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Here is the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on Monday, August 4: Howard Roberts -- "A Taste of Honey" -- Whatever's Fair! -- Euphoria Johnny Smith -- "Bag's Groove" -- Johnny Smith and His New Quartet -- Fresh Sound -- 1956 Steve Cardenas -- "Teo" -- Melody in a Dream -- Sunnyside -- 2012 Anthony Wilson Trio -- "Time Flies" -- Our Gang -- Groove Note -- 2000 Todd Bishop Group -- "Somnambulist" -- Travelogue -- Origin -- 2014 (N) The Tiptons Saxophone Quartet and Drums -- "Kickamar" -- Tiny Lower Case -- Sowie Sound -- rel. 2014 (N) Anthony Branker and Word Play -- "Slave States" -- The Forward (Towards Equality) Suite -- Origin -- 2014 (N) Charlie Mingus -- "Los Mariachis" -- Tijuana Moods -- RCA Victor -- 1962 Joe Chambers -- "Asiatic Raes" -- Horace to Max -- Savant -- 2009 Franz Koglmann -- "Rue Montmartre" -- Make Believe -- Between The Lines -- 1998 Weasel Walter, Mary Halvorson & Peter Evans -- "Interface" -- Mechanical Malfunction -- Thrsty Ear -- 2012 Joshua Redman -- "Act Natural" -- Trios Live -- Nonesuch -- 2009 (N) Archie Shepp -- "Cousin Mary" -- Four For Trane -- Impulse! -- 1964 Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio -- "Dear Joe" -- Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio -- Concord Jazz -- rel. 2014 (N) Michiel Braam Hybred 10tet -- "Fat Centered Gravy" -- On The Move -- Stemra -- 2011 Scot Ray Quintet -- "Above Breath" -- Active Vapor Recovery -- Cryptogramophone -- 2002

Thanks to Brett Watanabe and John Midgley, who were your guest hosts on “Straight, No Chaser” while I was out of town the last few weeks. On July 14, Brett paid tribute to the great Charlie Haden (1937-2014), Here is Brett’s playlist: Gonzalo Rubalcaba – “First Song” – Discovery Ornette Coleman – “Human Being” – Snapshots, Soapsuds Ornette Coleman – “Snapshots, Soapsuds” – Snapshots, Soapsuds Old and New Dreams – “Dewey’s Tune” – A Tribute to Blackwell Denny Zeitlin – “Labyrinth” – Zeitgeist Charlie Haden – “War Orphans” – Liberation Music Orchestra Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden – “Dance of the Infidels” – Last Dance (N) Ornette Coleman – “Tomorrow” – Friends and Neighbors Pat Metheny – “Always and Forever” – Secret Story Kenny Barron – “Be-bop” – Wanton Spirit Jane Ira Bloom – “Change Up” – Mighty Lights Charlie Haden / Liberation Music Orchestra – “Not In Our Name” – Not In Our Name Keith Jarrett – “For All We Know” – Jasmine John Midgley also featured Haden's recordings on July 21: Edward Simon Trio – “Pathless Path” – Live In New York At Jazz Standard Wayne Shorter – “Aung San Suu Kyi” – Footprints Live! George Russell – “Ye Hypocrite, Ye Beelzebub” – The Jazz Workshop Ben Goldberg – “Evolution” – Subatomic Particle Homesick Blues Chris Speed – “Transporter” – Emit Phil Ranelin – “Black On The Nu” – Inspiration Larry Young – “The Moontrane” – Unity Ornette Coleman – “Ramblin’” – Beauty Is A Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings Ornette Coleman – “Law Years” – The Complete Science Fiction Sessions Pat Metheny & Ornette Coleman – “Trigonometry” – Song X: Twentieth Anniversary Old and New Dreams – “Guinea” – Old and New Dreams Keith Jarrett – “Great Bird” – Death And The Flower Charlie Haden – “The Introduction” & “Song of the United Front” – Liberation Music Orchestra Charlie Haden / Liberation Music Orchestra – “Nikosi Sikelel’i Afrika” – Dream Keeper Charlie Haden Quartet West – “All Through the Night” – Now Is The Hour Charlie Haden / Geri Allen / Paul Motian – “Lonely Woman” – Etudes John returned on July 28. That show can still be heard in the audio archive at the KBCS website. Here is the playlist: Michel Petrucciani – “Limbo” – Power of Three Sonny Rollins – “The Bridge” – The Bridge Jim Hall – “Concierto de Aranjuez” – Concierto Jim Hall & Bill Frisell – “Sonnymoon For Two” – Hemispheres Jim Hall & Enrico Pieranunzi – “Careful” – Duologues Jim Hall – “Skylark” – Ballad Essentials Craig Taborn Trio – “Saints” – Chants Billy Hart, Ethan Iverson, Mark Turner, Ben Street – “Tolli’s Dance” – All Our Reasons Steve Lehman Octet – “Glass Enclosure Transcription” – Mise En Abime (N) Duke Ellington – “Money Jungle” – Money Jungle Terri Lyne Carrington – “Money Jungle” – Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue Duke Ellington – “Wig Wise” – Money Jngle Andrew Hill – “Awake” – Mosaic Select McCoy Tyner – “The Wanderer” – Mosaic Select Charles Mingus – “Hobo Ho” – Let My Children Hear Music

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.

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.

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)

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

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)-

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.

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."

Last night the Seattle group Burn List, celebrating its eponymous CD release on Table + Chairs Records. It's a fine electric band with Cuong Vu, trumpet; Greg Sinibaldi, tenor; Aaron Otheim, keyboards; and Chris Icasiano, drums.

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.

Tonight in Seattle, the Sam Boshnack Quintet, presenting a new work about Nellie Bly. http://www.seattleweekly.com/music/952372-129/bandleader-sam-boshnack-honors-groundbreaking-journalist

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)

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.

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

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

I listen to "My Favorite Things" every New Year, so in response to the original question, it is the one record I listen to over and over. It's not necessarily my favorite record of all time, but it sure bears repeated listening.

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 1032K (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

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.]

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)

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 1032K (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

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.

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

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

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!