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The LP of "Some Shapes" has been in my collection for many years. I really enjoyed it, but haven't heard it in years.

Alwazah Tea (Swan Brand) -- Ceylon tea. http://www.alwazahtea.com/english.html

This is a terrible loss. Bert was an eccentric, both lovable and prickly. I interviewed him a few years ago for my radio show. He was a talented high-energy player who poured himself into his music. He was also highly opinionated and held a few grudges. He didn't gig much in recent years, but he hosted musical gatherings in his home in Olympia, WA.

This week's show featured a telephone interview with Roscoe Mitchell, who is appearing in Seattle this week. He will be joined by several groups of Northwest musicians who will perform arrangements of his composition "Nonaah." The concert is at 8:00 Friday, June 7, at the Nordstrom Recital Hall in Benaroya Hall. There will also be an interview with Roscoe at 7:15 p.m. Before and after talking with Roscoe on "Straight, No Chaser," we heard several selections of his music, culled from his own albums and from the later works of the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Here's the playlist: Art Ensemble of Chicago -- "Malachi" -- Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City -- Pi Art Ensemble of Chicago -- "Tech Ritter And The Megabytes" -- The Meeting -- Pi Roscoe Mitchell And The Note Factory -- "Song For Gerald Oshita" -- This Dance Is For Steve McCall -- Black Saint Roscoe Mitchell And The Note Factory -- "When The Whistle Blows" -- Song For My Sister -- Delmark Roscoe Mitchell -- "For Madeline" -- Sound Songs -- Delmark Roscoe Mitchell -- "The Band Room" -- Hey Donald -- Delmark (Interview with Roscoe Mitchell) Art Ensemble of Chicago -- "Fresh Start" -- Soweto -- DIW Art Ensemble of Chicago -- "Suite For Lester" -- Tribute To Lester -- ECM Art Ensemble of Chicago -- "Odwalla Theme" -- Coming Home Jamaica -- Atlantic Jacob Varmus -- "Slide Rules" -- Terminal Stillness -- Crows' Kin (N) Wallace Roney -- "FMS" -- If Only For One Night -- HighNote Ryan Keberle + Catharsis -- "Blueport" -- Music Is Emotion -- Alternate Side Roby Glod, Roberta Piket, Mark Tokar & Klaus Kugel -- "Dredger of Pig Rolls" -- Op Der Schmelz Live -- Nemu (N) Evan Parker, Alexander von Schlippenbach & Paul Lytton -- "To Avoid Monotony" -- America 2003 -- Emanem John Zorn (Bill Frisell, Carol Emanuel & Kenny Wollesen) -- "Ode To The Cathars" -- The Mysteries -- Tzadik (N) Scott Fields Ensemble -- "American Buffalo" -- Mamet -- Delmark Sam Sadigursky -- "El Hombre" -- Words Project iii--Miniatures -- New Amsterdam For more information about the June 7 concert: http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/single/production.aspx?id=14327&src=t&dateid=14327 Here is a comment from Jacob Rex Zimmerman, a Mitchell student and organizer of the event: http://blog.tableandchairsmusic.com/post/52070405864/why-roscoe-mitchell-is-important-jacob-rex-zimmerman The show is in the archive at www.kbcs.fm, as usual.

Thanks again to John Midgley, who was your host on "Straight, No Chaser" on Monday, May 20. John selected these tunes: Charles Mingus -- "Self-Portrait In Three Colors" -- Mingus Ah Um -- Columbia Edsel Gomez -- "Juan Tizol" -- Cubist Music -- Zoho Abdullah Ibrahim -- "Sotho Blue" -- Ekaya -- Ekapa Rudresh Mahanthappa -- "Richard's Game" -- Samdhi -- ACT Rudresh Mahanthappa -- "Playing With Stones" -- Samdhi -- ACT Chris Speed -- "Suggestible" -- Emit -- Songlines Dafnis Prieto Sextet -- "The Sooner The Better" -- Taking The Soul For A Walk -- Dafnison Marty Ehrlich -- "Like I Said" -- Line On Love -- Palmetto Larry Goldings -- "A Dream About Jaki Byard" -- Quartet -- Palmetto Ornette Coleman -- "Law Years" -- The Complete Science Fiction Sessions -- Columbia Luis Perdomo -- "Rebellious Contemplation" -- Universal Mind -- Kindred Rhythm Sam Rivers -- "Downstairs Blues Upstairs" -- Fuchsia Swing Song -- Blue Note Andrew Hill -- "New Monastery" -- Point of Departure -- Blue Note Joe Henderson -- "El Barrio" -- Inner Urge -- Blue Note Robert Glasper -- "Y'outta Praise Him (Intro)" -- In My Element -- Blue Note Greg Osby -- All Neon Like -- Inner Circle -- Blue Note Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd -- "Plastic Bag" -- In What Language -- Pi McCoy Tyner -- "Message From The Nile" -- Extensions -- Blue Note On May 27, we listened to the following selections on "Straight, No Chaser": Stanley Turrentine -- "Smile, Stacey" -- That's Where It's At -- Blue Note Lee Morgan -- "Sneaky Pete" -- Sonic Boom -- Blue Note Antonio Sanchez -- "The Real McDaddy" -- New Life -- CamJazz (N) Roy Hargrove -- "Runnin' Out of Time" -- The Vibe -- Novus John Medeski -- "Graveyard Fields" -- A Different Time -- Okeh (N) * Roscoe Mitchell -- "The 4:50 Express" -- Sound Songs -- Delmark Diego Barber & Hugo Cipres -- "New York Citric" -- 411 -- Origin (N) Dollar Brand Orchestra -- "Tintiyana, Second Part" -- African Space Program -- Enja Olive Lake Big Band -- "Clicker" -- Wheels -- Passin' Thru (N) Gene Ess -- "Letter From Boston" -- Fractal Attraction -- SIMP (N) Rick Mandyck & Gregg Keplinger -- "Serraphic Light / Jupiter" -- Ear To Here -- (self) Kenny Wheeler -- "Any How" -- One of Many -- CamJazz AYCH -- "Cydonia's Face" -- As The Crow Flies -- Relative Pitch] Anthony Braxton -- "First Meeting" -- Beyond Quantum -- Tzadik Alex Snydman -- "Cross Fade" -- Fortunate Action -- (self) * Table & Chairs presents Roscoe Mitchell and other performing solo and group versions of Mitchell’s “Nonaah” at Benaroya Hall in Seattle on June 7. Additional information at www.tableandchairsmusic.com. As always, these and other KBCS programs are stored for two weeks in the archive at www.kbcs.fm, where you can listen to them at your convenience.

Thanks to John Midgley for hosting “Straight, No Chaser” on May 6. Here is the music John played: Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran – “Journey Up River” – Hagar’s Song – ECM (N) Nicole Mitchell’s Ice Crystal – “Yearning” – Aquarius – Delmark (N) Charlie Haden, Paul Motian & Geri Allen – “Blues in Motian” – Etudes – Soul Note Anthony Braxton – “Played Twice” – Six Monk’s Compositions (1987) – Black Saint Craig Taborn Trio – “Hot Blood” – Chants – ECM (N) Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet – “Assassins” – Wislawa – ECM (N) Andy Bey – “Midnight Blue” – Shades of Bey – Evidence Max Roach & Abbey Lincoln – “Lonesome Lover” – It’s Time – Impulse! Spectrum Road – “There Comes A Time” – Spectrum Road – Palmetto Frank Kimbrough – “Eventualities” – Lullabluebye – Palmetto Edward Simon Trio – “Pathless Path” – Live in New York at Jazz Standard – Sunnyside (N) Ingrid Jensen -- “Seventh Avenue” – Higher Grounds – Enja Wayne Shorter – “Kryptonite” – Schizophrenia – Blue Note Eric Dolphy – “17 West” – Out There – New Jazz/OJC SF Jazz Collective – “Africa” – 2 – SF Jazz Collective, Vol. 2 – Nonesuch And... here is the playlist for the May 13 edition of "Straight, No Chaser": Jeff Berlin -- "Fee Fi Fo Fum" -- Low Standards -- Random Act (N) Torben Waldorff -- "Shark" -- American Rock Beauty -- (self) Larry Coryell -- "Broken Blues" -- The Lift -- Wide Hive (N) Tommy Flanagan & Jaki Byard -- "Scrapple From The Apple" -- The Magic of 2 -- Resonance (N) Mads Vinding Trio -- "New Lands" -- The Kingdom -- Stunt Jim Snidero -- "Fear One" -- Stream of Consciousness -- Savant (N) The Claudia Quintet -- "Sphinx" -- Royal Toast -- Cuneiform * Roscoe Mitchell And The Note Factory -- "Trio Four For Eight" -- Far Side -- ECM * Roscoe Mitchell -- "A Cactus And A Rose" -- Duets With Tyshawn Sorey And Special Guest Hugh Ragin -- Wide Hive (N) Bert Seager, George Gonchev & Nat Mugavero -- "Chaos Theory" -- Freedom of Assembly -- Buzz Benoit Delbecq and Fred Hersch Double Trio -- "Night For Day" -- Fun House -- Songlines (N) Pear -- "Jenn 2 Sect 1" -- Extemp'ore -- Pear Studio Oliver Lake Trio -- "Clicker" -- Zaki -- Hat Hut Michael Blake -- "The Variety Hour" -- In The Grand Scheme of Things -- Songlines (N) Charnett Moffett -- "Black Codes (From The Underground)" -- The Bridge--Solo Bass Works -- Motema (N) Bobby Hutcherson -- "Aquarian Moon" -- Happenings -- Blue Note Steve Wilson -- "The Vibe" -- [Chris Potter, Steve Wilson, et al.] Coming Together -- Inarhyme * Table & Chairs presents Roscoe Mitchell and other performing solo and group versions of Mitchell’s “Nonaah” at Benaroya Hall in Seattle on June 7. Additional information at www.tableandchairsmusic.com. Next Monday, May 20, John Midgley will again be your guest host on "Straight, No Chaser."

I don't speak for the other folks here in Seattle, but in my humble opinion the NBA can go curl itself around a big fire hydrant and relieve itself. Now perhaps we can save the $200 million in public funds that were to be wasted on a basketball arena and fix up our city parks instead. I followed the Sonics back in the day but eventually lost interest and switched my allegiance to college hoops (University of Washington). Yes, it would be nice to have a pro basketball team in town again, but now that the NBA has screwed us twice it's time to give up and move on to more important things. Like for instance, the Seahawks.

Has anyone else heard "On Fire 2"? The name fits. Kidd is pretty powerful.

Hey, great pic. I really like that album, too.

These are the musical selections that we heard on April 29 on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS 91.3 FM and www.kbcs.fm: Ron Oswanski -- "80-80-8" -- December's Moon -- Palmetto (N) Jaimeo Brown -- "Baby Miesh" -- Transcendence -- Motema (N) James Carter Organ Trio -- "Lettuce Toss Yo' Salad" -- At The Crossroads -- EmArcy Joanne Brackeen -- "Enchance" -- Special Identity -- Antilles Bill Carrothers -- "Home Row" -- Home Row -- Pirouet Stanley Cowell Trio -- "Astral Spiritual" -- Illusion Suite Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith / Yo Miles! -- "Jabali (Part II)" -- Sky Garden -- Cuneiform John Butcher -- "Unspeakable Damage" -- Bell Trove Spools -- Northern Spy Chicago Underground Duo -- "Twelve Degrees of Freedom" -- 12° of Freedom -- Thrill Jockey Second Sight -- "Jump At The Sun" -- Flying With The Comet -- Sun Jump Dave Douglas Quintet -- "Little Feet" -- Time Travel -- Greenleaf (N) Sunny Murray -- "EMOI" -- 13# Steps On Glass -- Enja Chris Greco Quartet -- "Electra" -- Trane of Thought -- GWS Fourwinds Michael Musillami Trio + 3 -- "Graphite" -- From Seeds -- Playscape Jaki Byard -- "Sunday" -- Tommy Flanagan & Jaki Byard--The Magic of 2 -- Resonance (N) Andrew Hill -- "Limbo" -- Compulsion -- Blue Note As usual, you can check it out at www.kbcs.fm.

Here are the artists and compositions we heard this week on "Straight, No Chaser": Pamela Hines -- "Loose Blues" (alt. take) -- 3.2.1. -- Spicerack (N) Sumi Tonooka -- "At Home" -- Now -- ARC George Cables -- "Helen's Song" -- You Don't Know Me -- Kind of Blue Tania Gill -- "Magpie" -- Bolger Station -- Barnyard Grachan Moncur III -- "Thandiwa" -- Some Other Stuff -- Blue Note The October Trio -- "Imagine It" -- New Dream -- Songlines Dave King -- "This Nearly Was Mine" -- I've Been Ringing You -- Sunnyside Myra Melford's Crush -- "Always Chant Could One" -- Dance Beyond The Color -- Arabesque Matthew Shipp -- "Galaxy 105" -- Harmony and Abyss -- Thirsty Ear Kamikaze Ground Crew -- "Duke's Entrance" -- The Scenic Route -- New World Christian Muthspiel's Yodel Group -- "Yodeler No. 6" & "Yodeler No. 4" -- Christian Muthspiel's Yodel Group -- (self) 1939 Ensemble -- "Wait!" -- Howl & Bite -- (self) Paul Bley -- "Variation 6" -- [Paul Bley, Evan Parker & Barre Phillips] Sankt Gerold -- ECM Han Bennink Trio -- "Flemische March" -- Parken -- ILK Frank Möbus -- "Ich Geh' Zur Polizei" -- Risky Business -- ACT Terje Rypdal & The Chasers -- "Om Bare" -- Blue -- ECM Coat Cooke & Joe Poole -- "Bob Weaver" -- Conversations -- NOW Orchestra E_L_B (Erskine_Lê_Benita) -- "Plan 9" -- Dream Flight -- ACT Mike Stern -- "Hope You Don't Mind" -- Big Neighborhood -- Heads Up * Brad Mehldau Trio -- "M.B." -- Ode -- Nonesuch * The Brad Mehldau Trio is appearing at The Jazz Alley in Seattle April 30 & May 1. Each of these programs is stored for two weeks in the KBCS audio archive: http://kbcs.fm/programs/straight-no-chaser/

OK, I never met him, but I'll share a friend's story. During a break at a club gig, my friend followed Miles into the men's room to ask for his autograph. He found Miles in a stall having intercourse with some young woman. That was awkward, but he got the autograph.

Thanks to guest host Megan Sullivan, who concentrated on new releases on “Straight, No Chaser” on April 15. Here’s what Megan played: Benny Green – “La Portuguesa” – Magic Beans (N) Brian McCarthy – “Precipice” – This Just In (N) Nick Finzer – “Eventide” – Exposition (N) Jaleel Shaw – “Conclusions” – The Soundtrack of Things To Come (N) Dave Douglas Quintet – “Time Travel” – Time Travel Hiromi – “Move” – Move: The Trip Project (N) Terri Lyne Carrington – “Wig Wise” – Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue (N) Robert Hurst – “Big Queen” – Bob: A Palindrome (N) Gerald Clayton – “Shadamanthem” – Life Forum (N) Wayne Shorter Quartet – “S.S. Golden Mean” – Without A Net (N) Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet – “Faces” – Wislawa (N) Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran – “Journey Up River” – Hagar’s Song (N) Nilson Matta – “Overture” – Nilson Matta’s Black Orpheus (N) Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood – “Cachaca” – Out Louder Terri Lyne Carrington – “Money Jungle” – Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue (N) Jaleel Shaw – “The Understanding” – The Soundtrack of Things to Come (N) You can hear a streaming version of this program in the KBCS Audio Archives: http://kbcs.fm/programs/straight-no-chaser/

This week's "Straight, No Chaser" included a raucous live performance by Charles Mingus from 1964, with Eric Dolphy and Clifford Jordan; there were also pounding guitars from Larry Coryell and Gordon Grdina, and an extended piece by saxophonist Kidd Jordan. Here's what we heard: Dutch Jazz Orchestra -- "Shafi" -- The Lady Who Swings The Band--Rediscovered Music of Mary Lou Williams -- Challenge Max Roach Septet -- "Orientation" -- The Max Roach Quintet Featuring Hank Mobley -- Debut Art Farmer -- "I Mean You" -- Live At Stanford Jazz Workshop -- Monarch Charles Mingus -- "Parkeriana, Parts 1 & 2" -- The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65 -- Mosaic Anthony Branker & Word Play -- "Across The Divide" -- Origin (N) The Grismore / Scea Group -- "Dream Theme" -- Just Play -- Accurate Mike Fahie -- "An Axe To Grind" -- Anima -- BJU Records Larry Coryell -- "Alternative Recollection" -- The Lift -- Wide Hive (N) Gordon Grdina Trio With Mats Gustafsson -- "Burning Bright" -- Barrel Fire -- Drip Audio Kidd Jordan -- "Coming Down Blue" -- On Fire 2 -- Engine Johnny Padilla -- "Below Freezing" -- Bright Morning -- (self) Kris Davis -- "Black Tunnel" -- Rye Eclipse -- Fresh Sound New Talent The New Triumph -- "Undungu's Wife" -- Starship Estrada -- (self) (N)

This week on "Straight, No Chaser," we said farewell to Barbara Donald (1942-2013), the high-energy trumpet player who lived for many years in Olympia, Washington; checked out some new releases, and so on. Here's what we heard: Anthony Wilson Trio -- "Luck Be A Lady" -- Our Gang -- Groove Note Kermit Driscoll -- "Hekete" -- Reveille -- 19/8 Jeff Parker Trio -- "Swept Out To Sea" -- Bright Lights In Winter -- Delmark Barbara Donald & Unity -- "Let It Ride" -- The Past And Tomorrows -- Cadence Jazz Huey Simmons (feat. Barbara Donald) -- "Burning Spirits No. 1" -- Burning Spirits -- Contemporary Andy Clausen -- "To And From" / "Who Goes There? (Again)" -- The Wishbone Suite -- Table & Chairs Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet -- "Assassins" -- Wislawa -- ECM (N) Steve Coleman And Five Elements -- "Limbic Cry" -- Functional Arrhythmias -- Pi (N) Empty Cage Quartet -- "Tzolkien 2 + 9" -- Gravity -- Clean Feed Roscoe Mitchell -- "Scrunch" -- Duets With Tyshawn Sorey And Special Guest Hugh Ragin -- Wide Hive (N) Barbara Donald & Unity -- "Raisha's Dreams" -- Olympia Live -- Cadence Jazz First House -- "Dimple" -- Cantilena -- ECM Brainkiller -- "U Can't Stop Z Train" -- The Infiltration -- Rare Noise Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran -- "Bolivar Blues" -- Hagar's Song -- ECM (N) Clifford Jordan & Ran Blake -- "Doug's Prelude" -- Masters From Different Worlds -- Mapleshade Joe Lovano UsFIVE -- "Myths And Legends" -- Cross Culture -- Blue Note The streaming version of this program is available any time in the next two weeks, here: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=30285

She was awesome. A really spirited player. It's too bad she never got much exposure.

I finally couldn't help myself and ordered the Mingus box set from Mosaic. The price is way too high but I somehow feel I must have it!

On March 25, we heard these musical tracks on "Straight, No Chaser": Nick Finzer -- "2.4 Cents" -- Exposition -- Outside In (N) Hailey Niswanger -- "Yes or No" -- Confeddie -- (self) Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams -- "Chico San" -- The Complete Blue Note Donald Byrd / Pepper Adams Studio Sessions -- Mosaic Benny Green -- "Flying Saucer" -- Magic Beans -- Sunnyside (N) Teri Lyne Carrington -- "Very Special" -- Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue -- Concord Jazz (N) Herbie Nichols -- "It Didn't Happen" -- The Complete Blue Note Recordings -- Blue Note Jason Adasiewicz -- "Get In There" -- Sun Rooms -- Delmark David Haney -- "Khartoum" -- Day For Night At Jackstraw -- Slam Dave Douglas -- "The View From Blue Mountain" -- Spirit Moves -- Greenleaf Adam Lane's Full Throttle Orchestra -- "Desperate Incantations" -- Ashcan Rantings -- Clean Feed Scott Fields Ensemble -- "Edmond" -- Mamet -- Delmark Frode Gjerstad & Derek Bailey -- "A Cup of Tea" -- Nearly a D -- Emanem The Ganelin Trio -- "Poco 1" -- Poco-A-Poco -- Leo Eivind Opsvik -- Nineteen To The Dozen" -- Overseas IV -- Loyal Label Michael Bates -- "Strong Arm" -- Acrobat: Music For, And By, Dmitri Shostakovich -- Sunnyside Christian Scott -- "Jihad Joe" -- Christian aTunde Adjuah -- Concord Jazz Nils Wogram & Simon Nabatov -- "Split The Difference" -- Moods & Modes -- NWOG Sven-Ake Johansson -- "#1" -- Barcelona Series -- Hat Hut Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook-Up -- "Folly Cove" -- Actionspeak -- 482 Music As usual, this program can be heard in the KBCS audio archive for the next two weeks: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=30163

Thanks to John Midgley for sitting in on “Straight, No Chaser” this week. You can hear John’s on-line jazz program, “Jazz Kaleidoscope,” daily at 1 p.m. at http://voiceofvashon.org. Here is the music John played on KBCS this week: Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran – “I Shall Be Released” – Hagar’s Song – ECM Greg Osby – “All Neon Like” – Inner Circle – Blue Note Yusef Lateef – “Blues For The Orient” – Eastern Sounds – Prestige Rudresh Mahanthappa – “Stay I” – Gamak – ACT (N) Dave Brubeck Quartet – “The Golden Horn” – Jazz Impressions of Eurasia – Columbia Curtis Hasselbring – “37º 56’ 39” by 111º 32” – Number Stations – Cuneiform John Irabagon Outright! – “Lola Pastillas” – Unhinged – Irabagast Miles Davis – “So What” – Miles in Tokyo – Columbia Joe Henderson – “Afro-Centric” – Power To The People – Milestone Bobby Hutcherson – “Ghetto Lights” – Dialogue – Blue Note Andrew Hill – “Yellow Violet” – Dance With Death – Blue Note Yosvany Terry – “Harlem Matinee” – Today’s Opinion – Criss Cross Project O – “Dilemma” – Now As then – Jim Wayne Shorter Quartet – “SS Golden Mean” – Without A Net – Blue Note (N) Vijay Iyer Trio – “Optimism” – Accelerando – ACT Kenny Werner Trio – “Nardis” – Form And Fantasy – Double-Time You can listen to the March 18 show in the KBCS audio archive, here: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=30051

Many thanks to Brett Watanabe,who capably guided KBCS listeners through the world of jazz on March 25 and March 4 on "Straight, No Chaser." Here are the tracks Brett played on March 4th: Hal Galper Trio -- "Ambleside" -- Airegin Revisited -- Origin (N) Andrea Brachfeld -- "Eye of the Hurricane" -- Lady of the Island -- Zoho (N) Melton Mustafa -- "Festivities" -- The Traveling Man -- Independent (N) The New Triumph -- "Undungu's Wife" -- Starship Estrada -- Independent (N) Asuka Kakitani Jazz Orchestra -- "Electric Images" -- Bloom -- Nineteen-Eight (N) Nick Finzer -- "Lit By Lightning" -- Exposition -- Outside In (N) Hiromi -- "Move" -- Move: The Trio Project -- Telarc (N) Electric NHIC -- "Notes From Underground" -- Ground Waves -- NHIC Records (N) Jeff Kaiser & Phil Skaller -- "Two Unknowns, The One Being" -- Endless Pie -- pfMentum (N) NEXT Collective -- "Oceans" -- Cover Art -- Concord Jazz (N) Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran -- "Pictogram" -- Hagar's Song -- ECM (N) Joe McPhee -- "Port of Saints" -- Port of Saints -- CJR You can still catch the streaming version of the March 4 show for the next seven days, here: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=29830 On this week's show, March 11, I revisited the music of two players who recently passed, John Tchicai and David S. Ware, and took a '60s side trip with the Don Ellis Orchestra. Otherwise just the usual good stuff: Ray Charles -- "Mister C" -- Genius + Soul = Jazz -- Rhino Kenny Dorham -- "Blue Spring Shuffle" -- Quiet Kenny -- New Jazz Dexter Gordon -- "The Jumpin' Blues" -- Blue Dex: Dexter Gordon Plays The Blues -- Prestige Rebecca Coupe Franks -- "Genetic Make Up" -- Two Oceans -- Independent (N) Nathan Eklund Group -- "Triple Shot Espresso" -- Coin Flip -- OA2 Don Ellis Orchestra -- "New Horizons" -- Electric Bath -- Columbia John Tchicai Quartet -- "Hasty Passion" -- Grandpa's Spells -- Storyville John Tchicai Group -- "Mothers" -- Timo's Message -- Black Saint Albert Beger Electroacoustic Band -- "Triangle" -- Peacemaker -- Anova Music Lotte Anker, Craig Taborn & Gerald Cleaver -- "The Hierophant" -- Triptych -- Leo Stu Martin & John Surman -- "Professor Goodly's Imposion Machine" -- Live At Woodstock Town Hall -- Breathless 1982 -- "7" -- Pintura -- Hubro Joe Lovano UsFive -- "Blessings in May" -- Cross Culture -- Blue Note (N) George Cables -- "But He Knows" -- My Muse -- HighNote Sumi Tonooka -- "Heaven" -- Now -- ARC David S. Ware Quartet -- "Unknown Mansion" -- Live In The World -- Thirsty Ear In the KBCS audio archives, this program will be available for two weeks: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=29941

Although I was deeply immersed in the avant garde in the 1970's, tracking down every Art Ensemble record I could find, somehow I couldn't get into Leo Smith. It was 15 or 20 years later when he finally got through to me, or you might say, when I finally let him in.

Between the Fund Drive pitches tonight on "Straight, No Chaser," we listened to five pieces that featured the great trumpeter Donald Byrd (1932-2013), and some other things as well: Elmo Hope Sextet (with Donald Byrd) -- "On It" -- Informal Jazz [reissued on John Coltrane -- Side Steps] -- Prestige Herbie Hancock (with Donald Byrd) -- "Three Wishes" -- The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions -- Mosaic Donald Byrd -- "Hush" -- The Complete Blue Note Donald Byrd / Pepper Adams Studio Sessions -- Mosaic Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams -- "Trio" -- Motor City Scene -- Bethlehem Chris Potter -- "Wayfinder" -- The Sirens -- ECM (N) Alfredo Rodriguez -- "Crossing The Border" -- Sounds of Space -- Mack Avenue Craig Taborn -- "Neverland" -- Avenging Angel -- ECM Donald Byrd -- "Free Form" -- Free Form -- Blue Note Orchestre National de Jazz (dir. by Daniel Yvinec) -- "Flying Dream" -- Shut Up And Dance -- Bee Jazz Kurt Rosenwinkel and OJM (Orquestra Jazz Matosinhos) -- "Turns" -- Our Secret World -- Word of Mouth David Murray Octet -- "Dewey's Circle" -- Ming -- Black Saint Dee Dee Bridgewater -- "Compared To What" -- Red Earth -- DDB Darius Jones Quartet -- "Be Patient With Me" -- Book of Mae'bul -- AUM Fidelity (N) Thanks to the good folks who have contributed to the KBCS Fund Drive this week. Now it will be all music on the show for about three months, until the Spring Fund Drive. Meanwhile, you can still call (425) 564-5000 to contribute, or use the website, www.kbcs.fm. The streaming version of this week's show is here: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=29595

Here are the musical selections we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on February 11: Saratoga Jazz Hounds, featuring Don Byas -- "I Know That You Know" -- Don Byas: Moon Nocturne -- Membran Illinois Jacquet & His Orchestra -- "Adam's Alley" -- Illinois Jacquet: Memories of You -- Membran Betty Carter -- "Foul Play" -- Out There With Betty Carter -- Blue Moon Serge Chaloff -- "Sergical" -- Boston Blow-Up! -- Capitol Stan Kenton & His Orchestra -- "Cool" -- Crime Jazz -- Rhino Hermeto Pascoal -- "Suddenly" -- Brazilian Adventure -- Muse David Binney & Edward Simon -- "Pere" -- Afinidad -- Red Microscopic Septet -- "Hofstra's Dilemma" -- Seven Men In Neckties -- Cuneiform Jeff Johnson -- "Avion" -- Suitcase -- Origin (N) Wayne Shorter Quartet -- "Zero Gravity To The 10th Power" -- Without A Net -- Blue Note (N) Cecil Taylor -- "Song" -- Jazz Advance -- Fresh Sound Darius Jones Quartet -- "The Fagley Blues" -- Book of Mae'bul (Another Kind of Sunrise) -- AUM Fidelity (N) John Escreet -- "Don't Fight The Inevitable" -- Don't Fight The Inevitable -- Mythology Pandelis Karayorgis / Mat Maneri Quintet -- "Case In Point" -- Disambiguation -- Leo Burnt Sugar -- "Greetings From Takemistu" -- If You Can't Dazzle Them With Your Brilliance, Then Baffle Them With Your Blisluth -- TruGROID Gato Libre -- "Battle" -- Kuro -- Libra Amir Elsaffar Two Rivers Ensemble -- "Inana's Dance (I, II, III)" -- Inana -- Pi J. D. Allen -- "Vuela (The Whisperer)" -- The Matador And The Bull -- Savant To hear a streaming version of this program in the KBCS audio archive, go here: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=29476 Also, check out the (relatively) new Facebook page for "Straight, No Chaser:" http://www.facebook.com/StraightNoChaserOnKBCS?ref=ts&fref=ts

On February 4, we heard these selections on "Straight, No Chaser": Pat Martino with Bobby Rose -- "Four On Six" -- Alone Together -- Highnote Rebecca Coupe Franks -- "Moving On" -- Two Oceans -- (self) (N) Joe Lovano UsFive -- "In A Spin" -- Cross Culture -- Blue Note (N) Nils Wogram & Root 70 -- "One For George" -- Listen To Your Woman -- (self) Claire Daly -- "Two Timer" -- Baritone Monk -- North Coast Brewing Co. (N) Alfredo Rodriguez -- "Cu-Bop" -- Sounds of Space -- Mack Avenue The Whammies -- "The Whammies" -- The Whammies Play The Music of Steve Lacy -- Driff Fred Anderson -- "Fougeux" -- Back At The Velvet Lounge -- Delmark Peggy Lee Band -- "Why Are You Yelling?" -- Invitation -- Drip Audio Andy Clausen -- "To And From" -- The Wishbone Suite -- Table & Chairs Triptet -- "Rain Tractor" -- Figure In The Carpet -- Engine (N) John Devine -- "Mirepoix du Nord" -- A Little O'That -- (self) (N) Ab Baars -- "The Rhythm Is In The Sound" -- Time To Do My Lions -- Wig Jeff Kaiser & Phil Skaller -- "Image of A Punctiform" -- Endless Pie -- pfMentum (N) Eric Vloeimans' Fugimundi -- "Harry Bo" -- Live At Yoshi's -- Challenge Tobias Delius 4tet -- "Ringelnatter" -- Pelikanismus -- BVHaast William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra -- "Mayan Space Station" -- Sunrise In The Tone World -- AUM Fidelity UoU -- "Jali" -- Take The 7 Train -- Tippin' (N) To listen to this program on your computer (until February 18), navigate to the KBCS archive: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=29350

This week's "Straight, No Chaser" was dedicated to the memory of my mother, Shirley Utevsky, who was born 90 years ago today. Here are the tunes we heard: Mary Lou Williams -- "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top" -- Live At The Cookery -- Chiaroscuro McCoy Tyner -- "Ain't Misbehavin'" -- Jazz Roots -- Telarc Oscar Peterson Trio With Milt Jackson -- "A Wonderful Guy" -- Very Tall -- Verve Art Farmer -- "Younger Than Springtime" -- Out of The Past -- Chess Oscar Alemán -- "Swingin' On A Star" -- Swing Guitar Masterpieces 1938-1957 -- Acoustic Disk Mimi Fox -- "This Land Is Your Land" -- Standards, Old & New -- Origin (N) Nobuki Takamen -- "Scarborough Fair" -- Three Wishes -- Summit Bill Evans -- "California Here I Come" -- Live At Art D'Lugoff's Top of The Gate -- Resonance Sonny Rollins -- "The House I Live In" -- The Complete Prestige Recordings -- Prestige Gary Bartz -- "I've Never Been In Love Before" -- There Goes The Neighborhood! -- Candid Joshua Breakstone Quartet -- "Some Enchanted Evening" -- Self-Portrait In Swing -- Contemporary Bill Frisell, Ron Carter & Paul Motian -- "On The Street Where You Live" -- Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian -- Nonesuch Bill Smith & Enrico Pieranunzi -- "Lover Man" -- The Rome Sessions -- Edipan Jane Ira Bloom -- "I Could Have Danced All Night" -- Wingwalker -- Out-line Anat Cohen -- "St. Louis Blues" -- Clarinetwork--Live At The Village Vanguard -- Anzic Fred Katz -- "Foggy, Foggy Dew" -- Folk Songs For Far Out Folk -- Reboot McCoy Tyner -- "If I Were A Bell" -- Land of Giants -- Telarc Frank Sinatra -- "Cheek To Cheek" -- Come Dance With Me! -- Capitol Check out the streaming version of this program, available any time in the next two weeks, here: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=29229