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Straight No Chaser - A Jazz Show

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

Sep 27, 2011

From October 4-6, The Jazz Standard in New York City will present the Andrew Hill Legacy Project, three different groups playing the music of Andrew Hill (1937-2007), with appearances by many of the late great pianist/composer's former sidemen including Greg Osby, J.D. Parran, Ron Horton, and more. Hill, who would be 80...


Sep 27, 2011

The first Northampton Jazz Festival will take place in Northampton, MA on Saturday October 1, 2011. The festival will present free live music from 11AM to 8 PM in the parking lot behind Thornes Market and in Thornes Basement in downtown Northampton. Participants will include promising young players from Pioneer Valley...


Sep 24, 2011

Marcus Strickland's seventh recording Triumph of The Heavy Volume 1 & 2 (available on Strick Muzik, September 27, 2011) is a major statement from the critically-acclaimed and world renowned saxophonist. In demand as a sideman, he is ready now to take his place as one of the most innovative and exciting sax players...


Sep 23, 2011

Originally from North Carolina, John Ellis has been turning heads since his time in New Orleans as an active member of Ellis Marsalis' band in the mid-nineties. A finalist at the 2002 Thelonius Monk International Saxophone competition, John has gone on to record six albums and has played and toured with musicians such...


Sep 23, 2011

Tens of thousands of music lovers are expected to jam Boston city blocks this coming weekend to enjoy jazz, Latin, blues, and more at the 11th annual Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival on September 23-25. Two ticketed events, starring the James Farm and the New Gary Burton Quartet, bookend a day full of free music...