Creative new music from Chris Cooper + Bhob Rainey plus Lee Ranaldo, Jim Jarmush, Marc Urselli, and Balazs Pandi. Dis-mote the ages with archival Mingus and Zappa while we revisit 1981 and the jazz future that could have been with Arthur Blythe, James Blood Ulmer and Ronald Shannon Jackson. With stunning cuts from Laurie Spiegel, Blacks’ Myths, Sun Ra and the Flying Luttenbachers as well. Annotated playlist in the comments.
Photo credit:
Flying Luttenbachers by Dominika Michalowska; Bhob Rainey via Megapolis, Laurie Spiegel via the artist; Blacks’ Myths via the artist; Blood Ulmer via American Roots; Arthur Blythe via Burning Ambulance; Ronald Shannon Jackson by Dany G; Frank Zappa by Paul Bergen/Redferns.
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Flotation Device 2021-06-27 - Wandering Infinite Realms
annotated playlist by host John Seman
set one [0:00]
1. [1:29] The Flying Luttenbachers: Get The F*** Out (GTFO); from Imminent Death (ugEXPLODE, 2019) with Henry Kaiser, guitar.
2. [16:42] Chris Cooper + Bhob Rainey: Hardly New You; from Prants (Scatter, 2021)
3. [25:02] Laurie Spiegel: Wandering In Our Times; from The Expanding Universe (Unseen Worlds, 2018)
set two [36:42]
1. [38:10] Blacks' Myths: Lower South; from Blacks' Myths (Atlantic Rhythms, 2020)
2. [46:37] Lee Ranaldo - Jim Jarmusch - Marc Urselli - Balazs Pandi: Infinite Rain; from Churning of the Ocean (Trost, 2021)
set three [1:03:47]
1. [1:05:19] Sun Ra & His Solar-Myth Arkestra: Realm of Lightning; from The Solar-Myth Approach, Vol. 1 (BYG/Actuel, 1971)
2. [1:17:27] James Blood Ulmer: Night Lover; from Free Lancing (Columbia, 1981)
3. [1:22:47] Arthur Blythe: Faceless Woman; from Blythe Spirit (Columbia, 1981))
4. [1:29:16] Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society: Sperm Walk; from Street Priest (Moers Music, 1981)
set four [1:37:21]
1. [1:40:07] Frank Zappa: Pound for A Brown; from Zappa 88: The Final US Show (Zappa, 2021)
2. [1:51:03] Charles Mingus: Fables of Fabus; from Mingus at Carnegie Hall Deluxe Edition (Rhino Atlantic, 2021)