Flotation Device surveys a bevy of new releases, including the latest from Trevor Dunn, Ikue Mori, Alexander Hawkins and Climax Golden Twins. Hear Keith Jarrett in an unusually modernist vein and Else Marie Pade in an unusually acoustic one (both via premiere recordings). Cory Smythe revisits Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Dan Weiss channels Nancarrow, and Tom Rainey and Ingrid Laubrock channel Coltrane the astronaut. Brandon Seabrook brings us avant-downhome music, while a post-car crash Miles Davis brings us a precursor to today’s avant-rock via our “50 years ago in the avant-garde” feature. We compare three kinds of Old Meets New from Gabriel Prokofiev, Sound-In and Mauricio Kagel (via a new recording of his Bach-centric Chorbuch), while cameos from Rădulescu and Martirano, plus a new portrait album from Pierre Jalbert, round out the playlist.
Creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Mike Schell. Annotated playlist and photo credits with Comments.
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Flotation Device 2022-11-27: Annotated playlist by host Michael Schell
Intro and SET 1: Turnaround [0:00]
1. [1:16] Miles Davis: U-Turnaround. From The Complete On The Corner Sessions (Columbia, 2007) with Miles Davis (trumpet), Carlos Garnett (soprano saxophone), Cedric Lawson (keyboard), Reggie Lucas (electric guitar), Khalil Balakrishna (electric sitar), Michael Henderson (bass guitar), Al Foster (drums), James Mtume (congas, percussion), Badal Roy (tabla). NOTE: Recorded November 29, 1972 at Columbia Studio E, New York
2. [9:43] Ingrid Laubrock, Tom Rainey: Swathed in Darkness. From Counterfeit Mars (Relative Pitch, 2022) with Ingrid Laubrock (soprano saxophone), Tom Rainey (drums), Andy Taub (recording engineer)
3. [13:37] Alexander Hawkins: Even the Birds Stop to Listen. From Break a Vase (Intakt, 2022) with Alexander Hawkins (grand piano, upright piano, sampler), Will Biggs (recording engineer)
4. [16:54] Climax Golden Twins: Upside Down Omen. From Climax Golden Twins (Fire Breathing Turtle, 2022) with Katherine Whatley, Noel Kennon, Sean Curley, Min Yee, John Teske, Matthew Ford, Climax Golden Twins: Robert Millis, Jeffery Taylor
5. [18:52] Pierre Jalbert: String Quartet No. 6 (excerpts). From Air in Motion (Orchid Classics, 2022) with Escher String Quartet. NOTE: Composed 2017⠀
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SET 2: Smoky plasma [25:03]
1. [29:22] Cory Smythe: Combustion 2. From Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Pyroclastic, 2022) with Sofia Jernberg (vocals), Ryan Muncy (alto saxophone), Ingrid Laubrock (tenor saxophone), David Leon (alto and baritone saxophone, clarinet), Peter Evans (trumpet), Zekkereya El-magharbel (trombone), Joshua Modney (violin), Tomeka Reid (cello), Stephan Crump (bass), Cory Smythe (piano), Jessie Cox (drums, percussion), Ryan Streber (recording engineer)
2. [35:00] Dan Weiss: For Nancarrow. From Dedication (Cygnus, 2022) with Jacob Sacks (piano), Thomas Morgan (bass), Dan Weiss (drums, tabla), Ron Saint Germain, Ryan Streber (recording engineers)
3. [41:03] Horațiu Rădulescu: Inner Time/Outer Time, Op. 42 (excerpts). From Plasmatic Music, Vol. 1 (Mode, 2022) with Rebecca Lane (flutes), Sam Dunscombe (clarinets). NOTE: Composed 1980–83
4. [46:51] Trevor Dunn: Secours Meurtriers. 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)
5. [54:13] Outro with Salvatore Martirano: Ballad
6. [1:01:41] Brandon Seabrook Trio: In The Swarm. From In The Swarm (Astral Spirits, 2022) with Brandon Seabrook (guitar, banjo), Gerald Cleaver (drums, electronics), Cooper-Moore (diddley bow), Colin Marston (recording engineer)⠀
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SET 3: Falling Blue [1:07:07]
1. [1:08:13] Ikue Mori: Falling Blue (Agnes Martin). From Tracing the Magic (Tzadik, 2022) with Erik Friedlander (cello), Ikue Mori (electronics)
2. [1:12:20] Else Marie Pade: Etude. From The Orchestral Album (Dacapo, 2022) with Christina Åstrand (violin), Malmö Opera Orchestra, Joachim Gustafsson (conductor), Daniel Davidsen (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 1965
3. [1:21:41] Keith Jarrett: Part 1. From Bordeaux Concert (ECM, 2022) with Keith Jarrett (piano). NOTE: Recorded live July 6, 2016 at Opéra National de Bordeaux, France⠀
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SET 4: Old meets New [1:33:55]
1. [1:36:38] Sound-In: Humming Bumper Cupcombs. From Miracles and Wonders (NiwoSound, 2022) with Steve Moshier, Roger Sundström, Adam Kondor, Norbert Oldani, Bruce Hamilton (musicians), Steve Layton (editing). NOTE: Recorded 2010
2. [1:39:18] Gabriel Prokofiev: Strange Blooms III - Cell Splitting. From Strange Blooms (Oscillations, 2022) with Jane Chapman (harpsichord), Gabriel Prokofiev (composer, producer)
3. [1:42:55] Mauricio Kagel: Chorbuch (excerpts). From Stockhausen: Carré, Kagel: Chorbuch (Coviello, 2022) with Christoph Schnackertz (piano), Christoph Lehmann (organ, harmonium), Chorwerk Ruhr, Florian Helgath (direction). NOTE: Composed 1975–78. Recorded September 21–23, 2018 at Salzlager, UNESCO-Weiterbe Zollverein, Essen. Presented 2018 and 2022 at Ruhr Triennale
4. [1:55:39] Outro with Louis Couperin: Chaconne la complaignante
Photo credits: Gabriel Prokofiev by Nathan Gallagher, Ingrid Laubrock and Tom Rainey by Peter Gannushkin, Keith Jarrett by Daniela Yohannes, orchestra positions for Else Maria Pade: Etude by Daniel Davidsen, Trevor Dunn via the artist, Mauricio Kagel by Sjakkelien Vollebregt/Anefo, Brandon Seabrook Trio (Brandon Seabrook, Gerald Cleaver, Cooper-Moore) by Peter Gannushkin, Else Marie Pade by Anja Tollan, Ikue Mori by Caroline Mardok, Cory Smythe via the composer, Miles Davis by Palumbo, Dan Weiss via the artist, Climax Golden Twins (Robert Millis, Jeffery Taylor) via the artists, Alexander Hawkins by Anoush Abrar, Horațiu Rădulescu via his estate, Pierre Jalbert via the artist.