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Go to the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm for a streaming version of this week's "Straight, No Chaser." This is the music you'll hear there: Marian McPartland -- "Turn Around" -- Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume 9 -- Concord Jazz -- 1991 Bill Evans Trio -- "Sweet and Lovely" -- Explorations -- Riverside -- 1961 Orrin Evans -- "For Miles" -- The Evolution of Oneself -- Smoke Sessions -- 2014 (N) Jimmy Owens -- "Let's Cool One" -- The Monk Project -- IPO -- 2011 JD Allen -- "Naked" -- Graffiti -- Savant -- 2015 (N) Jazz Passengers -- "Blues For Helen" -- Plain Old Joe-- Knitting Factory -- rel. 1993 Myra Melford -- "First Protest" -- Snowy Egret -- Enja -- 2013 (N) [The Earshot Jazz Festival Presents Myra Melford & Snowy Egret at the Seattle Art Museum, Sunday, October 18.] Steve Olson -- "Crunchy Grumbles" -- The Ruthless Shapes of Paradise -- (self) -- 2015 (N) Yelena Eckemoff Quartet -- "Waves and Shells" -- Everblue -- 2014 (N) Jack Wright & Ben Wright -- "Be" -- As If Anything Could Be The Same -- Relative Pitch -- rel. 2014 FAB: Fonda--Altschul--Bang -- "Tales From Da Bronx" -- Transforming the Space -- CIMP -- 2003 Grachan Moncur III -- "The Twins" -- Some Other Stuff -- Blue Note -- 1964 Misako Kano Quartet -- "Well, You Needn't" -- Watch Out -- Knitting Factory -- 1996 Kevin Eubanks & Stanley Jordan -- "Old School Jam" -- Duets -- Mack Avenue -- rel. 2015 (N) Kenny Carr -- "Anthrozoology" -- Idle Talk -- (self) -- rel. 2014 George Benson & The Jack McDuff Quartet -- "Rock-a-Bye" -- The New Boss Guitar of George Benson -- Prestige -- 1964 Keep listening to the jazz!

Guitars and pianos were featured prominently, but not exclusively, on this week's "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS. Here is the playlist for the September 14 show: Ed Cherry Special Trio -- "Edda" -- Szosta Po Potudniu -- Fortune -- 2014 (N)Bobby Broom Quartet -- "Minor Major Mishap" -- No Hype Blues -- Criss Cross Jazz -- 1995Wolfgang Muthspiel, Larry Grenadier & Brian Blade -- "Bossa For Michael Brecker" -- Driftwood -- ECM -- 2013 Larry Coryell -- "The Way It Was" -- Heavy Feel -- Wide Hive -- 2014Gene Ess -- "The Trials" -- Eternal Monomyth -- SIMP -- 2014Joel Harrison 5 -- "Left Hook" -- Spirit House -- (self) -- 2013 (N) Tim Berne's Snakeoil -- "False Impressions" -- You've Been Watching Me -- ECM -- 2014 (N)Stanley Cowell -- "Finale (from Juneteenth Suite)" -- Juneteenth -- Vision Fugitive -- 2014 (N) Aaron Diehl -- Flux Capacitor" -- Space Time Continuum -- Mack Avenue -- rel. 2015 (N)Justin Kauflin -- "Tempest" -- Dedication -- Qwest -- 2014(Jose) Negroni's Trio -- "Matices" -- On The Way -- AA -- rel. 2012 Henry Threadgill Zooid -- "In For A Penny, In For A Pound (Opening)" -- In For A Penny, In For A Pound -- Pi -- 2014 (N)Wayne Shorter Quartet -- "Adventures Beyond The Golden Mean" -- Beyond The Sound Barrier -- Verve -- 2004[The Wayne Shorter Quartet is appearing at Benaroya Hall in Seattle on Sunday, October 11, as part of the Earshot Jazz Festival.]Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra -- "Collections of Time" -- Galactic Parables: Volume 1 -- Cuneiform -- 2013 (N) Enrico Rava Quartet -- "Frogs" -- Wild Dance -- ECM -- 2015 (N)Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey -- "Say Nothing" -- The Battle For Earth -- Royal Potato Family -- 2014 (N)[Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey is appearing with Skerik at The Royal Room in Seattle on Thursday, November 5, as part of the Earshot Jazz Festival.]Reptet -- "Pills" -- At The Cabin -- ARC -- 2010 Cecile McLorin Savant -- "Wives and Lovers" -- For One To Love -- rel. 2015 (N) Check it out in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time in the next two weeks.

This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we paid tribute to Sonny Rollins on his 85th birthday. We also heard a few selections by Ken Vandermark and Paal Nilssen-Love, who are appearing this Thursday, September 10, at 8 p.m. at the PONCHO Concert Hall in Seattle, presented by Earshot Jazz. (For more information, see www.earshot.org.) Here is this week's playlist: Sonny Rollins -- "Paul's Pal" -- The Complete Prestige Recordings -- Prestige -- 1956Sonny Rollins -- "Just In Time" -- The Sound of Sonny -- Riverside -- 1957Sonny Rollins -- "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top" -- Newk's Time -- Blue Note -- 1957 Sonny Rollins -- "East Broadway Run Down" -- East Broadway Run Down -- Impulse! -- 1966 Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls -- "Breeding Resistance (aka Paper Tiger Blues)" -- Breeding Resistance -- Delmark -- 2003Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown -- "Hide" -- Varmint -- Cuneiform -- 2008Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse -- "Chasin' LeRoy" -- Cries From Tha Ghetto -- Pi -- 2008 Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love -- "First Hit, Second Fall" -- Seven -- Smalltown Superjazz -- 2005 Waxwing (Tony Wilson, Peggy Lee & Jon Bentley) -- "Cinder" -- A Bowl of Sixty Taxidermists -- Songlines -- rel 2015 (N)Kadziela & Wojcinski -- "Attitude" -- 10 Little Stories -- Fortune -- 2013/2014Conspiracy of Equals (with Harry S. Fulcher, Aaron Standon) -- "Starters" -- Conspiracy of Equals -- Leo -- 2005 Fire Room (Ken Vandermark, Lasse Marhaug, Paal Nilssen-Love) -- "Dashboard Fire" -- Broken Music -- Atavistic -- 2005Ab Baars, Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love -- "Abakebo" -- Double Tandem--OX -- dEN -- rel. 2012 Michael Gibbs & The N.D.R. Big Band -- "Freddy's Step" -- Michael Gibbs & The N.D.R. Big Band Play A Bill Frisell Set List -- Cuneiform -- 2013 (N) Check it out in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.! This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we paid tribute to Sonny Rollins on his 85th birthday. We also heard a few selections by Ken Vandermark and Paal Nilssen-Love, who are appearing this Thursday, September 10, at 8 p.m. at the PONCHO Concert Hall in Seattle, presented by Earshot Jazz. (For more information, see www.earshot.org.) Here is this week's playlist: Sonny Rollins -- "Paul's Pal" -- The Complete Prestige Recordings -- Prestige -- 1956Sonny Rollins -- "Just In Time" -- The Sound of Sonny -- Riverside -- 1957Sonny Rollins -- "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top" -- Newk's Time -- Blue Note -- 1957 Sonny Rollins -- "East Broadway Run Down" -- East Broadway Run Down -- Impulse! -- 1966 Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls -- "Breeding Resistance (aka Paper Tiger Blues)" -- Breeding Resistance -- Delmark -- 2003Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown -- "Hide" -- Varmint -- Cuneiform -- 2008Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse -- "Chasin' LeRoy" -- Cries From Tha Ghetto -- Pi -- 2008 Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love -- "First Hit, Second Fall" -- Seven -- Smalltown Superjazz -- 2005 Waxwing (Tony Wilson, Peggy Lee & Jon Bentley) -- "Cinder" -- A Bowl of Sixty Taxidermists -- Songlines -- rel 2015 (N)Kadziela & Wojcinski -- "Attitude" -- 10 Little Stories -- Fortune -- 2013/2014Conspiracy of Equals (with Harry S. Fulcher, Aaron Standon) -- "Starters" -- Conspiracy of Equals -- Leo -- 2005 Fire Room (Ken Vandermark, Lasse Marhaug, Paal Nilssen-Love) -- "Dashboard Fire" -- Broken Music -- Atavistic -- 2005Ab Baars, Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love -- "Abakebo" -- Double Tandem--OX -- dEN -- rel. 2012 Michael Gibbs & The N.D.R. Big Band -- "Freddy's Step" -- Michael Gibbs & The N.D.R. Big Band Play A Bill Frisell Set List -- Cuneiform -- 2013 (N) Check it out in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.!

Thanks to Brett Watanabe for hosting "Straight, No Chaser" on August 24. Brett filled the entire show with new releases, as follows: George Cables -- "After The Morning" -- In Good Company (N)Ed Cherry Special Trio -- "Edda" -- Szosta Po Poludniu (N)Big Crinkly Trio -- "Grainbelt" -- This Is Not About The Pecking Order (N)Wayne Horvitz -- "The car that brought you here still runs (Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg)" -- Some Places Are Forever Afternoon (N)Nick Finzer -- "Spheres of Influence" -- The Chase (N)Electric Squeezebox Orchestra -- "Electric Squeezebox" -- Cheap Rent (N)George Freeman & Chico Freeman -- "Essence of Silence" -- All In The Family (N)Gary Peacock Trio -- "Esprit De Muse" -- Now This (N)Amir ElSaffar -- "El-Sha'ab (The People)" -- Crisis (N)Charles Gayle Trio -- "Joy In The Lord" -- Christ Everlasting (N)Waxwing -- "Dune" -- A Bowl of Sixty Taxidermists (N)Rob Mazurek + Exploding Star Orchestra -- "Collections of Time" -- Galactic Parables, Vol. 1 (N) Moving ahead to this week's show, here is the music I played on "Straight, No Chaser" on August 31: Thelonious Monk -- "Boo-Boo's Birthday" -- Underground -- Columbia -- 1967Wayne Horvitz -- "Last place there" -- Some Places Are Forever Afternoon -- Songlines -- 2015 (N)[Wayne Horvitz and Elecric Circus will be at The Royal Room in Seattle this Tuesday, September 1st at 9 p.m.]Burgstaller Martignon 4 -- "Mozart...Busted!" -- Mozart's Blue Dreams -- Summit -- rel. 2009Carlo Actis Dato Quartet -- "Cecenia" -- Delhi Mambo -- YVP Music -- 1998 Liberty Ellman -- "Rhinocierisms" -- Radiate -- Pi -- 2014 (N)Harris Eisenstadt -- "Especially Preposterous Assertions" -- GoldenState -- Songlines -- 2012Gary Peacock Trio -- "Noh Blues" -- Now This -- ECM -- 2014 (N) Sonny Simmons Trio -- "Cosmic Ship" -- Live--In Paris -- Arhoolie -- rel. 2002JD Allen -- "Indigo (Blue Like)" -- Graffiti -- Savant -- 2015 (N) SS Puft (Seems Sometimes People Undergo Full Transformation) -- "Blury" -- Simple Songs of Projective Unified Field Theory -- Solponticello -- 2001Charles Gayle Trio -- "Oleo" -- Christ Everlasting -- Fortune -- 2014 (N) Stephan Crump With Rosetta Trio -- "Overreach" -- Reclamation -- Sunnyside -- 2009Morris Voigt Plesk -- "Separate Blue X's" -- MVP LSD--The Graphic Scores of Lowell Skinner Davidson -- Riti -- rel. 2008Kalaparush & The Light -- "Symphony No. 1" -- Morning Song -- Delmark -- 2003Mark Helias Open Loose -- "Motoric" -- The Signal Maker -- Intakt -- 2014 John Ellis & Double-Wide -- "Better Angels" -- Charm -- Parade Light -- 2014 (N)Kenny Dorham -- "Blue Spring Shuffle" -- Quiet Kenny -- Blue Note -- 1959Perez / Patitucci / Blade -- "Sunburn and Mosquito (Dedicated to Carolina)" -- Children of the Light -- Mack Avenue -- rel. 2015 (N) As usual, you can hear either of these programs in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time up to two weeks after the broadcast date.

If you missed "Straight, No Chaser" this week, navigate to the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm to hear a streaming version of the show, any time in the next two weeks. Here is the playlist for August 17: Virginia Mayhew Quartet -- "N.M.E." -- Mary Lou Williams: The Next 100 Years -- Renma -- 2010Paul Chambers Quintet -- "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise" -- Quintet -- Blue Note -- 1957Terrell Stafford -- "Stop Start" -- Brotherlee Love: Celebrating Lee Morgan -- Capri -- 2014 (N)Tadd Dameron with John Coltrane -- "Super Jet" -- Mating Call -- Blue Note -- 1956 David Weiss -- "Nellie Bly" -- Endangered Species: The Music of Wayne Shorter -- Motema -- 2012World Saxophone Quartet -- "Urban" -- Moving Right Along -- Black Saint -- 1993Kirk Knuffke -- "Practical Sampling" -- Amnesia Brown -- Clean Feed -- 2008 Jessica Lurie & Metropoliziani -- "Reflex" -- La Luce Azzurra -- Zipa -- 1992Michael Gibbs & The N.D.R. Big Band (with Bill Frisell) -- "Subconscious Lee" -- Michael Gibbs & The N.D.R. Big Band Play A Bill Frisell Set List -- Cuneiform -- 2013 (N)Ian Sims and Divergent Paths -- "The Eleventh Hour" -- Conundrum -- (self) -- 2014 Anthony Braxton -- "Composition 98 (Live) (Part I)" -- Composition 98 -- Hat Hut --- 1981 Yells At Eels (Dennis Gonzalez, Aaron Gonzalez, Stefan Gonzalez) -- "Lower Arm" -- In Quiet Waters -- Fortune -- 2013 (N)Ellery Eskelin -- "Latin" -- Forms -- Hat Hut -- 1990AYCH (Jim Hobbs, Mary Halvorson, Taylor Ho Bynum) -- "Southern School of Complete Reality" -- As The Crow Flies -- Reflective Pitch -- rel. 2012 Frank Mobus -- "Risky Business" -- Der Rote Bereich: Risky Business -- ACT -- 2002 Brett Watanabe will be your guest host on "Straight, No Chaser" next Monday, August 24.

These are the jazz selections we heard on August 10 on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS: Benny Goodman Sextet -- "Shivers" -- Charlie Christian: Electric -- Uptown -- 1939Wes Montgomery -- "A Night In Tunisia" -- In The Beginning -- Resonance -- 1958 (N)Dizzy Gillespie Quintet -- "Salt Peanuts" -- An Electrifying Evening With The Dizzy Gillespie Quintet -- Verve -- 1961 Joe Beck & Red Mitchell -- "Someday My Prince Will Come" -- Empathy -- Jazz Heritage -- 1980Antonio Sanchez (with John Scofield & Christian McBride) -- "Fall" -- Three Times Three -- CamJazz -- 2013 Gary Peacock Trio -- "Moor" -- Now This -- ECM -- 2014 (N)Pandelis Karayorgis Trio -- "Half Tilt" -- Heart and Sack -- Leo -- 1998Kadziela & Wojcinski -- "Alex, No Exit" -- 10 Little Stories -- Fortune -- 2013/14 (N) Natsuki Tamura -- "Conversation With Martian" -- A Song For Jyaki -- Leo Lab -- 1997Anthony Wilson / Peggy Lee / Jon Bentley -- "Mor Feen" -- Escondido Dreams -- Drip Audio -- 2007Tomas Fujiwara Trio -- "November Wept I" -- Variable Bets -- Reklative Pitch -- 2013 Joe Lovano / Ed Blackwell / Anthony Cox -- "23rd Street Theme" -- Sounds of Joy -- Enja -- 1991Kris Davis (with Tony Malaby) -- "35 Cents" -- The Slightest Shift -- Fresh Sound New Talent -- 2005Vijay Iyer Trio -- "Countdown" -- Break Stuff -- ECM -- 2014 Sumi Tonooka -- "Phantom Carousel" -- Now -- ARC -- 2011Roberta Piket -- "Saying Goodbye" -- Emanation (Solo: Volume 2) -- 13th Note -- 2014Michel Petrucciani (with Jim Hall) -- "Waltz New" -- Power of Three -- Blue Note -- 1986 Tim Berne -- "Hard Cell (For Tom)" -- The Shell Game -- Thirsty Ear -- rel. 2001Amir ElSaffar -- "Taqsim Saba" -- Crisis -- Pi -- 2015 (N)

Among the highlights on "Straight, No Chaser" this week were new releases by Henry Threadgill Zooid and Wayne Horvitz and a Marilyn Crispell trio recording from 1992 with Don Byron and Gerry Hemingway. Here is the complete playlist: Charlie Kohlhase Quintet -- "The Kingdom of Not" -- Wavelength Infinity--A Sun Ra Tribute -- Ratascan -- 1994Tom Varner -- "Mele" -- Nine Surprises -- 4 Culture --2012 Big Crinkly Trio -- "This Is Not About The Pecking Order, Parts I & II" -- This Is Not About The Pecking Order -- (self) -- 2014Steve Adams & Ben Goldberg -- "Transition" -- Wavelength Infinity--A Sun Ra Tribute -- Ratascan -- 1994 Henry Threadgill Zooid -- "Unoepic (for guitar)" -- In For A Penny, In For A Pound -- Pi -- 2014 (N) Daniel Rosenboom Quintet -- "Tendrils" -- Fire Keeper -- Orenda -- 2013Dafnis Prieto Sextet -- "Emergency Call" -- Taking The Soul For A Walk -- (self) -- 2007Miles Davis -- "Little High People (take 8)" -- The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions -- Columbia -- 1970 Fusk -- "Isst Doch Wurst" -- Sieben Acht Gute Nacht -- Fortune -- 2012 (N)Platform 1 -- "Compromising Emanations" -- Platform 1 Takes Off -- Clean Feed -- 2011 Marilyn Crispell -- "Mirabilis II" (Pozzi Escot) -- Stellar Pulsations / Three Composers -- Leo -- 1992 Wayne Horvitz -- "All Weather Is Yours No Matter How Vulgar?" -- Some Places Are Forever Afternoon -- Songlines -- 2015 (N) Check it out in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

Head for the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm to hear a streaming version of this week's "Straight, No Chaser." This is the music you'll find there: Charles Brackeen Quartet -- "Prince of Night" -- Attainment -- Silkheart -- 1987Andrew Hill -- "Desire" -- Change -- Blue Note -- 1966 Darren Johnston's Gone To Chicago -- "Rubber Bullets" -- The Big Lift -- Porto Franco -- 2010Signal Problems -- "Pogo Stick" -- Signal Problems -- pfMentum -- 2013Mark Helias' Open Loose -- "What Up" -- Atomic Clock -- Radio Legs -- 2004 Oliver Lake Quintet -- "Poster" -- Prophet -- Black Saint -- 1980Oliver Lake -- "Brass and Oak" -- Impala -- Gramavision -- 1987Oliver Like Quartet -- "Hmbay" -- Clevont Fitzhubert (A Good Friend of Mine) -- Black Saint -- 1981 Paul Hoskin, Bradley Stevens, Doug Henderson, Greg Powers, David Milford & Harlan Mark Vale -- "(Untitled)" -- The 1st Seattle Festival of Improvised Music -- (self) -- 1986[There will be a benefit concert for Paul Hoskin at the Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, on Friday, July 31 at 8 p.m.]John Butcher -- "Unspeakable Damage" -- Bell Trove Spools -- NSPY -- 2010Paradoxical Frog -- "Fear The Fairy Dust" -- Union -- Clean Feed -- 2011 Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio -- "Peace, Love and Music" -- Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio -- Concord Jazz -- rel. 2014Yelena Eckemoff Trio -- "Young At Play" -- Lions -- L&H Production -- 2013Steve Coleman and Five Elements -- "Change The Guard" -- Resistance Is Futile -- Label Bleu -- 2001 The Bad Plus & Joshua Redman -- "Faith Through Error" -- The Bad Plus Joshua Redman -- Nonsesuch -- rel. 2015 (N)Marco Eneidi Streamin' 4 -- "Made In Pole Land" -- Panta Rei -- Fortune -- 2013 (N) Chico Freeman -- "A Distinction Without A Difference" -- [George Freeman & Chico Freeman] All In The Family -- Southport -- 2014/2015 (N)

KBCS now has six straight hours of jazz on Monday evenings, starting with "Shape of Modern Jazz" at 7 p.m., and continuing with "Straight, No Chaser" at 9 p.m. and "Giant Steps" at 11 p.m. Head for the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm to hear the music played on "Straight, No Chaser" on July 20: John Surman -- "Whistman's Wood" -- Saltash Bells -- ECM -- 2009Joe Pass -- "Shadow Waltz" -- Meditation -- Pablo -- 1992Richard Cole -- "Angel Eyes" -- The Forgotten -- Origin -- 1999/2000 Marc Ribot -- "Fiesta en el Solar" -- Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos (The Prosthetic Cubans) -- Atlantic -- c. 1998Bobby Previte & Bump -- "312-Soul" -- Counterclockwise -- Palmetto -- 2002Tony Williams -- "Ancient Eyes" -- Tokyo Live -- Blue Note -- 1992 Miles Davis Quintet -- "Dear Old Stockholm" -- 'Round About Midnight -- Columbia -- 1955Whit Dickey -- "Vital Transmission" -- Sacred Ground -- Clean Feed -- 2004 David Haney -- "Khartoum" -- Day For Night at Jackstraw -- Slam -- 2000Muhal Richard Abrams (with George Lewis) -- "SoundDance Part 2" -- SoundDance -- Pi -- 2010 Ed Blackwell Project -- "Nebula" -- Ed Blackwell Project, Vol. II: "What It Be Like?" -- Enja -- 1992Sam Rivers, Dave Holland & Barry Altschul -- "First Set, Part One" -- Reunion: Live In New York -- Pi -- 2007 Brian Groder Trio -- "Some Other Where" -- Reflexology -- Latham -- 2013Yngvil Vatn Guttu -- "Plan B" -- On The Crosswalk -- (self) -- rel. 2014 Catherine Russell -- "I Cover The Waterfront" -- Bring It Back -- Jazz Village -- 2013[Vocalist Catherine Russell is appearing at The Jazz Alley in Seattle this Tues. and Weds., July 21 and 22.]

I'll be taking a travel break from "Straight, No Chaser." John Midgley will sit in for me on June 22 and June 29. On July 6 & July 13, Brett Watanabe will be the guest host. I plan to be back on July 20. On this week's program we celebrated the music of Ornette Coleman, who passed away last week at age 85. Here are the tunes we heard: Ornette Coleman -- "Chippie" -- Something Else! The Music of Ornette Coleman -- Contemporary -- 1958 Ornette Coleman -- "Compassion" -- Tomorrow Is The Question! -- Contemporary -- 1959 Ornette Coleman -- "Congeniality" -- The Shape of Jazz To Come -- Atlantic -- 1959 Ornette Coleman -- "Ecars" -- Ornette On Tenor -- Atlantic -- 1961 Ornette Coleman -- "Check Out Time" -- Love Call -- Blue Note -- 1968 Ornette Coleman -- "First Take" -- Free Jazz -- Atlantic -- 1960 Ornette Coleman -- "Broken Shadows" -- The Complete Science Fiction Sessions -- Columbia -- 1971 Ornette Coleman -- "Rubber Gloves" -- The Complete Science Fiction Sessions -- Columbia -- 1972 Ornette Coleman and Prime Time -- "Sound Is Everywhere" -- Tone Dialing -- Harmolodic / Verve -- rel. 1995 Ornette Coleman -- "Turnaround" -- Sound Grammar -- Sound Grammar -- 2005 Ornette Coleman Trio -- "The Riddle" -- At The "Golden Circle" Stockholm, Volume Two -- Blue Note -- 1965 Ornette Coleman Quartet -- "R.P.D.D." -- Ornette! -- Atlantic -- 1961 Ornette Coleman and Prime Time -- "Honeymooners" -- Virgin Beauty -- Portrait -- rel. 1988 Ornette Coleman -- "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" -- Sound Museum: Hidden Man -- Harmolodic / Verve -- rel. 1996 Ornette Coleman and Joachim Kuhn -- "Cyber Cyber" -- Colors -- Harmolodic / Verve -- 1996 Ornette Coleman -- "Let's Play" -- Friends and Neighbors: Ornette Live At Prince Street -- Flying Dutchman -- rel. 1970 Ornette Coleman and Prime Time -- "Cloning" -- In All Languages -- Harmolodic / Verve -- rel. 1996 As always, you can hear a streaming version of the program in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time in the next two weeks.

This week's "Straight, No Chaser" took place during KBCS's summer fund drive. In addition to appeals for financial support, we heard the following musical selections: John William Gordon -- "Giant Ripoff" -- Just A Wild Guess -- (self) -- rel. 2015 (N) Kenny Carr -- "Anthrozoology" -- Idle Talk -- Zoozazz Music -- 2014 (N) Larry Coryell -- "Sharing Air" -- Heavy Feel -- Wide Hive -- 2014 (N) Florian Weber -- "Evolution" -- Biosphere -- Enja -- 2011 Dave Brubeck Quartet -- "Osaka Blues" -- Jazz Impressions of Japan -- Columbia -- rel. 1964 Yves Leveille -- "Attrape!" -- Zone Indigene -- Effendi -- 2001 Maria Schneider Orchestra -- "Arbiters of Evolution" -- The Thompson Fields -- artistShare -- 2014 (N) Anat Cohen -- "Putty Boy Strut" -- Luminosa -- Anzic -- 2014 (N) Michael Mantler & Nouvelle Cuisine Big Band -- "Update Twelve, Part 1" -- The Jazz Composers Orchestra Update -- ECM -- 2013 Aki Takase & Alexander von Schlippenbach -- "The Prophet" -- So Long, Eric! Homage to Eric Dolphy -- Intakt -- 2014 (N) Jeff "Tain" Watts -- "Brainlifter" -- Blue, Vol. 1 -- Dark Key Music -- 2014 (N) Miles Davis -- "Yesternow" -- Live at the Fillmore West 15-10-70 -- Hi Hat -- 1970 (N) Henry Threadgill's Zooid -- "Tresepic" -- In For A Penny, In For A Pound -- Pi -- 2014 (N) If you're not already a KBCS supporter, consider making a contribution. Call the station at 425-564-5000 or donate securely on-line at www.kbcs.fm. Live streaming and audio archive at www.kbcs.fm

Head for the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm to hear a streaming version of this week's "Straight, No Chaser." Here is the June 1st playlist: Frank Wess -- "Come Rain Or Come Shine" -- Magic 101 -- IPO -- 2011 Richie Beirach & George Coleman -- "Riddles" -- Convergence -- Triloka -- 1990 Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio -- "M&M" -- Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio -- Concord Jazz -- rel. 2014 Jazz Soul Seven -- "Check Out Your Mind" -- Impressions of Curtis Mayfield -- BFM Jazz -- rel. 2014 Mankunku Quartet (with Winston "Mankunko" Ngozi) -- "Dedication (To Daddy Coltrane and Brother Shorter)" -- Next Stop...Soweto, Vol. 3 -- Strut -- 1968 Corey Wilkes & Abstract Pulse -- "Visionary of an Abstrakt" -- Cries From Tha Ghetto -- Pi -- 2008 Tomasz Stanko Quartet -- "Soul of Things X" -- Soul of Things -- ECM -- 2001 Big Crinkly Trio -- "Always Never" -- This Is Not About the Pecking Order -- (self) -- 2014 (N) Jack De Johnette -- "Leave Don't Go Away" -- Made in Chicago -- ECM -- 2013 (N) Hal Russell -- "Kenny G" -- Hal's Bells -- ECM -- 1992 Charles Lloyd -- "Sweet Georgia Bright" -- Manhattan Stories -- 1965 (N) Billy Mintz -- "Dit" -- The 2 Bass Band...Live -- 13th Note -- 2014 (N) Aki Takase & Alexander von Schlippenbach -- "Out There" -- So Long, Eric! Homage to Eric Dolphy -- Intakt -- 2014 Roberta Piket -- "Emanation" -- Emanation (Solo: Volume 2) -- 13th Note -- 2014 (N)

Rather, one of Hendrix's drummers played briefly with Miles.

Happy Birthday to a great bass player for all time. We have so much of his music to enjoy and celebrate. My only regret is that he spends so much of his time and talent playing with that guy Jarrett.

Gerard Schwarz acquired an excellent reputation as the director/conductor of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra from 1985 to 2011.

This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we heard a bunch of new releases -- identified by "(N)" below -- as well as some delicious older tracks. You can check it out in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm. Here is the playlist for May 25: Cory Weeds -- "Jacknife" -- Condition Blue -- Cellar Live -- 2014 (N) Adam Shulman Sextet -- "Grant and Green" -- Here/There -- OA2 -- 2014 (N) Jerry Bergonzi -- "Awake" -- Rigamaroll -- Savant -- 2012 (N) John William Gordon -- "Riled Style" -- Just A Wild Guess -- (self) -- rel. 2015 (N) Hugo Fernandez -- "Bakio" -- Cosmogram -- Origin -- 2014 (N) Jakob Bro -- "And They All Came Marching Out of the Woods" -- Gefion -- ECM -- 2013 (N) Dave Kain -- "Opportunity" -- Raising Kain -- Stop-Time -- 2014 (N) Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra -- "Wahsouli" -- Blues for Tahrir -- Hipnotic -- 2014 (N) Butch Morris -- "Dust to Dust, second and third parts" -- Dust to Dust -- New World -- 1990 Darcy James Argue's Secret Society -- "Missing Parts" -- Brooklyn Babylon -- New Amsterdam -- 2012 Cylinder -- "Crossings" -- Cylinder -- Clean Feed 1032K -- "Ghosts" -- That Which Is Planted: Live in Buffalo and Rochester -- Passin' Thru -- 2013 Wadada Leo Smith & TUMO -- "The Bell--2" -- Occupy theWorld -- TUM -- 2012 Matthew Shipp -- "Surface to Curve" -- Piano Sutras -- Thirsty Ear -- rel. 2013 Brian Landrus Trio -- "Orebro Treaty" -- The Deep Below -- Blue Land / Palmetto -- 2014 (N) David Berkman -- "No Blues No Really No Blues" -- Old Friends and New Friends -- Palmetto -- 2014 (N) Rodrigo Bonelli -- "Ups and Downs" -- Septet Works -- (self) -- 2014 (N)

Here is the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS on May 18: Fly -- "Festival Tune" -- Year of the Snake -- ECM -- 2011 Jeff Berlin -- "El Gaucho" -- Low Standards -- Random Act -- rel. 2013 Ken Aldcroft & Dave Clark -- "I Mean You" -- Hat & Beard -- Trio -- 2009 Roberta Piket -- "Actual Proof" -- Emanation (Solo: Volume 2) -- 13th Note -- 2014 (N) Matt Mitchell -- "Veins" -- Fiction -- Pi -- 2012 Yelena Eckemoff -- "Cloud Break" -- Glass Song -- (self) -- 2012 Jack De Johnette -- "Museum of Time" -- Made in Chicago -- ECM -- 2013 (N) Spider Trio -- "While You Were Out" -- Spider Trio -- (self) -- 2014 Big Crinkly Trio -- "See Saw" -- This Is Not About The Pecking Order -- (self) -- 2014 (N) Plunge -- "Birmingham Songo" -- IN For the OUT -- Immersion -- 2014 (N) Michael Vlatkovich Quartet -- "The Static Equilibrium of the Values of Savagery" -- You're Too Dimensional -- pfMentum -- 2013 [The Vlatkovich 5tet + Robert Millis will appear in Seattle at the Chapel Performance Space, June 12, 8:00 p.m.] Wojtczak Nyconnection -- "Kief Jo Ide W Pole (Polka)" -- Folk Five -- Fortune (N) New Vocabulary -- "H20" -- New Vocabulary -- System Dialing -- 2009 Rudresh Mahanthappa -- "Maybe Later" -- Bird Calls -- ACT -- 2014 (N) Ellen Burr & Michael Unruh -- "#12" -- Where Am I From, Where Am I Going -- pfMentum -- 2012 ElectroNHIC -- "Anarchist Cookbook" -- ElectroNHIC -- NHIC -- 2013 Billy Mintz -- "Ghost Dance" -- The 2 Bass Band . . . Live -- 13th Note -- 2014 (N)

You're right; I don't have that album. I wish I did.

This is a great loss. I played some of Cooper's music on my radio program tonight (May 11). It filled approximately the second hour of a two-hour show. If you're interested, you can go to the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm and search for "Straight, No Chaser" on May 11. A streaming version of the program will be available on demand for the next two weeks. The playlist is posted here: .

On "Straight, No Chaser" this week, we noted the passing of the percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Jerome Cooper (1946-2015). In the second half of the program, we heard some of Cooper's recorded work as a leader and also as a member of The Revolutionary Ensemble. Here is the complete May 11 playlist: Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra -- "Stratosphere" -- Jimmy Lunceford and His Orchestra 1930-1934 -- Classics -- 1934 Horace Silver Trio -- "Opus de Funk" -- History of Jazz: 1953 -- Top Jazz -- 1953 Thelonious Monk -- "Bright Mississippi (reprise)" -- Paris 1969 -- Blue Note -- 1969 Joe Harriott Quintet -- "Tuesday Morning Swing" -- The Joe Harriott Story -- Proper -- 1960 Geri Allen -- "Baby, I Need Your Lovin'" -- Grand River Crossings: Motown & Motor City Inspirations -- Motema -- 2012 Rachel Z Trio -- "Dolores" -- On the Milky Way Express -- Tone Center -- rel. 2000 Steve Turre -- "Lover Man" -- Spiritman -- Smoke Sessions -- 2014 (N) Charles Lloyd -- "Lady Gabor" -- Manhattan Stories -- Resonance -- 1965 (N) Larry Coryell -- "The Way It Was" -- Heavy Feel -- Wide Hive -- 2014 (N) David Torn -- "Them Buried Standing" -- Prezens -- ECM -- 2005 [David Torn is appearing at Storyville in Seattle, May 17 & 18.] Jerome Cooper Sextet -- "Outer and Interactions" -- Outer and Interactions -- About Time -- 1987 The Revolutionary Ensemble -- "Chinese Rock" -- The People's Republic -- A&M -- 1975 The Revolutionary Ensemble -- "Invasion" -- The Psyche -- Re: Records -- c. 1975 Jerome Cooper (with Oliver Lake) -- "Movement [3]" -- For The People -- Hat Hut -- 1979 Jerome Cooper Sextet -- "The Crouch Opinion" -- Outer and Interactions -- About Time -- 1987 Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Sound Prints -- "Weatherman" -- Live at Monterey Jazz Festival -- Blue Note -- 2013 (N)

This week's "Straight, No Chaser" featured artists who are appearing this week and next in Seattle, including several who will be in the Ballard Jazz Festival. Here are the selections we heard, with information about the artists' upcoming performances: Eric Alexander -- "Remix Blues" -- Don't Follow The Crowd -- Highnote -- 2010 [Eric Alexander with the Peter Bernstein Trio, Ballard Jazz Festival, Sat., May 9, 7:30, Nordic Heritage Museum] Jay Thomas Quartet -- "Sweet and Lovely" -- Live at Tula's Volume 2 -- Merrimack -- 2001 [Jay Thomas and the Cantaloupes, Ballard Jazz Festival, Jazz Walk, Fri., May 8, 8:00, Salmon Bay Eagles] Gail Pettis -- "In The Still of the Night" -- Here in the Moment -- OA2 -- 2009 [Pearl Django with Gail Pettis, Ballard Jazz Festival, Jazz Walk, Fri., May 8, 8:00 & 10:15, NY Fashion Academy] Peter Bernstein + 3 -- "Public Domain" -- Heart's Content -- Criss Cross -- 2002 [Peter Bernstetin, Ballard Jazz Festival, Guitar Summit, Thur., May 7, 8:00, Conor Byrne Pub] [Peter Bernstein Trio, Ballard Jazz Festival, Fri., May 8, 7:30, Nordic Heritage Museum] [Eric Alexander with the Peter Bernstein Trio, Ballard Jazz Festival, Sat., May 9, 7:30 p.m.] Scenes (with John Stowell) -- "Companions" -- Silent Photographer -- Origin -- 2010 [John Stowell, Ballard Jazz Festival, Guitar Summit, Thur., May 7, 8:00, Conor Byrne Pub] Michael Zilber -- "Tender" -- John Stowell / Michael Zilber Quartet--Shot Through With Beauty -- Origin -- 2009 [Michael Zilber Quartet, Ballard Jazz Festival, Jazz Walk, Fri., May 8, 8:00 & 9:15, Conor Byrne Pub] Dawn Clement -- "Singing Hands" -- Break -- Origin -- 2007 [Dawn Clement, Ballard Jazz Festival, Jazz Walk, Fri., May 8, 10:15, Egan's Ballard Jam House] David Friesen Circle 3 Trio -- "Unfolding" -- Where The Light Falls -- Origin -- 2013 [David Friesen Circle 3 Trio, Ballard Jazz Festival, Fri., May 8, 7:30, Nordic Heritage Museum] Vijay Iyer Trio -- "Hood" -- Break Stuff -- ECM -- 2014 (N) [Vijay Iyer Trio, Sat., May 9, 8:00, PONCHO Concert Hall, Cornish College] Jerry Hahn & His Quintet -- "In The Breeze" -- Jerry Hahn & His Quintet -- Arhoolie -- 1967 Jerry Hahn -- "Blues Suite" -- Moses -- Fantasy -- 1973 Jerry Hahn -- "Hannah Bear" -- Time Changes -- Enja -- 1993 [Jerry Hahn, Ballard Jazz Festival, Guitar Summit, Thur., May 7, 8:00, Conor Byrne Pub] Duology (Ted Daniel & Michael Marcus) -- "Alternative Universe" -- Golden Atoms -- Soul Note -- 2007 Ted Daniel's Energy Module -- "The Probe" -- Interconnection -- NoBusiness -- 1975 Ted Daniel -- "Al Fine" -- Solo at Abbazia San Zeno -- Ujamaa -- 1981 [Ted Daniel, with Jim Knodle, Frank Clayton & Don Berman, Fri., May 8, 8:00, Gallery 1412] B'shnorkestra -- "Skarkiselk" -- Go To Orange -- (self) -- rel. 2013 [b'Shnorkestra presents Global Concertos, Sat., May 9, 8:00, Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute] ICP Orchestra -- "Misha, Pass The Donkey" -- Live at the Bimhuis -- (self) -- 2008 [iCP Orchestra, Sat., May 16, The Royal Room] Brotzmann / Van Hove / Bennink -- "Untitled 2" -- Balls -- FMP -- 1970 [Peter Brotzmann Trio, Wed., May 13, 8:00, Seattle Art Museum] For more information about the Ballard Jazz Festival, see http://ballardjazzfestival.com/. For more information about the ICP Orchestra and Peter Brotzmann Trio concerts, see http://www.earshot.org/Events/spring.html. For more information about B'shnorkestra's Global Concertos, see http://www.cornish.edu/calendar/alumni_event/bshnorkestra_global_concertos/.

Here are the sounds we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on April 27: Yusef Lateef -- "Quarantine" -- The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef -- Riverside -- 1962 Freddie Hubbard & The New Jazz Composers Octet -- "Gibraltar" -- On The Real Side -- Times Square -- 2007 Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown -- "Green Grass" -- Varmint -- Cuneiform -- 2008 Piet Verbist -- "Zygomaticus Major" -- Zygomatik -- Origin -- 2010 Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Sound Prints -- "Power Ranger" -- Live at Monterey Jazz Festival -- Blue Note -- 2013 (N) Bobby Bradford, Mark Dresser & Glenn Ferris -- "BBJC" -- Live in LA -- Clean Feed -- 2009 Robert Kusiolek & Elena Czekanowa -- "Act IV" -- Qui Pro Quo -- Multikulti Project -- 2014 (N) Charles Lloyd -- "Gardner" -- Wild Man Dance -- Blue Note -- 2013 (N) Thumbscrew -- "Goddess Sparkle" -- Thumbscrew -- Cuneiform -- 2013 Joey Baron (with Bill Frisell) -- "Home On The Road / Follow Your Heart" -- Just Listen -- Relative Pitch -- 2008 Rez Abassi's Acoustic Quartet -- "Low-Lee-Tah" -- Intents and Purposes -- Enja -- 2014 (N) Ken Aldrcroft & William Parker -- "Monroe Street Bop" -- One Sunday -- Trio -- 2011 Kris Davis -- "Beam The Eyes" -- Aeriol Piano -- Clean Feed -- 2009 Herbie Hancock -- "Rain Dance" -- Sextant -- Columbia -- 1973 Chris Potter Underground Orchestra -- "Shadow Self" -- Imaginary Cities -- ECM -- 2013 Listen to the program at your convenience in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

The unofficial "4/20" holiday provided the theme for this week's edition of "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS 91.3 FM. Here are the tunes we heard: Mezz Mezzrow and His Orchestra -- "Sendin' The Vipers" -- Reefer Madness -- Stash -- 1934 Fats Waller -- "Viper's Drag" -- Reefer Madness -- Stash -- 1935 Quintette of the Hot Club of France -- "Viper's Dream" -- Reefer Madness -- Stash -- 1937 Cab Calloway Orchestra -- "The Man From Harlem" -- Reefer Songs -- Stash -- 1932 Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys -- "Here Comes The Man With The Jive" -- Reefer Songs -- Stash -- 1936 Cow Cow Davenport -- "The Mess Is Here" -- Reefer Songs -- Stash -- 1938 The Cats And The Fiddle -- "Killin' Jive" -- Viper Mad Blues -- Jass -- 1939 Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys -- "You'se A Viper" -- Viper Mad Blues -- Jass -- 1936 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra -- "Muggles" -- Reefer Madness -- Stash -- 1928 Sidney Bechet with Noble Sissle's Swingers -- "Viper Mad" -- Reefer Songs -- Stash -- 1938 Cleo Brown -- "The Stuff Is Here And It's Mellow" -- Viper Mad Blues -- Jass -- 1935 Baron Lee and the Blue Rhythm Band -- "Reefer Man" -- Viper Mad Blues -- Jass -- 1932 Frankie Newton and His Uptown Serenaders -- "The Onyx Hop" -- Viper Mad Blues -- Jass -- 1937 Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy -- "All The Jive Is Gone" -- Reefer Songs -- 1936 Buck Washington -- "Save The Roach For Me" -- Reefer Madness -- c. 1944 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra -- "Texas Tea Party" -- Reefer Songs -- Stash -- 1933 Buster Bailey's Rhythm Busters -- "Light Up" -- Reefer Songs -- Stash -- 1938 Trixie Smith -- "Jack I'm Mellow" -- Reefer Songs -- Stash -- 1938 Quincy Jones and His Orchestra -- "Chant of The Weed" -- Pure Delight: The Essence of Quincy Jones and His Orchestra (1953-1964) -- Razor & Tie -- 1959 Bill Ware and Vibes -- "Too Hight" -- Wonder Full: The Music of Stevie Wonder -- Random Choice -- rel. 2008 NIcholas Payton -- "Cannabis Leaf Rag 2" -- Sonic Trance -- Warner Bros. -- rel. 2003 Charlie Hunter and Pound For Pound -- "Dope-a-licious" -- Return of the Candyman -- Blue Note -- rel. 1998 Todd Bishop's Pop Art 4 -- "Cannabis" -- 69 Annee Erotique--Todd Bishop's Pop Art 4 Plays The Music of Serge Gainsbourg -- Origin -- 2008 John Scofield -- "Let's Go Get Stoned" -- That's What I Say--John Scofield Plays The Music of Ray Charles -- Verve -- 2004 Outhouse -- "Say Nope To Dope" -- Process of Elimination -- (self) -- c. 1998 Craig Harris -- "High Life" -- F-Stops -- Soul Note -- 1993 Hank Mobley -- "High and Flighty" -- Peckin' Time -- Blue Note -- 1958 Metronome All-Stars (with Dizzy Gillespie) -- "Groovin' High" -- The Dizzy Gillespie Story 1939-1950 -- Prioper -- 1947 Jakob Bro -- "October" -- Gefion -- ECM -- 2013 (N) Check it out in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

Here is what we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS on April 13: Oscar Peterson -- "Broadway" -- Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie -- Clef -- 1955 Jana Herzen -- "Spain (I Remember)" -- Passion of a Lonely Heart -- Motema -- rel. 2012 Troy Roberts -- "Trip" -- Secret Rhymes -- Inner Circle Music -- 2014 (N) Vanguard Jazz Orchestra -- "Rich" -- Over Time: Music of Bob Brookmeyer -- Planet Arts -- rel. 2014 Ari Brown -- "Lester Bowie's Gumbo Stew" -- Ultimate Frontier -- Delmark -- 1995 Mac Gollehon's Smokin' Section -- "Spinal" -- In The Spirit of Fats Navarro -- Half Note -- 2000 Tony Malaby's Tamarindo -- "Jack The Hat with Coda" -- Tamarindo Live -- Clean Feed -- rel. 2010 Neil Welch -- "Rivers" -- Twelve Tiny Explosions -- Table & Chairs -- 2011 The Manufacturing of Humidifiers -- "Scalar Residuals" -- Dire Images of Beauty -- Yes/No -- 1990 Glenious Alien Landscape -- "Hell O There" -- Glenious Alien Landscape -- Blue Bamboo Music -- 2013/2014 (N) Vijay Iyer Trio -- "Work" -- Break Stuff -- ECM -- 2014 (N) Ted Daniel -- "Vicissitudes of a Lover" -- Solo At Abbazia San Zeno -- UJAMAA -- 1981 Gary Prince & Kate Olson -- "Wakefulness" -- Improvised Duets -- (self) -- 2009 Erik Friedlander -- "I Am Filthy" -- Maldoror -- Brassland -- 2002 Harris Eisenstadt -- "The Arrangement of Unequal Things" -- Golden State II -- Songlines -- 2014 (N) The Kandinsky Effect -- "Trits" -- Somnambulist -- Cuneiform -- 2014 (N) As always, you can catch the program anytime in the next two weeks in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

Even though I probably see the trio a couple of times a year for the last few, I'm always fired up to see the long standing trio. Telepathic is one of those overused descriptors but it fits this band. April 25th @ Cornelia Street after they return back from their little tour. My guess is Malaby played a bit if soprano along with the tenor. First time any of Helias' compositions for this band called for Tony to play soprano are a few on the new recording. My first impression of the new music via seeing them in December was very positive. Also looking forward to picking up the new CD on Intakt at the upcoming show. I've seen Malaby before, but not this trio. Your guess is correct. Malaby played tenor and soprano in Seattle.