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

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

 

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.