"Warblepeck" - Tony Malaby Cello Trio (Warblepeck)
"Slightly all the time" - Soft Machine (Third) (remastered edition)
"Thou swell" - Carmen McRae (Live at the Flamingo Jazz Club, London May 1961)
"Right now" - John Abercrombie (Animato)
"Echidna's arf (of you)" - The Ed Palermo Big Band (Eddy loves Frank)
"Metro mono" - Positive catastrophe (Garabatos volume one)
"Son of a gun" - Sisters Euclid (John and the Sisters)
"Latigo" - The Red Band (Les oies sauvages)
"Yes, again" - Led Bib (Sensible shoes)
"Us and them" - Jazz side of the moon (Jazz side of the moon)
"Le gendarme" - Francois Couture (My little book - tome 1)
"Monochromatic textures (MCT-1)" - Bruce Friedman (O.P.T.I.O.N.S.)
"I concentrate on you" - Sophie Milman (Take love easy)
"Splayed fingers" - Michael Musillami Trio + 3 (From seeds)
"Peace" - George Robert & Kenny Barron (Peace)
"Hietzing: the lightning round" - Gypsophilia (Sa-ba-da-ow!)
"Abstrakt #3" - Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse (Cries from tha ghetto)
"Yirgacheffe" - Jon Miller Quartet (Orchidology)
"Little sketch" - Adrian Vedady (In three acts)
"Alive tonight (Bobby Hughes combination mix)" - Mo' Horizons (A jazzelicious joint of nujazz sessions)
"Cerulean blue" - Laura Klein & Ted Wolff (Cerulean blue)
"Conotocarius" - The Fully Celebrated (Drunk on the blood of the holy ones)
"Invisible cities" - Nomo (Invisible cities)
"Forest path" - The Jim Seeley/Arturo O'Farrill Quintet (The Jim Seeley/Arturo O'Farrill Quintet)
This was my first show for three weeks. I was away in Ottawa and Montreal for about a week-and-a-half. Philip Barker did the May 26 show and Stewart Elton took the June 2 edition. Many thanks to both of them!
Lots of interesting tracks played this week, both long and short (the Gypsophilia tune is all of 39 seconds long!). Perhaps my favourite tracks were the first two played, the jumpy "Warblepeck" by the Tony Malaby Cello Trio and "Slightly all the time" by Soft Machine. The latter track was played in honor of the original Soft Machine bass player, Hugh Hopper (who plays on "Slightly..."), who died on June 7.
The next edition of Breaking The Tethers (with me on board) will be June 16. I should be around for most Tuesdays for the next few months or so.
Andrew
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
May 19, 2009
"Signal" - Alain Caron (5)
"Jabulani (joy)" - Abdullah Ibrahim (The journey)
"Linus and Lucy" - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (Jingle all the way)
"Just have fun" - Marvin "Smitty" Smith (Keeper of the drums)
"Sunflower" - Paul Motian (Live at the Village Vanguard, vol. II)
"Fast man" - Romane (Pere et fils)
"Mystery ship" - Ken Hatfield and Friends (To be continued… Ken Hatfield and Friends play the music of Bill McCormick)
"Jacobin Club" - Darcy James Argue's Secret Society (Presents infernal machines)
"Time" - Jazz side of the moon (Jazz side of the moon)
"Long, long journey" - Allen Toussaint (The bright mississippi)
"Afterthought" - Kevin Smith Trio (Afterthought)
"Smiles remembered" - Thierry Peala (Inner traces: a Kenny Wheeler songbook)
"Reptoid alliance" - The Fully Celebrated (Drunk on the blood of the holy ones)
"Hot n' ready" - The Jerrold Dubyk Quartet (The maverick)
"Blister" - Will Bernard (Blue plate special)
"Going what's what" - Torngat (La petit Nicole)
"Silt" - Jeff Younger's Sandbox (The nudger)
"Jewish dance party!" - Gypsophilia (Sa-ba-da-ow!)
"United states" - The Very Big Carla Bley Band (The Very Big Carla Bley Band)
In some ways, this was a somewhat mellower show than usual, at least at points. Still, there was the usual spoonful or two of experimental/freaky music.
Fave stuff this week: Ibrahim Abdullah, Jazz Side of the Moon (did you know that there is a reggae version of Dark Side of the Moon? there's probably a version of DSOTM in every genre of music!), The Fully Celebrated (who can resist a title like "Reptoid alliance"?), and Will Bernard (I've been waiting to hear the Blue Plate Special CD for a long time).
I'm going to be away for a week and a bit and will miss hosting two episodes of Breaking The Tethers, May 26 and June 2. Philip Barker from Morning Joy will be taking over for me on May 26 and will do his usual great job. I'm not sure who will be doing the June 2 show but all should be well. My first show back will be on June 9.
Andrew
"Jabulani (joy)" - Abdullah Ibrahim (The journey)
"Linus and Lucy" - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (Jingle all the way)
"Just have fun" - Marvin "Smitty" Smith (Keeper of the drums)
"Sunflower" - Paul Motian (Live at the Village Vanguard, vol. II)
"Fast man" - Romane (Pere et fils)
"Mystery ship" - Ken Hatfield and Friends (To be continued… Ken Hatfield and Friends play the music of Bill McCormick)
"Jacobin Club" - Darcy James Argue's Secret Society (Presents infernal machines)
"Time" - Jazz side of the moon (Jazz side of the moon)
"Long, long journey" - Allen Toussaint (The bright mississippi)
"Afterthought" - Kevin Smith Trio (Afterthought)
"Smiles remembered" - Thierry Peala (Inner traces: a Kenny Wheeler songbook)
"Reptoid alliance" - The Fully Celebrated (Drunk on the blood of the holy ones)
"Hot n' ready" - The Jerrold Dubyk Quartet (The maverick)
"Blister" - Will Bernard (Blue plate special)
"Going what's what" - Torngat (La petit Nicole)
"Silt" - Jeff Younger's Sandbox (The nudger)
"Jewish dance party!" - Gypsophilia (Sa-ba-da-ow!)
"United states" - The Very Big Carla Bley Band (The Very Big Carla Bley Band)
In some ways, this was a somewhat mellower show than usual, at least at points. Still, there was the usual spoonful or two of experimental/freaky music.
Fave stuff this week: Ibrahim Abdullah, Jazz Side of the Moon (did you know that there is a reggae version of Dark Side of the Moon? there's probably a version of DSOTM in every genre of music!), The Fully Celebrated (who can resist a title like "Reptoid alliance"?), and Will Bernard (I've been waiting to hear the Blue Plate Special CD for a long time).
I'm going to be away for a week and a bit and will miss hosting two episodes of Breaking The Tethers, May 26 and June 2. Philip Barker from Morning Joy will be taking over for me on May 26 and will do his usual great job. I'm not sure who will be doing the June 2 show but all should be well. My first show back will be on June 9.
Andrew
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
May 12, 2009
"Anything" - Gypsophilia (Sa-ba-da-ow!)
"Willisau suite 1" - Sexmob with John Medeski (Sexmob meets Medeski: live in Willisau 2006)
"Tell her" - Julia Hulsmann (Good morning midnight)
"Little melody in F" - The Bruce Freedman African Groove Band (Live at the Cellar)
"Manhattan bounce" - Vito Rezza (Drums of avila)
"Plena organization" - Positive catastrophe (Garabatos volume one)
"20% free extra (extract)" - Derek Bailey (Fairly early with postscripts)
"Facelift" - Soft Machine (Third (remastered edition))
"Dpree's paradise" - The Ed Palermo Big Band (Eddy loves Frank)
"Donnerwetter (extract)" - Hans Bennink (Tempo comodo)
"Rossli hu (grosse pferde - kleine reiter)" - Davis/Ulrich/Baumann/Lutek/Richards/Jefferson) (Urs Blochlinger Tribute)
"Crescent" - Nomo (Invisible cities)
"Sopranelan" - Bill Brennan (Solo piano 2)
"Squirrel carnage" - Led Bib (Sensible shoes)
"XE (extract)" - VHF (Extracts)
"Five-lane parasite" - Mayo Groutt's Known Universe (Mayo Groutt's Known Universe)
"Interested benevolence" - The Souljazz Orchestra (Manifesto)
"Ga-ga-goosebumps" - Michael Musillami Trio + 3 (From seeds)
"Locomotion" - Michael Shrieve (Two doors)
"First mind" - Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse (Cries from tha ghetto)
Musically, I really liked this show. It featured lots of new stuff, an African-influenced tune per hour, live Soft Machine, and much more goodness. The top new tune, I think, was "Squirrel carnage" by Led Bib, a crazy track from a crazy album.
In terms of my performance behind the mic, I wasn't too impressed with myself. Nothing really bad happened but I could have been wittier and not tripped over my tongue as much as I did. Having a coughing fit on air doesn't help either. Oh well. I will be vocal smoothness next week.
Andrew
"Willisau suite 1" - Sexmob with John Medeski (Sexmob meets Medeski: live in Willisau 2006)
"Tell her" - Julia Hulsmann (Good morning midnight)
"Little melody in F" - The Bruce Freedman African Groove Band (Live at the Cellar)
"Manhattan bounce" - Vito Rezza (Drums of avila)
"Plena organization" - Positive catastrophe (Garabatos volume one)
"20% free extra (extract)" - Derek Bailey (Fairly early with postscripts)
"Facelift" - Soft Machine (Third (remastered edition))
"Dpree's paradise" - The Ed Palermo Big Band (Eddy loves Frank)
"Donnerwetter (extract)" - Hans Bennink (Tempo comodo)
"Rossli hu (grosse pferde - kleine reiter)" - Davis/Ulrich/Baumann/Lutek/Richards/Jefferson) (Urs Blochlinger Tribute)
"Crescent" - Nomo (Invisible cities)
"Sopranelan" - Bill Brennan (Solo piano 2)
"Squirrel carnage" - Led Bib (Sensible shoes)
"XE (extract)" - VHF (Extracts)
"Five-lane parasite" - Mayo Groutt's Known Universe (Mayo Groutt's Known Universe)
"Interested benevolence" - The Souljazz Orchestra (Manifesto)
"Ga-ga-goosebumps" - Michael Musillami Trio + 3 (From seeds)
"Locomotion" - Michael Shrieve (Two doors)
"First mind" - Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse (Cries from tha ghetto)
Musically, I really liked this show. It featured lots of new stuff, an African-influenced tune per hour, live Soft Machine, and much more goodness. The top new tune, I think, was "Squirrel carnage" by Led Bib, a crazy track from a crazy album.
In terms of my performance behind the mic, I wasn't too impressed with myself. Nothing really bad happened but I could have been wittier and not tripped over my tongue as much as I did. Having a coughing fit on air doesn't help either. Oh well. I will be vocal smoothness next week.
Andrew
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
May 5, 2009
"Gotham" - The Jerrold Dubyk Quartet (The maverick)
"Taking Jude out for breakfast" - Ion Zoo (Set free at the Cellar)
"Winin' boy blues" - Allen Toussaint (The bright mississippi)"Drum solo" - Billy Cobham's Glassmenagerie (Stratus)
"Second rare duet (extract)" - Lol Coxhill (Alone and together)
"Padrecito" - Medeski, Martin, & Wood (Radiolarians II)
"Jingle bells" - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (Jingle all the way)
"Transit" - Darcy James Argue's Secret Society (Presents infernal machines)
"Sometimes I feel like a motherless child/Nonet" - Bob Stewart (First line)
"Down under" - Art Blakey (Mosaic)
"Flaxman" - Steve Beresford/Pat Thomas/Veryan Weston (Three pianos)
"Bittersweet" - Alex Clements/John Abraham/Zara Tellander (Between stops)
"Soul power" - T.J. Kirk (T.J. Kirk)
"Toccata in C major: Fugue" - Jacques Loussier Trio (Play Bach no. 5)
"Summer afternoon sequence I (extract)" - Roger Smith (Extended plays (1993-1996))
"The mad wife" - Phillip Johnston (Page of madness)
"Thorsburger: the works" - The NOW Orchestra (Animal tales)
"Fiasco" - Paul Motian (Live at the Village Vanguard, vol. II)
"Sometimes" - Ian Smith (Daybreak)
"Little B's poem" - The Blue Note 7 (Mosaic)
"Carla Lisa" - Chris Andrew (Not so fast)
"The ghost series 2" - Evan Parker (Strings with Evan Parker)
"The spirit of soul" - Ken Hatfield and Friends (To be continued… Ken Hatfield and Friends play the music of Bill McCormick)
This week featured a fairly wide and varied set of tracks, including some short(ish) avant/experimental pieces (Lol Coxhill, Beresford/Thomas/Weston, Roger Smith, Evan Parker), two artists who will be at the Calgary Jazz Festival later this year (Allen Toussaint, MMW), some personal faves (Paul Motian), some out-and-out crazy stuff (Bela Fleck), a funky tune (T.J. Kirk), and much more. I just wish I hadn't tripped over my tongue so much when I was talking about these tunes... oh well, there's always next week...
Andrew
"Taking Jude out for breakfast" - Ion Zoo (Set free at the Cellar)
"Winin' boy blues" - Allen Toussaint (The bright mississippi)"Drum solo" - Billy Cobham's Glassmenagerie (Stratus)
"Second rare duet (extract)" - Lol Coxhill (Alone and together)
"Padrecito" - Medeski, Martin, & Wood (Radiolarians II)
"Jingle bells" - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (Jingle all the way)
"Transit" - Darcy James Argue's Secret Society (Presents infernal machines)
"Sometimes I feel like a motherless child/Nonet" - Bob Stewart (First line)
"Down under" - Art Blakey (Mosaic)
"Flaxman" - Steve Beresford/Pat Thomas/Veryan Weston (Three pianos)
"Bittersweet" - Alex Clements/John Abraham/Zara Tellander (Between stops)
"Soul power" - T.J. Kirk (T.J. Kirk)
"Toccata in C major: Fugue" - Jacques Loussier Trio (Play Bach no. 5)
"Summer afternoon sequence I (extract)" - Roger Smith (Extended plays (1993-1996))
"The mad wife" - Phillip Johnston (Page of madness)
"Thorsburger: the works" - The NOW Orchestra (Animal tales)
"Fiasco" - Paul Motian (Live at the Village Vanguard, vol. II)
"Sometimes" - Ian Smith (Daybreak)
"Little B's poem" - The Blue Note 7 (Mosaic)
"Carla Lisa" - Chris Andrew (Not so fast)
"The ghost series 2" - Evan Parker (Strings with Evan Parker)
"The spirit of soul" - Ken Hatfield and Friends (To be continued… Ken Hatfield and Friends play the music of Bill McCormick)
This week featured a fairly wide and varied set of tracks, including some short(ish) avant/experimental pieces (Lol Coxhill, Beresford/Thomas/Weston, Roger Smith, Evan Parker), two artists who will be at the Calgary Jazz Festival later this year (Allen Toussaint, MMW), some personal faves (Paul Motian), some out-and-out crazy stuff (Bela Fleck), a funky tune (T.J. Kirk), and much more. I just wish I hadn't tripped over my tongue so much when I was talking about these tunes... oh well, there's always next week...
Andrew
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
April 28, 2009
"Start to move" - Elizabeth Shepherd Trio (Start to move)
"Unknown Kohoutek" - Sun Ra (Concert for the comet Kohoutek)
"King Arthur meets Hanns Eisler in Hollywood" - Davis/Ulrich/Baumann/Lutek/Richards/Jefferson (Urs Blochlinger Tribute)
"Snuffy" - Wilbur Harden/John Coltrane (Mainstream 1958)
"Rue du depart" - Land of Kush (Against the day)
"Mallet song" - Ed Blackwell Project (What it is?)
"Parasite" - The Souljazz Orchestra (Manifesto)
"A.R.C." - Chick Corea/David Holland/Barry Altschul (A.R.C.)
"Goodbye pork-pie hat" - Art Farmer (Maiden voyage)
"Colourbox" - Sinistrio (Sinistrio)
"Gregorian" - Steve Coleman and Five Elements (Weaving symbolics)
"Ayahuasca" - Speak in tones (Subaro)
"Kitchen sink" - Amon Tobin (Foley room)
"Re: creation" - Ryan Meagher (Atroefy)
"Hospital loop" - Joel Miller (Tantramar)
"Death and the flower" - Keith Jarrett (Death and the flower)
"Zen death poem" - The Bruce Freedman African Groove Band (Live at the Cellar)
"Newness" - Mayo Groutt's Known Universe (Mayo Groutt's Known Universe)
A few more tracks than last week, though there were still a number of long tunes on this show (Keith Jarrett, the Bruce Freedman African Groove Band). Overall, it was a good show - any show with Sun Ra on it is a good show!
Andrew
"Unknown Kohoutek" - Sun Ra (Concert for the comet Kohoutek)
"King Arthur meets Hanns Eisler in Hollywood" - Davis/Ulrich/Baumann/Lutek/Richards/Jefferson (Urs Blochlinger Tribute)
"Snuffy" - Wilbur Harden/John Coltrane (Mainstream 1958)
"Rue du depart" - Land of Kush (Against the day)
"Mallet song" - Ed Blackwell Project (What it is?)
"Parasite" - The Souljazz Orchestra (Manifesto)
"A.R.C." - Chick Corea/David Holland/Barry Altschul (A.R.C.)
"Goodbye pork-pie hat" - Art Farmer (Maiden voyage)
"Colourbox" - Sinistrio (Sinistrio)
"Gregorian" - Steve Coleman and Five Elements (Weaving symbolics)
"Ayahuasca" - Speak in tones (Subaro)
"Kitchen sink" - Amon Tobin (Foley room)
"Re: creation" - Ryan Meagher (Atroefy)
"Hospital loop" - Joel Miller (Tantramar)
"Death and the flower" - Keith Jarrett (Death and the flower)
"Zen death poem" - The Bruce Freedman African Groove Band (Live at the Cellar)
"Newness" - Mayo Groutt's Known Universe (Mayo Groutt's Known Universe)
A few more tracks than last week, though there were still a number of long tunes on this show (Keith Jarrett, the Bruce Freedman African Groove Band). Overall, it was a good show - any show with Sun Ra on it is a good show!
Andrew
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
April 21, 2009
"Slap and tickle" - The NOW Orchestra (Animal tales)
"Concierto de aranjuez" - Jim Hall (Concierto)
"Modal trane" -Turtle Island Quartet (A love supreme: the legacy of John Coltrane)
"L'axe du fou (axis of madness)" - Forgas Band Phenomena (L'axe du fou/Axis of madness)
"Pond life IV" - Ann Southam (Pond life)
"Chasen vs. suribachi" - Medeski, Martin, & Wood (Radiolarians II)
"Brother, can you spare a dime?" - Ray Anderson (Every one of us)
"Succor" - Flow Trio (Rejuvenation)
"T.A. the W. (tender as the wind)" - Lost tribe (Lost tribe)
"The queen's drone" - The Bruce Freedman African Groove Band (Live at the Cellar)
"Uncharted" - Joshua Redman (Compass)
"Erghen diado" - Indigone Trio & Strings (Cycles)
"Lazy snake" - Dave Holland Sextet (Pass it on)
"Four winds" - David Holland Quartet (Conference of the birds)
"Enlightenment" - Graham Haynes (The griot's footsteps)
A whopping 15 tracks here, perhaps the lowest number of items ever played on Breaking The Tethers. The reason for this is because of the length of the tunes; jazz pieces are often long but some in this set went on for quite some time e.g. "Enlightenment" by Graham Haynes is nearly 27 minutes long.
Fave track this week: "Chasen vs. suribachi" by MMW from the brand-new release Radiolarians II. I saw this in Vancouver last week and grabbed it.
Andrew
"Concierto de aranjuez" - Jim Hall (Concierto)
"Modal trane" -Turtle Island Quartet (A love supreme: the legacy of John Coltrane)
"L'axe du fou (axis of madness)" - Forgas Band Phenomena (L'axe du fou/Axis of madness)
"Pond life IV" - Ann Southam (Pond life)
"Chasen vs. suribachi" - Medeski, Martin, & Wood (Radiolarians II)
"Brother, can you spare a dime?" - Ray Anderson (Every one of us)
"Succor" - Flow Trio (Rejuvenation)
"T.A. the W. (tender as the wind)" - Lost tribe (Lost tribe)
"The queen's drone" - The Bruce Freedman African Groove Band (Live at the Cellar)
"Uncharted" - Joshua Redman (Compass)
"Erghen diado" - Indigone Trio & Strings (Cycles)
"Lazy snake" - Dave Holland Sextet (Pass it on)
"Four winds" - David Holland Quartet (Conference of the birds)
"Enlightenment" - Graham Haynes (The griot's footsteps)
A whopping 15 tracks here, perhaps the lowest number of items ever played on Breaking The Tethers. The reason for this is because of the length of the tunes; jazz pieces are often long but some in this set went on for quite some time e.g. "Enlightenment" by Graham Haynes is nearly 27 minutes long.
Fave track this week: "Chasen vs. suribachi" by MMW from the brand-new release Radiolarians II. I saw this in Vancouver last week and grabbed it.
Andrew
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
April 14, 2009
"Samuel" - Sienna Dahlen (Off the floor… into the garden)
"Love for sale" - Miles Davis (Kind of blue: legacy edition)
"Slow down sagg" - Tony Monaco (Live at the Orbit Room: the ultimate jam)
"C'mon it's just a dollar" - Gutbucket (A modest proposal)
"Dark state of mind" - Tuatara (Breaking the ethers)
"E" - Dave Kikoski (Dave Kikoski)
"Irresistible" - Moe Clark (Circle of she)
"Ethiopia" - Sonny Greenwich (Hymns to the earth)
"Can't complane" - Ryan Meagher (Atroefy)
"Sailing" - Ion Zoo (Set free at the Cellar)
"City lights" - Brenda Earle (Happenings)
"Figwig" - Flute Force Four (Flutistry)
"We're not from around here" - Bill Frisell (The best of Bill Frisell: vol. 1, folk songs)
"Aquatic adventures, episode 19: the unceremonious demise of waterbugs" - Jeff Younger's Sandbox (The nudger)
"Leopard lady" - Franz Koglmann (L'heure bleue)
"Mixed grill" - Bill Evans/Randy Brecker (Soulbop band live)
"Jazz trash" - Ellery Eskelin (Jazz trash)
"Against the day" - Land of Kush (Against the day)
"Stalker" - Time Jazz Quartet (Studies in jazz in studie: aspects of jazz from the Netherlands
"It's all good" - Hank Crawford/Jimmy McGriff (Crunch time)
Perhaps the most notable thing about this show was that 1/5 (4/20) of the tracks feature vocals prominently. Four songs out of 20 may not seem like much but I used to program weeks on end of shows without vocals. Oh well, times change.
Andrew
"Love for sale" - Miles Davis (Kind of blue: legacy edition)
"Slow down sagg" - Tony Monaco (Live at the Orbit Room: the ultimate jam)
"C'mon it's just a dollar" - Gutbucket (A modest proposal)
"Dark state of mind" - Tuatara (Breaking the ethers)
"E" - Dave Kikoski (Dave Kikoski)
"Irresistible" - Moe Clark (Circle of she)
"Ethiopia" - Sonny Greenwich (Hymns to the earth)
"Can't complane" - Ryan Meagher (Atroefy)
"Sailing" - Ion Zoo (Set free at the Cellar)
"City lights" - Brenda Earle (Happenings)
"Figwig" - Flute Force Four (Flutistry)
"We're not from around here" - Bill Frisell (The best of Bill Frisell: vol. 1, folk songs)
"Aquatic adventures, episode 19: the unceremonious demise of waterbugs" - Jeff Younger's Sandbox (The nudger)
"Leopard lady" - Franz Koglmann (L'heure bleue)
"Mixed grill" - Bill Evans/Randy Brecker (Soulbop band live)
"Jazz trash" - Ellery Eskelin (Jazz trash)
"Against the day" - Land of Kush (Against the day)
"Stalker" - Time Jazz Quartet (Studies in jazz in studie: aspects of jazz from the Netherlands
"It's all good" - Hank Crawford/Jimmy McGriff (Crunch time)
Perhaps the most notable thing about this show was that 1/5 (4/20) of the tracks feature vocals prominently. Four songs out of 20 may not seem like much but I used to program weeks on end of shows without vocals. Oh well, times change.
Andrew
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