Tonight we again dedicate the entire show to the fine old tradition of “stretching out” where musicians take all the time necessary to completely express all their feelings about a particular set of chord changes. The results are very long performances. We hear the results from Wes Montgomery, Phil Woods, Horace Silver, Jimmy Smith and more.
Bill Pearce was the host and producer of KMUW’s Straight No Chaser, a music program featuring mostly instrumental jazz, from early music to recent recordings. We’ll miss Bill, and his Sunday night show Straight No Chaser.