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Straight No Chaser - A Jazz Show

Welcome to Straight No Chaser, the Award-winning Podcast hosted by Jeffrey Siegel

Jun 14, 2011

Once well known for his composition “Afro Blue" (especially John Coltrane's incendiary interpretation of the song), as well as his hugely popular rendition of Herbie Hancock's “Watermelon Man," the opulent legacy of Mongo Santamaria has been largely overlooked in the years since his death. Jose Rizo's Mongorama...


Jun 7, 2011

Anyone reading this blog for any length of time knows that I am an unabashed fan of the Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival at. Held the last weekend in June every year, it’s the best weekend of music you’ll have all summer, dollar-for-dollar and note-for note.

This year’s event, held again at the wonderful...


Jun 6, 2011

I figured, if Ray Charles could record a country album with the inflections of blues and jazz and be successful, why can’t I? – Diane Schuur.

Diane “Deedles” Schuur has been a straight ahead jazz singer of some note (and success) for the past three decades. An outstanding big band singer as well as a talented...


Jun 5, 2011

Almost twenty years after his death (the anniversary will be September 28), there seems to be no end to the public’s – and music industry’s – interest in all things Miles Davis. Last year saw epic box sets on the market, and this year seems to be no different. A long promised film on the great trumpet player’s...