April 26, 2021

Howdy. Most episodes of Breaking The Tethers are pretty wide and varied. This week's show might have gone a step or two beyond the norm, which may be saying something. The range of music covered spiritual jazz ("Mountain song" by Menagerie), free jazz ("Prescott: the fort town" by Nick Fraser), synths ("Sustain" by Sam Grendel), a 70s jazz cover of a Minnie Ripperton song ("Loving you" by the George Otsuka Quartet), political stuff ("That daughter" by Janice Lowe & Namaroon), and more. Who knows what next week will bring? In the meantime, you can take in the April 26 program again or for the first time.

The next BTT show will be on the usual time and place, Monday, May 3, from 10 to 11 am MT, 90.9 FM or cjsw.com. Please join me if you can (and I hope you can!)

Also, next week's edition will be the CJSW Listener Appreciation Week show! More on this soon!

Thanks.

Andrew

April 19, 2021

This was a music-filled, 13 track BTT episode. There was a definite lean to the avant, especially in the middle section of the show, but I would say that a number of jazz bases were touched upon. Some faves from me:

"Song for my friends" by Abdullah Sami. Some great guitar work here on this NYC loft jazz classic.

"Dismal swamp" by Charles Lloyd & the Marvels. Jazz flute! And pedal steel guitar!

"More than human" by Wayne Shorter. Shorter getting out there on a favourite of mine.

"Exit music (for a film)" by the Art of Time Ensemble. They do a nice job with the Radiohead classic.

"Sunshine superman" by Dr. Lonnie Smith. And Iggy Pop! And it works!

"Where can I listen to this?!" you ask yourself. Go here!

The next Breaking The Tethers episode will be on Monday, April 26 (last Monday in April! time is passing...). Join me at cjsw.com or 90.9 FM form 10-11 am MT.

Thanks.

Andrew

March 8, 2021

And more catch up, this time a varied show from March 8. I'll just note one thing here: I played a song about someone called Emmett this week ("The death of Emmett Till" by Charlie Ballantine from the album Life is brief: the music of Bob Dylan, a record I've been returning to here and there over the past few years) and the following week (March 15) I played a song by someone called Emmett (see the entry for that week). Anyway, go to bit.ly/3mWEBbb to listen.

Thanks.

Andrew

March 1, 2021

Here's my last March catch-up entry. Some things to note in this edition of Breaking The Tethers:

*Two tracks from South American musicians, Nacho Szulgas 5 and Ernesto Judos.

*More stride piano from Emmett Cohen ("Pitter panther patter"; say that three times fast)

*A Pharoah Sanders track, which is always worth celebrating. This time, I played the fairly crazy "Red, black & green" from Thembi. I've heard that Pharoah has a new album coming out, the first in a long while.

Listen to it all here.

Thanks.

Andrew

March 15, 2021

I'm doing some catch up posting for a few weeks in March that I missed (or just slacked off on 😀 ). Here's the first, for March 1. My fave track for this week was the thing that started it off, a recently released vestige of the NYC free jazz loft scene in the 1970s, "Clarity 3" Michael Gregory Jackson. In an almost completely different vein, I also played some newly-created stride piano music, from Emmett Cohen. One must have variety! Take in these tracks and more here.

Thanks.

Andrew

April 12, 2021

Just a good show this week. Lots of tenor sax but also other instruments. Includes some kind of lengthy tracks and a piece that's a whopping eight seconds long! ("Colibri" by Camila Nebbia and Axel Filip). You can dig it at bit.ly/3tllj1v.

I recommend you listen to the next Breaking The Tethers episode; it will be fine! (I hope! 😁) Go to cjsw.com or 90.9 FM on Monday, April 19 from 10 to 11 am MT.

Thanks!

Andrew

April 5, 2021

I was back as host this week, after being away for a week. Many thanks to Brennan Chaudry, host of Prisoner's Dilemma on CJSW, for filling in for me (there's a good chance he'll be back, if you like what he did on BTT). 

Musically, this show basically fit the mold that Breaking The Tethers shows (at least hosted by me!) have had for the past little while. Mostly newly-released material with one or two non-new tracks played (including something by Pink Floyd this week!) Give it a listen here.

You've still got me next week 😁. Join me for program #2 of April 2021 on Monday, April 12, 10-11 am MT. Go to 90.9 FM or cjsw.com.

Thanks.

Andrew

March 22, 2021

A show in the pattern that's been the common one recently, with mostly newly-released material coupled with a trip or two to the past (in this case, the Freddie Hubbard and Dean Pallen numbers). Perhaps the most notable track on the album was the first one played, "Lockdown throwdown" by the recently-departed Chick Corea and Gary Husband, made up of sounds they bounced back and forth to each other during the COVID quarantine.

Listen to the whole thing here.

Thanks.

Andrew

March 29, 2021

There was no Andrew in this BTT edition (I was away for a few days) but my spot was more than ably filled by Brennan Chaudry, the regular host of Prisoner's Dilemma, another fine program on CJSW. Brenann played some pretty awesome stuff, even just looking the first two tracks: "Choix multiples" by Simon Provencher, a track I might well have started the show with had I been hosting, and "Trance" by Cecil Taylor; it's always a good idea to play Cecil Taylor.  You can hear Brennan do his thing here.

I'll be back behind the board for the next iteration of Breaking The Tethers, on Monday, April 5 (yep, it's April already!). Join me for a mess of good music from 10 to 11 am MT at cjsw.com or 909.9 FM.

Thanks.

Andrew