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Straight No Chaser - A Jazz Show

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

Sep 25, 2013

Noah Preminger was just a teenager when word of his saxophone skills was making the rounds in Southern New England. Then he was another in a line of wunderkind musicians from the West Hartford, Connecticut Hall High School Jazz Band, alumni of which include Brad Mehldau, Richie Barshay and Joel Frahm.

Now Preminger is...


Sep 24, 2013

Ah, autumn in New England. This coming weekend it’s time to eschew the country and leaf peeing and head into the city for the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 28, from noon to 6 p.m. on Columbus Avenue between Massachusetts Avenue and Burke Street in Boston’s South End. The outdoor performances...


Sep 19, 2013

Trumpeter Ralph Alessi seems to be everywhere these days.

Over the summer, there was his collaboration with long-time bassist Drew Gess on Gress' CD The Sky Inside as well as his duo recording with pianist Fred Hersch, Only Many. September has seen two releases - one on ECM, the quartet CD called Baida;  and another...


Sep 17, 2013

Is there a musical world that David Krakauer has not yet conquered? The ace clarinetist easily moves between the worlds of classical music, the jazz avant-garde, klezmer music, and dozens of other genres including funk and hip-hop. A leading light of the Radical Jewish Music movement of the Downtown New York...


Sep 15, 2013

One of the most enjoyable parts of these blogs and podcast is the opportunity to introduce music fans to an artist they may have overlooked or not yet appreciated. Podcast 376, my conversation with trumpeter Carol Morgan fits that bill. Although she has released five CDs as a leader, she was just recently tabbed a...