Flotation Device explores new tracks from Fred Frith and Wayne Horvitz, their old bandleader John Zorn, guitar orchestra enthusiast Adam Rudolph, harpsichord evangelist Luca Quintavalle, and the doyenne of acousmatic music—Beatriz Ferreyra—exploring the unique instruments of the Baschet brothers. Plus, Eve Beglarian sets Brendan Constantine, Martin Bresnick channels Aldo Parisot, Alex Zethson mixes rock and minimalism, and an orchestral gem by Grażyna Bacewicz gets its first recording. A free jazz classic featuring Joe McPhee on trumpet AND sax that’s celebrating its 50th birthday rounds out the playlist.
Creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell. Annotated playlist and photo credits with Comments.
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Flotation Device 2021-11-28: annotated playlist by host Michael Schell
Intro and SET 1: New magick [0:00]
1. [1:06] John Zorn: Casting The Runes. From Heaven and Earth Magick (Tzadik, 2021) with Sae Hashimoto (vibraphone), Stephen Gosling (piano), Jorge Roeder (bass), Ches Smith (drums)
2. [10:09] Fred Frith Trio with Lotte Anker: Sinking In. From Road (Intakt, 2021) with Lotte Anker (saxophones), Fred Frith Trio: Fred Frith (electric guitar, voice), Jason Hoopes (electric bass), Jordan Glenn (drums). NOTE: Recorded October 31, 2019 at Altes Kino, Ebersberg, Germany
3. [17:51] Leonardo Marino: Quando il passato era ancora presente. From Italian Contemporary Music for Harpsichord (Brilliant Classics, 2021) with Luca Quintavalle (harpsichord), Anton Langer (recording engineer)⠀
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SET 2: McPhee's Trinity turns 50 [22:17]
1. [25:39] Joe McPhee, Mike Kull, Harold E. Smith: Delta. From Trinity (CjR, 1972, reissued 2001 by Atavistic) with Joe McPhee (tenor and soprano saxophone, trumpet, pocket cornet), Mike Kull (piano, electric piano), Harold E. Smith (percussion), Craig Johnson (recording engineer). NOTE: Recorded November 28, 1971 at Parish Hall, West Park, NY
2. [41:58] Martin Bresnick: Parisot. From The Planet on the Table (Cantaloupe, 2021) with Ashley Bathgate (12 multitracked cellos), Greg DiCrosta (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 2016
3. [56:08] Outro with Joe McPhee et al: Never Surrender⠀
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SET 3: New and quirky [58:56]
1. [59:47] Beatriz Ferreyra: Au revoir l’Ami. From Canto+ (Room40, 2021) featuring Bachet Instruments. NOTE: In memory of Bernard Bachet
2. [1:03:55] Sara Schoenbeck, Wayne Horvitz: Anaphoria. From Sara Schoenbeck (Pyroclastic, 2021) with Sara Schoenbeck (bassoon), Wayne Horvitz (piano, electronics), John Raham (recording engineer)
3. [1:08:28] Adam Rudolph: Dolidze. From Resonant Bodies (Meta, 2021) with Go: Organic Guitar Orchestra (left to right) Liberty Ellman (electric guitar), Nels Cline (electric guitar), Joel Harrison (electric guitar, national steel guitar), Jerome Harris (electric guitar, bass guitar, lap steel guitar), Miles Okazaki (electric guitar), Damon Banks (electric bass guitar), Marco Cappelli (acoustic guitar), David Gilmore (electric guitar), Kenny Wessel (electric guitar), Adam Rudolph (conductor), Caley Monahon-Ward (recording engineer). NOTE: Recorded live November 23, 2015 at Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn
4. [1:12:48] Eve Beglarian: You See Where This is Going. From Plays Well With Others (New Focus, 2021) with loadbang: Jeff Gavett (baritone), Andrew Kozar (trumpet), William Lang (trombone), Adrian Sandi (clarinet), members of String Orchestra of Brooklyn, Eduardo Leandro (conductor), Ryan Streber (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 2019⠀
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SET 4: Prepare for contradictions [1:20:42]
1. [1:25:03] Grażyna Bacewicz: Contradizione for chamber orchestra. From Polish Heroines of Music (ANAKLASIS, 2021) with Orchestre Pasdeloup, Marzena Diakun (conductor), Alix Ewald (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 1966
2. [1:38:13] Alex Zethson: Some Of Them Were Never Unprepared - Part 2. From Some Of Them Were Never Unprepared (Relative Pitch, 2021) with Alex Zethson Ensemble: Alex Zethson (piano left), Karin Ingves (piano right), Josefin Runsteen (violin), Anna Lindal (violin & contact mic), Leo Svensson, My Hellgren (cellos), Torbjörn Zetterberg, Elsa Bergman (basses), Giannis Arapis, Anton Toorell, Kasper Agnas (guitars) Andreas Hiroui Larsson (drums, gongs), Niclas Lindström (shaker, recording engineer)
3. [1:54:47] Outro with The Necks: Bloom
Photo credits: Ashley Bathgate by Bill Wadman, Alex Zethson via the artist, Grażyna Bacewicz via Wikimedia, Wayne Horvitz by Daniel Sheehan, Sara Schoenbeck by Peter Ganushkin, Joe McPhee (in 1972) via the artist, Adam Rudolph by Molly Sheridan, Luca Quintavalle by Hanna Witte, Martin Bresnick by Mark Ostow, Beatriz Ferreyra via the artist, John Zorn by Scott Irvine, Lotte Anker and Fred Frith via Lotte Anker, Eve Beglarian by Janet Fisher.