RE: US3 Cantaloop

Jon Jung (jjung@mail.summer.hawaii.edu)
Tue, 3 Jun 1997 11:22:08 -1000

Doesn't it have to do with alcohol? You know a chaser is something you drink
after a particularly strong or nasty tasting alcohol so when we order something
we may say, "straight, no chaser", meaning "I am strong enough to take the
nasty ass taste". I assume that it's been picked up by a-j people cuz it
sounds kind of hip, like "shaken not stirred" (sounds like a good magazine).

I assume this is what it means but I'll ask my friends later.

--Jon
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> on the Blue Note double album "Straight no chaser" (CDP 7243 8 28263

Now this reveals how ignorant I truly am, but well, this has been
bugging me for a long time now: actually what does the term 'straight
no chaser' mean and how is it associated with (acid) jazz. All I know
is that there's a song called SNC from Thelonius Monk, I mean, about
the history. So please tell me.