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This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we listened to recordings by the avant garde trumpet player Roy Campbell, Jr. (1952-2014) and jazz poet Amiri Baraka (1934-2014). The show started with guitarist Joe Morris, who is appearing in the Seattle Improvised Music Festival this week, February 6, 7, and 8 in the Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center. Here is the playlist: Joe Morris -- "Patterns On Faces" -- Camera-- ESP-Disk -- 2010 Marc Ribot (with Roy Campbell) -- "Saints" -- Spiritual Unity -- Pi -- 2004 Roy Campbell Quartet -- "Ode For Mr. DC" -- It's Krunch Time -- Thirsty Ear -- 2001 Other Dimensions In Music (with Roy Campbell) -- "Dawn" -- Now! -- AUM Fidelity -- 1997 New York Art Quartet (with Amiri Baraka) -- "Seek Light At Once" -- 35th Reunion -- DIW -- 1999 Roy Campbell Ensemble -- "Pharoah's Revenge Part 2" -- Akhenaten Suite -- AUM Fidelity -- c. 2007 Other Dimensions In Music Special Quintet with Matthew Shipp (with Roy Campbell) -- "7" -- Time Is Of The Essence Is Beyond Time -- AUM Fidelity -- 1997 Amiri Baraka -- "Black Dada Nihilismus" -- New York Art Quartet -- EDP-Disk -- 1964 Matthew Shipp Quartet (with Roy Campbell) -- "Inner Order" -- Pastoral Composure -- Thirsty Ear -- 2000 Roy Campbell -- "Thanks To The Creator" -- New Kingdom -- Delmark -- 1991 Roy Campbell Pyramid Trio -- "Impressions of Yokohama" -- Ethnic Stew And Brew -- Delmark -- 2000 Hugh Ragin (with Amiri Baraka) -- "When Sun Ra Gets Blue" -- An Afternoon In Harlem -- Justin Time -- 1998 Next Monday night, we'll be raising money for KBCS in our quarterly fund drive. Please tune in on February 10 and give what you can to support jazz on your community radio station. You can pledge by calling (425) 564-5000 or by going to the website, www.kbcs.fm.

Thanks to guest host Jonathan Lawson, who filled in for me on "Straight, No Chaser" on January 27. He and John Seman are the alternative hosts of "Flotation Device," an excellent program featuring modern improvised and experiemental music, aired Sundays from 10 p.m. to midnight on KBCS. Here is the music Jonathan played: Matana Roberts -- "Amma Jerusalem School" -- Coin Coin Chapter Two Mary Halvorson Trio -- "Existential Tearings (No. 44)" -- Ghost Loop Jimmy Giuffre 3 -- "The Lonely Time" -- Newport 1958 Stebmo -- "Holding Pattern" -- Stebmo William Parker & Raining On The Moon -- "Boom Boom Bang Bang" -- Wood Flute Songs Phillip Greenlief and Covered Pages -- "Last Night On The Neva" -- Russian Notebooks Fred Anderson -- "Aaron"s Tune" -- Fred Anderson / DKV Trio Devorah Day -- Lila -- Light of Day Angelica Sanchez & Wadada Leo Smith -- "Ultimate Causes" -- Twine Forest Dave Douglas -- "Bury Me Standing" -- Mountain Passages Syrinx Effect -- "Wanting" -- (Live at Seamonster) Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri -- "Monastery" -- Transylvanian Concert Trio Hurricane -- "Initiation" -- Live At Fire In The Valley Wally Shoup Trio -- "Black Tusk" -- Fusillades and Lamentations Reptet -- "Harpo" -- Do This! Marilyn Crispell -- "Prayer" -- Amaryllis I'm planning to play recordings by the late Roy Campbell, Jr., and maybe some with Imiri Baraka, on upcoming shows. If you are a jazz musician and if you think your music would fit in with what I play on this program, consider sending your CDs to the Music Director at KBCS, or specifically to "Straight, No Chaser" at the station. The mailing address is KBCS Radio, 3000 Landerholm Circle S.E., Bellevue, WA 98007-6406.

This week on "Straight, No Chaser," several of the tunes were selected to honor Martin Luther King, Jr., on his holiday. One was chosen to honor the Seattle Seahawks and their fans. Here's the playlist: The Philadelphia Experiment -- "Philadelphia Freedom" -- The Philadelphia Experiment -- Ropeadope -- 2000 Bobby Watson & The "I Have A Dream" Project -- "The Triad (Martin, Malcolm, Gandhi)" -- Check Cashing Day -- (self) -- rel. 2013 (N) Charlie Haden & The Liberation Music Orchestra -- "Spiritual (dedicated to Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers & Malcolm X)" -- Dream Keeper -- Blue Note -- 1990 Herbie Hancock -- "I Have A Dream" -- The Prisoner -- Blue Note -- 1969 The Blue Note 7 -- "Search For Peace" -- Mosaic -- Blue Note -- 2008 Noah Baerman -- "Montgomery, 1956" -- Soul Force -- Lemel -- rel. 2005 Fareed Haque & The Flat Earch Ensemble -- "Fur Peace" -- Flat Planet -- 2009 Ralph Alessi -- "Peace" -- Vice & Virtue -- RKM Music -- 1999 Jason Moran -- "Say Peace" -- Black Stars -- Blue Note -- 2001 Mario Pavone -- "Freedom Song" -- Toulon Days -- New World -- rel. 1992 Wadada Leo Smith -- "Martin Luther King, Jr.: Memphis, The Prophecy" -- Ten Freedom Summers -- Cuneiform -- 2011 Saxophone Summit (Michael Brecker, Dave Liebman & Joe Lovano) -- "The 12th Man" -- Gathering of Spirits -- Telarc Scenes -- "Spectrum" -- . . . But Not Heard -- Origin -- 2013 (N)

On January 13, guest host Megan Sullivan pulled out some classics for a great edition of "Straight, No Chaser." Thanks to Megan for sitting in! Oliver Nelson -- "Stolen Moments" -- Blues and the Abstract Truth Joe Henderson -- "Our Thing" -- Our Thing Ahmad Jamal -- "Ahmad's Blues" -- Ahmad's Blues Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane -- "Why Was I Born?" -- Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane Clifford Brown -- "Wail Bait" (alt. take) -- Clifford Brown Memorial Album McCoy Tyner -- "May Street" -- The Definitive McCoy Tyner Blue Note 7 -- "Mosaic" -- Mosaic: A Celebration of Blue Note Herbie Hancock -- "Maiden Voyage" -- Maiden Voyage Wayne Shorter -- "Speak No Evil" -- Footprints: The Life and Music of Wayne Shorter Joe Chambers -- "Catta" -- The Almorivid Bebo Valdes -- "Danza Na 1" -- Bebo de Cuba Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band -- "Fe Fi Fo Fum" -- Earthdance Yusef Lateef - "Plum Blossom" -- Eastern Sounds Charles Mingus -- "Boogie Stop Shuffle" -- Mingus Ah Um Miles Davis -- "Milestones" -- Cool and Collected: The Very Best of Miles Davis Terence Blanchard -- "Magnetic" -- Magnetic Bill Frisell -- "1968" -- Unspeakable New Directions -- "Tom Thumb" -- New Directions Like all KBCS shows, this can be heard any time for two weeks after broadcast in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm. This coming Monday, January 20, I'll be doing the annual tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on "Straight, No Chaser." In the near future, I'll pay respects to Amira Baraka and Roy Campbell, Jr.

This Sunday, a great matchup between the Seahawks and the 49ers. I believe the Seahawks will win, but it will be close.

I didn't see Coltrane at the Penthouse in Seattle because I was too young to get in and not yet into jazz. But it's sure good to have the recording ("Live in Seattle").

Here is the music we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on January 6: Herb Silverstein -- "Chilly Summer" -- Monday Morning -- (self) -- rel. 2013 (N) Ian O'Beirne -- "Sapporo" -- Glasswork -- (self) -- 2012 (N) Bobby Broome Quartet -- "Pent-Up House" -- No Hype Blues -- Criss Cross -- 1995 Anthony Cox -- "Conclusion / Beginning" -- Dark Metals -- Antilles -- 1991 Carlo De Rosa's Cross-Fade -- "Headbanger's Bawl" -- Brain Dance -- Cuneiform -- 2009 Misako Kano Quartet -- "Dedication" -- Watch Out -- Knitting Factory -- 1996 Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce -- "Blue Lights" -- When Farmer Met Gryce -- Prestige -- 1955 Thelonious Monk & Gerry Mulligan -- "Decidedly" -- Mulligan Meets Monk -- Riverside -- 1957 Louis Hayes -- "Jack's Tune" -- The Real Thing -- 32 Jazz -- 1977 Miles Davis -- "High Speed Chase" -- Doo-Bop -- Columbia -- c. 1991 Berne, Black & Cline -- "The Barbarella Syndrome" -- The Veil -- Cryptogramophone -- 2009 Splatter Trio -- "We Are Ordinary, C'mere" -- Anagrams -- Rastascan -- 1991 Sticks and Stones -- "Usetosay" -- Sticks and Stones -- 482 Music -- rel. 2002 Michael Vlatkovich Quartet -- "The Static Equilibrium of the Values of Savagery" -- You're Too Dimensional -- pfMentum -- 2013 Tri-Dim + Jim O'Rourke & Barry Guy -- "04" -- 2 + 2 -- Sofa -- 2001 Nelly Pouget -- "Respiration" -- Le Dire -- Minuit-- 1991 United Brassworkers Front -- "Fantasy For Fred" -- In Between Stories -- (self) -- 2005 Albert Mangelsdorff & Lee Konitz -- "Bloas" -- Art of the Duo -- Enja -- 1983 Next Monday, January 13, Megan Sullivan will be your guest host on "Straight, No Chaser."

So if I understand correctly, Yusef used the term as a substitute for "jazz," which he felt was demeaning, not to denominate his particular type of music. Ornette's "harmolodics" is an example of the latter. That said, Yusef was quite versatile. He covered a lot of ground in his career, in and out of "the tradition" of jazz.

We Dat! -- Now the Seahawks have the opportunity to beat New Orleans twice in one year, both times at our place. I bet they wish they were going somewhere else instead.

This week's "Straight, No Chaser" began with "My Favorite Things," my personal New Year's anthem. The remainder of the show was a tribute to Yusef Lateef (1920-2013): John Coltrane -- "My Favorite Things" -- My Favorite Things -- Atlantic -- 1960 Yusef Lateef -- "Space" -- Jazz For The Thinker -- Savoy Jazz -- 1957 Yusef Lateef -- "Number 7" -- Live At Pep's -- Impulse! -- 1964 Yusef Lateef -- "The Three Faces of Balal" -- Eastern Sounds -- Prestige -- 1061 Yusef Lateef -- "See Line Woman" -- The Complete Yusef Lateef -- Atlantic Yusef Lateef -- "Morning" -- Jazz Mood -- Savoy Jazz -- 1957 Yusef Lateef -- "Woodward Avenue" -- Yusef Lateef's Detroit -- Atlantic -- 1969 Yusef Lateef & Adam Rudolph -- "Southside" -- Towards The Unknown -- Yal -- 2009 Yusef Lateef & Adam Rudolph -- "Kampong" -- Live In Seattle -- Yal -- 1999 Yusef Lateef & Adam Rudolph -- "Sun Cup" -- Beyond The Sky -- Yal -- 2000 Yusef Lateef -- "2nd Movement: Transmutation" -- The African-American Epic Suite -- ACT -- 1993 Yusef Lateef -- "While On Earth" -- Nocturnes -- Atlantic -- 1989 Yusef Lateef -- "Revelation" -- The Centaur and The Phoenix" -- Riverside -- 1960 Yusef Lateef -- "Symphonic Blues Suite, Third Movement: Blues (Twelve Measure Form) & Variational Interlude" -- Suite 16 -- Atlantic 00 1970 Yusef Lateef & Adam Rudolph -- "Percussion Concerto (For Adam Rudolph), Second Movement" -- Towards The Unknown -- Yal -- 2009 Yusef Lateef -- "Brother" -- The Complete Yusef Lateef -- Atlantic I hope your 2014 is filled with good music!

This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we continued to honor Chico Hamilton and heard some new releases, including a new CD by Tim Berne's Snakeoil: Frank Wess Orchestra -- "Rink Rat" -- Entre Nous -- Concord Jazz -- 1990 Oliver Nelson With Eric Dolphy -- "Straight Ahead" -- Straight Ahead -- Prestige New Jazz -- 1961 Jazz Combustion Uprising -- "Cupcake Flavor Profile" -- Self-Immolation -- (self) -- ~ 2013 (N) Travis Shook and the Club Wow -- "Enlightenment" -- Wavelength Infinity--A Sun Ra Tribute -- Rastascan -- ~ 1994 John Zorn / Bill Frisell, Carol Emanuel & Kenny Wollesen -- "America, A Prophecy" -- In Lambeth--Visions of the Walled Garden of William Blake -- Tzadik Chico Hamilton -- "A Trip" -- The Dealer -- Impulse! -- ~ 1966 Chico Hamilton -- "Mallet Dance" -- Man From Two Worlds -- Impulse! -- 1963 Chico Hamilton -- "Could Be" -- Thoughts Of... -- Koch Jazz -- 2002 Chico Hamilton -- "Forestorn" -- Forestorn -- Koch Jazz -- 2000/2001 Chico Hamilton Trio -- "Tickle Toe" -- Live @ Artpark -- Joyous Shout! -- 1994 Kris Davis -- "Massive Threads" -- Massive Threads -- Thirsty Ear -- 2012 (N) Harris Eisenstadt -- "It Is Never Safe To Be" -- Golden State -- Songlines -- 2012 (N) Kali Z. Fasteau with William Parker -- "Vitesse" -- An Alternate Universe -- Flying Note -- 1991 Tim Berne's Snakeoil -- "Socket" -- Shadow Man -- ECM -- 2013 (N) Gebhard Ullmann -- "Gospel" -- Essencia -- Between The Lines -- 1999 Rent Romus' Lords of Outland -- "If Ornette Grew Cacti" -- You'll Never Be The Same -- Jazzheads -- 1995 Samuel Blaser Consort in Motion -- "Complainte: Tels rit au main qui au soir pleure" -- A Mirror to Machaut -- Songlines -- 2013 (N) Here's hoping your holidays are filled with good music!

This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we celebrated the long and bountiful jazz careers of Jim Hall (1930-2013) and Chico Hamilton (1921-2013): Jim Hall -- "Careful" -- ...Where Would I Be? -- Milstone -- 1971 Jim Hall -- "João" -- Dedications & Inspirations -- Telarc -- 1993 Jim Hall -- "Scrapple From The Apple" -- Jim Hall Live! -- Horizon -- 1975 Jimmy Giuffre 3 (with Jim Hall) -- "That's The Way It Is" -- The Jimmy Giuffre 3 -- Atlantic -- 1956 Chico Hamilton Quintet (with Jim Hall) -- "Spectacular" -- Chico Hamilton Quintet -- World Pacific -- 1955 Jim Hall--Ron Carter Duo -- "Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise" -- Alone Together -- Milestone -- 1972 Jim Hall -- "Quadrologue" -- Textures -- Telarc -- 1996 Jim Hall (with John Scofield)-- "Sanctity" -- Jim Hall and Friends Live At Town Hall, Vol. 2 -- Musicmasters -- 1990 Jim Hall -- "Down The Line" -- Commitment -- A&M -- 1976 Jim Hall & Enrico Pieranunzi -- "Duologue 3" -- Duologues -- CamJazz -- 2004 Jim Hall -- "All The Things You Are" -- Hallmarks--The Best of Jim Hall -- Telarc Jim Hall & Red Mitchell -- "Osaka Express" -- Jim Hall / Red Mitchell -- Artists House -- 1978 Bill Evans & Jim Hall -- "Turn Out The Stars" -- Intermodulation -- Verve -- 1966 Chico Hamilton and Euphoria -- "Mandrake" -- My Panamanian Friend -- Soul Note -- 1992 The New Amazing Chico Hamilton Quintet -- "Passin' Thru" -- Passin' Thru -- Impulse! -- 1962 Chico Hamilton -- "Lu Tu" -- Heritage -- Joyous Shout -- 2005 Chico Hamilton Quintet -- "Far East" -- Gongs East! -- Discovery -- 1958 Chico Hamilton -- "Fire Works" -- Chic Chic Chico -- Impulse! -- 1965 Chico Hamilton -- "Just Play The Melody" -- Junflip -- Joyous Shout -- 2003

I've been away from "Straight, No Chaser" for a few weeks. Thanks to Brett Watanabe and John Midgley for stepping in to play some fine jazz for you. Brett was the guest host on November 25. Here is the music Brett played: Big Neighborhood – “Anthem for Jolyon Wagg” – 11:11 Deardorf/Peterson Group – “Ana Maria” – Waltzes, Two-Steps & Other Matters of the Heart George Colligan – “Song for the Tarahumera” – The Endless Mysteries (N) Ettore Fioravanti – “Oscillando” – Belcanto Jaco Pastorius – “Used to Be a Cha-Cha” – Jaco Pastorius Operation I.D. – “Different People’s Perception of the Same Thing” – Legs Kenny Barron & Regina Carter – “Freefall” – Freefall Michael Vlatkovich Quartet – “Blue Peppers” – You’re Too Dimensional (N) Bebop and Destruction – “Round Trip / Broadways Blues / Song X” – The Kingdome Album Kris Davis – “Dancing Marlins” – Massive Threads (N) Wayne Horvitz & the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble – “Daylight” – Wayne Horvitz & the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble (N) ------------- Next, John Midgley hosted the program on December 2. He had some powerful pieces on his playlist: Luis Perdomo -- "Three Card Molly" -- Links Charlie Haden with Paul Motian & Geri Allen -- "Blues in Motian" -- Etudes Rudresh Mahanthappa -- "Ballad For Troubled Times" -- Gamak Rudresh Mahanthappa -- "Stay I" -- Gamak Wayne Shorter Quartet -- "SS Golden Mean" -- Without A Net Roy Haynes -- "Question and Answer" -- The Roy Haynes Trio feat. Danilo Perez Yosvany Terry -- "Inner Speech" -- Today's Opinion Horace Tapscott -- "Inspiration of Silence" -- Aiee! The Phantom Grachan Moncur III -- "Thandiwa" -- Mosaic Select 1 Andrew Hill -- "Ocho Rios" (Second Version) -- Mosaic Select 16 McCoy Tyner -- "The Wanderer" -- Extensions Larry Young -- "The Moontrane" -- Unity Gato Barbieri & Abdullah Ibrahim -- "Hamba Khale" -- Hamba Khale! Ben Goldberg -- "Possible" -- Subatomic Particle Homesick Blues The Tiptons Sax Quartet -- "Anthem" -- Laws of Motion John Coltrane -- "Olé" -- Olé Coltrane -------------- Then Brett Watanabe returned on December 9 with a show that emphasized new releases: Brian Gephart -- "Disposition" -- Standing On Two Feet (N) Tom Harrell -- "Blues 2013" -- Colors of A Dream (N) Ralph Alessi, Jason Moran, Drew Gress, Nasheet Waits -- "Chuck Barris" -- Baida (N) Marc Cary's Focus Trio -- "Ready Or Not" -- Four Directions (N) Samuel Blaser Consort In Motion -- "Color" -- A Mirror To Machaut (N) Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow -- "Vashkar" -- Trios (N) Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra -- "Spend Every Dime" -- City of Neighborhoods Amir ElSaffar -- "Ishtarum" -- Alchemy (N) Mintz Quartet -- "Ugly Beautiful" -- Mintz Quartet (N) Myra Melford Extended Ensemble -- "La Mesquita Suite" -- Even The Sounds Shine -------------- When I have to be away on Monday night, I believe I leave you in good jazz-hands when my friends Jon and Brett (and others) come in to substitute. Please stop by the audio archive at the KBCS website and listen to the two most recent shows.

On "Straight, No Chaser" this week, we noted the passing of Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre with a strong dose of his music. The playlist: Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra -- "St. Louis Blues" -- The Complete Solid State Recordings -- Mosaic -- 1968 David Budway -- "Strike Up The Band" -- A New Kiss -- MaxJazz -- 2009 Jenny Scheinman -- "American Dipper" -- Shalagaster -- Tzadik -- 2003 Wallace Roney -- "Is That So?" -- Understanding -- Highnote -- 2012 Harris Eisenstadt -- "It Is Never Safe To Be" -- Golden State -- Songlines -- 2012 (N) Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre -- "Ram's Run" -- Ram's Run -- Cadence Jazz -- 1981 Kalaparush and the Light -- "Symphony No. 1" -- Morning Song -- Delmark -- 2003 Maurice McIntyre -- "Humility in the Light of the Creator" -- Humility in the Light of the Creator -- Delmark -- 1969 Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre Quartet -- "N° 39" -- Peace and Blessings -- Black Saint -- 1979 Kalaparusha (Maurice McIntyre) -- "Ananda" -- Forces and Feelings -- Delmark -- c. 1972 Scott Fields Ensemble -- "When it comes time to hang the Capitalists, they shall be found bidding on the rope" -- Five Frozen Eggs -- 1996 Giancarlo Tossani Synapser -- "Beauty So Different" -- Coherent Deformation -- Auand -- 2006 Matt Mitchell -- "Wanton Eon" -- Fiction -- Pi -- 2012 (N) Maurice McIntyre -- "Suite: Ensemble Fate" -- Humility in the Light of the Creator -- Delmark -- 1969 Kenny Garrett -- "Rotation" -- Pushing The World Away -- Mack Avenue -- c. 2013 (N)

On November 11 on "Straight, No Chaser," we honored drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson (1940-2013) with a few selections, heard Dizzy Gillespie stretch out with a great band, and consumed a raunchy Sonny Simmons track from 1966. Among these others, of course: Chris Parker Trio -- "Love For Sale" -- The Chris Parker Trio -- GPR (N) Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin, Milt Jackson, Tommy Flanagan) -- "Lover, Come Back To Me" -- At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 -- Pablo Johnny Padilla -- "Jackals and Hounds" -- Bright Morning -- BP Music Production Don Byron Quintet -- "Tuskegee Strutter's Ball" -- No-Vibe Zone -- Knitting Factory Ben Goldberg, John Schott, Trevor Dunn & Kenny Wollesen -- "Shaw Nuff" -- Junk Genius -- Knitting Factory Oliver Lake Quintet -- "Hat and Beard" -- Dedicated To Dolphy -- Black Saint Phillip Johnston -- "The Dancer" -- Page of Madness -- Asynchronous Vladimir Tarasov -- "Monotype VI" -- Atto II Monotypes -- Sonore Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society -- "Thieves Market" -- Decode Yourself -- Island Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society -- "Dream Caravan" -- Live at the Caravan of Dreams -- Caravan of Dreams Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition -- "You Talk Too Much" -- Apti -- Innova Sonny Simmons -- "Interplanetary Travelers" -- Staying on the Watch -- ESP Ornette Coleman (with Ronald Shannon Jackson) -- "Home Grown" -- Body Meta -- Artists House Plunge -- "Just Like Alice" -- Falling With Grace -- Accurate Sticks and Stones -- "End of the Game" -- Sticks and Stones -- 482 Music If you miss a show on KBCS, you can dial it up on your computer for two weeks after the broadcast date. Just look for the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

This week's "Straight, No Chaser" started with a brief tribute to Frank Wess (1922-2013). Later on, we sampled some duos, including Jon Jang/David Murray, Mary Halvorson/Jessica Pavone and Anthony Braxton/Evan Parker. Here's the list: John Coltrane & Frank Wess -- "Wheelin'" (take 2) -- Wheelin' and Dealin' -- Prestige Frank Wess -- "Short Circuit" -- Tryin' to Make My Blues Turn Green -- Concord Jazz Donny McCaslin -- "2nd Hour" -- Declaration -- Sunnyside Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble -- "Mal-Lester" -- The Prairie Prophet -- Delmark Pink Inc. (Alex Deutsch, George Garzone, Jamaladeen Tacuma) -- "New Frame" -- Pink Inc. -- DIW Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone -- "Hyphen" -- Departure of Reason -- Thirsty Ear Lounge Lizards -- "Queen Reprise" -- Queen of All Ears -- Strange & Beautiful Music Michael Moore -- "Five Bits" -- Monitor -- Between The Lines Anthony Braxton & Evan Parker -- "ParkBrax #5" -- Duo (London) 1993 -- Leo United Brassworkers Front -- "Three Little Things" -- In Between Stories -- (self) Tineke Postma -- "Off Minor" -- The Dawn of Light -- Challenge Jon Jang & David Murray -- "Two Portraits of Capital Punishment" -- River of Life -- Asian Improv Javier Vercher & Ferenc Nemeth -- "Giant Henge" -- Imaginary Realm -- Dreamers Collective (N) Søren Kjærgaard -- "Abrahms' Paraphrase" -- Open Opus -- ILK Naked City (John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz, Fred Frith, Joey Baron) -- "The Bitter and The Sweet" -- Radio -- Tzadik Rob Mazurek Pulsar Quartet -- "Twister Uranus" -- Stellar Pulsations -- Delmark Geri Allen -- "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" -- Grand River Crossings -- Motema (N) If you weren't able to hear the show, check out the streaming version of "Straight, No Chaser" in the audio archive at www.kbcs.fm.

In my younger days, this album was a revelation to me.

Here is the music we consumed on "Straight, No Chaser" on October 28: Mitchell Forman Trio2 -- "Speedy" -- Patience -- Sanctuary Jerry Hahn -- "The Method" -- Time Changes -- Enja Foreign Motion -- "Until It Falls" -- In Flight -- (self) (N) Francesco Bearzatti Bizart Trio -- "Virus" -- Virus -- Auand Joel Harrison & Lorenzo Feliciati -- "Solos" -- Holy Abyss -- Cuneiform Harris Eisenstadt -- "Especially Preposterous Assertions" -- Golden State -- Songlines (N) Alessandro Stefana -- "Poste e Telgrafi Blues" -- Poste e Telegrafi -- Important Plotz! The Kid -- "Encierro" -- Plotz! The Kid -- SNP Oren Marshall and the Charming Transport Band -- "Dog Lead" -- Family Connections -- F-IRE Les Projectionistes -- "Laïc Laiton" -- Copie Zéro -- Dame Amir El Saffar -- "Quartal" -- Alchemy -- Pi (N) Mobtown Modern Big Band -- "Ritual of Abduction" -- The Re-(W)rite of Spring -- Innova Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Solar Arkestra -- "Watusa" -- Space Is The Place (Soundtrack) -- Evidence Francois Tusques -- "Souvenir de l'oiseau" -- 1965, Francois Tusques, Free Jazz -- In Situ Pandelis Karayorgis Trio -- "Lautir" -- Heart and Sack -- Leo Roscoe Mitchell -- "Waves" -- Duets With Tyshawn Sorey and Special Guest Hugh Ragin -- Wide Hive Bloom (Thollem McDonas, Rent Romus, Jon Brumit & Steven Baker) -- "Pollen" -- Bloom -- Edgetown Grismore / Scea Group -- "Jack With A Beer Back" -- Just Play -- Accurate J D Allen Trio -- "Pinyin" -- The Matador and The Bull -- Savant Trio San Francisco -- "Lamps" -- Prisoners of Pleasure -- BVHaast Kirk Knuffke Quartet -- "Truck" -- Bigwig -- Clean Feed As always, you can hear streaming versions of these programs for two weeks at www.kbcs.fm.

This week on "Straight, No Chaser" we caught up with some new releases and heard a stunning solo bass opus by William Parker. Here's the list: Steve Turre -- "Shorter Bu" -- The Bones of Art -- Highnote (N) Florian Hoefner Group -- "Countryside" -- Falling Up -- OA2 (N) Hutchinson Andrew Trio (with Donny McCaslin) -- "The Realm - Part II" -- Prairie Modern -- Chromograph (N) Ethan Iverson, Lee Konitz, Larry Grenadier & Jorge Rossy -- "It's You" -- Costumes Are Mandatory -- Highnote (N) Samuel Blaser Consort in Motion -- "Color" -- A Mirror to Machaut -- Songlines (N) Gordon Grdina / Mark Helias -- "Fierce Point" -- No Difference -- Songlines (N) Mintz Trio -- "Dit" -- Mintz Trio -- Thirteenth Note (N) Matthew Shipp -- "Blue To A Point" -- Piano Sutras (N) Matt Mitchell -- "Brain Color" -- Fiction -- Pi (N) William Parker -- "Cathedral Wisdom Light" -- At Somewhere There -- Barnyard Michael Vlatkovich Quartet -- "Fools Drunks and Angels" -- You're Too Dimensional -- pfMentum (N) Francois Houle & Havard Wiik -- "Earth / Sea" -- Aves -- Songlines (N)

John Coltrane: Ascension

Stanley Crouch is a super-egotistical gasbag. Anything he writes is primarily about himself. If he wants to punch me out, as he is wont to do, he'll have to come to the west coast.

I think it was Benny Goodman, Live at Carnegie Hall, purchased in 1961 when I was ten. But I didn't get into jazz until about eight years later.

This week, a nice long Revolutionary Ensemble piece and an early session with Burton Greene and Alan Silva were among the tracks we heard. Here is the playlist for October 14 on "Straight, No Chaser": Sam Yahel Trio -- "Man O'War" -- Truth and Beauty -- Origin David Murray Infinity Quartet -- "The Graduate" -- Be My Monster Love -- Motema Courtney Pine -- "A Ragamuffin's Stance" -- The Vision's Tale -- Antilles Craig Taborn Trio -- "Speak The Name" -- Chants -- ECM Gene Ess -- "Descent" -- Fatal Attraction -- SIMP Hermeto Pascoal e Grupo -- "Airan" -- Mundo Verde Esperança -- Selo Radio Steve Lacy Quartet (with Charles Tyler) -- "One Fell Swoop" -- "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCSe Fell Swoop -- Silkheart Mark Helias -- "Beau Regard" -- Attack The Future -- Enja Vijay Iyer, Prasanna & Nitin Mitta -- "Gauntlet" -- Tirtha -- Fully Altered Media The Revolutionary Ensemble -- "Ponderous Planets" -- The People's Republic -- Horizon Didier Petit -- "Road Song" -- Don't Explain -- Buda Musique Wadada Leo Smith's Organic -- "The Dhikr of Radiant Hearts, Part I" -- Heart's Reflections -- Cuneiform Bill Evans (with orch. conducted by Claus Ogerman) -- "1st Movement, Part 2" -- Symbiosis -- Jazz Heritage David Binney -- "Out of Airplanes" -- Out of Airplanes -- Mythology The Free Form Improvisation Ensemble (with Burton Greene, Alan Silva) -- "Free Form Composition 3" -- The Free Form Improvsation Ensemble -- Cadence Jazz ROVA -- "Preshrunk" -- Totally Spinning -- Black Saint

Most of the artists we heard this week on "Straight, No Chaser" are appearing in the 2013 Earshot Jazz Festival. Their performance dates and venues are listed below. For more information about the Festival, go to www.earshot.org. Steve Treseler -- "Look For The Silver Lining" -- Resonance -- (self) -----[steve Treseler Group featuring Ingrid Jensen, Royal Room, Oct. 25] Ingrid Jensen (with George Colligan) -- "Fallin'" -- Here On Earth -- Enja -----[steve Treseler Group featuring Ingrid Jensen, Royal Room, Oct. 25] -----[George Colligan Organ Trio, Tula's, Oct. 19 ] Bill Anschell -- "Faster Than The Speed of Mildew" -- More To The Ear Than Meets The Eye -- Origin -----[bill Anschell Quartet, Seattle Art Museum, Nov. 14] Overton Berry Trio -- "Our Love Is Here To Stay" -- Live At Admiral -- Paradox -----[Overton Berry, Royal Room, Nov. 15] Chris Parker Trio -- "In A Capricornian Way" -- The Chris Parker Trio -- GPR (N) Marc Copland -- "My Funny Valentine" -- Some More Love Songs -- Pirouet Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey (with Brian Haas) -- "The Man Who Adjusted Tonalities" -- We Sell Soul -----[brian Haas & Scott Amendola, Royal Room, Nov. 1] McTuff (with Skerik) -- "Seven Bullets" -- Volume 1 -- (self) -----[McTuff, Tula's, Nov. 17] -----[Peggy Lee, Skerik, Wayne Horvitz Trio, Royal Room, Oct. 18] Chemical Clock -- "Neurotic Bricklayer" -- Chemical Clock -- Table & Chairs -----[Chemical Clock, Royal Room, Nov. 1] Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love -- "Open Too Close" -- Seven -- Smalltown Superjazz -----[Ken Vandermark & Nate Wooley, PONCHO Concert Hall, Oct. 10] -----[Peter Brötzmann & Paal Nilssen-Love, Royal Room, Nov. 16] Bad Luck (Chris Icasiano & Neil Welch) -- "Pollock" -- Bad Luck -- Belle -----[bad Luck, PONCHO Concert Hall, Oct. 13] Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet (with Peggy Lee) -- "Way Out East" -- Way Out East -- Songlines -----[Peggy Lee, Skerik, Wayne Horvitz Trio, Royal Room, Oct. 18] Peggy Lee Band -- "Not A Wake Up Call" -- New Code -- Drip Audio -----[Peggy Lee, Skerik, Wayne Horvitz Trio, Royal Room, Oct. 18] Harrybu McCage -- "Evidence" -- Harrybu McCage -- (self) Clifford Jordan & Ran Blake -- "Arline" -- Masters From Different Worlds -- Mapleshade Terence Blanchard -- "Central Focus" & "Another Step" -- Magnetic -- Blue Note As always, this program is available on demand for the next two weeks at www.kbcs.fm.

I dedicated this week's program to my father, Fred Utevsky, and began it with a song for him. Then we listened to some of the artists who are appearing in this year's Earshot Jazz Festival, Oct. 1-Nov. 17 in and around Seattle. The dates and festival venues are noted in the playlist: Horace Silver -- "Song For My Father" -- Song For My Father -- Blue Note John Scofield -- "Mood Returns" -- A Moment's Peace -- EmArcy [John Scofield's Uberjam, Triple Door, Oct. 2] Industrial Revelation -- "Perfect Imperfection" -- Unreal Reality -- (self) [industrial Revelation, Tula's, Oct. 1] [industrial Revelation, Royal Room, Nov. 15] Dayna Stephens -- "Smoking Gun" -- The Timeless Now -- CTA [Dayna Stephens with Colin Stranahan & Ben Street, Royal Room, Oct. 4] Omar Sosa -- "D'Son" -- Afreecanos -- Ota [Omar Sosa Afri-Lectric Sextet, Kirkland Performance Center, Nov. 6] Brad Mehldau Trio -- "Granada" -- Day Is Done -- Nonesuch [brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana, Triple Door, Oct. 16] Dave Douglas Quintet -- "Little Feet" -- Time Travel -- Greenleaf [Dave Douglas Quintet, PONCHO Concert Hall, Oct. 12] [Dave Douglas with Cuong Vu Trio & UW Jazz Students, Jones Playhouse Theatre, Nov. 9] Yosvany Terry -- "Harlem Matinee" -- Today's Opinion -- Criss Cross [Yosvany Terry Quintet, Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, Oct. 9] George Colligan -- "Thought Police" -- Mad Science -- (self) [George Colligan Organ Trio, Tula's, Oct. 18] The Kora Band -- "Over-Caffeinated and Under-Fed" -- Cascades -- OA2 [The Kora Band, PONCHO Concert Hall, Nov. 3] Dave King -- "Indelicate" -- Indelicate -- Sunnyside [Chris Speed, Dave King & Chris Tordini Trio, PONCHO Concert Hall, Oct. 13] Michael Bisio & Eyvind Kang -- "After The Break" -- MBEK -- Miniscus [Jim Woodring & Eyvind Kang, featuring Bill Frisell, Meany Hall, Nov. 10] Bill Frisell -- "Revolution" -- All We Are Saying... -- Savoy Jazz [bill Frisell with Ted Poor & Luke Bergman, Jones Playhouse Theatre, Nov. 3] [bill Frisell's Big Sur Quintet, Meany Hall, Nov. 10] [Charles Lloyd & Friends with Bill Frisell, Town Hall, Nov. 17] Cuong Vu 4-tet -- "Child-Like (for Vina)" -- Leaps of Faith -- Origin [Edmonds-Woodway High School Jazz Band with Cuong Vu Trio, Edmonds-Woodway H.S., Oct. 8] [Dave Douglas with Cuong Vu Trio & UW Jazz Students, Jones Playhouse Theatre, Nov. 9] B'shnorkestra -- "Go To Orange" -- Go To Orange -- Present Sounds [b'shnorkestra, Chapel Perfmance Space, Oct. 26] Patricia Barber -- "Icarus" -- Mythologies -- Blue Note [Patricia Barber, Town Hall, Oct. 26] See www.earshot.org for more information about the festival, or call (206) 547-6763.