Radio Eclectus #55: Bach with wrong notes (Jul. 30, 2020)

Radical new music from the Northwest and beyond! In this episode we preview a new Michael Finnissy composition modeled after a Bach cantata, an upcoming album by Bonnie Whiting for speaking percussionist and another by Liza Stepanova for solo piano. Our 50 Years Ago feature revisits a landmark Eurojazz album for sax, electric guitar and drums, contrasting it with a brand-new Pacific Northwest-based exploration of that same combination. Ensemble Rosaces offers a modern take on Medieval songs, and our Rarities Department unearths obscure items by Seattle’s Gyre trio and the great Jerry Hunt, both of them unavailable to stream anywhere else! A throng of new tracks from New York, London, Denmark, Germany, Indonesia and the Pacific Northwest round out the playlist.

Photo credits and annotated playlist in Comments.