The last Sunday in August is a perfect time for an old fashioned sides session; two hours of all LP side long cuts from free jazz classic albums. Fire up that transistor radio in your sixth floor walk up and enjoy a sweltering late summer meltdown on an all vinyl edition of Flotation Device with host John Seman.
Photo credit: LP album jacket images from JS personal collection.
Tracklist
Playing tracks by Sonny Rollins, Rashied Ali and Frank Lowe, Julius Hemphill, Sonny Sharrock, John Lewis and more.
Comments
Flotation Device 2021-08-29 - Sides Session
annotated playlist by host John Seman
set one [0:00]
1. [1:28] Sonny Rollins: East Broadway Rundown; from East Broadway Rundown (Impulse!, 1966) with Freddie Hubbard, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones.
2. [21:53] Rashied Ali and Frank Lowe: Exchange - Part 1; from Duo Exchange (Survival Records, 1973)
set two [35:20]
1. [36:39] Julius Hemphill: The Painter; from Dogon A.D. (Mbari, 1972) with Abdul Wadud, Baikida Carroll, Phillip Wilson.
2. [51:20] Sonny Sharrock: 27th Day; from Monkey-Pockie-Boo (BYG Records, 1970) with Linda Sharrock, Beb Guerin, Jacques Thollot.
set three [1:08:10]
1. [1:10:07] Gunther Schuller: Variants On A Theme Of Thelonious Monk (Criss-Cross); from John Lewis Presents Contemporary Music: Jazz Abstractions (Atlantic, 1961) with Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, George Duvivier, Scott LaFaro, Jim Hall, Bill Evans, Eddie Costa, et al.
2. [1:25:24] Marion Brown: Afternoon Of A Georgia Faun; from Afternoon Of A Georgia Faun (ECM, 1970) with Anthony Braxton, Chick Corea, Bennie Maupin, Andrew Cyrille, Jeanne Lee, Gayle Palmore.
set four [1:42:13]
1. [1:44:13] The Peter Brötzmann Sextet: Nipples; from Nipples (Calig, 1969) with Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, Fred Van Hove, Buschi Niebergall, Han Bennink.
2. [2:01:53] The Roscoe Mitchell Sextet: Sound; from Sound (Delmark, 1966) with Maurice McIntyre, Lester Lashley, Lester Bowie, Malachi Favors, Alvin Fielder.