Some major new albums feature the premiere recordings of choral music by Ukraine’s most prominent living composer, the revival of an ambitious and long-overlooked early work by Stockhausen (in a recording that’s not otherwise available online at press time), and some gripping and obsessive recent works by Alvin Curran. Couple this with a memorial retrospective for Pharoah Sanders, a look back 50 years to Miles Davis’ first live concert of the On The Corner era, and a survey of interesting new items from the US, Europe and Argentina, and there'll be enough to meet your creative and improvised music quota for the full week!
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Playing tracks by Miles Davis, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Laceration Hazard, Andrew McIntosh, Matthias Loibner, Lucas Niggli and more.
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Flotation Device 2022-10-02: Annotated playlist by host Michael Schell
Intro and SET 1: Miles live 50 years ago [0:00]
1. [2:03] Miles Davis: Honky Tonk, Black Satin (excerpts). From In Concert: Live at Philharmonic Hall (Columbia, 1973) with Miles Davis (electric trumpet with wah-wah), Carlos Garnett (soprano & tenor saxophone), Cedric Lawson (electric piano, synthesizer), Reggie Lucas (electric guitar), Khalil Balakrishna (electric sitar), Michael Henderson (electric bass), Al Foster (drums), Badal Roy (tabla), James Mtume (percussion). NOTE: Recorded live September 29, 1972 at Lincoln Center, New York⠀
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SET 2: Square Stockhausen [16:29]
1. [21:11] Karlheinz Stockhausen: Carré. From Stockhausen: Carré, Kagel: Chorbuch (Coviello, 2022) with Chorwerk Ruhr, Bochumer Symphoniker, Rupert Huber (conductor 1), Florian Helgath (conductor 2), Matilda Hofman (conductor 3), Michael Alber (conductor 4), Kathinka Pasveer (sound projection). NOTE: Composed (with Cornelius Cardew) 1959–60, premiered 1960, recorded August 17–19, 2016 at Ruhrtriennale, Jahrhunderthalle, Bochum, Germany
2. [58:25] Outro with Karlheinz Stockhausen: Gruppen
3. [1:01:48] Laceration Hazard: Pink Invaders (excerpts). From Laceration Hazard (Punos, 2022) with Logan Perry (electric piano, synths, pitch-shifted recorder), Nick Didkovsky (electric guitar, effect pedals)⠀
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SET 3: What's new [1:08:06]
1. [1:09:44] Andrew McIntosh: Little Jimmy - 3. Positive/Negative 2. From Little Jimmy (KAIROS, 2022) with Yarn/Wire: Laura Barger, Julia Den Boer (pianos), Russell Greenberg, Sae Hashimoto (percussion), Ryan Streber (recording engineer)
2. [1:10:48] Matthias Loibner, Lucas Niggli: Behind the Mist. From Still Storm (Intakt, 2022) with Matthias Loibner (hurdy-gurdy, electronics), Lucas Niggli (drums, percussion), Lara Persia (recording engineer)
3. [1:15:36] Alvin Curran: End Zone. From Drumming Up Trouble (Black Truffle, 2022) with Alvin Curran (sampling synthesizer)
4. [1:21:33] Pablo Ribot: Impressions V. From 7th Annual Report (Unexplained Sounds, 2021)⠀
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SET 4: Pharoah Sanders (1940–2022) [1:24:13]
1. [1:27:41] Michael Mantler: Preview. From The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (JCOA, 1968) with Pharoah Sanders (tenor), Jazz Composer's Orchestra, Michael Mantler (conductor)
2. [1:31:11] John Coltrane: Love/Consequences (excerpt). From Meditations (Impulse!, 1966) with John Coltrane (L channel: tenor saxophone, percussion), Pharoah Sanders (R channel: tenor saxophone, percussion), McCoy Tyner (piano), Jimmy Garrison (double bass), Rashied Ali (L channel: drums), Elvin Jones (R channel: drums), Rudy Van Gelder (recording engineer)
3. [1:38:02] Pharoah Sanders: Kazuko (Peace Child). From Journey to the One (Theresa, 1980, reissued 1994 by Evidence Music) with Pharoah Sanders (tenor sax), Yoko Ito Gates (koto), Paul Arslanian (harmonium, wind-chimes), Doyle Williams (recording engineer)
4. [1:46:11] Valentin Silvestrov: Maidan 2014, Cycle II - Holy God. From Maidan (ECM, 2022) with Kyiv Chamber Choir, Mykola Hobdych (conductor), Andrij Mokrytskij (recording engineer). NOTE: Recorded 2016
5. [1:49:07] Valentin Silvestrov: Four Songs - The Mighty Dnieper. From Maidan (credits as above)
6. [1:52:02] Valentin Silvestrov: Maidan 2014, Cycle IV - Lullaby. From Maidan (credits as above)
7. [1:54:07] Outro with Pharoah Sanders, Adam Rudolph, Hamid Drake: Uma Lake
Photo credits: Alvin Curran by Susan Levenstein, Karlheinz Stockhausen via Stockhausen Foundation, Reggie Lucas/Miles Davis/Michael Henderson/Badal Roy via Voodoo Down Records, Matthias Loibner by Rudolf Rohrleitner, Yarn Wire (Julia Den Boer, Sae Hashimoto, Russell Greenberg, Laura Barger) via the artists, Pharoah Sanders via the artist, Valentin Silvestrov by Roberto Masotti, Andrew McIntosh via the artist, Cornelius Cardew via British Music Collection, Pharoah Sanders and John Coltrane by Chuck Stewart, Carré by Karlheinz Stockhausen.