Albert Ayler takes the spotlight via a new box set that documents his last public performance. Join us as we reflect on his unique and edgy style of saxophone (and bagpipe) playing, the impact that his brilliant but brief career had on the trajectory of jazz history, and the controversial influence of Mary Parks over his later projects.
Plus, Silvestrov channels Beethoven, Zorn channels Deleuze, Paul Giger channels Bach, and Vladimir Rannev channels Thomas Bernhard. Gity Razaz revisits an Azerbaijani folk legend while Malin Bång revisits the Gothenberg cityscape. Dima Nikolaienko purveys dark ambient while the Chicago quintet Honest Same combines those sensibilities with free improv. And Trevor Dunn reconvenes Trio-Convulsant in the company of Folie à Quatre for an unusual collection of hybrid compositions.
Creative and improvised music with host Michael Schell. Annotated playlist and photo credits under Comments.
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Flotation Device 2022-11-13: Annotated playlist by host Michael Schell
Intro and SET 1: The art of dying [0:00]
1. [1:11] Paul Giger: Guggisberglied (excerpts). From ars moriendi (ECM, 2022) with Paul Giger (violino d'amore), Marie-Louise Dähler (harpsichord, chest organ), Pudi Lehmann (gongs, percussion), Carmina Quartett, Peter Laenger (recording engineer)
2. [6:27] Paul Giger: Agony II. From ars moriendi (credits as above)
3. [12:34] Trevor Dunn: 1733. From Séances (Pyroclastic, 2022) with Trio-Convulsant: Mary Halvorson (guitar), Trevor Dunn (bass), Ches Smith (drums, timpani, conga), Folie à Quatre: Anna Webber (flute, alto flute), Oscar Noriega (clarinet, bass clarinet), Carla Kihlstedt (viola, violin), Mariel Roberts (cello), Ryan Streber (recording engineer)⠀
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SET 2: Albert Ayler (1936–1970) [21:41]
1. [26:29] Albert Ayler: Ghosts (Variation 2). From Spiritual Unity (ESP-Disk, 1964, reissued 2014 as Spiritual Unity 50th Anniversary Expanded Edition) with Albert Ayler (tenor saxophone), Gary Peacock (bass), Sunny Murray (drums)
2. [36:29] Albert Ayler: Revelations 5 (excerpt). From Revelations: The complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (INA/Elemental Music, 2022) with Albert Ayler (tenor and soprano saxophones, vocals), Mary Parks (soprano saxophone, vocals), Call Cobbs (piano), Steve Tintweiss (bass), Allen Blairman (drums), Claude Jauvert (recording engineer). NOTE: Recorded live July 27, 1970 at Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence, France
3. [43:16] Albert Ayler: Love Cry. From Revelations: The complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (INA/Elemental Music, 2022) with Albert Ayler (tenor and soprano saxophones, bagpipes), Mary Parks (soprano saxophone, vocals), Steve Tintweiss (bass), Allen Blairman (drums), Claude Jauvert (recording engineer). NOTE: Recorded live July 25, 1970 at Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence, France
4. [49:12] Albert Ayler: Revelations 3 (excerpt). From Revelations: The complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (credits same as Love Cry)
5. [52:21] Outro with Albert Ayler: Spirits Rejoice
6. [1:00:34] Gity Razaz: Legend of Sigh - Part 2. From The Strange Highway (Bis, 2022) with Inbal Segev (cello), Ryan Streber (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 2015 for for cello, pre-recorded cello and electronics⠀
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SET 3: Coming and going [1:08:02]
1. [1:09:49] Dmytro Nikolaienko: Sacrifice II. From Nostalgia Por Mesozóica (Muscut, 2022)
2. [1:11:57] John Zorn: Meinong’s Jungle. From Multiplicities: A Repository of Non-Existent Objects (Tzadik, 2022) with Chaos Magick: John Medeski (Hammond Organ), Brian Marsella (Fender Rhodes Piano), Matt Hollenberg (guitar), Kenny Grohowski (drums)
3. [1:14:57] Honestly Same: Positive Connections. From Audio Adults (Bandcamp, 2022) with Honestly Same: Zachary Good (clarinets, recorders, synthesizers, vox), Lia Kohl (cello, radio, synthesizers, vox), Mabel Kwan (accordion, piano), Zach Moore (synthesizers, recording engineer), Sam Scranton (percussion, electronics)
4. [1:17:28] Honestly Same: Buckle Up. From Audio Adults (credits as above)
5. [1:22:10] Malin Bång: Avgår, pågår. From Works for Orchestra (Neos, 2022) with WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Ilan Volkov (conductor). NOTE: Composed 2014, recorded 2016⠀
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SET 4: Dissident music [1:32:35]
1. [1:34:50] Valentin Silvestrov: Pastorales 2020 (excerpts). From Silvestrov (Deutsche Grammophon, 2022) with Daniel Hope (violin), Alexey Botvinov (piano), René Möller (recording engineer)
2. [1:42:51] Vladimir Rannev: Stärkere. From Russian Music 2.0/2.1 (FancyMusic, 2022) with Arina Zvereva (voice), Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra, Fedor Lednev (conductor)
3. [1:53:51] Outro with Valentin Silvestrov: 25.10.1893 … in memoriam P. I. Tsch
Photo credits: Vladimir Rannev via the artist, Steve Tintweiss/Albert Ayler/Mary Parks by Philippe Gras, Paul Giger by Hannes Thalmann, Dima Nikolaienko by Vitaliya Zhyriakova, Malin Bång via the artist, John Zorn by Scott Irvine, Trevor Dunn by Gen Monro, Honestly Same (Mabel Kwan, Lia Kohl, Zach Moore, Zachary Good, Samuel Scranton) via the artists, Gity Razaz by Ronald Andrew Schvarztman, Valentin Silvestrov by Roberto Masotti, Albert Ayler and bagpipes via Pinterest.