https://cjsw.com/program/breaking-the-tethers/episode/20171127
This was another all-new program. Good music all round, with a few faves ("Grunge" by the Keith Price Double Quartet, "Benzedrine shuffle", by Chris Murphy, and the "Sesame Street" theme by Delfeayo Marsalis). Normally, Breaking The Tethers has a lean to the more "out-there" side of things but, today, there was a slant to straight-ahead jazz (though out-there stuff certainly wasn't absent). Maybe I'll have an all-freaky show sometime just to balance things out? 😃
I'm off to England for a week and a bit so I won't be the host of the Monday, December 4 show. Linda Cunningham will be at the controls for that edition of BTT. Please join Linda at 10 am MT, 90.9 fm or www.cjsw.com as she does her usual great job! I'll be back for the Monday, December 11 show.
Andrew
Monday, November 27, 2017
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
November 20, 2017
https://cjsw.com/program/breaking-the-tethers/episode/20171120
Loads of new jazz (and jazz-ish) music has come my way in recent weeks, so much that I'm kinda backlogged with new stuff that I want to play. Accordingly, I figured it was time for an "all-new" show, which was what this edition of Breaking The Tethers ended up being. Some notes on a few of the tracks played:
"Echidna's arf (of you)" by the Ed Palermo Big Band - Doo-wop meets doo-bee in a Zappa cover with a great title (I've always liked it but I have no idea what it means! I should look it up sometime)
"Humility" by Kamasi Washington - I played a track from Washington's 2015 triple-CD realease, The Epic, on the Nov. 13 Breaking The Tethers show, as a lead-in of sorts to "Humility". Washington's new release is only a mere one CD; "Humility", with a great sax solo, is the best track on this new record (which is called Harmony of difference, BTW).
"She's got to be somewhere" by David Crosby - David Crosby made a Steely Dan record. Seriously.
The next edition of BTT will be next Monday, November 27, 10-11 am MT, 90.9 fm, www.cjsw.com, usual time, usual place. I'll be hosting this show but not the next one, on Monday, December 4; Linda Cunningham will be filling in for me that day (thanks in advance, Linda!). Linda and I are also cooking something up for the December 25 (i.e. Christmas!) program; more on that soon!
Andrew
Loads of new jazz (and jazz-ish) music has come my way in recent weeks, so much that I'm kinda backlogged with new stuff that I want to play. Accordingly, I figured it was time for an "all-new" show, which was what this edition of Breaking The Tethers ended up being. Some notes on a few of the tracks played:
"Echidna's arf (of you)" by the Ed Palermo Big Band - Doo-wop meets doo-bee in a Zappa cover with a great title (I've always liked it but I have no idea what it means! I should look it up sometime)
"Humility" by Kamasi Washington - I played a track from Washington's 2015 triple-CD realease, The Epic, on the Nov. 13 Breaking The Tethers show, as a lead-in of sorts to "Humility". Washington's new release is only a mere one CD; "Humility", with a great sax solo, is the best track on this new record (which is called Harmony of difference, BTW).
"She's got to be somewhere" by David Crosby - David Crosby made a Steely Dan record. Seriously.
The next edition of BTT will be next Monday, November 27, 10-11 am MT, 90.9 fm, www.cjsw.com, usual time, usual place. I'll be hosting this show but not the next one, on Monday, December 4; Linda Cunningham will be filling in for me that day (thanks in advance, Linda!). Linda and I are also cooking something up for the December 25 (i.e. Christmas!) program; more on that soon!
Andrew
November 13, 2017
https://cjsw.com/program/breaking-the-tethers/episode/20171113
I'm behind on making this post. My apologies. Just kept slipping behind on it.
Anyway, I'm catching up now! This was a fun, solid show, IMHO. All good music in a variety of styles, from a variety of dates. Focusing a bit on the Kamasi Washington piece ("Final thought"), this was a precursor to the Nov. 20 show; more on this in the post for that program.
Andrew
I'm behind on making this post. My apologies. Just kept slipping behind on it.
Anyway, I'm catching up now! This was a fun, solid show, IMHO. All good music in a variety of styles, from a variety of dates. Focusing a bit on the Kamasi Washington piece ("Final thought"), this was a precursor to the Nov. 20 show; more on this in the post for that program.
Andrew
Sunday, November 12, 2017
November 6, 2017
https://cjsw.com/program/breaking-the-tethers/episode/20171106
This week's episode of BTT was hosted by Linda Cunningham, who played some great stuff, a very varied (always wanted to say that!) setlist. Many thanks to Linda for filling in! I'll be back for the next program, on Monday, November 13, 10-11 am MT, 90.9 fm, www.cjsw.com. Please join me!
Andrew
This week's episode of BTT was hosted by Linda Cunningham, who played some great stuff, a very varied (always wanted to say that!) setlist. Many thanks to Linda for filling in! I'll be back for the next program, on Monday, November 13, 10-11 am MT, 90.9 fm, www.cjsw.com. Please join me!
Andrew
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
October 30, 2017
https://cjsw.com/program/breaking-the-tethers/episode/20171030/
First show after the annual CJSW funding drive (more on the FD below). This was a particularly good one, I think. Great music, mostly recent, in a variety of styles, with a few trips into the past. And I managed to play 10 pieces of music in one hour (mostly; I only got to play about half of the last track in the show, "Call of the wild" by Lonnie Smith).
I will talk a bit about one track, the live BBC version of "Slightly all the time" by Soft Machine. I play Soft Machine a bit too much, I know (I last played them about a month ago, I believe) but I wanted to fit in this song in because I put it on one of the funding drive CDs. I had announced that all the tracks on the FD CDs had been played on Breaking The Tethers; however, I realized that the Soft Machine tune had not been played yet. So, I amended that on the Oct. 30 show :-)
Turning to the 2017 CJSW Funding Drive, overall, the FD was a great success. While the stretch goal of $250,000 was not reached, the main goal of $200,000 was met and more, hitting $210,000. Looking at the Breaking The Tethers FD show, on Monday, October 23, frequent BTT guest host Linda Cunningham joined me for the hour and we had a great time; we chatted, we asked for money, and played some tunes (off the BTT mix CDs). I'm not sure how much was pledged to BTT but I do know that there were at least a few folks who donated; I'll have more on this in the weeks to come. Many thanks to everyone who pledged to Breaking The Tethers and to other CJSW programs!
I'll be away all of next week, in Charleston, SC, for a conference. Linda will be filling in on the Monday, November 6 edition of BTT (many thanks as always, Linda!). I'll be back for the Monday, November 13 edition. Both shows, of course, will be on CJSW, 90.9 fm, www.cjsw.com
Thanks!
Andrew
First show after the annual CJSW funding drive (more on the FD below). This was a particularly good one, I think. Great music, mostly recent, in a variety of styles, with a few trips into the past. And I managed to play 10 pieces of music in one hour (mostly; I only got to play about half of the last track in the show, "Call of the wild" by Lonnie Smith).
I will talk a bit about one track, the live BBC version of "Slightly all the time" by Soft Machine. I play Soft Machine a bit too much, I know (I last played them about a month ago, I believe) but I wanted to fit in this song in because I put it on one of the funding drive CDs. I had announced that all the tracks on the FD CDs had been played on Breaking The Tethers; however, I realized that the Soft Machine tune had not been played yet. So, I amended that on the Oct. 30 show :-)
Turning to the 2017 CJSW Funding Drive, overall, the FD was a great success. While the stretch goal of $250,000 was not reached, the main goal of $200,000 was met and more, hitting $210,000. Looking at the Breaking The Tethers FD show, on Monday, October 23, frequent BTT guest host Linda Cunningham joined me for the hour and we had a great time; we chatted, we asked for money, and played some tunes (off the BTT mix CDs). I'm not sure how much was pledged to BTT but I do know that there were at least a few folks who donated; I'll have more on this in the weeks to come. Many thanks to everyone who pledged to Breaking The Tethers and to other CJSW programs!
I'll be away all of next week, in Charleston, SC, for a conference. Linda will be filling in on the Monday, November 6 edition of BTT (many thanks as always, Linda!). I'll be back for the Monday, November 13 edition. Both shows, of course, will be on CJSW, 90.9 fm, www.cjsw.com
Thanks!
Andrew
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