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Sorry, there was no Christmas music this week on "Straight, No Chaser." But we did hear some really good jazz: Anat Fort Trio -- "Some" -- And If -- ECM -- 2009 Kenny Barron & Dave Holland -- "The Oracle" -- The Art of Conversation -- Blue Note -- 2014 (N) Donald Vega -- "You Never Tell Me Anything" -- Spiritual Nature -- Resonance -- 2012 Ron Horton -- "Laverne" -- It's A Gadget World... -- ABeat -- rel. 2009 Matt Renzi -- "Animals, Come Forth" -- Rise and Shine -- Three P's -- 2012 Billy Hart Quartet -- "Lennie Groove" -- One Is The Other -- ECM -- 2013 Pandelis Karayorgis / Mat Maneri Quintet -- "Case In Point" -- Disambiguation -- Leo -- 2001 Tobias Delius 4tet -- "Samt" -- Pelikanismus -- ICP -- 2001 P. J. Rasmussen -- "Sunday Driver" -- Adventures in Flight -- Third Freedom Enrico Fazio Septet -- "Wake Up!" -- Zapping! -- Leo -- 2002 Joe Lovano Wind Ensemble -- "Spirit of the Night" -- Worlds -- Evidence -- 1989 Anthony Braxton -- "Composition No. 34" -- Six Compositions: Quartet -- Antilles -- 1981 Jimmy Bennington Trio -- "Henry Only" -- The Walk to Montreuil -- Cadence Jazz -- 2008 (N) Hutchinson Andrew Trio -- "What Next" -- Prairie Modern -- Chronograph -- 2012 Jimmy Cobb -- "Minor Blues" -- The Original Mob -- Smoke Sessions -- rel. 2014 (N) Thomas Marriott -- "Living on the Minimum" -- Urban Folklore -- Origin -- 2013 (N)

I spent some time at Seattle's "free-form" radio station, KRAB, in the 1970s and I loved it. You're right of course that stations like that no longer exist, at least in the broadcast media. But there are still places where a DJ has full discretion in selecting the music. To me that is the most important kind of freedom, even if there are some underwriting announcements to read and so forth.

Certainly, surprises can be delightful, if you can find a program curated by someone whose tastes are congruent, or at least do not clash, with your own. My hope is that even an experienced listener can be turned on to unfamiliar artists and recordings via radio. Programming based on someone's personal tastes is more likely to do that turning on than programming dictated by some corporate playlist. -- I hope you're right about a resurgence in local radio programming. It is mostly the little public and college stations that give their programmers freedom to play whatever they want.

Because it sounds good? I respect your opinions, Jsngry, and agree with many of them, but I enjoy listening to Orrin Evans and JD Allen. To each his own!

What do you Organissimo posters think about jazz on the radio? As a radio programmer, I get very little feedback from listeners.* In this age of downloading, streaming and so on, there are so many different ways to hear jazz. I wonder to what extent serious jazz lovers still listen to jazz on the radio, why you listen, and what you like and dislike. If you’re willing to share your thoughts, here are some questions for you: Do you listen to jazz on the radio? If so, when and where do you listen? At home, in your vehicle, late at night? Broadcast radio or Internet stations? How do you find out about the music that interests you – Down Beat, Pandora, Spotify, web forums like this one? Does radio play a part by exposing you to new sounds? If you tune in, what music do you most like to hear? What music turns you off? New releases – other things you haven’t heard before – familiar pieces? A particular genre, e.g. bebop, hard bop, mainstream, avant garde – or a combination of them? What do you like or dislike in a program host? How much info should the host provide about the recordings? Do you like to hear more talk, or as little as possible? * I seek your general comments, not feedback about my show on KBCS-FM, which is only one of many “out there.”

Head for the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm to hear a streaming version of this week's "Straight, No Chaser." Here is the playlist: Jessica Williams -- "When I Fall In Love" -- With Love -- Origin -- 2013/2014 Chick Corea Trio -- "It Could Happen To You" -- Trilogy -- Concord Jazz -- rel. 2014 (N) Dave Holland Octet -- "Wind Dance" -- Pathways -- Dare2 -- 2009 Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet -- "Tri-Monk" -- Out Loud [compilation] -- Knitting Factory Works -- rel. 1995 Jeff "Tain" Watts -- "Return of the Jitney Man" -- Watts -- Dark Key -- 2008 Branford Marsalis -- "Improvisation No. 2" -- In My Solitude: Live at Grace Cathedral -- Okeh / Marsalis Music -- 2012 (N) Odean Pope -- "Scorpio Twins" -- Plant Life -- Porter -- 2008 The Pyramids -- "They Came From Chicago" -- Otherwordly -- Indigo -- rel. 2012 Industrial Revelation -- "Shadowboxing in the Wind" -- Oak Head -- (self) -- 2012 (N) Tommy Babin's Benzene -- "They Didn't Know They Were Robots" / "The Sky Beneath My Feet" -- Your Body Is Your Prison -- Drip Audio -- rel. 2010 Nels Cline Singers -- "Climb Down" -- Macroscope -- Cryptogramophone -- 2013 Wally Shoup Trio -- "Kiss Off" -- Fusillades & lamentations -- Leo -- 2002 SYCH [shoup, Yeh, Corsano, Horist] -- "Short-Wave Cowboys" -- Lunar Roulette -- Strange Attractors -- 2010 E_L_B [Erskine, Le, Benita] -- "Rotha & Priska" -- Dream Flight -- ACT -- 2007 Lisa Miller Octet -- "Sleep Furiously" -- Green Ideas -- (self) -- 2005 ElectroNHIC -- "EN" -- ElectroNHIC -- NHIC -- 2013 (N)

This is no longer available on YouTube for copyright reasons. -- I vote with the folks who think they would NOT have liked to hang out with Miles Davis. As far as I can tell, he is reputed to have been a complete asshole. Which has nothing to do with the quality of his music.

This week's "Straight, No Chaser" featured, among other things, a newly released live John Coltrane performance and a 1960s recording by George Russell. You can hear the show any time in the next two weeks in the audio archive on the KBCS website. Here is the complete playlist: Eric Reed -- "Spiritual" -- Reflections of a Grateful Heart -- WJ3 -- 2012 Chelsey Green and The Green Project -- "Autumn Leaves" -- The Green Room -- Green Project -- rel. 2014 (N) Johnny Lytle -- "Tawhid" -- People & Love -- Milestone -- 1972 Andrew Oliver Sextet -- "Biannual / Biennial" -- 82% Chance of Rain -- OA2 -- 2009 Rik Wright's Fundamental Forces -- "Yearning" -- Red -- HipSync -- rel. 2014 (N) George Russell -- "Othello Ballet Suite, Part 2" -- Othello Ballet Suite / Electronic Organ Sonata No. 1 -- Sonet -- 1967/1968 Eyvind Kang -- "Sulpicia Variation" -- The Yelm Sessions -- Tzadik -- rel. 2007 John Carter -- "Conversations" -- Castles of Ghana -- Gramavision -- 1985 John Coltrane -- "Crescent" -- Offering--Live at Temple University -- Impulse! -- 1966 Rob Mazurek Pulsar Quartet -- "Spiral Mercury" -- Stellar Pulsations -- 2012 Scanner with The Post Modern Jazz Quartet -- "Most With The Least" -- Blink of An Eye -- Thirsty Ear -- 2010 Slow Poke -- "Afro Blake" -- At Home -- Palmetto -- 2006 Marty Krystall Spatial Quartet -- "Mateo" -- Seeing Unknown Colors -- M-A -- 1990 Roscoe Mitchell Quintet -- "For Cynthia" -- Turn -- Rogue Art -- 2005 Ceramic Dog -- "Take Five" -- Your Turn -- NSPY -- rel. 2013

This week's "Straight, No Chaser" included several new releases, some 1970s fusion, and two piano-bass duos with Michael Bisio. Here is the playlist: Jazz Soul Seven -- "We're A Winner" -- Impressions of Curtis Mayfield -- BFM Jazz -- rel. 2012 Jean-Luc Ponty -- "Polyfolk Dance" -- Upon the Wings of Music -- Atlantic -- 1975 Michal Urbaniak -- "Bloody Kishka" -- Fusion III -- Wounded Bird -- 1975 Ferenc Nemeth & Attila Laszlo -- "Downhill" -- Bridges of Souls -- Dreamers Collective -- 2013 (N) David Friesen Circle 3 Trio -- "Blue 10: -- Where The Light Falls -- Origin -- 2013 (N) Alex Mercado Trio -- "Nothing Changes" -- Symbiosis -- 2014 (N) ElectroNHIC -- "Evanescent Stiction" -- ElectroNHIC -- NHIC -- 2013 (N) Wayne Horvitz & The Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble -- "Daylight" -- At The Reception -- Songlines -- 2014 (N) [The Royal Room Collective Ensemble will be at The Royal Room in Seattle on Monday, December 15.] Tom Varner Nonet -- "Reprise and Finale" -- Nine Surprises -- (slef) -- 2012 (N) The Last Taxi -- "Hidden Passage" -- A Conversation -- (self) -- 2013 (N) Richie Beirach & George Coleman -- "Riddles" -- Convergence -- Triloka -- 1990 Jurgen Friedrich -- "Coincidence" -- Seismo -- Pirouet -- 2005 Kris Davis -- "The Slightest Shift" -- The Slightest Shift -- Fresh Sound New Talent -- 2005 Empty Cage Quartet & Soletti/Besnard -- "Moths to the Flame" -- Take Care of Floating -- Rude Awakening -- 2008 Sean Moran Small Elephant Band -- "Monkeytown" -- Tusk -- BNCM East -- 2011 Michael Bisio--Matthew Shipp Duo -- "Swing Laser" -- Floating Ice -- Relative Pitch -- rel. 2013 Connie Crothers & Michael Bisio -- "Improvisation #7" -- Session at 475 Kent -- Mutable Music -- 2009 Ron Miles -- "Longing" -- Woman's Day -- Gramavision -- 1996 Happy Thanksgiving to all, and keep listening to the jazz!

Thanks again to Gordon Todd, who sat in for me as host of "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS on November 17. Head to the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm to listen to Gordon's show, including the following: Bill Holman Band -- "Straight, No Chaser" -- Brilliant Corners--The Music of Thelonious Monk Joe Henderson -- "Recorda Me" -- Page One Avishai Cohen -- "Remembering" -- As Is...Live At The Blue Note Horace Parlan -- "Home Is Africa" -- Happy Frame of Mind John Coltrane -- "Naima" -- Giant Steps Charlie Haden & Jim Hall -- "Turnaround" -- Charlie Haden--Jim Hall (N) Ornette Coleman -- "Ramblin'" -- Turn of the Century Bobby Hutcherson -- "Una Muy Bonita" -- Stick-Up! Rahsaan Roland Kirk -- "Serenade to a Cuckoo" -- I Talk With The Spirits Jason Parker Quartet -- "Beatrice" -- No More, No Less (N) Ben Allison -- "Third Rail" -- Pace Pipe Cindy Blackman -- "My Isha" -- Works on Canvas Herbie Nichols -- "Third World" -- Complete Blue Note Recordings Roswell Rudd Trio -- "Strage City" -- The Unheard Herbie Nichols, Vol. 2 Elvin Jones -- "Reza" -- Puttin' It Together Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band -- "Landmarks" -- Landmarks Ravi Coltrane -- "Interlude - Thursday" -- Moving Pictures Ron Blake -- "Waltz For Gwen" -- Shayari Charles Lloyd -- "Tellaro" -- Fish Out of Water

Here is the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS on November 10: Art Blakey Quartet -- "Summertime" -- A Jazz Message! -- Impulse! -- 1963 Oliver Nelson -- "Tipsy" -- Main Stem -- Prestige -- 1961 Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney -- "Pivot" -- Two Guitars -- Phoenix -- 1957 Hampton Hawes Quartet -- "April in Paris" -- All Night Session! -- Phoenix -- 1956 Harold Mabern -- "Edward Lee" -- Right On Time -- Smoke Sessions -- 2013 Duke Jordan -- "Split Quick" -- Flight to Jordan -- Blue Note -- 1960 Randy Weston & Billy Harper -- "Blues to Senegal" -- The Roots of the Blues -- Sunnyside -- 2013 Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet -- "Interzone" -- The 21st Century Trad Band -- Basin Street -- 2014 (N) Linda Oh -- "Deeper Than Happy" -- Initial Here -- Greenleaf -- 2011 Rik Wright's Fundamental Forces -- "(She's So) Fragmented" -- Red -- Hip Sync -- rel. 2014 (N) Nels Cline & Julian Lage -- "Racy" -- Room -- Mack Avenue -- 2013 (N) Mary Halvorson Quintet -- "All The Clocks (No. 29)" -- Bending Bridges -- Firehouse 12 -- 2011 Cecil Taylor -- "O.P." (Take 1) -- Jumpin' Punkins -- Candid -- 1961 Charles Mingus -- "Minor Intrusion" -- Jazzical Moods Vol. 1 -- Avid Jazz -- 1954 Satoko Fujii Trio -- "An Irregular Course" -- Illusion Suite -- Libra -- 2003 Anat Fort Trio -- "Nu" -- And If -- ECM -- 2009 Stefano Bollani -- "Teddy" -- Joy In Spite of Everything -- ECM -- 2013 Wayne Horvitz & The Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble -- "Trish" -- At The Reception -- Songlines -- 2014 (N) Hear it in the audio archives at www.kbcs.fm.

Thanks to Gordon Todd for filling in as guest host on "Straight, No Chaser" this week. Here is the music that Gordon played on November 3: Thelonious Monk -- "Straight, No Chaser" -- 5 By Monk By 5 McCoy Tyner -- "The High Priest" -- Tender Moments Joe Henderson -- "El Barrio" -- Inner Urge Bobby Hutcherson -- "8/4 Beat" -- Stick-Up! Joe Zawinul -- "In A Silent Way" -- Zawinul Wayne Shorter -- "Wind" -- Odyssey of Iska George Russell -- "Nardris" -- Ezz-thetics Ornette Coleman -- "Bird Food" -- Change of the Century Joe Lovano / Us Five -- "Barbados" -- Bird Songs Hal Galper Trio -- "Melancholia" -- Airegin Revisited Grace Kelly -- "Here's That Rainy Day" -- Every Road I Walked Pharoah Sanders -- "Naima" -- Crescent With Love [Pharoah Sanders will be at Town Hall, November 7 at 8 p.m., presented by Earshot Jazz Festival.] Anton Schwartz -- "Glass Half Missing" -- Flash Mob [Anton Schwartz will be at Tula's Jazz Club, November 7 & 8 at 7:30 p.m., presented by Earshot Jazz Festival.] Thomas Marriott -- "Washington Generals" -- Urban Folklore [Thomas Marriott is appearing with Anton Schwartz, November 7 & 8 at 7:30 p.m.] Miguel Zenon -- "Silencio" -- Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook [Miguel Zenon will be at the PONCHO Concert Hall, November 10 at 8 p.m., presented by Earshot Jazz Festival.] Archie Shepp -- "Come Sunday" -- Goin' Home Listen to this program in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm, any time in the next two weeks.

This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we caught up with several new releases and revisited some older ones. Here is the music we heard: Marc Cary -- "Throw It Away" -- For The Love of Abbey -- Motema -- 2012 Jason Moran -- "Jitterbug Waltz" -- All Rise: A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller -- BlueNote -- rel. 2014 (N) Oliver Lake Organ Quartet -- "Palma" -- What I Heard -- Passin' Thru -- 2013 (N) Willie Jones III Sextet -- "Freedom Day" -- The Willie Jones III Sextet Plays The Max Roach Songbook -- WJ3 -- 2012 Mark Turner Quartet -- "Ethan's Line" -- Lathe of Heaven -- ECM -- 2013 (N) Kenny Barron & Dave Holland -- "Dr. Do Right" -- The Art of Conversation -- Impulse! -- 2014 (N) Michael Lake & Gerry Pagano -- "Painted Desert" -- Roads Less Traveled -- (self) -- rel. 2014 (N) Charlie Haden & Jim Hall -- "In The Moment" -- Charlie Haden--Jim Hall -- Impulse! -- 1990 (N) Tom Varner Nonet -- "Seattle Blues" -- Nine Surprises -- (self) -- 2012 (N) Sam Rivers' Rivbea All-Star Orchestra -- "Riffin'" -- Culmination -- RCA Victor -- 1998 Christian Scott -- "Fatima Aisha Rokero 400" -- Christian Atunde Adjuah -- Concord Jazz -- 2011 Joe Morris & Luther Gray -- "Creature Adventure" -- Creatures -- Not Two -- 2009 Michael Formanek -- "Rising Tensions and Awesome Light" -- Small Places -- ECM -- 2011 Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre Quartet -- "Hexagon" -- Peace and Blessings -- Black Saint -- 1979 Swallow Quintet -- "Unnatural Causes" -- Into The Woodwork -- ECM -- 2011 Listen to this and other KBCS programs at your convenience, for two weeks after broadcast, in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

Again this week on "Straight, No Chaser," we concentrated on artists who are appearing in this year's Earshot Jazz Festival. If you'd like to hear what these musicians sound like, listen to a streaming version of the program in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm. Here is the October 20 playlist, along with information about the dates and venues of festival performances: Jacky Terrasson -- "Isn't She Lovely?" -- Smile -- Blue Note -- 2002 [Jacky Terrasson Trio, PONCHO Concert Hall, October 22] Frank Catalano -- "Those Wacky Ways" -- Cut It Out!?! -- Delmark -- 1997 [Frank Catalano Quartet, Tula's Restaurant & Jazz Club, October 31 & November 1] Miguel Zenón -- "Jíbaro" -- Jíbaro -- Marsalis Music -- 2004 [Miguel Zenón Quartet, PONCHO Concert Hall, November 10] Daniel Barry -- "Junebug" -- Walk All Ways -- OA2 -- rel. 2007 [Daniel Barry's Celestial Rhythm Orchestra, Seattle Art Museum, October 26] Cuong Vu 4-tet -- "My Funny Valentine" -- Leaps of Faith -- Origin -- 2010 [Cuong Vu & Ted Poor, EMP Level 3, November 2] David Liebman Group -- "On A Clear Day" -- Conversation -- Sunnyside -- 2003 [Dave Liebman New Quintet, PONCHO Concert Hall, October 30] Greg Osby -- "Equalatogram" -- Inner Circle -- Blue Note -- 1999 Greg Osby -- "Test Pattern" -- Channel Three -- Blue Note -- 2005 [Greg Osby Quartet, PONCHO Concert Hall, October 23] John Gross & Billy Mintz -- "Shmear" -- Beautiful You -- Origin -- 2003 [scott Cutshall / John Gross Duo, Vermillion Art Gallery & Bar, November 8] Living Daylights -- "Liquor Wish" -- Night of the Living Daylights -- (self) -- 2002 Living Daylights -- "Moena" -- 500 Pound Cat -- Liquid City -- 1998 [Living Daylights, Royal Room, October 24] Pharoah Sanders, John Hicks, Richard Davis & Tatsuya Nakamura -- "Mara" -- New York Unit--Naima -- Evidence -- 1992 [Pharoah Sanders Quartet, Town Hall Seattle, November 7] Quest (with David Liebman) -- "Redemption" -- David Liebman & Richie Beirach Mosaic Select -- Mosaic -- 1991 David Liebman & Ellery Eskelin -- "You Call It" -- Different But The Same -- Hat Hut -- 2004 [Dave Liebman New Quintet, PONCHO Concert Hall, October 30] Barry Altschul Quartet -- "For Stu" -- For Stu -- Soul Note [barry Altschul 3dom Factor, PONCHO Concert Hall, October 25] Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra -- "Creole Love Call" -- Jimmy Heath: The Endless Search -- Origin -- 2007 [seattle Repertory Jazz Orchetra, Nordstrom Recital Hall, November 1; and Kirkland Performance Center, November 2] Complete information about the Earshot Jazz Festival is available at www.earshot.org -- or call (206) 547-6763. On October 19, I was the substitute host on "Flotation Device" on KBCS. Here is the playlist for that program, which is also available on demand in the KBCS audio archive: Ben Goldberg -- "I Miss The SLA" -- Unfold Ordinary Mind -- BAG Productions -- 2012 Zs -- "Pendulum" -- Zs Score--The Complete Sextet Works: 2002-2007 -- NSPY Ceramic Dog -- "Mr. Pants Goes To Hollywood" -- Your Turn -- NSPY -- rel. 2013 Bill Frisell -- "John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!" -- Silent Comedy -- Tzadik -- 2012 Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex & Friends -- "Ambassel" -- Y'Anbessaw Tezeta -- Terp -- rel. 2012 Mary Halvorson Quintet -- "Love in Eight Colors (No. 21)" -- Bending Bridges -- Fireshouse 12 -- 2011 Tomasz Stanko Septet -- "The Witch" -- Litania--The Tomasz Stanko Septet Plays Music of Krzysztof Komeda -- ECM -- 1997 Eivind Opsvik -- "White Armour" -- Overseas IV -- Loyal Label -- 2011 Anthony Davis -- "Wayang No. 14 (Under The Double Moon), Section 1, Opening--Dance" -- Epistēmē -- Gramavision -- 1981 Marilyn Crispell -- "MCPS" -- [Marilyn Crispell & Joseph Jarman] Connecting Spirits -- Music & Arts -- 1996 Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love -- "Open Too Close" -- Seven -- Small Town Super Jazz -- 2005 Parker--Guy--Lytton (Evan Parker, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton) -- "Value" -- Imaginary Values -- Maya -- 1993 Eyvind Kang -- "5th NADE / Invisible Man" -- 7 NADEs -- Tzadik -- 1995 Jonas Tauber & Doug Haning -- "Osculating A Brachistochrone" -- e-πi -- (self) -- 2002 Mark Feldman & Sylvie Courvoisier -- "Double Windsor" -- Oblivia -- Tzadik -- 2009 Hafez Modirzadeh -- "Tetraspheres" -- In Convergence Liberation -- Pi -- 2011 (N)

Looking forward to seeing him in Seattle on November 7!

This week's "Straight, No Chaser" was devoted to artists who are appearing in the 2014 Earshot Jazz Festival in Seattle. The playlist, with information regarding the artists' upcoming performances, is below. For more information or tickets, see www.earshot.org or call Earshot Jazz at (206) 547-6763. Lew Tabackin Quartet -- "Dig" -- What A Little Moonlight Can Do -- Concord Jazz -- 1994 [Lew Tabackin Trio, PONCHO Concert Hall, October 19] Johnaye Kendrick -- "I Will Wait Forever" -- Here -- Johnygirl -- rel. 2014 [Johnaye Kendrick Group, PONCHO Concert Hall, October 16] OU -- "La Mehtita" -- Pisces -- Spoot -- rel. 2014 [Amy Denio & OU, Royal Room, October 17] Thomas Marriott -- "The Tale of Debauchery" -- Urban Folklore -- Origin -- 2013 (N) [Thomas Marriott: Urban Folklore, Tula's, Oct. 17 & 18] Eric Vloiemans Gatecrash -- "Magnolia" -- Hyper -- Challenge -- 2007 [Eric Vloiemans & Oliver's Cinema, Chapel Performance Space, October 15] Hal Galper Trio -- "Like Sonny" -- O's Time -- Origin -- 2014 (N) [Hal Galper Trio, PONCHO Concert Hall, November 4] Riverside (with Dave Douglas) -- "Thrush" -- Riverside -- Greenleaf -- 2012 Joe Lovano US Five -- "Dewey Square" -- Bird Songs -- Blue Note -- 2010 [Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Quintet: Sound Prints, Town Hall Seattle, October 18 Anton Schwartz -- "Epistrophy" -- Flash Mob -- Anton Jazz -- 2013 [Anton Schwartz Quintet, Tula's, November 7 & 8] Pharoah Sanders -- "Pharomba" -- Live -- Evidence -- 1981 [Pharoah Sanders Quartet, Town Hall Seattle, November 7] Bad Luck -- "Pollock" -- Bad Luck -- Belle -- 2009 [bad Luck, Vermillion Art Gallery & Bar, November 8] Barry Altschul -- "Martin's Stew" -- The 3dom Factor -- TUM -- 2012 [barry Altschul 3dom Factor, PONCHO Concert Hall, October 25] Miguel Zenon -- "Residencial Lloren Torres" -- Esta Plena -- Marsalis Music -- 2008 [Miguel Zenon Quartet, PONCHO Concert Hall, November 10] Darius Jones -- "Big Train Rollin'" -- Man'ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing) -- AUM Fidelity -- 2009 [Eric Revis Quartet, with Darius Jones & Bill McHenry, EMP Level 3, October 29] Bill McHenry -- "William III" -- Ghosts of the Sun -- Sunnyside -- 2006 [Eric Revis Quartet, with Darius Jones & Bill McHenry, EMP Level 3, October 29] Chad McCullough & Michael Vanoucek -- "Time-lapse" -- The Sky Cries -- Origin -- 2009 [Chad McCullough Spin Quartet, Downstairs at Town Hall Seattle, October 31] Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey -- "The Time Is Now" -- Self Is Gone -- Royal Artist Group -- 2000 [Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Royal Room, November 1] Tune in to "Straight, No Chaser" next Monday, October 20, for more music by Earshot Jazz Festival Artists.

This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we celebrated the career of the Canadian trumpet and flugelhorn player Kenny Wheeler (1930-2014). Here are the recordings we heard: Kenny Wheeler -- "Gnu Suite" -- Gnu High -- ECM -- 1975 Kenny Wheeler Quintet -- "H.S." -- Transcription -- Radio Canada International Kenny Wheeler -- "Deer Wan" -- Deer Wan -- ECM -- 1977 Dave Holland Quintet (with Kenny Wheeler) -- "Gridlock (Opus 8)" -- Seeds of Time -- ECM -- 1984 Anthony Braxton (with Kenny Wheeler) -- "4038-NBS-373-6" -- Five Pieces 1975 -- Arista -- 1975 Kenny Wheeler -- "Eight Plus Three / Alice My Dear" -- A Long Time Ago -- ECM -- c. 1997 Kenny Wheeler Quintet -- "Miold Man" -- Flutter By, Butterfly -- Soul Note -- 1987 Jane Ira Bloom (with Kenny Wheeler) -- "b6 Bop" -- The Nearness -- Arabesque -- 1995 Kenny Wheeler Quintet -- "Hotel Le Hot" -- The Widow in the Window -- ECM -- 1990 Kenny Werner (with Kenny Wheeler) -- "Hedwig's Theme" -- Democracy -- Half Note -- 2006 Leo Smith (with Kenny Wheeler) -- "Tastalun" -- Divine Love -- ECM -- 1978 Ralph Towner (with Kenny Wheeler) -- "Special Delivery" -- Old Friends, New Friends -- ECM -- 1979 Bill Frisell (with Kenny Wheeler) -- "Resistor" -- Rambler -- ECM -- 1984 As always, you can hear this program any time in the next two weeks in the KBCS audio archive at www.kbcs.fm. The 2014 Earshot Jazz Festival is coming to Seattle October 10 to November 11. Next Monday evening on "Straight, No Chaser," we'll listen to some of the artists who are playing in this year's festival. For more information about the festival, see www.earshot.org.

Thanks to the listeners who called in or logged on to donate to KBCS in our fall fund drive. Here are the tunes we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on September 29: Chick Corea Trio -- "Footprints" -- Trilogy -- Concord Jazz -- 2012 (N) Larry Corban -- "Event Horizon" -- The Corbanator -- Nabroc -- 2014 (N) Dave Kain -- "Paco" -- Raising Kain -- (self) -- rel. 2014 (N) Pat Martino -- "Distant Land" -- Baiyina (The Clear Evidence) -- Prestige -- 1968 Sean Jones Quartet -- "New Journey" -- im·pro·vise–Never Before Seen -- Mack Avenue -- rel. 2014 (N) Orrin Evans -- "Mumbo Jumbo" -- Liberation Blues -- Smoke Sessions -- 2014 (N) Bad Luck -- "Three" -- Three -- Table & Chairs -- rel. 2014 (N) [bad Luck is appearing at the Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center in Seattle, this Wednesday, October 1st, to celebrate the release of its new CD.] Ceramic Dog -- "Ritual Slaughter" -- Your Turn -- Northern Spy -- rel. 2013 Bill Frisell -- "Leprechaun" -- Silent Comedy -- Tzadik -- 2012 Hannibal [Lokumbe] -- "Now Stand" -- The Tribe -- Kindred Spirits -- 1979 Enrico Rava & Parco della Musica Jazz Lab -- "They Don't Care About Us" -- Rava On The Dance Floor -- ECM -- 2011 Mark Turner Quartet -- "The Edenist" -- Lathe of Heaven -- ECM -- 2013 (N) Dafnis Prieto -- "The Stutterer" -- Absolute Quintet -- Zoho -- 2005 The fund drive continues at KBCS. You can support community radio by calling (425) 564-5000 or going on-line at www.kbcs.fm.

To commemorate the birthday of John Coltrane (September 23), we heard a few of his great recordings on this week's "Straight, No Chaser." As always, you can hear a streaming version of the program at www.kbcs.fm. Here's the playlist: John Coltrane -- "Peace on Earth" -- Live in Japan -- Impulse! -- 1966 John Coltrane -- "Transition" -- Transition -- Impulse! -- 1965 John Coltrane -- "Leo" -- Interstellar Space -- Impulse! -- 1967 John Coltrane -- "Evolution" -- Live in Seattle -- Impulse! -- 1965 John Coltrane -- "The Inch Worm" -- The Paris Concert -- Pablo -- c. 1962 John Coltrane -- "Amen" -- Sun Ship -- Impulse! -- 1965 John Coltrane & Don Cherry -- "Cherryco" -- The Avant-Garde -- Atlantic -- 1960

This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we said good-bye to bandleader Gerald Wilson (1918-2014) and keyboardist Joe Sample (1939-2014) and we sampled a few new releases, including one by the Daniel Rosenboom Quintet, which is appearing at The Royal Room in Seattle tomorrow night, September 16. Here is the complete playlist: Gerald Wilson Orchestra -- "Aram" -- Portraits -- Capitol Gerald Wilson Orchestra -- "The Serpent" -- The Golden Sword -- Discovery -- 1966 Gerald Wilson Orchestra -- "The 'IT's' Where It's At" -- Live and Swinging -- Pacific Jazz -- c. 1967 Gerald Wilson Orchestra -- "Dorian" -- In My Time -- Mack Avenue -- c. 2005 Gerald Wilson Orchestra -- "Allegro" -- Monterey Moods -- Mack Avenue -- c. 2007 Gerald Wilson Orchestra -- "The Feather" -- State Street Sweet -- MAMA -- c. 1995 Jazz Crusaders (with Joe Sample) -- "Till All Ends" -- The Young Rabbits -- Blue Note -- 1962 Jazz Crusaders (with Joe Sample) -- "Watts Happening" -- The Young Rabbits -- Blue Note -- 1967 Jazz Crusaders (with Joe Sample) -- "Blues Up Tight" -- The Young Rabbits -- Blue Note -- 1966 Jazz Crusaders (with Joe Sample) -- "A Summer Madness" -- The Festival Album -- Pacific Jazz -- 1966 Crusaders (with Joe Sample) -- "Sweet Revival" -- Crusaders 1 -- Blue Thumb -- c. 1970 Joe Sample -- "The Texas Two Step" -- The Pecan Tree -- Verve -- c. 2002 Marc Smason -- "Coffeehouse" -- Mambo de Gente -- (self) -- rel. 2014 (N) The Last Taxi (with Todd Brunel & Patrick Battstone) -- "Subterranean Affair" -- A Conversation -- (self) -- 2013 (N) Jewels and Binoculars (with Michael Moore) -- "Highway 61 Revisited" -- The Music of Bob Dylan -- Ramboy -- 2000 Daniel Rosenboom Quintet -- "Holiday Motel" -- Fire Keeper -- Orenda -- 2013 (N) [The Daniel Rosenboom Quintet will be at The Royal Room in Seattle on Tuesday, September 16.] Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble -- "The Ooli Moves" -- Intergalactic Beings -- FPE -- 2010 (N) Denman Maroney Quartet -- "Detach and Retain" -- GAGA -- Nuscape -- 2006 Myriad 3 -- "Der Trockner" -- The Where -- Alma -- rel. 2014 (N) Next Monday, September 22, is the eve of John Coltrane's birthday, so you can expect to hear some Trane on "Straight, No Chaser."

Here is the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on September 8: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin Quintet -- "Dee Dee's Dance" -- Live at Minton's Playhouse in New York City -- Fresh Sound -- 1961 Elmo Hope -- "On It" -- The All Star Sessions -- Milestone -- 1956 Benny Golson -- "Something in B Flat" -- Benny Golson's New York Scene -- Contemporary -- 1957 Philly Joe Jones Dameronia -- "Theme of No Repeat" -- Stop, Look and Listen -- Uptown -- 1983 Marty Paich Quartet -- "Pitfall" -- The Marty Paich Quartet Featuring Art Pepper -- V.S.O.P. -- 1956 Frank Foster & The Loud Minority Band -- "Simone" -- Well Water -- Piadrum -- 1977 Adam Meckler Orchestra -- "Beautiful Beatrice" -- When The Clouds Look Like This -- Meckler Music House -- 2014 (N) Amina Figarova -- "Sneaky Seagulls" -- Twelve -- In + Out -- 2012 [Amina Figarova will be at The Jazz Alley in Seattle on September 16 & 17.] Daniel Rosenboom Quintet -- "The Fifteenth Hour" -- Fire Keeper -- Orenda -- 2013 (N) [The Daniel Rosenbom Quintet will be at The Royal Room in Seattle on September 16.] Sam Boshnack Quintet -- "Exploding Syndrome" -- Exploding Syndrome -- (self) -- rel. 2014 Michael Vlatkovich -- "Strodaad" -- Subjective Experience In A Commercial Free Zone -- pfMentum -- 2014 (N) Tal Gur -- "Time For Fight" -- Under Contractions -- (self) -- 2013-14 (N) Bird Architects -- "Under The Influence" -- Gone -- Slam -- 2007 Tim Berne's Snakeoil -- "Cornered (Duck)" -- Shadow Man -- ECM -- 2013 Bobby Hutcherson -- "Out of This World" -- Wise One -- Kind of Blue -- 2009

Thanks to Brett Watanabe for hosting "Straight, No Chaser" on September 1. Head to the KBCS audio archive to hear the music Brett played: Joshua Redman -- "Mantra #5" -- Trios Live (N) Bob James Trio -- "Soul Eyes" -- Take It From The Top Tomas Fujiwara and the HookUp -- "Opal" -- Action Speak Didier Lockwood Group -- "Itxie" -- Phoenix Ninety The Leaders -- "Peacemaker" -- Unforeseen Blessings Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown -- "Green Grass" -- Varmint Cedar Walton -- "Midnight Waltz" -- Reliving The Moment (N) Joe Morris Quartet -- "Meaning" -- Balance (N) Sam Jones -- "Seven Minds" -- Something in Common Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom -- "Spotswood Drive" -- No Morphine, No Lilies Michael Vlatkovich -- "Big Doors Little Windows" -- Here & Here & Here (N) Electric N.H.I.C. -- "Make Them Circles Concentric" -- Groundwaves Bobby Broom -- "Sweet and Lovely" -- My Shining Hour (N) Miya Masaoka Trio -- "TraJapanese Folk Song" -- Monk's Japanese Folk Song

This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we heard a number of recordings featuring the violinist John Blake, Jr. (1947-2014). Here is the playlist: Catalyst (with John Blake) -- "Athene" -- Unity -- Muse -- 1974 McCoy Tyner (with John Blake) -- "Motherland" -- Horizon -- Fantasy -- 1979 John Blake -- "El C's" -- A New Beginning -- Gramavision -- 1988 James Newton (with John Blake) -- "Not Without You" -- Luella -- Gramavision -- 1983 Steve Turre (with John Blake) -- "When Lights Are Low" -- Fire and Ice -- Stash -- 1988 McCoy Tyner (with John Blake) -- "Precious One" -- Dimensions -- Elektra -- 1983 John Blake -- "Maiden Dance" -- Maiden Dance -- Gramavision -- 1983 Tetzepi -- "Tina's Wonderworld" -- SEED -- Trytone -- 2009 Orange Then Blue -- "Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are" -- Where Were You? -- GM Recordings -- 1987 Henri Texier Hope Quartet -- "Desaparecido" -- Live at L'Improviste -- Label Bleu -- rel. 2013 Amir Elsaffar & Hafez Modirzadeh -- "Post-Idiometic Blues / Cells A" -- Radif Suite -- Pi -- 20091 Samuel Blaser Consort in Motion -- "Color" -- A Mirror to Machaut -- Songlines -- 2013 Zony Mash -- "Brand Spankin New" -- Farewell Shows -- Kufala -- 2003 Akua Dixon -- "Determination" -- Moving On -- (self) -- rel. 2013 Dayna Stephens -- "Contagious" -- The Timeless Now -- CTA -- 2006 Next week, on September 1, Brett Watanabe will be your guest host on "Straight, No Chaser."

This week's "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS featured two live Miles Davis performances from 1970 and several new releases. Here is the playlist: Cynthia Mullis -- "Still Playin' It" -- Inside Job -- OA2 -- 2001 Orrin Evans -- "Liberation Blues" -- Liberation Blues -- Smoke Sessions -- 2014 (N) The Tiptons Saxophone Quartet & Drums -- "Wave Waltz Hardcore" -- Tiny Lower Case -- Sowie Sound -- rel. 2014 (N) Johnny Griffin -- "The Way You Look Tonight" -- A Blowin' Session -- Blue Note -- 1957 Freddie Hubbard -- "Spirits of Trane" -- Gleam -- Wounded Bird -- 1975 Miles Davis -- "Bitches Brew" -- Live at the Fillmore East (March 7, 1970) -- Columbia -- 1970 Black Host -- "Wrestling" -- Life in the Sugar Candle Mines -- NSPY Tal Gur -- "Time Tuning Day #2" -- Under Contractions -- (self) -- 2013 (N) Steve Lehman Octet -- "Glass Enclosure Transcription" -- Mise en Abîme -- Pi -- 2014 (N) Roy Campbell Pyramid Trio -- "Tazz's Dilemma" -- Ethnic Stew and Brew -- Delmark -- 2000 Kali Z. Fasteau -- "Vitesse" -- An Alternate Universe -- Flying Note -- 1991 Signal Problems -- "Made For TV Pt. 2" -- Signal Problems - pfMentum -- 2013 (N) Jon Raskin Quartet -- "The Third Path To No Where" -- The Bass & the Bird Pond -- New World -- 1996 Francesco Diodati -- "Krashing Minds" -- Neko Purple Bra -- Auand -- 2009 Miles Davis -- "Directions" -- Miles at the Fillmore -- Columbia -- 1970 Todd Bishop Group -- "Norwegian" -- Travelogue -- Origin -- 2014 (N)

Head for the streaming audio archive at www.kbcs.fm to hear this week's edition of "Straight, No Chaser." Here is the playlist: Allen Toussaint -- "Singin' The Blues" -- The Bright Mississippi -- Nonesuch -- 2008 Art Tatum -- "She's Funny That Way" -- Solo Masterpieces, Volume Eight -- Pablo -- 1954 Howard McGhee -- "Park Avenue Petite" -- Dusty Blue -- Bethlehem -- c. 1961 Fats Navarro -- "The Squirrel" -- The Fats Navarro Story -- Proper Geri Allen -- "Faith Carriers of Life" -- Flying Toward The Sound -- Motema -- 2008 Bill Carrothers -- "Hello Ma Baby" -- Armistice 1918 -- Sketch -- 2003 Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio -- "Turning" -- Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio -- Concord Jazz -- rel. 2014 (N) Kris Davis -- "Minnow Bucket" -- Rye Eclipse -- Fresh Sound New Talent -- 2007 Billy Harper -- "Soran-Bushi, B.H." -- Soran-Bushi, B.H. -- Columbia -- 1977 Anthony Braxton -- "Composition No. 106f" -- Solo (Koln) 1978 -- Leo Francois Tusques -- "La Tour Saint-Jacques" -- 1965, Francois Tusques, Free Jazz -- Adda The Westerlies -- "Love, Love, Love" -- Wish The Children Would Come On Home -- Songlines -- 2013 (N) Aldo Romano & Joe Lovano -- "Sediments" -- Ten Tales -- Owl -- 1989 Joe Farrell -- "Bass Folk Song" -- Moon Germs -- CTI -- 1972 Daniel Levin Quartet -- "Wickets" -- Some Trees -- Hat Hut -- 2005 Joe Morris, Faustio Sierakowski & Nigel Taylor -- "Some" -- Part and Parcel -- Bug Incision -- 2012 Lounge Lizards -- "She Drove Me Mad" -- Queen of All Ears -- Strange & Beautiful Music -- rel. 1998 Kenny Werner -- "Good Luck Horror" -- Unprotected Music -- Double-Time -- 1997