December 23, 2008

"Hypnotist" - Simon Legault Quartet (Misrememberings)
"About time" - Paul Bley (Solo piano)
"Black narcissus" - Joe Henderson (Power to the people)
"Ham and cheese" - Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile (Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile)
"One single chord" - Michel Benita featuring Manu Codjia (Ramblin')
"Jupiter" - Rob Mosher's Storytime (The tortoise)
"Humus - the life-exploring force" - Don Cherry (Actions)
"Better git hit in your soul" - Davy Graham (Folk, blues, & beyond…)
"First light" - Medeski, Martin, & Wood (Radiolarians I)
"One nine two six four two dies" - Mary Halvorson Trio (Dragon's head)
"A twisted little etude" - David Benoit (Heroes)
"Scribble town" - The Peggy Lee Band (New code)
"Ogunnde" - John Coltrane (The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording)
"Atari" - Marco Benevento (Invisible baby)
"Arc for puppy" - Mario Pavone (Double tenor quintet)
"November night"- Jim McAuley (The ultimate frog)

I have to admit, I really liked this show. I played some very long tracks, something that has become a bit of feature of the "around Christmas" Breaking The Tethers programs. I also played some favourites of mine, both tracks that have been played before (e.g. "Humus" by Don Cherry; I last played this in August 2006; it's a fantastic piece that goes to some amazing places!) and that have not (e.g. the live and incredibly intense "Ogunde" by Coltrane and "Better git hit in your soul" by the recently-deceased Davy Graham).

On the subject of Coltrane, it's become traditional to play a long Coltrane track at Christmas. Last year, I played "Om". This year, I played "Ogunde". What should I play in 2010? I'm thinking maybe one of the versions of "Ascension" or perhaps "Kulu Se Mama"? Maybe a long track from the Seattle live album? The disembowelment of "Body And Soul" from that recording could fit the bill, as could several of the other tracks. Suggestions are very welcome.

Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year. For those who have time off in the next couple of weeks, have a great break. I will be on the air on December 30 so please join me then.

Andrew

December 16, 2008

"Archange" - Alain Bedard Auguste Quintet (Bluesy lunedi)
"Birds" - Menahan Street Band (Make the road by walking)
"Do the jangle" - Esbjorn Svensson Trio (Good morning Susie Soho)
"Kalyani" - Rudresh Mahanthappa (Kinsmen)
"In walked Bud" - Fred Hersch (Fred Hersch plays Monk)
"775" - Alan Sondheim (Ritual-all-7-70)
"Hello young lovers" - Leslie Lewis & Gerard Hagen Trio (Of two minds)
"Lil' Victa" - SMV (Thunder)
"Mecanique onirique" - (Galerie Stratique)
"Faux world" - Groove sweet (William Parker Quartet)
"Petit oiseau" - Dynamite at midnight (King Curtis)
"55 years of jazz" - Dance like there's no tomorrow (John Ellis)
"Dance like there's no tomorrow' - La rouge (Torngat)(Nothing on but your radio: live sessions from CJSW 90.9 FM)
"Nothing personal" - Terri Lynne Carrington/Robi Botos/Phil Dwyer/Marc Rogers (One take, volume two)
"Maple leaf rag" - Emerson Lake & Palmer (Works volume 2)
"Nothing serious" - Chris Davis (A night remembered)
"Spectrum" - Andrew Hill (Point of departure)
"Les nuits dea la chapoulie" - Chris Speed/Chris Cheek/Stephane Furic/Leibovici (Jugendstil)
"Paula C" - Danilo Perez (…til then)
"Amarrado a saudade" - Rabih Abou-Khalil (Em portugues)
"J blues" - Anat Cohen (Notes from the village)
"Around again' - Paul Bley Quintet (Barrage)

An average kinda show this week. Next show is Dec. 23; I'll be doing what I normally do on my "Christmas" shows and play some very long tracks. I've got some Coltrane, (recent) Paul Bley, and more on tap. Please tune in.

Andrew

December 9, 2008

"Thru traffic" - Chris Davis (A night remembered)
"25th street" - Kieran Hebden/Steve Reid (NYC)
"Automme" - Florin Niculescu (Plays Stephane Grappelli)
"Grooveyard" - Benny Green (Naturally)
"Rolling son" - Medeski, Martin, & Wood (Radiolarians I)
"You can't lose a broken heart" - Laika (Misery)
"Peace, unknown" - The Royal Hartigan Ensemble (Blood drum spirit: live in China)
"Dona Maria" - Trio da Paz (Black orpheus)
"Hoax" - Simon Legault Quartet (Misrememberings)
"A prayer for my family" - McCoy Tyner (Sahara)
"Saro-Wiwa" - Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls (56 years of jazz)
"Mutt & Jeff"" - James Moody (Honey)
"Nobody" - Pete M. Wyer (Stories from the city at night)
"1920s car chase" - Rob Mosher's Storytime (The tortoise)
"Offshoot 2" - The Peggy Lee Band (New code)
"For another time (1)" - James Davis Quintet (Angles of refraction)
"Secret meeting' - Michel Benita featuring Manu Codjia (Ramblin')
"Escape tones" - Jim McAuley (The ultimate frog)
"Blues clair" - The Bow Djangos (Hot! Swing & gypsy jazz!)
"Scant frame" - Mary Halvorson Trio (Dragon's head)
"Lonesome death of Hattie Carroll" - Michael Moore Trio (De Singel, Antwerpen, Belgium, December 4, 2005)
"Andrew" - Mario Pavone (Double tenor quintet)
"Sempre amore" - Bruno Hebert Trio (Live @ the Cellar)
"Damn Nam (ain't going to Viet Nam)" - Nucleus with Leon Thomas (Montreux, June 20, 1970)
"This is the pig" - Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile (Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile)
"Long ago and far away" - John Abercrombie/Don Wall/Adam Nussbaum (Tactics)

This was an interesting show for a few reasons. There was a wide variety of styles of music played (including two gypsy jazz pieces; how often has this happened on Breaking The Tethers??) and there were a few more tracks played than usual; 26 instead of the regular 22-24 (I've gone higher, over 30, but not for a long while). Who knows what next week will bring.

Faves this week: "25th Street" by Hebden and Reid, "Rolling Son" by MMW, and "A prayer for my family" by Tyner. I also very much liked the Ted Sirota and Rob Mosher tunes.

Andrew

December 2, 2008

"Watercolours" - Altsys Jazz Orchestra (Watercolours)
"Raju" - John McLaughlin (Floating point)
"Lullaby for the naïve ones" - Anat Cohen (Notes from the village)
"Dichotomy" - Michel Camilo (Live at the Blue Note)
"Ictus" - Paul Bley Quintet (Barrage)
"Hand full of five" - Steve Turre (The spirits up above)
"In my morning song" - Kalaparush (57 years of jazz)
"55" - Alain Bedard Auguste Quintet (Bluesy lunedi)
"Zydeco clowns on the lam" - John Ellis & Double Wide (Dance like there's no tomorrow)
"776" - Alan Sondheim (Ritual-all-7-70)
"Money money money" - The Microscopic Septet (Lobster leaps in)
"Waltz for my grandchildren" - Eddie Palmieri (Arete)
"In walked Bud" - Leslie Lewis & Gerard Hagen Trio (Of two minds)
"Re-entry" - Morgan Childs Quintet (Time)
"Presto" - David Lynch/Yorgos Fakanas (Music stories)
"Dancing with aurora borealis" - Aaron Young (Works)
"Tiger rag" - Charlie Parker (Bird in time 1940-1947)
"Everyday hero" - George Duke (Dukey treats)
"Ganesha" - Rudresh Mahanthappa (Kinsmen)
"Karina" - Menahan Street Band (Make the road by walking)
"Song" - Thanos Mirkoutsikos/Gary Burton (Music stories)
"Shifty toe" - Rob Brown with Daniel Levin and Satoshi Takeishi
"Everything is soft" - The Tangerine Awkestra (Aliens took my mom)
"Title " - Barnacled (Charles)
"Watabokkuri" - Yximalloo (Unpop)

This show featured an interesting mix of fairly straight and fairly odd music. Didn't quite plan it that way but that's the way it turned out (and I'm fine with that!). As well, there was a lot of new material but that seems to be the way things are going these days (new releases for the Christmas market maybe?). Also, I was Mr. Butterfingers on the board a bit today. Oh well.

Fave tune this week: "Karina" by Menahan Street Band. Thanks to CJSW Music Director Myke Atkinson who pointed me in the direction of this group.

Andrew

November 25, 2008

"Simple blues" - Oliver Jones (Second time around)
"Mr. Jones" - Javon Jackson (Once upon a melody)
"Dragon's head" - Mary Halvorson Trio (Dragon's head)
"Rabbit cake" - Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile (Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile)
"Mr. Clean" - The Roy Hargrove Quintet (Earfood)
"Tournesol" - Florin Niculescu (Plays Stephane Grappelli)
"Between B & C" - Kieran Hebden/Steve Reid (NYC)
"Soleil d'acier" - Galerie Stratique (Faux world)
"Not a wake up call" - The Peggy Lee Band (New code)
"Reliquary" - Medeski, Martin, & Wood (Radiolarians I)
"All of you" - Laika (Misery)
"Edda" - Bruno Hebert Trio (Live @ the Cellar)
"Forests" - Brazilian Trio (Forests)
"Haufig eine hydraulische metaphertendenz" - Butcher/Muller/Van Der Schyff
(Way out northwest)
"Bell island" - Duane Andrews (Raindrops)
"March of the elephants" - Rob Mosher's Storytime (The tortoise)
"Nephthys" - Jeremy Pelt (November)
"Jump start" - Jim McAuley (The ultimate frog)
"Somebody" - Pete M. Wyer (Stories from the city at night)
"Pachuca" - Mario Pavone (Double tenor quintet)
"Fair enough" - James Davis Quintet (Angles of refraction)
"Breathe" - The Matthew Herbert Big Band (There's me and there's you)
"Caravan" - Dennis Day (All things in time)
"Dennis & Sledge" - Michel Benita featuring Manu Codjia (Ramblin')

This was another "new" show. All the material was "new" in some way; newly recorded and released, newly re-released, or newly dug out from the vaults. As with the other "new" shows I've done recently, this wasn't really planned; it just kinda happened.

I really liked pretty much everything that was played this week. My top faves: "Between B & C" by Hebden & Reid, "Reliquary" by MMW, and "March of the elephants" by Rob Mosher's Storytime.

I was out-of-town and couldn't host Breaking The Tethers last week. Marc from Heads Telling Tales filled in for me. Many thanks to Marc. I am in his debt.

Andrew

November 11, 2008

"Sweet & sour" - Bruno Hebert Trio (Live @ the Cellar)
"The story" - The Matthew Herbert Big Band (There's me and there's you)
"A notice" - Horacio Hernandez (Italuba II)
"You win again (testifyin')" - Chris Greene Quartet (Soul and science 2: electric boogaloo)
"The hollows" - Ralph Towner (Time line)
"Dreaming of Glenisla" - Ken Hyder's Talisker (Wayside sampler 4)
"Friendship suite" - J.J. Johnson (Let's hang out)
"Hippidy hop (drum solo)" - Roy Haynes and the Fountain of Youth Band (Whereas)
"Old devil moon" - Tony Quarrington (Deep river)
"Softly, William, softly" - Dave Brubeck Quartet (London, 1966)
"Too many ties" - Mary Halvorson Trio (Dragon's head)
"Fourth day - plants and trees" - Jan Hammer (The first seven days)
"Omicron" - Morgan Childs Quintet (Time)
"Time has no ending" - The Jazz Crusaders (Old socks, new shoes…New socks, old shoes)
"Heriocredolphysiognomystery" - Gunter Hampel Group (Music from Europe)
"Only the righteous" - Bill King's Rhythm Express (Beat street)
"Almost right" - The Microscopic Septet (Lobster leaps in)
"Danza lucumi" - Bebo Valdez (Bebo)
"Nnuena" - Michael Occhipinti (The Sicilian jazz project)
"Images of us" - George Duke (Dukey treats)
"Yellow submarine" - Franco Ambrosetti (Movies)
"Let me tell you about my day" - Phil Dwyer/Alan Jones/Rodney Whitaker (Let me tell you about my day)
"The peregrine blues" - Don Thompson Quartet (For Kenny Wheeler)

My favourites this week: "The hollows" by Ralph Towner (spooky; should have played it on Halloween); "Softly, William, softly" by Brubeck (I love how he pushes things up a notch or two around the 1:00 left mark); "Too many ties" by Mary Halvorson and trio (I dig messing with the pitch of guitar strings as they are being played); and Franco Ambrosetti's half-crazed take on The Beatles "Yellow submarine".

The last two tracks feature sax player and pianist Phil Dwyer who will be in Calgary for performances this Friday and Saturday. John Reid from the Canadian Music Centre and the Jazz Is Society joined me to talk about the shows (thanks, John!).

I'll be away next week. Marc from the (new) Monday jazz show, Heads Telling Tales, will be filling in for me (thanks, Marc!). I'll be back behind the boards on Tuesday, November 25.

Andrew

November 4, 2008

After weeks of slackdom, I managed to get a list posted the day of the show:

"The Petty Harbour bait skiff" - Duane Andrews (Raindrops)
"Washingon Square Park" - Anat Cohen (Notes from the village)
"Sub-conscious Lee" - Bill Frisell (History, mystery)
"Kadri-alap" - Rudresh Mahanthappa (Kinsmen)
"Mata" - Jeremy Pelt (November)
"Where's the cat??" - Adam Niewood & His Rabble Rousers (Epic journey)
"Magic clock machine" - Butcher/Muller/Van Der Schyff (Way out northwest)
"Les beautes s'ignorent" - Galerie Stratique (Faux world)
"Lover come back" - Josephine Biundo (Let there be love)
"Strong tears" - Lowell Davidson (Trio)
"Pendulum" - SMV (Thunder)
"I'm not so sure" - The Roy Hargrove Quintet (Earfood)
"Therego" - Chris Speed/Chris Cheek/Stephane Furic/Leibovici (Jugendstil)
"Pent-up house" - Paul Bley (Solo piano)
"Bumpy trail" - Eri Yamamoto Trio (Redwoods)
"Owl's nightmare" - The Royal Hartigan Ensemble (Blood drum spirit: live in China)
"Traneian blue" - The Bob Brough Quartet (Time away)
"The filth" - Ben Wolfe (No stranger here)
"So what" - Miles From India (Miles from India)
"Five peace band" - John McLaughlin (Floating point)
"Joachim is our friend" - Karel Velebny (SHQ)
"Vera cruz" - Brazilian Trio (Forests)

This was the first post-funding drive show. As with the show that preceeded the Funding Drive edition of Breaking The Tethers, everything on this program was newly released. I didn't quite plan it this way, things just kind of headed in that direction. Music-wise, it's good stuff all around. Neat title of the day: "The filth" by Ben Wolfe.

Many thanks again to all who pledged during the CJSW Funding Drive, on my show and on other shows. The grand total for the station was $205,172 (or thereabouts).

Andrew