Flash Mob – AntonJazz – 2013 (N)

[Anton Schwartz is at the Jazz Alley in Seattle this Tuesday and Wednesday, March 11 & 12.]

Matt Wilson Quartet + John Medeski – “Some Assembly Required” – Gathering Call – Palmetto – 2013 (N)

Nir Felder – “Memorial” – Golden Age – Okeh – rel. 2014 (N)

Robert Hurst – “C-Ya” – One For Namesake – DIW – 1993

Charles Mingus Quintet – “Love Chant” – The Charles Mingus Quintet + Max Roach – Debut – 1955

Chris Clark – “Inside The Gloves” – Cedar Wisely – Songlines – 2011

Scenes – “Fast” – Scenes . . . But Not Heard – Origin – 2013 (N)

Trio Shalva – “Eleanor Rigby” – Breeze – (self) – 2013 (N)

Blue Cranes – “Awesome Hawk” – Homing Patterns – (self) – 2008

NYNDK – “Voyage Into the Golden Screen” – The Hunting of the Snark – Jazzheads – 2008

10^32K (with Ku-umba Frank Lacy) – “Midnight Sun” – That Which Is Planted – Passin’ Thru – rel. 2013 (N)

Matana Roberts – “Song For Eulalie” – Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de Couleur Libres – Constellation – 2010

Sonic Liberation Front – “Voices” – Water and Stone – Eye Dog – 2000

Hafez Modirzadeh – “Facet Seventeen” – Post-Chromodal Out! – Pi – 2012

Gunter Baby Sommer – “Yo Yo Yo” – Live in Jerusalem – Kadima Collective – 2009

Matija Dedić – “Uncle M” – Sentiana – (self) – 2012 (N)

Now, here is the second playlist for “Giant Steps”:

John Coltrane Quartet – “Africa” (alternate take) – The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions – Impulse! – 1961

David Haney Trio – “Cardboard Watch Dog” – Blues Royale – CIMP – 2006

Bobby Avey – “P.Y.T.” – Be Not So Long To Speak – Minsi Ridge – 2011

Terry Klinefelter – Zingaro – Vectordisc – 2012

Sam Boshnack Quintet – “Dormant” – Exploding Syndrome – (self) – rel. 2014 (N)

Barry Altschul – “Oops” – The 3Dom Factor – TUM – 2012 (N)

Paul Motian – “Pennies From Heaven” – Paul Motian on Broadway Vol. 3 – Winter & Winter – 1991

Butch Morris – “The Bartok Comprovisation” – Dust To Dust – New World – 1990

Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Electro Acoustic Ensemble – “Space Between” – Space Between – Delmark – 2013 (N)

Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd – “Costume” – Holding It Down: The Veterans’ Dreams Project – Pi – 2012

Wadada Leo Smith & TUMO (Todella Uuden Musiikin Orkesteri) – “Occupy The World For Life, Liberty and Justice” – Occupy The World – TUM – 2012 (N)

Dave Douglas (with Frankfurt Radio Bigband) – “Campaign Trail” – A Single Sky – Green Leaf Music – 2009

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Thanks to John Midgley for sitting in last week, March 17, on "Straight, No Chaser." Here are the tunes John played:

Wayne Shorter -- "Armageddon" -- Night Dreamer

McCoy Tyner -- "Passion Dance" -- The Real McCoy

Art Tatum -- "Danny Boy" -- The Complete Pablo Solo Masterpieces

Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge -- "Its Bynne Reel" -- The Comet's Tail: A Tribute to Michael Brecker

Yusef Lateef -- "The Golden Flute" -- Reevaluations: The Impulse Years

Yusef Lateef -- "Blues For The Orient" -- Eastern Sounds

Yusef Lateef -- "Twelve Tone Blues" -- Live At Pep's

Eastern Rebellion -- "Mode For Joe" -- Eastern Rebellion

Charles Mingus -- "Jump Monk" -- Thirteen Pictures: The Charles Mingus Anthology

Kenny Werner Trio -- "Blue In Green" -- Live at Visiones

Thelonious Monk -- "Green Chimneys" -- Straight, No Chaser

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society -- "Brooklyn Babylon: Prologue" -- Brooklyn Babylon

Willem Breuker -- "Pastiche" -- Overtime--Uberstunden

Rudresh Mahanthappa -- "Stay 1" -- Gamak

Charles Lloyd Quartet -- "Booker's Garden -- Rabo de Nube

John Coltrane -- "After The Rain" -- A John Coltrane Retrospective: The Impulse Years

And here are the selections we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on March 24:

Yusef Lateef -- "Koko's Tune" -- Into Something -- Prestige New Jazz -- 1961

Claire Daly Quintet -- "Kluane" -- Mary Joyce Project: Nothing To Lose -- Daly Bread -- 2011

Yosvany Terry -- "Harlem Matinee" -- Today's Opinion -- Criss Cross -- 2011

Ninety Miles (with Stefon Harris, David Sanchez, & Christian Scott) -- "City Sunrise" -- Live at Cubadisco -- Concord Picante -- 2010

Ernest Dawkins -- "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise" -- Afro Straight -- Delmark -- 2010

Tania Gill -- "Ah Ti Tah" -- Bolger Station -- Barnyard -- 2009

Mary Halvorson Septet -- "Four Pages of Robots (no. 30)" -- Illusionary Sea -- Firehouse 12 -- rel. 2013

Matt Ulery's Loom -- "Coriander" --Wake An Echo -- Green Leaf -- 2013

Colin Stetson & Mats Gustafsson -- "Stones That Only Have" -- Stones -- Rune Grammofon -- rel. 2012

Taylor Ho Bynum, Joe Morris & Sara Schoenbeck -- "Consensus Struggle" -- Next -- Porter -- 2009

Matana Roberts -- "(Parts 1 to 8)" -- Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile -- Constellation -- 2012

Rik Wright's Fundamental Forces -- "Mood Ring" -- Blue -- Hip Sync -- 2012 (N)

Sam Boshnack Quintet -- "Suite For Seattle's Royal Court Movement 3" -- Exploding Syndrome -- (self) -- rel, 2014 (N)

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The overture to Carla Bley’s “Escalator Over The Hill” and an opus from the Rob Mazurek Octet were among the featured tunes on this week’s “Straight, No Chaser.” Here’s the complete playlist:

Vadim Neselovskyi – “All The Things You Are” – Music For September – Sunnyside – 2011

Jürgen Friedrich – “Coincidence” – Seismo – Pirouet – 2005

Alex Guilbert Trio – “Big Foot” – On the Ground with the Alex Guilbert Trio – (self) – 2012

Josh Deutsch’s Pannonia – “Kék Szín” – Another Time, Another Place – Alternate Side – 2012 (N)

Egberto Gismonti Trio – “Carta de Amor” – ZigZag – ECM – 1995

Ron Miles – “Rudy-Go-Round” – Quiver – Enja – 2011

Jeff Lederer’s Swing ‘n Dix – “Ride” – Swing ‘n Dix – Little (i) Music – 2012

Steve Treseler Group – “Kary’s Trance” – Center Song – CMA – rel. 2013

George Russell – “The Outer View” – The Outer View – Riverside – 1962

Carla Bley – “Hotel Overture” – Escalator Over The Hill – JCOA – rel. 1971

Benjamin Herman – “Rollo III” – Hypo Christmas Treefuzz—More Mengelberg – Roach – 2008

Ross Hammond Quartet – “Telescoping” – Cathedrals – Prescott – 2013

MKMB (Christophe Monniot, Joachim Kühn, Christophe Marguet, Sebastian Boisseau) – “Ballet” – Émotions Homogènes – BMC – 2009

Dennis Rollins Velocity Trio – “Big Chill” – The 11th Gate – Motema – 2011

Rob Mazurek Octet – “Voodoo and the Petrified Forest” – Skull Sessions – Cuneiform – 2011

Kneebody – “Work Hard, Play Hard, Towel Hard” – The Line – Concord – rel. 2013

[Kneebody will be at The Tractor Tavern in Seattle on Tuesday, April 8 at 8 p.m.]

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To hear this week's "Straight, No Chaser," go to the audio archive for April 7 at www.kbcs.fm. Here's the playlist:

Nicole Mitchell -- "Curly Top" -- Awakening -- Delmark -- 2011

David Fathead Newman -- "The Gift" -- Cellar Groove -- Cellar Live -- 2004 (N)

Jefferson Rose Band -- "Little Funk Monster" -- Seismic -- (self) -- rel. 2012

Matt Renzi -- "Wall Tune" -- Rise and Shine -- Three P's -- 2012 (N)

Takuya Kuroda -- "Mala" -- Rising Son -- Blue Note -- rel. 2014 (N)

Billy Hart Quartet -- "Yard" -- One Is The Other -- ECM -- 2013 (N)

Tomasz Stanko -- "Love Theme From Farewell To Maria" -- From The Green Hill -- ECM -- 1998

United Brassworkers Front -- "Rotations" -- United Brassworkers Front -- (self) -- 2002

Peggy Lee & Dylan van der Schyff -- "Enigma of a Gumboot" -- These Are Our Shoes -- Spool -- 1997

10^32K (with Ku-umba Frank Lacy) -- "BK" -- That Which Is Planted -- Passin' Thru -- rel. 2013 (N)

Revolutionary Snake Ensemble -- "Cassandra 4" -- Live Snakes -- Accurate -- 2011 (N)

Clifford Thornton -- "Communications Network, Part 1" -- Communications Network -- Third World -- 1972

Norman Noward Quartet -- "Burn Baby Burn" -- Burn Baby Burn / ESP-Disk Fire Music Vol. 1 -- EDP-Disk -- 1968

Tom Varner -- "Search For Sanity" -- Long Night Big Day" -- New World -- 1990

Paul Tynan & Aaron Lington -- "She Borrowed Some of Her Mother's Gold" -- Bicoastal Collective Chapter Two -- OA2

Jeremy Wilms -- "Disjunct" -- Diamond People -- (self) -- rel. 2014 (N)

Maurice Horsthuis' Elastic Jargon -- "Rit"-- Elastic -- Datarecords

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This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we honored the baritone saxophonist Fred Ho (1957-2014) and also heard two artists who are appearing in Seattle this week, Sonny Fortune and Chris Speed. Here is the April 14 playlist:

Joe Martin -- "In The Meantime" -- Not By Chance

Sonny Fortune -- "The Afro-Americans" -- Serengeti Minstrel

(Sonny Fortune appears April 19 at the Ballard Jazz Festival in Seattle.)

Joe Locke -- "Bittersweet" -- Lay Down My Heart

John Stowell & Dave Liebman -- "Everybody's Song But My Own" -- Blue Rose

Uri Gurvich -- "Hagiga Suite" -- BabEl

Warren Byrd & David Chevan -- "Sha Shtil" -- This Is The Afro-Semitic Experience

Paul Shapiro -- "Haftorah Prelude" -- Midnight Minyan

Ig Henneman Sextet -- "Bold Swagger" -- Live @ The Ironworks Vancouver

Noah Kaplan Quartet -- "Esther" -- Descendants

Gebhard Ullmann -- "Pinoquio" -- Essencia

Blue Cranes -- "Soldier" -- Swim

Fred Ho and The Afro-Asian Music Ensemble -- "The Underground Railroad To My Heart Suite" -- The Underground Railroad To My Heart

Chris Speed Trio -- "Argento" -- Really OK (N)

(The Chris Speed Trio will play at The Royal Room in Seattle on April 15.)

Frode Gjerstad Trio -- "Summersault" -- East of West

Mikrokolektyw -- "Dream About City Backyards" -- Absent Minded

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Among the recordings we heard this week on "Straight, No Chaser" were new releases by Ambrose Akinmusire, The Bad Plus and The Nels Cline Singers. Here is the April 21 playlist:

Terrell Stafford -- "Johnny Come Lately" -- This Side of Strayhorn -- Max Jazz -- 2010

Ambrose Akinmusire -- "Memo" -- The Imagined Savior Is Earier To Paint -- Blue Note (N)

Regina Carter -- "Honky Tonkin'" -- Southern Comfort -- Sony (N)

(Regina Carter is appearing April 24 to April 27 at The Jazz Alley in Seattle.)

George Colligan -- "It's Hard Work!" -- The Endless Mysteries -- Origin -- 2012

Gavin Templeton -- "Bug" -- In Series -- Nine Winds -- 2011

The Bad Plus -- "Games of the Two Rival Tribes / Procession of the Sage" -- The Rite of Spring -- Sony -- rel. 2014 (N)

Nels Cline Singers -- "Sascha's Book of Frogs" -- Macroscope -- Mack Avenue -- 2013 (N)

Gilad Hekselman -- "Nothing Personal" -- This Just In -- Jazz Village -- 2011

Marco Cappelli Acoustic Trio -- "Bambinella" -- Le Stagioni del Commissario Ricciardi -- Tzadik -- 2013

Randy Weston & Billy Harper -- "Blues To Africa" -- The Roots of the Blues -- Sunnyside -- rel. 2013

Michael Bisio / Matthew Shipp Duo -- "Disc" -- Floating Ice -- Relative Pitch -- rel. 2012

Satoko Fujii Trio -- "Flying to the South" -- Illusion Suite -- Libra -- 2003

Sean Moran Small Elephant Band -- "Monkeytown" -- Tusk -- NCM East-- 2011

Living By Lanterns -- "2000 West Erie" -- New Myth / Old Science -- Cuneiform -- 2011

Les Projectionistes -- "Circulez!" -- Copie Zero -- DAME -- 1999

Roscoe Mitchell & Tatsu Aoki -- "East Side Easy" -- Chicago Duos--First Look -- Asian Improv -- 2003

Matt Turner -- "Improv 5" -- The Mouse That Roared -- Meniscus -- 1997

Ehran Elisha & Roy Campbell -- "The Dizzy Roach" -- Watching Cartoons With Eddie -- Outnow -- 2008

Christian Pincock -- "Sole Representative" -- Plentiful Excitement -- (self) -- 2012

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On April 28, we heard the following musical selections on "Straight, No Chaser":

Martial Solal -- "Sacrebleu" -- Just Friends -- Dreyfus Jazz -- 1997

Ben Wendel & Dan Tepfer -- "Nines" -- Small Constructions -- Sunnyside -- 2011

John Patitucci Trio -- "Joe Hen" -- Remembrance -- Concord

Rufus Reid -- "Glory" -- Quiet Pride--The Elizabeth Catlett Project -- Motema -- 2012

Julian Siegel Quartet -- "One For J.T." -- Urban Theme Park -- Basho -- 2010

Vijay Iyer -- "Vuln, Part 2" -- Mutations -- ECM -- 2013 (N)

Rik Wright's Fundamental Forces -- "Nonchalant" -- Blue -- Hipsync -- 2012 (N)

Plunge -- "Beneath The Wheel" -- Falling From Grace -- Accurate -- 1995

Charles Gayle Trio -- "Glory & Jesus" -- Northern-Spy -- 2011

School Days -- "Broad Daylight" -- Crossing Division -- Okka Disk -- 2000

Francesco Bearzati Sax Pistols -- "Smells Like Teen Spirit" -- Stolen Days -- Auand -- 2006

S S Puft Quartet with Dave Rempis -- "Express" -- Live at Earthshaking Music -- Solponticello -- 2001

Robin Verheyen NY Quartet -- "Incognito" -- Trinity -- 52 Creations -- 2011

Steve Lacy -- "On Vous Demande" -- Sands -- Tzadik -- 1998

Ravi Coltrane -- "The Chartreuse Mean" -- From The Round Box -- RCA -- 1999

Ambrose Akinmusire -- "Inflatedbyspinning" -- The Imagined Savior Is Easier To Paint -- Blue Note -- re. 2014 (N)

Listen to a streaming version of this program any time in the next two weeks in the audio archive on the KBCS website.

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This week’s “Straight, No Chaser” included selections by three Northwest jazz groups, the Sam Boshnack Quintet, Bad Luck and Goat. Here is the playlist:

Peter Bernstein + 3 – “Public Domain” – Heart’s Content – Criss Cross – 2002

Warren Wolf – “Grand Central” – Wolfgang – Mack Avenue – rel. 2013

Michael Blanco – “You Really Shouldn’t” – No Time Like The Present – 19/8 – rel. 2013

Sam Boshnack Quintet – “Juba” – Exploding Syndrome – (self) – rel. 2014 (N)

(The Sam Boshnack Quintet is playing at the Chapel Performance Space in Seattle this Friday, May 9.)

Kash Killion & The Juju String Ensemble – “Friendly Galaxy” – Wavelength—A Sun Ra Tribute – Rastascan – 1994

Kris Davis – “Bloodwine” – The Slightest Shift – Fresh Sound New Talent – 2005

Conspiracy of Equals – “Jazzantz” – Conspiracy of Equals – Leo – 2005

Bad Luck – “Two” – Bats / Josephine – (self)

Bad Luck – “Glacier” – Bats / Josephine – (slef)

Trummerflora (Permanent Flow) – “Kalkengel” – Rubble 2 –Accretions

Weather Report – “Cucumber Slumber” – Mysterious Traveller – Columbia – rel. 1974

Goat – “Badger vs. Cougar” – Goat – (self) – 2007

David Liebman, Richie Beirach, Ron McClure & Billy Hart – “Dark Eyes” – Redemption—Quest Live in Europe – Hat Hut – 2005

Steve Slagle – “New New York” – New New York – OmniTone – 2000

Burnt Sugar – “Round About / At Midnight” – Fubractive Since Antiquity Suite – Trugroid – c. 2000

Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band – “Embers” – Landmarks – Blue Note – 2012 (N)

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Here are the musical selections we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on May 12:

Stan Killian -- "Hindu" -- Evoke -- Sunnyside -- 2012

Joe Sullivan -- "The Gloves Are Off!" -- Whiskey Jack Waltz -- Perry Lake -- 2013 (N)

Jazz Combustion Uprising -- "Cupcake Flavor Profile" -- Self-Immolation -- Flaming Hakama -- 2013

Eric Dolphy -- "Iron Man" -- The Illinois Concert -- Blue Note -- 1963

J.D. Allen -- "Ephraim" -- Shine! -- Sunnyside -- 2008

Burn List -- "Chau" -- Burn List -- Table & Chairs -- 2012 (N)

(Burn List is playing at the Chapel Performance Space in Seattle on May 14, 8 p.m., to celebrate the release of its new CD.)

Matthew Shipp -- "Select Mode 2" -- Nu Bop -- Thirsty Ear -- rel. 2002

Perry Robinson, Robert Kusiolek, Christian Ramond & Klaus Kugel -- "Part 4" -- The Universe -- Multikulti Project -- 2011 (N)

Keefe Jackson's Likely So -- "Pastorale" -- A Round Goal -- Delmark -- 2013

Jessica Lurie & Andrew Drury Duo -- "After The Wedding" -- This Is What It's Like To Be -- (self)

Empty Cage Quartet & Saletti Besnard -- "Where It Was If It Is" -- Take Care of Floating -- (self) -- 2008

Flat Earth Society -- "Experiments in the Revival of Organisms" -- 13 -- Igloo -- rel. 2013

Beats & Pieces Big Band -- "Queen Spark" -- Live @ Band on the Wall -- Efpi -- 2011

ICP Orchestra -- "Jaloers? Ik?" -- Live at the Bimhuis -- ICP -- 2008

Brooke Sofferman -- "Cut It Back to Half, Jack" -- The Green Between -- Summit -- 2001

Spanish Fly -- "Fly By Night, Movement 2: Snake Lady" -- Fly By Night -- Accurate -- 1995

Josh Deutsch's Pannonia -- "Funicular" -- Another Time, Another Place -- Alternade Side -- 2012

Robin Eubanks & Mental Images -- "Reunion" -- Get 2 It -- (self) -- 2000

Check out this and other KBCS programs on demand in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

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Head for the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm to hear this week's edition of "Straight, No Chaser." Here is the playlist:

Joel Forrester & Phillip Johnston -- "Evidence" -- Live at the Hillside Club -- Asynchronous -- 2010

Joe LoCascio & Woody Witt -- "Isfahan" -- Absinthe -- Blue Bamboo Music -- 2011 (N)

Ari Brown -- "One For Ken" -- Groove Awakening -- Delmark -- 2013

Riverside (Dave Douglas, Chet Doxas, Steve Swallow & Jim Doxas) -- "No Good Without You" -- Riverside -- Greenleaf Music -- 2012 (N)

Roy Hargrove -- "Broski" -- Diamond in the Rough -- RCA Novus -- 1989

Nicole Mitchell's Ice Crystal -- "Expectation" -- Aquarius -- Delmark -- 2012

Dead Cat Bounce -- "Bio Dyno Man" -- Chance Episodes -- Cuneiform -- 2010

Ratchet Orchestra -- "Wish, Parts 1 & 2" -- Hemlock -- Drip Audio -- 2011

Cecil Taylor -- "Nefertiti, The Beautufiul One Has Come (2nd ver.)" -- Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come -- Arista -- 1962

Joe Morris & Luther Gray -- "Creature Adventure" -- Creatures -- Not Two -- 2009

Joey Baron -- "Room Service" -- Tongue in Groove -- JMT -- 1991

Konk Pack -- "Klarnt" -- Warp Out -- GROB -- 2001

Michael Vlatkovich Quartet -- "The Curious Intensity of A Refrigerator Defrosting" -- You're Too Dimensional -- pfMentum -- 2013

Roswell Rudd -- "Inside Job" -- Inside Job -- Arista -- 1976

Dafnis Prieto -- "Renew The Elephant" -- Absolute Quintet -- Zoho -- 2005

Next Monday, May 26, Brett Watanabe will be your guest host on "Straight, No Chaser."

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On May 26, Brett Wattanabe was the guest host for "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS. Here are the tunes Brett played:

Jimmy Heath Big Band -- "A Sound For Sore Ears" -- Togetherness (N)

Matija Dedic -- "Bremen" -- Sentiana (N)

Burn List -- "Alwa" -- Burn List (N)

Brad Whiteley Trio -- "No Regrets" -- Pathless Land (N)

Moutin Factory Quintet -- "Dragonfly" -- Lucky People (N)

Chris Speed Trio -- "Round Trip" -- Really OK (N)

Louis Hayes -- "Shape Shifting" -- Return of the Jazz Communicators (N)

Leslie Pintchik -- "With You In Mind" -- In the Nature of Things (N)

Creative Music Studio -- "Okidanokh" -- Archive Selections, Vol. 2 (N)

Marc Ribot Trio -- "Sun Ship" -- Live at the Village Vanguard (N)

Krom -- "See With Your Eyes" -- Krom (N)

Robert Kusiolek -- "Part 5" -- The Universe (N)

And here is the music we heard on the program on June 2:

Louis Hayes -- "Simple Pleasures" -- Return of the Jazz Communicators -- Smoke Sessions -- 2013 (N)

J D Allen -- "The Dreamer" -- Bloom -- Savant -- 2014 (N)

Cecil McBee Band -- "Pantamime" -- Unspoken -- Palmetto -- 1996

Dave Holland Quartet -- "Equiality" (lyrics by Maya Angelou) -- Dream of the Elders -- ECM -- 1995

Patricia Barber -- "Mourning Grace" (lyrics by Maya Angelou) -- Cafe Blue -- Blue Note -- 1994

Michael Formanek -- "Inside The Box" -- The Rub and Spare Change -- ECM -- 2009

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

(The Westerlies will be at the Seattle Art Museum with Human Feel on Friday, June 27 at 8 p.m.)

Kenny Wheeler -- "Seven, Eight, Nine (Part 2)" -- Six for Six -- Cam Jazz -- 2008 (N)

Peter Epstein Quartet -- "Hurtle" -- Polarities -- Songlines -- 2013 (N)

Marc Ribot Trio -- "Bells" -- Live at the Village Vanguard -- Pi -- 2012 (N)

Orrin Evans' Captain Black Big Band -- "Water Babies" -- Mother's Touch -- Positone -- 2011 (N)

Clifford Jordan Big Band -- "Con Man" -- Down Through The Years -- Milestone -- 1991

Bik Bent Braam -- "Bonsai Eric 4" -- Growing Pains -- (self) -- 2004

Grachan Moncur III -- "The Twins" -- Some Other Stuff -- Blue Note -- 1964

Michael Owcharuk Trio -- "Eddie Would Go" -- In Theory In Practice -- Brokentime -- 2007

Check out these and other KBCS music programs, available 24/7 in the streaming audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

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This Monday, June 9, on "Straight, No Chaser," Brett Watanabe and John Pai joined me to solicit your financial support for the KBCS fund drive. When we weren't talking about KBCS, we heard the following music:

Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard & Steve Swallow -- "Vashkar" -- Trios -- ECM -- 2012 (N)

Todd Bishop Group -- "Comme Il Faut" -- Little Played Little Bird -- Origin -- 2011

John A. Lewis Trio -- "A Faustian Occurrence" -- One Trip Out -- Valarteri -- rel. 2014 (N)

Alan Broadbent Trio -- "Chi Chi" -- Moment's Notice -- (self) -- 2007

The Bad Plus -- "Mystic Circle of the Young Girls" -- The Rite of Spring -- Sony -- 2013 (N)

Dave King Trucking Company -- "I Will Live Next To The Wrecking Yard" -- Adopted Highway -- Sunnyside -- rel. 2013

Signal Problems -- "Pogo Stick" -- Signal Problems -- pfMentum -- 2013 (N)

Anomalous Quintet -- "Precession" -- Simple Forms -- Fine Grooved -- rel. 2008

Ilhan Ersahin -- "Bakis" -- Ilhan Ersahin's Wonderland -- Nublu -- rel. 2014 (N)

Revolutionary Snake Ensemble -- "Caravan" -- Live Snakes -- Accurate -- 2013 (N)

Either/Orchestra -- "Swamiji's Mood" -- Across The Omniverse -- Accurate -- 1995

Roscoe Mitchell and the CMS Orchestra -- "Untitled" -- Creative Music Studio--Archive Selections, Vol. 1 -- Innova -- 1977 (N)

Miles Davis Quintet -- "Paraphernalia" -- Live in Europe 1969 -- Columbia -- 1969

Fareed Haque -- "Poonjob in the Punjab" -- Trance Hypothesis -- Delmark -- 2013

Nels Cline Singers -- "Companion Piece" -- Macroscope -- Cryptogramophone -- 2013 (H)-

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Head to the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm to hear a streaming version of "Straight, No Chaser" for June 16. Here is the music you'll hear:

Noah Preminger -- "Toy Dance" -- Before The Rain -- Palmetto -- rel. 2011

James Brandon Lewis -- "A Gathering of Souls" -- Divine Travels -- Okeh -- 2011 (N)

Yusef Lateef -- "The Smart Set" -- The Golden Flute -- Impulse! -- 1966

Eric Dolphy With Booker Little -- "Bee Vamp" -- At The Five Spot, Vol. 1 -- Prestige/New Jazz -- 1961

Stanley Turrentine -- "Return Engagement" -- Look Out! -- Blue Note -- 1960

Matthia Spillmanns -- "Kammerton" -- Mats-Up "5" -- Unit -- 2008

Odean Pope -- "Odean's List" -- Odean's List -- In + Out -- 2008

Mostly Other People Do The Killing -- "Rough and Ready" -- Forty Fort -- Hot Cup! -- 2008-09

Roscoe Mitchell Quartet -- "Cards" -- Live At "A Space" 1975 -- Sackville -- 1975

Fieldwork -- "Bend" -- Door -- Pi -- 2007

Theo Jorgensmann Fellowship -- "It Will Come" -- Theo Jorgensmann Fellowship -- Hat Hut -- 1998

Nils Petter Molvaer -- "Bloodline" -- Baboon Moon -- Thirsty Ear -- rel. 2011

Paul Wertico's Mid-East/Mid-West Alliance -- "The Boss Needs To See You" -- Impressions of a City -- Chicago Sessions -- 2009

Lennie Tristano & Warne Marsh -- "Jazz of Two Cities" -- Intuition -- Capitol -- 1956

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This week's "Straight, No Chaser" began with a tribute to the great Horace Silver (1928-2014). Then we listened to some tracks by the musicians who are performing in the Earshot Summer Series at the Seattle Art Museum later this week. On Thursday, June 26, the Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet is featured, along with Darius Jones and Tarbaby. On Friday, June 27, Human Feel and The Westerlies will perform. Finally, on Saturday, June 28, the Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio and the Dawn Clement Band will appear. For more information about the Summer Series, see www.earshot.org or call (206) 547-6763.

Here is the music we heard on June 23:

Horace Silver -- "I Love Annie's Fanny" -- Jazz Has A Sense of Humor -- Verve -- rel. 1999

Horace Silver Trio -- "Buhaina" -- Horace Silver Trio -- Blue Note -- 1953

Horace Silver -- "The St. Vitous Dance" -- The Trio Sides -- Blue Note -- 1959

Horace Silver Trio -- "Knowledge Box" -- Horace Silver Trio -- Blue Note -- 1952

Horace Silver -- "The Natives Are Restless Tonight" -- Song For My Father -- 1964

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

Dawn Clement -- "Alone Together" -- Hush -- Conduit -- 2003

Sunna Gunnlaugs -- "Autumnalia" -- Long Pair Bond -- Sunny Sky -- 2011

Sunna Gunnlaugs -- "Kortone" -- The Dream -- Sunny Sky -- 2009

Human Feel -- "Kortone" -- Sctter -- GM -- 1991

Human Feel -- "In St. Louis" -- Human Feel -- Human Use -- rel. 1989

Chris Speed -- "Nimble Demons" -- Really OK -- Skirl -- 2013

Kurt Rosenwinkel -- "Minor Blues" -- The Next Step -- Verve -- 2000

Jim Black -- "Boombye" -- Alasnoaxis -- Winter & Winter -- rel. 2000

[speed, Rosenwinkel and Black are members of Human Feel.]

Darius Jones -- "Big Train Rollin'" -- Man'ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing) -- AUM Fidelity -- 2009

Tarbaby -- "Jena 6" -- The End of Fear -- Positone -- rel. 2010

Orrin Evans -- "MAT-Matt" -- Faith in Action -- Positone -- 2009

[Orrin Evans is a member of Tarbaby.]

Ambrose Akinmusire -- "As We Fight" -- The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier To Paint -- Blue Note -- rel. 2014 (N)

Ambrose Akinmusire -- "Confessions To My Unborn Daughter" -- When The Heart Emerges Glistening -- Blue Note -- 2010

The Westerlies -- "The Stove, The Campfire" & "Wish The Children Would Come On Home" -- Wish the Children Would Come On Home--The Music of Wayne Horvitz -- Songlines -- 2013 (N)

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Here are the musical selections we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on June 30:

Brad Goode -- "Know What I'm Saying?" -- Chicago Red -- Origin -- 2012

John McNeil -- "Delusions" -- East Coast Cool -- Omnitone -- 2004

Mostly Other People Do The Killing -- "Round Bottom, Square Top" -- Forty Fort -- Hot Cup! -- 2008-2009

Max Roach -- "Giant Steps" -- Live in Berlin -- Jazzwerkstett -- 1984

Sonny Rollins -- "Solo Sonny" -- Road Shows, Volume 3 -- Okeh -- 2009 (N)

George Colligan -- "Her Majesty" -- The Endless Mysteries -- Origin -- 2012

Glauco Sagebin Trio -- "Rio Negro" -- When Baden Meets Trane -- Blue Toucan -- 2003

Pandelis Karayorgis Trio -- "One Up, One Down" -- Blood Ballad -- Leo -- 2000

JD Allen -- "Jack's Glass" -- Bloom -- Savant -- 2014 (N)

Marty Ehrlich & Anthony Cox -- "Mississippihouse" -- Falling Man -- Muse -- 1989

James Brandon Lewis -- "A Wading Child in the Motherless Water" -- Divine Travels -- Okeh -- 2011 (N)

Lost Tribe -- "Manticore" -- Many Lifetimes -- Arabesque -- 1997

Steve Lehman Octet -- "13 Colors" -- Mise en Abime -- Pi -- 2014 (N)

Tony Wilson Sextet -- "Arpeggio" -- The People Look Like Flowers At Last -- Drip Audio -- 2008

Freddie Hubbard -- "Spacetrack" -- The Black Angel -- Atlantic -- c. 1970

Robert Glasper Trio -- "Interlude" -- Mood -- Fresh Sound New Talent -- rel. 2003

Next Sunday night, July 6, from 10 p.m. to midnight Pacific time, I will be the guest host on "Flotation Device" on KBCS-FM.

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If you head to the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm to find the July 7 edition of "Straight, No Chaser," here are the tracks you'll hear:

Chick Corea New Trio -- "Jitterbug Waltz" -- Past, Present & Futures -- Stretch -- 2001

Sam Boshnack Quintet -- "Suite for Seattle's Royal Court, Movement 1" -- Exploding Syndrome -- (self) -- rel. 2014 (N)

Dave Douglas, Chet Doxas, Steve Swallow & Jim Doxas -- "Thrush" -- Riverside -- Greenleaf -- 2012 (N)

Dave Kain -- "Hall Pass" -- Raising Kain -- Stop Time -- rel. 2014 (N)

Thomas Marriott -- "Diagram" -- Constraints & Liberations -- Origin -- 2009

Scott Jeppesen -- "Overlapping Conversations" -- El Guapo -- Creative Bottle Music -- rel. 2013

Marty Ehrlich Large Ensemble -- "Rundowns and Turnbacks" -- A Trumpet in the Morning -- New World -- 2012

Anthony Braxton + Italian Instabile Orchestra -- "Composition No. 92, Part 2" -- Creative Orchestra (Bolzano) 2007 -- Rai Trade -- 2007

Sideshow -- "The Circus Band" -- Songs of Charles Ives -- Composers Recordings -- re1. 2001

Billy Martin's Wicked Knee -- "Sugarfoot Stomp" -- Heels Over Head -- Amulet -- rel. 2012

Burn List -- "Alwa" -- Burn List -- Table & Chairs -- 2012 (N)

Ellery Eskelin -- "40 West" -- Jazz Trash -- Songlines -- 1994

Jason Robinson -- "Tiresian Symmetry" -- Tirestian Symmetry -- Cuneiform -- 2012

Ricky Ford -- "Jitterbug Waltz" -- Hard Groovin' -- Muse -- 1989

Carlo Actis Dato Quartet -- "Tarantolella" -- Blue Cairo -- Splasc(h) -- 1995

Also available on demand in the KBCS archive is the Sunday evening program "Flotation Device," for which I was the substitute host on July 6. Here is that playlist:

Marilyn Crispell Trio -- "The Storyteller" -- Storyteller -- ECM -- 2003

Narada Burton Greene -- "Little Song" -- Live at Kerrytown House -- No Business -- 2010

Marilyn Crispell & Doug James -- "Element Air . . . Leap" -- And Your Ivory Voice Sings -- Leo -- 1985

Bill Frisell & Vernon Reid -- "Black Light" -- Smash & Scatteration -- Minor Music -- 1984

Toshinori Kondo, Henry Kaiser & John Oswald -- "Salmon h/d/b" -- Moose and Salmon -- Music Gallery Editions

Bill Dixon -- "Durations of Permanence" -- Tapestries for Small Orchestra -- Firehouse 12 -- 2008

Ensemble Uncontrolled -- "Reflecting Drips" -- Tales from the Forest -- Leo Lab -- 1996

Wolfgang Dauner -- "Bruch" -- Output -- ECM -- 1970

Andrea Parkins -- "iv" -- Faulty (Broken Orbit) -- Important -- 2008

Music Improvisation Company -- "Untitled 4" -- The Music Improvisation Company 1968-1971 -- Incus -- 1969

Evan Parker, Barry Guy & Paul Lytton -- "The Masks" -- The Redwood Session -- CIMP -- 1995

Paul Bley & Jimmy Giuffre -- "Black Ivory" -- [bley, Giuffre & Steve Swallow] The Life of A Trio: Saturday -- Owl -- 1989

Vadim Neselovskyi -- "Birdlike" -- Music For September -- Songlines -- 2911

Bruce Eisenbeil Trio -- "Mercury" -- Nine Wings -- 1997

Joe Morris -- "Blue Spots There" -- Many Rings -- Knitting Factory -- 1999

Intuition Orchestra -- "Transylwania" -- To The Inside -- Fortune -- rel. 2014

I'll be on vacation over the next few weeks. Brett Watanabe will sit in for me next Monday, July 14, on "Straight, No Chaser." John Midgley will be the guest host on July 21 and 28.