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Join our new co-host Michael Schell as we remember the late Elizabeth Swados, honor the 50th anniversary of key albums by Anthony Braxton, Meredith Monk & the Art Ensemble of Chicago, and surveys remarkable new tracks from Sound-In, the Webber/Morris Big Band, Acoustic Fringe & London Experimental Ensemble (with an unorthodox take on a traditional Celtic ballad). We also sample Žibuoklė Martinaitytė’s coloristic orchestral music and Klangforum Wien's new five-CD box set of solo compositions from the likes of Olga Neuwirth. We close the program with the premiere recording of Robert Moran’s reverberant Buddha goes to Bayreuth. Creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world.
Photos: Braxton via New Braxton House, Art Ens. of Chicago via Wikimedia, Martinaitytė by Lina Aiduke, London Experimental Ens. via the artists, Olga Neuwirth by Marion Kalter, Steve Layton, Anna Webber & Angela Morris via the artists, Meredith Monk by Peter Moore, Robert Moran via the artist.
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Flotation Device 2021-02-07: annotated playlist by host Michael Schell
Intro and SET 1: Monk and Braxton classics at 50⠀
1. [1:00] Meredith Monk: What Does It Mean?. From Key (Increase, 1971 reissued 1995 by Lovely Music) with Meredith Monk (travelling voice, electric organ)⠀
2. [4:54] Meredith Monk: Change. From Key (as above) with Meredith Monk (travelling voice), Collin Walcott, Daniel Ira Sverdlik, Dick Higgins (companion voice), Lanny Harrison, Mark Monstermaker (vision voice)⠀
3. [8:38] Steve Layton and Sound-In: Scanners. From Our Time (NiwoSound, 2020) with Shane Cadman, James Bailey, Chris Vaisvil, Bill Newbold⠀
4. [13:22] Anthony Braxton: N 508-10 (4G) [Composition 6K] Up Thing. From The Complete Braxton (Freedom, 1971) with Anthony Braxton (soprano saxophone), Chick Corea (piano). NOTE: Recorded February 4–5, 1971, Polydor Studios, London⠀
5. [17:53] Elizabeth Swados: Minnesota Strip/Song of a Child Prostitute. From Runaways (Columbia, 1978 reissued 2003 by DRG Records) with Roby: Venustra K. Robinson, Jackie: Diane Lane, Lidia: Josie de Guzman, Manny: Randy Ruiz, Luis: Ray Contreras, Judith Fleisher (piano), John Schimmel (bass), Leopoldo F. Fleming (percussion), Patience Higgins (flute, sax), David Sawyer (drums), Elizabeth Swados (guitar)⠀
6. [21:15] Anna Webber: Rebonds. From Both Are True (Greenleaf Music, 2020) with Angela Morris (flute, tenor saxophone, conductor), Anna Webber (flute, tenor saxophone, conductor), Webber/Morris Big Band, Stephe Cooper (recording engineer)⠀
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SET 2: Phase One at 50 [24:27]⠀
1. [28:05] Žibuoklė Martinaitytė: Saudade. From Saudade (Ondine, 2021) with Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Giedre Šlekyte (conductor)⠀
2. [44:52] Art Ensemble of Chicago: Lebert Aaly...dedicated to Albert Ayler (excerpt). From Phase One (America, 1971) with Lester Bowie (trumpet, flugelhorn, steer-horns, etc.), Roscoe Mitchell (soprano, alto and bass saxophones, clarinets, flute, percussion), Joseph Jarman (soprano, alto and tenor saxophones, clarinets, oboe, flutes, marimba, vibes, percussion), Malachi Favors Maghostut (bass and electric bass, banjo, cythar, percussion), Don Moye (drums, bass marimba, temple blocks, bells, etc.). NOTE: Recorded February 1971 in Paris⠀
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Voice break with Mauricio Kagel: Acustica [56:21]⠀
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SET 3: Music for a plague [59:34]⠀
1. [1:00:12] London Experimental Ensemble: Bessie Bell and Mary Grey. From Child Ballads (Split Rock Records, 2019) with Ed Pettersen (vocals, resonator guitar), Carole Finer (Cümbüş, violin, objects), Antonio Acunzo (piano, electric bass, effects), John Eyles (saxophone), Tony Hardie-Bick (piano), Ken Ikeda, Daniel Kordik (synthesizers), Edward Lucas (trombone), Keisuke Matsui (electric guitar), NO Moore (electric guitar), Jordan Muscatello (double bass), Joe Wright (saxophone, electronics)⠀
2. [11:09:49] Olga Neuwirth: Incidendo/Fluido. From Solo: Olga Neuwirth (Kairos, 2021) with Florian Müller (piano with CD player), Georg Burdicek (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 2000⠀
3. [11:22:14] Acoustic Fringe: Ritual Dances. From Theater (Fancy Music, 2020) with Goat's Notes Acoustic Fringe: Anna Chekasina (violin), Maria Logofet (violin), Sergey Poltavsky (viola), Vladimir Kudryavtsev (double bass), Gregory Sandomirsky (piano, percussion), Maxim Khaikin (recording engineer)⠀
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SET 4 [1:29:34]⠀
1. [11:33:10] Robert Moran: Buddha goes to Bayreuth - Part I. From Buddha goes to Bayreuth (Neuma, 2021) with Stefan Görgner (countertenor), KammerChor KlangsCala Salzburg, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Rupert Huber (conductor). NOTE: Composed 2014