A new Flotation Device podcast showcases a fine batch of radical new releases. Wadada Leo Smith appears in an unusually lyrical mood with Jack DeJohnette and Vijay Iyer (who's also represented by a Botticelli-inspired solo cello piece). The late Ghédalia Tazartès appears in a not-so-lyrical mood with Rhys Chatham via a new recording that captures one of his very last performances. Nastasia Khrushcheva melds Vivaldi with postminimalism, while harpsichordist Luca Quintavalle offers premiere recordings of works by Ennio Morricone (in his avant-garde avatar) and Jacopo Baboni Schilingi (who writes his compositions on nude models rather than manuscript paper).
We’ve also got Joe McPhee with the Flow Trio, quirky avant-rock from Crazy Doberman, and a pair of new voices from Romania and the UK offering music about birds and beasts. Creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell.
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Flotation Device 2021-11-21: annotated playlist by host Michael Schell
Intro and SET 1: Billie and Wadada [0:00]
1. [1:39] Wadada Leo Smith: The A.D. Opera: A Long Vision with Imagination, Creativity and Fire, a dance opera (For Anthony Davis). From A Love Sonnet For Billie Holiday (TUM, 2021) with Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet), Vijay Iyer (piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3, electronics), Jack DeJohnette (drums, percussion), Robert Musso (recording engineer). NOTE: Recorded 2016⠀
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SET 2: Written on skin [19:51]
1. [22:03] Vijay Iyer: Equal Night. From Primavera I: The Wind (Pentatone, 2021) with Matt Haimovitz (cello)
2. [31:54] Jacopo Baboni Schilingi: Scarlet K141 (after D. Scarlatti's Sonata in D minor, K.141/L.422/P.27). From Italian Contemporary Music for Harpsichord (Brilliant Classics, 2021) with Luca Quintavalle (harpsichord), Anton Langer (recording engineer). NOTE: Video at https://youtu.be/BF5i4rf3sQ0 and https://youtu.be/a0M9UebPQ4s⠀
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SET 3: Ennio's trills [39:24]
1. [42:00] Ennio Morricone: Mordenti. From Italian Contemporary Music for Harpsichord (Brilliant Classics, 2021) with Luca Quintavalle (harpsichord), Anton Langer (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 1988. First recording
2. [48:56] Joe McPhee, Flow Trio: Accretion. From Winter Garden (ESP Disk', 2021) with Joe McPhee (tenor saxophone), Flow Trio: Louie Belogenis (tenor and soprano saxophones), Joe Morris (bass), Charles Downs (drums), Jim Clouse (recording engineer). NOTE: Recorded January 11, 2020 in Brooklyn, NY
3. [54:44] Outro with Ennio Morricone: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly⠀
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SET 4: The birds and the beasts [57:58]
1. [58:31] Dan Dediu: A Mythological Bestiary, Op. 133 - 1. Griffin. From Hybrids, Hints & Hooks (Divine Art/Métier) with Irina Muresanu (violin), Valentina Sandu-Dediu (piano), Florentina Herghelegiu (recording engineer)
2. [1:03:50] Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian: Swallows and Nightingales. From Welcome Party (NMC, 2021) with Ziazan (voice), Members of the London Symphony Orchestra, Jon Hargreaves (conductor), David Lefeber (recording engineer)
3. [1:08:09] Crazy Doberman: "everyone is rolling down a hill" (excerpts). From "everyone is rolling down a hill" or "the journey to the center of some arcane mystery and the engtanglements of the vines and veins of the cosmic and unwieldy miliue encountered in the midst of that endeavor" [sic] (Astral Spirits, 2021) with Drew Davis, Tim Gick, Jordan Allen, Jason Filer, Zach Rowden, Kyle Flanagan, Casey Flanagan, Josh Russell, Jon K., Paul Baldwin, Casey Synesael, Eric Ficken, Hector Castro, Brett Green, Jason Hodges, Zeno Benamotz, Bradley Fantuzzi. NOTE: Recorded October 2020 in Richmond, VA⠀
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SET 5: Ghédalia Tazartès (1947–2021) [1:23:35]
1. [1:26:59] Ghédalia Tazartès, Rhys Chatham: Semaine du bizarre - Acte 1. From Two Men In A Boat (Sub Rosa, 2021) with Ghédalia Tazartès (voice, hand percussion), Rhys Chatham (electric guitar and flute loops). NOTE: recorded live December 1, 2019 at Show at La semaine du bizarre, théâtre Berthelot, Montreuil, France. Video at https://vimeo.com/379563974
2. [1:37:30] Nastasia Khrushcheva: The Book of Grief and Joy. From Normal Music (Melodiya, 2021) with Nastasia Khrushcheva (Настасья Хрущёва) (piano), Alyona Zinovieva, Ivan Naborshchikov (solo violins), OpensoundOrchestra, Stanislav Malyshev (conductor), Mikhail Spassky (recording engineer)
3. [1:55:21] Outro with Ghédalia Tazartès: Wild
Joe McPhee via the artist, Nastasia Khrushcheva via Melodiya, Vijay Iyer, Wadada Leo Smith, Jack DeJohnette by R.I. Sutherland-Cohen, Rhys Chatham via the artist, Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian by Jodie Cartman, Crazy Doberman via the artists, Dan Dediu via the artist, Agathe Vidal in Jacopo Baboni Schilingi: Scarlet K141, Ghédalia Tazartès via Dais Records, Ennio Morricone by Georges Biard.