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On January 21, while celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday on KBCS, we listened to the following tracks on "Straight, No Chaser": Ray Drummond Quintet -- "Peace" (H. Silver) -- Camera In A Bag -- Criss-Cross Bill Evans -- "Peace Piece" -- Everybody Digs Bill Evans -- Riverside McCoy Tyner -- "Search For Peace" -- The Real McCoy -- Blue Note Pharoah Sanders -- "You've Got To Have Freedom" -- Africa -- Timeless Charlie Haden -- "We Shall Overcome" -- Liberation Music Orchestra -- Impulse! Franco Ambrosetti -- "Peace" (H. Silver) -- Music For Symphony And Jazz Band -- Enja Larry Goldings -- "Many Rivers To Cross" -- Awareness -- Warner Bros. Jeanne Lee -- "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands" -- (Jeanne Lee & Ran Blake) The Legendary Duets -- RCA Victor Ravi Coltrane -- "Search For Peace" -- Moving Pictures -- RCA Victor Wadada Leo Smith -- "The Freedom Riders Ride" -- Ten Freedom Summers -- Cuneiform Ralph Alessi -- "Peace" (O. Coleman) -- Vice & Virtue -- RKM Branford Marsalis Quartet -- "The Freedom Suite" (S. Rollins) -- Footsteps of Our Fathers -- Marsalis Music David S. Ware -- "Peace Celestial" -- Surrendered -- Columbia Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio, with Billy Bang -- "Freedom Flexibility" -- Big M--A Tribute To Malachi Favors -- Delmark The streaming version of this program can be found in the KBCS audio archive, here: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=29116.

Yes, Pete Carroll made a few dumb calls in the game against Atlanta. Going for a touchdown at 4th-and-1, and not giving the ball to Marshawn Lynch. Installing the "prevent" defense at the end of the game. "Icing" the kicker. Change any of those, and the Seahawks would have won. It's really too bad because it would have been an extraordinary comeback victory. Not to take anything away from the Falcons. They played well. They can probably beat S.F. and I wish them luck. But the Seahawks will be back next year, and better than ever.

Here are the pieces of music we heard on “Straight, No Chaser” on January 14: Endemic Ensemble – “Do The Math” – Lunar – Pony Boy Thelonious Monk – “Bright Mississippi” – Live At The 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival Ezra Weiss – “Lord Give Me Wings” – Persephone – Umoja Matt Vashlishan – “Inner Urge” – No Such Thing – Origin Jeff Johnson – “Kiwi” – Suitcase – Origin (N) David Haney – “Khartoum” – Day For Night At Jackstraw – Slam (N) Heiner Stadler – “The Fugue #2” – Retrospection – Jazz Alliance Richard Bliwas Trio – “The Stirring” – Nine – Rising Rose (N) Joe McPhee’s Bluette – “Here I Stand” – Let Paul Robeson Sing – CIMP Industrial Revelation – “5033 Brooklyn” – Unreal Reality – (self) Rez Abassi Trio – “Major Major” – Continuous Beat – Enja (N) Bjorkenheim / Haker Flaten / Nilssen-Love – “Salaa” – Scorch Trio – Rune Grammophon Charlie Hunter Trio – “Wizard Sleeve” – Mistico – Fantasy Wayne Horvitz & Pigpen – “Hard Regulator” – Best of Pigpen (N) The program will be stored in the KBCS audio archive, available on demand, until January 28, here: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=29012 Next week’s "Straight, No Chaser" will celebrate the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Friedman is an excellent player who deserves far more attention than he receives. I had the good fortune to hear him in New York a few years ago. Sheer brilliance!

As well you should, because the Falcons may have their hands full with Seattle. I don't know how many people have figured it out yet, but the Seahawks are for real. Don't be too surprised if you see a rookie quarterback in the Super Bowl after all. For real? They played a pretty soft schedule this season and with that pretend win against the Packers and an injured RG III, I'd say luck had plenty to do with it all. The Seahawks weren't so hot at the start of the season, when they were working in their rookie QB. But they beat four playoff teams during the regular season and (so far) one more in the playoffs. They compiled some fo the best defensive stats in the league, despite the slow start. In a three-week period toward the end of the season, they beat St. Louis, Buffalo and San Francisco by a combined score of 150-30. They've won eight of their last nine games. Today's team is much better than the one you saw vs. Green Bay on MNF. But obviously you're right, they're just lucky. And you'll probably say that if they beat Atlanta, too.

As well you should, because the Falcons may have their hands full with Seattle. I don't know how many people have figured it out yet, but the Seahawks are for real. Don't be too surprised if you see a rookie quarterback in the Super Bowl after all.

These are the tunes we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" this week: Jack McDuff -- "Screamin'" -- The Prestige Years -- Prestige Steve Turre -- "Dance of the Gazelles" -- Delicious and Delightful -- Highnote Booker Little -- "Moods in Free Time" -- Out Front -- Candid The Bad Plus -- "Gaston" -- Everybody Wants To Be A Cat / Disney Jazz, Vol. 1 -- Walt Disney Julian Waterfall Pollack -- "Blackberry" -- Infinite Playground -- (self) Tomasz Stanko -- "Last Song" -- Balladyna -- ECM Masada -- "Hafla'ah" -- Live in Taipei 1995 -- Tzadik Paul Tynan & Aaron Lington -- "Stat" -- Bicoastal Collective: Chapter Three -- OA2 (N) NYNDK -- "Voyage Into The Golden Screen" -- The Hunting of the Snark -- Jazzheads 8 Bold Souls -- "Pachinko" -- Last Option -- Thrill Jockey Anthony Branker & Ascent -- "Little Rascal" -- Together -- Origin (N) Kidd Jordan -- "Speaking in Tongues" (incomplete) -- On Fire, Vol. 2 -- Engine (N) Jayna Nelson -- "Tim's Brain" -- Bloom of Creation -- Sun Jump Ivo Perelman -- "Self-Forgiveness" -- Introspection -- Leo Dikeman, Kugel, Van der Weide -- "It Has Happened Before" -- Across The Sky -- Not Two (N) Here is the link to the streaming version of this program in the KBCS audio archive: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=28901

Here is the music we heard on New Year's Eve on "Straight, No Chaser": John Stetch Trio -- "Do Telepromptu" -- Fabled States -- Addo (N) McCoy Tyner -- "Motherland" -- Horizon -- Milestone Jon Irabagon's Outright! -- "Camp Douglas 2" -- Unhinged -- Irabbagast (N) The Othertet -- "Naptown /Trenton" -- The Othertet -- Engine The Pyramids -- "Nebulosity" -- Otherworldly -- Indigo (N) Oregon -- "Back Pocket" -- 1000 Kilometers -- CamJazz James Farm -- "I-10" -- James Farm -- Nonesuch Mats-Up -- "Promenade 2" -- Same Pictures--New Exhibition -- Suisa John Ehlis Ensemble -- "Bird Boy" -- John Ehlis Ensemble -- (self) Anat Cohen & The Anzic Orchestra -- "Bebe" -- Noir -- Anzic Marty Ehrlich's Darkwoods Ensemble -- "Side By Side" -- Just Before The Dawn -- New World (In honor of Fontella Bass, 1940-2012) Art Ensemble of Chicago (with Fontella Bass) -- "Theme De Yoyo" -- Les Stances A Sophie -- Nessa Matland / Lonberg-Holm / Solberg / Gjerstad -- "WDED" -- VCDC -- Hispid Hal Galper Trio -- "Ascendant" -- Airegin Revisited -- Origin (N) Erik Friedlander -- "Airstream Envy" -- Block Ice & Propane -- Skipstone John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension -- "Echoes From Then" -- Now Here This -- Mediastarz (N) Steve Lehman Quintet -- "Panther" -- Structural Fire -- CIMP World Saxophone Quartet -- "Giant Steps" -- Steppenwolf -- Justin Time John Coltrane -- "My Favorite Things" -- My Favorite Things -- Atlantic Listen to the December 31 program in the KBCS audio archive: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=28798

Dolphy has always been one of my favorites. His sound is so distinct and personal that I can always recognize him within seconds. His many recordings with Mingus and Coltrane, as well as his own Prestige albums, are treasures.

On December 24, when some children were nestled all snug in their beds, we listened to this music on "Straight, No Chaser": Duke Ellington -- "A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing" -- Unknown Session -- Columbia Chico Freeman -- "A Prayer" -- Tradition In Transition -- Elektra Tommy Flanagan -- "Come Sunday" -- Moodsville -- Original Jazz Classics Robert Glasper -- "Portrait of An Angel" -- Canvas -- Blue Note Duke Ellington & Ray Brown -- "Sophisticated Lady" -- This One's For Blanton -- Pablo Bill Evans & Jim Hall -- "My Man's Gone Now" -- Intermodulation -- Verve Walt Dickerson & Richard Davis -- "Divine Gemini" -- Dialogue -- SteepleChase Miles Davis -- "In A Silent Way" -- In A Silent Way -- Columbia Don Lanphere & Larry Coryell -- "Peace" -- Don Lanphere / Larry Coryell -- Hep John McLaughlin -- "Follow Your Heart" -- My Goal's Beyond -- Douglas Harold Land Quartet -- "Angel Dance" -- The Peace-Maker -- Cadet Charles Mingus -- "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting" -- Passions of A Man -- Atlantic Sun Ra -- "Sun Song" -- Sun Song -- Delmark Miles Davis -- "Moon Dreams" -- Birth of the Cool -- Capitol Ralph Towner -- "Winter Solstice" -- Solstice -- ECM Art Pepper - "Over The Rainbow" -- Birds & Ballads -- Galaxy Pharoah Sanders -- "After The Rain" -- A Prayer Before Dawn -- Theresa John Coltrane -- "Spiritual" -- "Live" At The Village Vanguard -- Impulse! Leon Thomas -- "The Creator Has A Master Plan (Peace)" -- Facets--The Legend of Leon Thomas -- Flying Dutchman Matt Jorgensen + 451 -- "India" -- Quiet Silence -- Origin John Coltrane -- "Psalm (Part 4)" -- A Love Supreme -- Impulse! Mark Morganelli & The Jazz Forum All Stars -- "A Child Is Born" -- Speak Low -- Candid In the next two weeks (until January 7), you can listen to the December 24 program here: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=28711 Wishing all jazz fans a happy holiday season and a delicious New Year, filled with good music!

My favorites from the last year or so -- of the ones I've heard, of course: Ravi Coltrane -- Spirit Fiction -- Blue Note Harris Eisenstadt -- Canada Day III -- Songlines Human Spirit -- Dialogue -- Origin Jon Irabagon’s Outright! -- Unhinged -- Irabbagast Steve Lehman Trio -- Dialect Fluorescent -- Pi Hafez Modirzadeh -- Post-Chromodal Out! -- Pi Michael Musillami Trio + 4 -- Mettle -- Playscape Sam Rivers, Dave Holland & Barry Altschul -- Reunion: Live in New York -- Pi Avery Sharpe -- Sojourner Truth—“Ain’t I A Woman?” -- JKNW Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts -- An Attitude For Gratitude -- Palmetto

Thanks to Brett Watanabe for hosting “Straight, No Chaser” on December 17. Here are the tunes he played: Matthias Lupri – “Song of Change” – Same Time Twice – Summit Hugh Ragin – “Kamal’s Gift” – Revelation — Justin Time David Haney – “Khartoum” – Day For Night At Jackstraw – Slam (N) Endangered Blood – “Rare” – Endangered Blood – Skirl Chemical Clock – “Blind Topographer” – Chemical Clock – Table & Chairs Walter Weasel, Mary Halvorson & Peter Evans – “Baring Teeth” – Mechanical Malfunction – Thirsty Ear (N) Mahavishnu Orchestra – “The Noonward Race” – Mar Y Sol Festival, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico – Atlantic Louis Sclavis Atlas Trio – “Pres d’Hagondange” – Sources – ECM Trio 3 – “Y2 Chaos” – Open Ideas – Palmetto Grampus – “Large Indefinite Quantity” – ILK ILK – pfMentum Brian Carpenter’s Ghost Train Orchestra – “Hot Tempered Blues” – Hot House Stomp – (self) Red Norvo Trio – “Swedish Pastry” – The Savoy Sessions – Savoy Jazz Eyvind Kang – “Gringsing” – Grass – Tzadik (N) As always, you can listen to this program in the KBCS Audio Archive: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=28606 Happy Holidays, and keep listening!

This is what we heard on "Straight, No Chaser" on December 10: (In memory of Dave Brubeck, 1920-2012) Dave Brubeck -- "Two-Part Contention" -- Time Signatures: A Career Retrospective -- Columbia Dave Brubeck Quartet -- "Charles Matthew Hallelujah" -- Time Further Out -- Columbia Dave Brubeck Quartet -- "The Way You Look Tonight" -- Jazz At Oberlin -- Fantasy Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts -- "No Outerwear" -- An Attitude For Gratitude -- Palmetto Ryan Truesdell Gil Evans Project -- "The Maids of Cadiz" -- Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans -- Artist Share (In memory of Austin Peralta, 1990-2012) Austin Peralta -- "The Underwater Mountain Odyssey" -- Endless Planets -- Brainfeeder Dave Brubeck Quartet -- "Blue Ground" -- The Riddle -- Columbia Dave Brubeck Quartet -- "Dizzy's Dream" -- Blue Rondo -- Concord Jazz Dave Brubeck -- "History of A Boy Scout (We Crossed The Rhine)" -- Time Signatures: A Career Retrospective -- Columbia Devin Gray -- "Cancel The Cancel" -- Dirigo Rataplan -- Skirl Jeff Gauthier Goatette -- "40 Lashes (With Mascara)" -- Open Source -- Cryptogramophone Tim Berne -- "Not Sure" -- Snakeoil -- ECM New Haven Improvisers Collective -- "Cross-Eyed and Painful" -- NHIC: Atlas -- NHIC Sam Rivers, Dave Holland & Barry Altschul -- "First Set, Part 1" -- Reunion: Live in New York -- Pi (S) Steve Lehman Trio -- "Mr. E" -- Dialect Fluorescent -- Pi Trio M -- "The Guest House" -- The Guest House -- Enja Floratone -- "Gimme Some" -- Floratone II -- Savoy Jazz Twopool -- "Coda" -- Traffic Bins -- Origin As always, you can hear a streaming version of this program any time you like in the next two weeks, here: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=28486 Next Monday, December 17, Brett Watanabe will be your guest host on "Straight, No Chaser."

Yes, I remember this one fondly. I think I have an old reel-to-reel copy of it in the basement.

Check the calendar listings at www.earshot.org to see who's playing. Also, look for websites of Gallery 1412, Wayward Music Series, or Monktail Creative Music Concern.

Here's the playlist for the December 3 edition of "Straight, No Chaser": John Abercrombie Quartet -- "Interplay" -- Within A Song -- ECM Harris Eisenstadt -- "Settled" -- Canada Day III -- Songlines (In memory of Ted Curson, 1935-2012) Ted Curson -- "Searchin' For The Blues" -- Tears For Dolphy -- Black Lion Ted Curson -- "Playhouse March" -- Ted Curson & Co. -- India Navigation Ted Curson -- "Light Blue" -- Flip Top -- Arista Linda Oh -- "Ultimate Persona" -- Initial Here -- Greenleaf Ravi Coltrane -- "Check Out Time" -- Spirit Fiction -- Blue Note Avery Sharpe -- "Bomefree" -- Sojourner Truth--"Ain't I A Woman?" -- JKNW Jason Robinson -- "Elbow Grease" -- Tiresian Symmetry -- Cuneiform (N) Rob Mazurek Pulsar Quartet -- "Twister Uranus" -- Stellar Pulsations -- Delmark (N) Jon Irabagon's Outright! -- "Mourning in America" -- Unhinged -- Irabbagast (N) Frode Gjerstad Trio -- "Forever" -- Nothing Is Forever -- Circulasione Totale (The Frode Gjerstad Trio is appearing Tuesday, December 4 at 7:30 p.m. at The Royal Room in Seattle.) Rez Abassi Trio -- "Divided Attention" -- Continuous Beat -- Enja (N) Weasel Walter, Mary Halvorson & Peter Evans -- "Klockwork" -- Mechanical Malfunction -- Thirsty Ear (N) Jessica Lurie Ensemble -- "Zasto" -- Megaphone Heart -- Zipa! (N) Living By Lanterns -- "2000 West Erie" -- New Myth / Old Science -- Cuneiform (N) George Schuller's Circle Wide -- "Bed Head" -- Listen Both Ways -- Playscape (N) Here is my list of ten favorite CDs released in 2012, as submitted to KBCS: Ravi Coltrane -- Spirit Fiction -- Blue Note Harris Eisenstadt -- Canada Day III -- Songlines Human Spirit -- Dialogue -- Origin Jon Irabagon’s Outright! -- Unhinged -- Irabbagast Steve Lehman Trio -- Dialect Fluorescent -- Pi Hafez Modirzadeh -- Post-Chromodal Out! -- Pi Michael Musillami Trio + 4 -- Mettle -- Playscape Sam Rivers, Dave Holland & Barry Altschul -- Reunion: Live in New York -- Pi Avery Sharpe -- Sojourner Truth—“Ain’t I A Woman?” -- JKNW Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts -- An Attitude For Gratitude -- Palmetto And here are some other fine jazz CDs that have been released in the last year or so: Rez Abassi Trio -- Continuous Beat -- Enja John Abercrombie Quartet -- Within A Song -- ECM AYCH -- As The Crow Flies -- Relative Pitch Art Bailey Trio -- Quiet As A Bone -- HRL Tim Berne -- Snakeoil -- ECM David Binney -- Graylen Epicenter -- Mythology Todd Bishop Group -- Little Played Little Bird -- Origin Bobby Broom -- Upper West Side Story -- Origin Joe Chambers -- Moving Pictures Orchestra -- Savant Jeff Coffin Mu'tet -- Mutopia -- Compass Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez & Paul Motian -- Further Explorations -- Concord Jazz Chick Corea -- The Continents -- Deutsche Grammophon Bill Evans -- Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate -- Resonance Floratone -- Floratone II -- Savoy Jazz Joel Frahm Quartet -- Live At Smalls -- Smalls Live Tia Fuller -- Angelic Warrior -- Mack Avenue Jeff Gauthier Goatette -- Open Source -- Cryptogramophone Hans Glawischnig -- Jahira -- Sunnyside Vitaly Golovnev Quartet -- What Matters -- Tippin' Grampus -- ILK ILK -- pfMentum Devin Gray -- Dirigo Rataplan -- Skirl Sunna Gunnlaugs -- Long Pair Bond -- Sunny Sky Joel Harrison & Lorenzo Feliciati -- Holy Abyss -- Cuneiform Billy Hart -- All Our Reasons -- ECM Francois Houle -- Genera -- Songlines Vijay Iyer Trio -- Accelerando -- ACT Guillermo Klein -- caRREra -- Sunnyside Greg Lewis -- Organ Monk--Uwo In The Black -- (self) Living By Lanterns -- New Myth / Old Science -- Cuneiform Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer Group -- Signing -- Motema Todd Marcus -- Inheritance -- HipNotic Branford Marsalis Quartet -- Four MF's Playin' Tunes -- Marsalis Music Max Marshall -- Instant Camaraderie -- Jazz Hang Virginia Mayhew Quartet -- Mary Lou Williams--The Next 100 Years -- Remma Rob Mazurek Pulsar Quartet -- Stellar Pulsations -- Delmark Michael McNeill Trio -- Passageways -- (self) Pat Metheny -- Unity Band -- Nonesuch Wes Montgomery -- Echoes of Indiana Avenue -- Resonance Nick Moran Trio -- No Time Like Now -- Manor Sound Tyson Naylor Trio -- Kosmonauten -- Songlines Ferenc Nemeth -- Triumph -- Dreamers Collective New Haven Improvisers Collective -- NHIC: Atlas -- NHIC Linda Oh -- Initial Here -- Greenleaf Opus 5 -- Introducing Opus 5 -- Criss CrossPositive Catastrophe -- Dibrujo, Dibrujo, Dibrujo -- Cuneiform Racer Sessions Curator Collection, Volume 2 -- Table & Chairs Eric Reed -- The Baddest Monk -- Savant Ribouem -- Jazz Griot -- (self) Jason Robinson -- Tiresian Symmetry -- Cuneiform George Schuller's Circle Wide -- Listen Both Ways -- Playscape Louis Sclavis Atlas Trio -- Sources -- ECM Christian Scott -- Christian aTunde Adjuah -- Concord Jazz Seattle Jazz Composers Ensemble -- Seattle Jazz Composers Ensemble, Vol. 1 -- (self) Woody Shaw -- Woody Plays Woody -- Highnote Matthew Shipp Trio -- Elastic Aspects -- Thirsty Ear Wadada Leo Smith -- Ten Freedom Summers -- Cuneiform Colin Stetson -- New History Warfare Vol. 2--Judges -- Constellation Richard Sussman Quintet -- Continuum -- Origin Henry Threadgill Zooid -- Tomorrow Sunny / The Revelry, Spp -- Pi Sumi Tonooka -- Now -- ARC Trio M -- The Guest House -- Enja Twopool -- Traffic Bins -- Origin Weasel Walter, Mary Halvorson & Peter Evans -- Mechanical Malfunction -- Thirsty Ear Skaller / Holt Duo -- Music of Mark Dresser -- pfMentum Undivided -- Moves Between Clouds--Live in Warsaw -- Multikulti Project Upper Left Trio -- Ulternative -- Origin Donald Vega -- Spiritual Nature -- Resonance David Virelles -- Continuum -- Pi Weasel Walter, Mary Halvorson & Peter Evans -- Mechanical Malfunction -- Thirsty Ear

Thanks to Megan Sullivan for hosting “Straight, No Chaser” on November 26. Here is the music Megan played: Duke Ellington & John Coltrane – “My Little Brown Book” – Duke Ellington & John Coltrane – Impulse! Erroll Garner – “Teach Me Tonight” – Concert By The Sea – CBS Oscar Peterson – “Waltz For Debbie” – The Will To Swing – Verve Clifford Brown – “De-Dah” – Memorial Album – Blue Note Red Garland – “Birks’ Works” – Red’s Blues – Prestige Miles Davis – “Basin Street Blues” – Blue Miles – Sony Wayne Shorter – “Chief Crazy Horse” – Adam’s Apple – Blue Note Joe Chambers – “Catta” – The Almorivid – Savoy Jazz McCoy Tyner – “May Street” – The Definitive McCoy Tyner – Blue Note Carlos Garnett – “McCoy Next Block” – Moon Shadow – Savant Woody Shaw – “Ginseng People” – Woody Plays Woody – High Note The Clayton Brothers – “Friday Struttin’” – The Gathering – Artist Share (N) Fred Hersch Trio – “Jackalope” – Alive At The Vanguard – Palmetto Sam Rivers, Dave Holland & Barry Altschul – “Part 2” – Reunion: Live In New York – Pi (N) Ferenc Nemeth – “Triumph” – Triumph – Independent (N) Brad Mehldau Trio – “26” – Ode – Nonesuch (N) You can listen to the program here: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=28255 Next week, I’ll release my list of favorite jazz releases of 2012.

Thanks to John Midgley for sitting in on “Straight, No Chaser” on November 19. Here is the music John played: Ravi Coltrane – “The Change, My Girl” – Spirit Fiction – Blue Note Frank Kimbrough Trio – “Helix” – Live At Kitano – Palmetto (N) Trio M – “Ekoneni” – The Guest House – Enja (N) Sunna Gunnlaugs – “Crab Canon” – Long Pair Bond – Sunny Sky Guillermo Klein & Los Guachos – “Niños” -- caRREra -- Sunnyside Rez Abassi Trio – “Back Skin” – Continuous Beat – Enja (N) Charles Lloyd – “Goin’ To Memphis” – Of Course, Of Course – Mosaic Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane – “Bye-Ya” – At Carnegie Hall – Blue Note Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus & Max Roach – “Wig Wise” – The Money Jungle – Blue Note Charles Mingus – “Boogie Stop Shuffle” – Mingus Ah Um – Columbia Sonny Clark – “Blue Minor” – Cool Struttin’ – Blue Note Grachan Moncur III / Jackie McLean – “Blue Rondo” – Mosaic Select – Mosaic Avishai Cohen – “Art Deco” (alt. take) – Triveni II – Anzic Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra – “Dali” – Portrait in Seven Shades – Jazz At Lincoln Center David Holland Quartet – “Conference of The Birds” – Conference of The Birds – ECM Sam Rivers, Dave Holland & Barry Altschul – “Part 5” – Reunion: Live in New York -- Pi (N) Andrew Hill – “Dusk” – Dusk – Palmetto You can listen to this program any time in the next two weeks, here: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=28142 Next week, November 19, Megan Sullivan will be your guest host on “Straight, No Chaser.”

It was a few weeks ago, but I was blown away by the J. D. Allen Trio when they played in Seattle. Allen sounds good as a sideman but he is awesome when playing his own music. He sounds a little like Trane in the Atlantic period, with some Rollins. His most recent album, "Victory!," is also excellent.

On November 5 on "Straight, No Chaser," Paul de Barros joined me to discuss his new book, "Shall We Play That One Together?: The Life and Art of Jazz Piano Legend Marian McParland." Here is what we heard: Red Garland Quintet -- "Birk's Works" -- Soul Junction -- Prestige Opus 5 -- "Nostalgia in Time" -- Introducing Opus 5 -- Criss Cross Herbie Nichols -- "'Orse At Safari" -- The Complete Blue Note Recordings -- Blue Note Don Friedman -- "Theme For Cee Tee" -- Waltz For Marilyn -- Jazz Excursion Danilo Perez -- "Bright Mississippi" -- Panamonk -- Impulse! Trio M -- "Don Knotts" -- The Guest House -- Enja (N) (Discussion with Paul de Barros) Marian McPartland -- "Tickle Toe" -- Marian McPartland's Hickory House Trio -- Concord Jazz Marian McPartland -- "For Dizzy" -- In My Life -- Concord Jazz (Discussion with Paul de Barros) Marian McPartland -- "Theme From Piano Jazz" -- Live At Maybeck Recital Hall -- Concord Jazz (Discussion with Paul de Barros) Todd Marcus -- "Herod (Part 2)" -- Inheritance -- Hipnotic (N) David Virelles -- "A Celebration, Circa 1836" -- Continuum -- Pi (N) Ferenc Nemeth -- "Triumph" -- Triumph -- Dreamers Collective (N) Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up -- "Opal" -- Actionspeak -- 482 Music Trio 120 -- "Flug" -- Flug -- GEMA This program will be available until November 19 in the KBCS streaming audio archive: http://kbcsweb.belle...e/?ShowID=27906 On November 12, we heard the following music on "Straight, No Chaser": Karl Denson -- "Shuff Mountain" -- Herbal Turkey Breast -- Minor Music Roy Hargrove Quintet -- "The Stinger" -- Earfood -- EmArcy (The Roy Hargrove Quintet will be at The Jazz Alley in Seattle, November 29 to December 2.) J. D. Allen -- "Catch 22" -- In Search Of -- Red Nobuki Takamen -- "Let's Get Five" -- Three Wishes -- Summit (N) Steve Herberman Trio -- "Upbeat" -- Ideals -- Reach Music (N) Scenes -- "Contours" -- Silent Photographer -- Origin David Haney Trio -- "Cardboard Watch Dog" -- Blues Royale -- CIMP David Haney & Julian Priester -- "Improvisation 6" -- For Sale: Five Million Cash -- Cadence Jazz (David Haney will lead A Blanket For the Moon at The Royal Room in Seattle, Tuesday, November 13 at 8 p.m.) Hardcoretet -- "Yeti" -- Do It Live -- Table & Chairs (N) Borah Bergman -- "Uncharted Rivers Flow Forever" -- Upside Down Visions -- Soul Note Borah Bergman & Oliver Lake -- "I Won't Wash For Three Days" -- A New Organization -- Soul Note Borah Bergman & Hamid Drake -- "Focus On Sanity" -- Reflections on Ornette Coleman and The Stone House -- Soul Note (In honor of Borah Bergman, 1933-2012) Ezra Weiss / Rob Scheps Big Band -- "Rise And Fall" -- Our Path To This Moment -- Roark (N) Fred Katz -- "Ray's Nigun" -- Folk Songs For Far Out Folk -- Reboot Trio Braamdejoodevatcher -- "Q 13" -- Quintet -- BMC Frank Kimbrough Trio -- "Dusk" -- Live At Kitano -- Palmetto (N) Mats-Up -- "Gnomus" -- Same Pictures--New Exhibition -- Suisa The Bad Plus -- "Re-Elect That" -- Made Possible -- E-One (N) John Midgley will be the guest host on "Straight, No Chaser" on November 19. The following week, on November 26, Megan Sullivan will come in to pick the tunes for you. The November 12 program is available here in the KBCS streaming audio archive: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=28025

John Midgley was the guest host for “Straight, No Chaser” on October 29. Here are the selections he played: Joe Zawinul – “In A Silent Way” – Zawinul – Columbia Paul Bley & Gary Peacock – “Again Anew” – Partners – Owl George Russell – “Ezz-Thetic” – The RCA Victor Workshop – RCA Victor Eric Dolphy – “17 West” – Out There – Prestige The Claudia Quintet + 1 – “What Is The Beautiful?” – What Is The Beautiful? – Cuneiform Greg Osby – “Entruption” – Inner Circle – Blue Note Luis Perdomo – “Polaris” – Awareness – RKM Enrico Pieranunzi – “Permutation” – Permutation – Cam Jazz Vijay Iyer Trio – “Optimism” – Accelerando – ACT Charles Mingus – “The Shoes of the Fisherman’s Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers” – Let My Children Hear Music – Columbia Rabih Abou-Khalil – “Just Three Miles” – Miles Español -- e-One Christian Scott – “The Red Rooster” – Christian aTunde Adjuah – Universal-Music Robert Glasper Experiment – “Smells Like Teen Spirit” – Black Radio – Blue Note John Coltrane – “Mr. Day” – Coltrane Plays The Blues – Atlantic Joe Henderson – “Short Story” – In ‘N Out – Blue Note Max Roach – “Equipoise” – Members, Don’t Git Weary – Atlantic

The Tamarindo trio was excellent. It was very free-flowing and all three members were on the money. They appeared to be totally keyed into one another, as if they'd been playing together for years. I've only seen Malaby once before, with Ralph Alessi. That was a fine group -- and I really dig Alessi -- but in this trio Malaby played with much more freedom and power. I was particularly impressed with his soprano work. (IMO most sax players who double on soprano sound much better on their primary ax.)

In Seattle, the Earshot festival juggernaut rolls on. I'll be at the Royal Room tonight to hear Tamarindo, which includes Tony Malaby on sax, William Parker on bass, and Mark Ferber on drums. I haven't heard this group, but given the track record of its members, it should be great. Also on the bill is one of Wayne Horvitz's groups, Shuffleboil, with Joe Doria on organ, Tim Young on guitar, and Bobby Previte on drums. This was not an obvious choice because Anat Cohen is appearing separately in the festival tonight at the PONCHO Concert Hall. I would have liked to see her, too!

A Northwest double bill at the Earshot Jazz Festival tonight, featuring B'shnorkestra (led by trumpeter Samantha Boshnack) and a solo set by saxophonist Neil Welch.

This week's "Straight, No Chaser" featured music by two great recently departed saxophonists, John Tchicai (1936-2012) and David S. Ware (1949-2012): Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith (with John Tchicai) -- "Willie Dixon" -- Yo Miles! Sky Garden -- Cuneiform New York Art Quartet (with John Tchicai) -- "No. 6" -- New York Art Quartet -- ESP-Disk John Tchicai Quartet -- "Hasty Passion" -- Grandpa's Spells -- Storyville Archie Shepp (with John Tchicai) -- "Mik" -- The New York Contemporary Five -- Delmark David S. Ware -- "Logistic" -- Go See The World -- Columbia David S. Ware Trio -- "African Secrets" -- Passage To Music -- Silkheart Giancarlo Nicolai Trio and John Tchicai -- "Mushi Miyake" -- The Giancarlo Nicolai Trio and John Tchicai -- Leo John Tchicai Group -- "Flying Belabirds" -- Timo's Message -- Black Saint New York Art Quartet (with John Tchicai) -- "Llanto del Indio" -- 35th Reunion -- DIW David S. Ware -- "Sweet Georgia Bright" -- Surrendered -- Columbia David S. Ware, Cooper-Moore, William Parker & Muhammad Ali -- "Shift" -- Planetary Unknown -- AUM Fidelity David S. Ware -- "Antidromic" -- Shakti -- Improvised Communications Adam Lane Quaret (with John Tchicai) -- "Intonations For Being" -- Fo(u)r Being(s) -- CIMP David S. Ware String Ensemble -- "Weave I" -- Threads -- Thirsty Ear Next Monday, October 29, John Midgley will be your guest host on "Straight, No Chaser." On November 5, Paul de Barros will be my guest on the program, discussing his new biography of Marian McPartland, "Shall We Play That One Together?" For the next two weeks, you can hear a streaming version of the October 22 program, here: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=27683