Excitingly loud and proud new music from Sons of Kemet, The Hedivg Mollestad Trio, Nels Cline Singers, and another preview of the forthcoming Ceramic Dog LP. Plus Beefheart’s Decals 50 years on, super-(supper?) group Three-Layer Cake, Broken Shadows, Julius Hemphill with Abdul Wadud, Wally Shoup with Brent Arnold, Pat Metheny with Ornette Coleman, and percussion work from Chris Corsano and Chris Oppermann.
Photo credit: Shabaka Hutchings by Tore Sætre / Wikimedia; Hedvig Mollestad and Nels Cline by Hreinn Gudlaugsson via Wikipedia; Broken shadows by Eckhard Derschmidt via Intakt Records; Julius Hemphill by Brian McMillen; Wally Shoup by Peter Gannushkin via Earshot Jazz; Chris Corsano by Cheryl Gorski via the artist.
Tracklist
Playing tracks by Sons Of Kemet, Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Nels Cline Singers, Three-Layer Cake, Captain Beefheart and more.
Comments
Flotation Device 2021-06-13
annotated playlist by host John Seman
Set one [0:00]
1. [1:13] Sons Of Kemet: Field Negus; from Black to the Future (Impulse!, 2021)
2. [4:10] Sons Of Kemet: Envision Yourself Levitating; from Black to the Future (Impulse!, 2021)
3. [12:19] Hedvig Mollestad Trio: Ding Dong You’re Dead; from Ding Dong You’re Dead (Rune Grammofon, 2021)
4. [19:12] Nels Cline Singers: Stump the Panel; from Share the Wealth (Blue Note, 2020) with Skerik, Brian Marsella, Trevor Dunn, Scott Amendola, and Cyro Baptista
set two [36:28]
1. [38:20] Three-Layer Cake: Tiller; from Stove Top (RareNoise Records, 2021) with Mike Watt, Mike Pride and Brandon Seabrook
2. [46:14] Captain Beefheart: One Red Rose That I Mean; from Lick My Decals Off, Baby (Straight, 1970) with Bill Harkleroad, guitar
3. [48:05] Captain Beefheart: The Buggy Boogie Woogie ; from Lick My Decals Off, Baby (Straight, 1970)
4. [50:23] Kyle Gann: Etude No. 7- Cosmic Boogie Woogie; from Nude Rolling Down an Escalator (New World Records, 2005)
set three [59:05]
1. [1:01:14] Broken Shadows: Dogon A.D.; from Broken Shadows (Intakt, 2021) with Tim Berne, Chris Speed, Reid Anderson, Dave King
2. [1:08:12] Julius Hemphill: Testament #5; from The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony II (New World Records, 2021) with Abdul Wadud, cello and Michael Carvin, drums
3. [1:16:30] Wally Shoup: Sonance; from Project W (Apraxia, 1995) with Brent Arnold, cello and Ed Pias, drums
set four [1:23:27]
1. [1:25:08] Chris Corsano: How may your parents and your employer help you in your cricket career?; from The Young Cricketer (Family Vineyard, 2008)
[1:32:58] Pat Metheny and Ornette Coleman: Endangered Species; from Song X (ECM, 1986) with Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette and Denardo Coleman
set five [1:46:13]
[1:48:09] Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog: They Met In The Middle; from Hope (Northern Spy, 2021)
2. [1:53:50] Chris Opperman: Owl Flight feat. The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble; from Chamber Music from Hell (Purple Cow Records, 2020)