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New music meets old as we reach back 50 years for radical sounds by Tōru Takemitsu and Ornette Coleman. Together they form a lens through which we preview Adam Rudolph’s newest album of East/West conducted improv. We also check out the latest sonic offensives from The Bastard Kings of Samadhi, Joëlle Léandre with accordionist Pascal Contet, and Le Grand Sbam (relating this unique French band to the 90s Québécoise fusion group Justine). We honor Kyle Gann at 65 and Charles Shere at 85, and sample the new Mansurian album featuring Kim Kashkashian and friends. Finally in hour three, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto and Klangforum Wien's Uli Fussenegger wrap up our recent Scelsi Revisited theme with long, intense tapestries of clusters, drones and bygone voices. Radical new music from the Northwest and beyond with host Michael Schell.
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Annotated playlist for show #71⠀
Intro and SET 1: Plains gamelan⠀
1. [2:04] The Bastard Kings of Samadhi: Bali North Dakoda. From Bombastic Tales (Bandcamp, 2020) with W. David Oliphant⠀
2. [6:49] Le Grand Sbam: Yi Yin I (excerpts). From Furvent (Dur et Doux, 2020) with Antoine Arnera (piano, electronics, voice), Boris Cassone (bass, mellotron, voice), Jessica Martin Maresco (voice), Guilhem Meier (drums, amplified percussion, voice, composition), Marie Nachury (voice), Grégoire Ternois (marimba, toms, dun dun bells, gong), Mihaï Trestian (cimbalom), Anne Quillier (Moog, Rhodes, voice), Hervé Faivre (recording engineer)⠀
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SET 2: Canada and Armenia [19:47]⠀
1. [23:34] Justine: La cigale s'impatiente. From Dice: A collection of contemporary women composers (Ishtar, 1993) with Joane Hétu (saxophone, voice), Diane Labrosse (keyboard, voice), Danielle P. Roger (percussion, voice), Marie Trudeau (electric bass, voice), Robert Langois (sound engineer)⠀
2. [28:04] Tigran Mansurian: String Quartet No. 3. From Con Anima: Chamber Music by Tigran Mansurian (ECM, 2020) with Movses Pogossian (violin), Varty Manouelian (violin), Kim Kashkashian (viola), Michael Kaufman (cello). NOTE: Composed 1993⠀
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SET 3: Ornette + Toru = Adam [44:59]⠀
1. [48:39] Ornette Coleman Quartet: Whom Do You Work For? From Quartet 1971 (Barna Record Lab, 1991) with Ornette Coleman (alto sax), Dewey Redman (tenor saxophone), Charlie Haden (bass), Ed Blackwell (drums). NOTE: Recorded live at Philharmonie Berlin, November 5, 1971 ⠀
2. [53:48] Tōru Takemitsu: Eucalypts I. From Miniatur II: Art of Toru Takemitsu (Deutsche Grammophon, 1973, reissued by Shogakukan 2002 on Complete Takemitsu Edition) with Aurèle Nicolet (flute), Heinz Holliger (oboe), Ursula Holliger (harp), Basel Ensemble, Jürg Wyttenbach (conductor). NOTE: premiered November 16, 1970 in Zurich⠀
3. [1:01:56] Adam Rudolph: Mu Wi. From Focus and Field (Meta Records, 2020) with Adam Rudolph (conductor), Sumie Kaneko (vocal, koto, shamisen), Stephanie Griffin (viola), Kaoru Watanabe (shinobue, noh kan, fue, taiko, percussion), Gamin (piri, saengwang), Sara Schoenbeck (bassoon), Ned Rothenberg (shakuhachi, bass clarinet), Ivan Barenboim (clarinets), Michel Gentile (flutes), Stephe Cooper (recording). NOTE: Recorded live March 8, 2020 at Roulette Intermedium, New York⠀
4. [1:11:20] Adam Rudolph: Focus and Field. From Focus and Field (Meta Records, 2020) with Adam Rudolph (handrumset), other credits as above⠀
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SET 4: American birthdays [1:18:20]⠀
1. [1:23:46] Kyle Gann: Orbital Resonance. From Hyperchromatica (Other Minds, 2018) with Kyle Gann (three retuned computer-controlled Disklavier pianos), Andrew Weathers (engineering)⠀
2. [1:35:17] Charles Shere: Trio for Violin, Piano and Percussion - 4. Fast, later slow and sustained. From Trio for Violin, Piano and Percussion (Other Minds, 2020) with David Abel (violin), Julie Steinberg (piano), William Winant (percussion), Jim Bennett (recording engineer). NOTE: Recorded at the premiere, 1996 Other Minds Festival⠀
3. [1:41:01] Joëlle Léandre, Pascal Contet: Area Sismica III. From Area Sismica (We Insist!, 2020) with Joëlle Léandre (double bass), Pascal Contet (accordion), Matteo Valla (recording)⠀
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SET 5: The ghost at #8 St. Theodore Street [1:49:54]⠀
1. [1:55:38] Tatsuhisa Yamamoto: Ashioto II. From Ashioto (Black Truffle, 2020) with Tatsuhisa Yamamoto (drums, percussion, electrionics), Daisuke Fujiwara (saxophone)⠀
2. [2:14:21] Uli Fussenegger: San Teodoro 8. From Scelsi Revisited (Kairos, 2020) with Giacinto Scelsi (ondiola), Uli Fussenegger (tape, double bass), Gerald Preinfalk (saxophone), Andreas Lindenbaum (cello), Yaron Deutsch (electric guitar). NOTE: Composed 2013
Photo credits: Tigran Mansurian by Samvel Sevada, Justine (Marie Trudeau, Danielle P. Roger, Diane Labrosse, Joane Hétu) by Suzanne Girard, Adam Rudolph by Molly Sheridan, Joëlle Léandre & Pascal Contet via the artists, Uli Fusenegger via Kairos Records, Le Grand Sbam by Paul Bourdrel, Ornette Coleman by Michael Hoefner, W. David Oliphant via the artist, Kyle Gann via the artist, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto by Taikou Kuniyoshi, Toru Takemitsu via Wikimedia Commons, Charles Shere via Charles Amirkhanian/Other Minds.