Straight No Chaser - A Jazz Show

Podcast 119 - Connecticut Jazz Festivals 07.08.2008 42:14 ↓

Connecticut's two free jazz festivals - Hartford and New haven - are profiled, featuring music from Jeff Lorber, Harold Danko and Giacamo Gates.

Podcast 118: A Little Bit Country, A Little Bit Jazz, A Little Bit Blues 09.07.2008 34:35 ↓

Wynton & Willie and the boys have a great time on "Two Men with the Blues"; Jazz singers cover Hank Williams.

Podcast 117 - Jazz Does Classical 03.07.2008 37:23 ↓

Jazz musicians, including Barney Kessell, Larry Coryell, Stanley Jordan and of course, the MJQ, take a crack at classical compositions. Real Long Hair stuff!

Podcast 116 - Saratoga Jazz Festival 27.06.2008 36:34 ↓

Previewing the Freihofer's Jazz Festival in Saratoga Springs, NY

Podcast 115 - Just Add Words 23.06.2008 32:27 ↓

Podcast 115 - Just Add Words - features recordings where lyrcis have been added to existing jazz tunes. Listen to Eddie Jefferson tackle "Bitches Brew", Abbey Lincoln on "Afro-Blue" and more.

Podcast 114: "Loverly", Lerner & Loewe 13.06.2008 17:52 ↓

Cassandra Wilson's new CD "Loverly" sends me scurrying into the bins for jazz covers of songs from "My Fair Lady".

Podcast 113 - Music from My Wedding 15.05.2008 33:41 ↓

Since you can't all  be invited to the reception, here's some music being played during the ceremony and reception.

Podcast 112 - Israeli Jazz 15.05.2008 36:06 ↓

Israel celbretes its 60th anniversary today, and we celebrate Israeli jazz musicians like Anat Cohen, Avishai Cohen, Yuval Cohen, Anat Fort, and Sophie Milman, among others.

Podcast 111 - Kurt Rosenwinkel has "The Remedy" 13.05.2008 33:57 ↓

A look at the music of guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel, featuring his new double-CD live album from the Village Vanguard.

Podcast 110: Jobim - The Man from Impanema 18.04.2008 30:24 ↓

Ten Days of Brazilia ends with a salute to the "Gershwin of South America", Antonio Carlos Jobim.

Podcast 108: It Might as Well Be Spring 21.03.2008 32:30 ↓

Celebrate the vernal equinox with a Spring-themed show featuring the music of Ike Quebec, Dave Brubeck, Spyro Gyra, Gary Burton and Jane Monheit.

Podcast 109: Spirituality 18.03.2008 36:44 ↓

Music for reflection and contemplation for the Easter weekend.

Podcast 107: Jazz Italiano 18.03.2008 30:27 ↓

A look at Italian jazz musicians and music recorded in Italy. Ciao!

Podcast 105: Valentine's Day Mixtape 27.02.2008 33:57 ↓

Serenade your valentine with romantic jazz classics.

Podcast 106: Elaine Elias has Something for Bill Evans 27.02.2008 37:54 ↓

"Something For You: Elaine Elias Sings and Plays Bill Evans" is the subject of the podcast, featuring tracks from the new CD and music from Elias, Evans, and Keith Jarrett.

Podcast 104: Crystal Silence Old and New 08.02.2008 46:50 ↓

Chcik Corea and Gary Burton celebrate 35 years of "Crystal Silence"

Podcast 102: Return to Return to Forever 25.01.2008 32:08 ↓

Proposed reunion of Return to Forever - tracks from the individual members and the band.

Podcast 100 - Straight No Chaser! 25.01.2008 38:51 ↓

To celebrate the 100th podcast, here are four different versions of Thelonius Monk's composition "Straight No Chaser", from whence the title of this humble blog comes. Versions are by Joe Henderson with the Wynton Kelly Trio, the Ginger Baker Trio, Carmen McRae, and Cannonball Adderly. www.straightnocahserjazz.blogspot.com  

Straight No Chaser - Podcast 101 - MLK 18.01.2008 45:09 ↓

A tribute to the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. on his birthday - featuring excerpts from his speeches, and music by Charlie Haden's Liberation Orchestra, Grant Green, Cecil Payne, Horace Silver, and the Blind Boys of Alabama.

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Jazz heard and recorded during the Summer of Love

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Sounds of New Orleans - Two years After Katrina

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Listening to some new jazz releases

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Preview of the Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz

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David Murray retrospective in honor of his new CD

www.straightnochaserjazz.blogspot.com : Straight No Chaser - A Jazz Show 03.07.2007 25:50 ↓

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