Breaking The Tethers

An all "new" edition of BTT, a little on the intense side overall perhaps...Playlist: Yusuf Mumin - Diaspora impressionismAnthony D'Alessandro - Harlem strutChristopher McBride - Seven (the human cost)Rafiq Bhatia - Clearing cricketsDavid Occhipinti - SouthwarkBaltimore Jazz Collective - Red lined outroJoey Waronker & Pete Min - Big dipperNoam Lemish - San Francisco is my Copenhagen

The post-2025 CJSW Funding Drive BTT show. Thanks to all who donated this year!Playlist: Al Muirhead - CorcovadoRich Brown - Turiyasangitananada - the transcendental lord's highest song of bliss (meditation for Alice Coltrane)Alice Coltrane - Battle at ArmageddonQuator de saxophones Nelligan - EssencesJamile - JogralRichard Carr - EssaouiraMike LeDonne's Groover Quartet - Mary Lou's bluesJames Brandon Lewis - Don't forget Jayne

Playlist: Brother Jack McDuff - Theme from electric surfboardAmnesiac Quartet - BloomD.D. Jackson - Daylight shooting in Little ItalyHoward Moody, John Surman - Dancing in the loftDisaster Pony - Hot like bugs

New and varied was the theme of this episode of BTT. It's also the last "regular" program before the 2025 CJSW Funding Drive begins (the BTT FD show will be next week, Monday, October 20!)Playlist: Etienne Charles - Bilali introEtienne Charles - BilaliBrigette Fontaine - Il se passe des choses (instrumental)The Dwarfs of East Agouza - Saber tooth millipedeDanny Thompson - Minor escapadeRich Brown - Nyaeba (the griot)James Danderfer - TumbletownDave Liebman - The callEli Yamin - Squeeze in tightJoey Waronker & Pete Min - Little dipperDavid Bode - Dear Prudence/Don't let me down

I saw the freak-out and reached for it (mostly)...Playlist: Mike LeDonne's Groover Quartet - DelilahRafiq Bhatia - OcclusionFrancois Rabbath - KoboldsJohn Coltrane - Living spaceFrancois Rabbath - BreizAlain Bedard Auguste Quartet - Profumo chaneleoneEvan Parker - Monoceros 2Bobby Hutcherson - Spiral

Soft Works last week, Soft Bounds (a long one!) this week. Plus a few other groovy tracks.Playlist: Soft Bounds - Slightly all the timeVoodoo Jazz - Motion sicknessEric Alexander - JaveTom Trio - Let's danceDavid Occhipinti - Canticum abaci

Lots of songs played (for a jazz show - 11), some weird, some not.Playlist: Graham Collier - Part 1 (introduction)Fieldwork - The night beforeBill King Trio - Hymn #1Graham Collier - Part 7 (coda)Aaron Dolman - Stars in a midnight lake (intro)Joe Bowden - The next stepSoft Works - Madam vintagePassport - HexensabbatTara Davidson - Train to TarrytownLou Durra - No surprisesEllery Eskelin - Untitled one

Special guests today! Talked with Aimee-Jo Benoit and Lisa Buck from BuckingJam Palace (buckingjampalace.com) about the upcoming Chocolate Box #1 music event.Playlist: Lingyuan Yang - BloodstainRedline Trio - Douglas firsMary Halvorson - AbsinthianJack DeJohnette - Free above the seaDan Weiss - PlusgoodGreg Murphy - Proximity

Plenty of newly-released music played today. Lots in fusion and funky veins. Note: The album Electricity by Albare should read Eclectricity.Playlist: Chris Smith - Go lonely womanThe Budos Band - OverlanderTurtleboy - Vampyrotheuthus infernalisGreg Murphy - Humpty dumptyHaas Company - IntravenousSpike Wilner Trio Contrafactus - BenedictionThe Sure Fire Soul Ensemble - FreddieAlbare - Round tripVijay Iyer Trio - Cardio

Leaning kinda out there musically plus the return of regular Breaking The Tethers host, Andrew Waller.Playlist: The Christian Overton Quintet - Chasing ghostsLingyuan Yang - Ritual fireCharles Kynard - Little ghetto boyThe Fox Big Band Benny Benack III - Benny's from HeavenBen Clifton - No access to HollywoodSonny Sharrock - Many mansionsCharles Chen - Colossus of RhodesDarius Jones, Matthew Shipp - Nix uotanMary Halvorson - Endmost

Only five tracks this week but a great five tracks! Includes a couple of "guitar hero" appearances!Playlist: Pharoah Sanders - The creator has a master planCory Weeds, Jerry Weldon - One flight downNew Tony Williams Lifetime - FredSpike Wilner Trio Contrafactus - Moment to moment (for Harry Whitaker)Pat Metheny with Dave Holland & Roy Haynes - Three flights up

This was an "all new" show. 9 first time releases, 1 re-release.Playlist: Skullcap - Pine trees of Tennesseegallus gallus - 1 (cancri e)Heavyweights Brass Band - North Philly's finestCharles Kynard - Slop jarDIVA Jazz Orchestra - Ko-koDan Weiss - Unclassified actionsTim Jago - Time shiftNolasiA - All bluesChris Smith - Elderly woman behind the counter in a small townAlbare - Hypothetical retrospection

Some new, some old, nothing too far out.Playlist: Spike Wilner Trio Contrafactus - The child and the warlockRon Korb - La la formosa postludeAndy Milne & Unison - The callMarion Brown - Sweet earth flying part 3Haas Company - AphelionJoe Henderson - Loose changeKristen R. Bromley - Wahoo!Bitter Funeral Beer Band - Funeral dance (excerpt)The Empress - Caravan

A bit of a rock element today and longer tracksPlaylist: Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green - The journeyPassport - HomonculusThe Mothers of Invention - King Kong (part one)Paul Motian Trio - YallahJack Bruce, BBC Big Band - White room

Kinda all over the map...Playlist: Kamasi Washington - The magnificent 7Femi Kuti - Last muguDave Sharp Worlds Quartet - Rue de royalMary Halvorson - Carved fromGeoffrey Dean Quartet - What may comeWayne Shorter - MontezumaMike Field - One time in TibetBrad Turner - Mr. Charles

Brotherhood show, week two!Playlist: Brotherhood of Breath - Track 2George Crotty Trio - Task at handCODE Quartet - PersephoneWhispering Worlds - Reflection nebula

A break between brotherhood episodes.Playlist: Miles Davis, Bill Laswell - In a silent way/Shhh peaceful/It's about that timeReginald Cyntje - Fragility of existenceSonny Sharrock Band - Venus/Upper EgyptJames Danderfer Group - Memory lossTriology, Scott Hamilton - Moose the moocheDr. Lonnie Smith - Monk could swing

Brotherhood starts the show, week one!Playlist: Brotherhood Consort - SelflessnessJoshua Banks - AgilaThe AACM Great Black Music Ensemble - OmoiRonan Guilfoyle - Diversionary tacticsEd Palermo Big Band - The fishIconoclast - Hope you don't mindGeoffrey Dean Quartet - PrismBennie Maupin - Mappo

Almost an "all-new" show this week!Playlist: Bobby Hutcherson - Hello to the windMiles From India - Great expectationsSteve Lehman - L.A. genesCecil Taylor - T (beautiful young 'un)Cosmic Cliffs - Serpentine suspensionZhengtao Pan Jazz Orchestra - On the busFarnaz Ohadi - Lama badaSheldon Agwu - Unsing heroesGerald Clayton - RushBenjie Porecki - Wise decisions

This was an all-new show, the first of 2025!Playlist: Jimmy Farace - Growing painsGerald Clayton - Sacrifice cultureNour Symon - Il n'y a rien à dire sur l'humanitéDave Robbins Big Band - WestcoastingSteve Lehman - 34aThe Steve Holt Jazz Impact Quintet - ImpactRuss Anixter's Hippie Big Band - What is hipSheldon Agwu - Providence

A music-heavy show, featuring many different musical styles.Playlist: Muhal Richard Abrahams - Arhythm songyTakuya Kuroda - EVERYDAYStef.in - Aku san zanDan Moretti & Brazilia - Witch huntHugh Hopper & Alan Gowen - Stopes changeManu Dibango - Africa boogieStockton Helbing Quartet - Lele's tune part IThe Ostara Project - Voyage sans retourArtemis - Sights unseen

This show featured an interview with musician, composer, and bandleader Rachel Therrien. Also, there was heaven, angels, Satan, purgatory, and a necropolis.Playlist: Caili O'Doherty - Struttin' with some barbequeRachel Therrien - OrunHenri Texier - Quand le blues s'en iraRuss Anixter's Hippie Big Band - Heaven on their mindsRoy Haynes - Satan's mysterious feelingDr. Purgatory - NecropolisPete La Roca - Lazy afternoonMichael Musillami Trio - Today the angels

Tuba, Chapman Stick, piano, prog, and much more!Playlist: Jeremy Ledbetter Trio - GravityHot 8 Brass Band - Big tubaStan Tracey Quartet - Starless and bible blackBrian Baggett - Ojos verdesEmerson Lake & Palmer - Piano improvisationsSteve Lehman - 23cThe Irv Grossman Sextet - Sound adviceRh Positive: Jim Heineman's Dream Band - Whirlwind

Dig all-women groups and loads of oddball jazz this week!Playlist: Rachel Therrien - Beauty freeArchie Shepp - The mac man (alternate take)The Ostara Project - RajalaskshniReginald Cyntje - ImpactArtemis - KomorebiRobin Kenyatta - You know how we doStef.in - Juan SotoRobert Creeley, Chris Massey, Steve Swallow, David Cast, David Torn - Words scattered

Out there + Africa + moody mellowPlaylist: McCoy Tyner - Contemporary focusJeff Beck Group - Ice cream cakesJoe Farrell - MotionOkonski - Summer stormManu Dibango - Waka juju part 1Atlantis Jazz Ensemble - Pillars of HerculesManu Dibango - Waka juju part 2Benjie Porecki - SonoraSonny Simmons - Things and beings

A special seven (tracks) on the show!Playlist: Yellowjackets - XermerisHealing Force - A man is like a treeJacob Wutzke - WarriorsWadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet - DeJohnetteOkonski - PennyNanami Haruta - The vibeArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - The drum thunder suite

Solid, solid music today!Playlist: Paul Motian Band - Mumbo jumboRachel Therrien - OrunRuss Anixter's Hippie Big Band - Whipping postMiles From India - All bluesRoy Haynes - Roy's tuneSteve Lehman - Unbroken and unspokenJuan Perea - Tyner timeKeith Jarrett - Diatribe

A jazz-rock kinda show, maybe a little proggy...Playlist: Merl Saunders - Welcome to the basementShabaka - To the moonLee Morgan - ExotiqueAriane Racicot - Avant la tempeteJazz Sabbath - Spiral architectBilly Cobham - Moody modesGunter Hampel Galaxie Dream Band, Jeanne Lee - Folk song/Languages, seeds and roots/No. 74/grand tour part e.

An all-round fine show! Spacey! Groovy!Playlist: Freddie Hubbard - First lightMikrokolektyw - GiftRare Air - Mammoth no armsBrian Charette - Why'd you have to go and lie to me boyCarson Tworow and David Lavoie - CypressThumbscrew - Somewhat agreeAmnesiac Quartet - BloomJerry Kalaf - PerspectivesAnthony Braxton Septet - Composition no. 348 part 7

A big tune starts this week: Out-bloody-rageous! And then we finish up in hell.Playlist: Soft Machine - Out-bloody-rageousBrodie West Quintet - Inhabit IAriane Racicot - Dancing with fireAlvin Queen - JazzCup Cafe bluesJazz Sabbath - Into the voidNicole McCabe - Inner criticSquirrel Nut Zippers - Hell

A long track begins the proceedings once more!Playlist: McCoy Tyner , Joe Henderson - In 'n' outJerry Kalaf - EpilogueCarl Allen - Hidden agendaMarion Brown - Pepi's tempoJoe Elefante's Wheel of Dharma - Samadhi

No long track to start this time!!Playlist: The Heavy Hitters - JBBob James - WolfmanJoel Jeschke - The number twelveAndrew Hill - Plantation bagMcCormack & Yarde Duo - Dark too brightMichael Sarian & Tomás Kidd - IncomingLEIBA Trio - Salgan al solMike Vlatkovich, kent mclagen, Chris Lee - Merle & NealRoberto Occhipinti - EvidenceZach Adleman - Evidence

Playlist: Hughscore - SpaceliftTipula - Smoky serendiptyPaul Hanson and Raze the Maze - When is enough?Iconoclast - RazoresqueIconoclast - Dead dressed girlsBrûlez les meubles - Conscience du tragiqueBeat Funktion - Snap to itBrahja Waldman's Quartet - Interpretation

Only five tracks! But five fine tracks, including one LONG one!Playlist: McCoy Tyner , Joe Henderson - Taking offMartin Tétreault - Bechet in the futureIrvin Mayfield - James BookerNicola Miller - Night crawlersThe Westerlies - 9/8

A few technical difficulties but still strong stuff - Coltrane! Miles! Cannonball!Playlist: John Coltrane - CreationDave McMurray - China cat sunflowerDiane Roblin & Life Force - CadenzaJohn McLaughlin - NostalgiaDavid Zucchi - Hello/GoodbyeCannonball Adderley Quintet - Soul zodiac/Walk tallPaul Hanson and Raze the Maze - QuietMiles Davis - Black Satin

For New Year's Eve Eve, one long voyage with a few shorter trips.Playlist: Tyshawn Sorey - Your good liesMartin Tétreault - Méthode ZappaLeszek Kulakowski Ensemble - Sophisticated beautyDeath Ambient - Part 9Nicola Miller - Night crawler

A fairly crazed episode, with appropriate injections of Christmas weirdness!Playlist: Hank Mobley - The third seasonLooper Colony - IntrospectionMarvin Gaye - I want to come home this ChristmasThumbscrew - Singlet. - Merry fucking ChristmasThélonius García - GouldKing Crimson - GroonJ.D. McDonald - Boogaloo Santa ClausPeggy Lee & Cole Schmidt - GloopStan Harrison - (Smaller than) the big pictureWesley Willis - Merry Christmas

Not Dec. 23! (long story)Playlist: Bill King - Harlan County shakedownJacob Chung - Thompson's pulpitPositive Catastrophe - Deebrujo twoPloug/Pettersen/Bsenhortst - NovemberKeith Price Double Quartet - The uglyRichard Davis - The rabbiJoel Jeschke - Nuuksio

Nice and varied!Playlist: Luis Tovar - SabanaJean-Luc Ponty - Wandering on the Milky Way/Fight for lifePeggy Lee & Cole Schmidt - MercyLisa Hilton - Prophecies & predictionsMichael Musilami Trio +4 - Thuggish morningsAdrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Una eteGeneviève Marentette - River manDave Douglas - Child of all nations

BTT today: Bouncing from normal to crazy and back again!Playlist: Roberto Occhipinti - TuaregJohn Surman, Howard Moody - Dancing in the loftStefan Smulovitz - Sunday rainJayne Cortez & The Firesplitters - No simple explanationsCarn Davidson 9 - SaudéBen Paterson - Chitlins con carneGreg Kelly - UntitledCalgaréal - Here, there, now, thenJoel Jeschke - IntroductionJoel Jeschke - KoskelaTim Motzer - 1K 2020 retrospectiveMasayuki Takaynagi - Free form suite, 2nd movement

A musical antidote to a snowy day in YYCPlaylist: Horacee Arnold - Euroaquilo silenceJeff Goldblum & the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra - The catAdrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Os ancestraisGary Williamson Trio - Patron saintAngell & Crane - UnearthPeter Erskine, Alan Pasqua, Darek Oles - TurnaroundBennie Maupin - ExcursionGeneviève Marentette - I talk to the windDan Fortin - MintyJacob Chung - Dim sumMitch Shiner and the Blooming Tones Band - When you wish upon a star

From free jazz to doom jazz, this episode has it all!Playlist: Alexander Von Schlippenbach - Main lines (part one)Omer Lesham - David's devastating journeyStockton Helbing Quartet - HandprintsFast 'n' bulbous: the Captain Beefheart Project - Evening bellChristopher Whitley - SixHarold Lopez-Nussa - A deguelloPhilip Clemo - StalkerRyuichi Sakamoto - Last regretsRh Positive: Jim Heineman's Dream Band - Rh positive