Radio Eclectus #71: Ornette + Toru = Adam (Nov. 19, 2020)

New music meets old as we reach back 50 years for radical sounds by Tōru Takemitsu and Ornette Coleman. Together they form a lens through which we preview Adam Rudolph’s newest album of East/West conducted improv. We also check out the latest sonic offensives from The Bastard Kings of Samadhi, Joëlle Léandre with accordionist Pascal Contet, and Le Grand Sbam (relating this unique French band to the 90s Québécoise fusion group Justine). We honor Kyle Gann at 65 and Charles Shere at 85, and sample the new Mansurian album featuring Kim Kashkashian and friends. Finally in hour three, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto and Klangforum Wien's Uli Fussenegger wrap up our recent Scelsi Revisited theme with long, intense tapestries of clusters, drones and bygone voices. Radical new music from the Northwest and beyond with host Michael Schell.

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