Flotation Device winds down from Halloween with a mellower lineup loaded with new releases. In the spotlight are premiere recordings by David Behrman (with Werner Durand), Terry Riley (with Trinity Choir and NOVUS NY) and Craig Taborn (by himself). We hear Sérgio and Clarice Assad’s new collaboration with Third Coast Percussion, sample Sarah Maria Sun and the Kuss Quartet doing Cage and Poppe, listen to some submarine Sørensen and miniaturized Zorn, and continue our survey of the massive new box sets from French acousmatician Denis Dufour and the team of Kate Gentile and Matt Mitchell (and friends). We close with a Miles Davis rarity for its 50th anniversary: a unique seven-player touring band from Davis’s most radical electric years that was captured live in concert but which never recorded a studio album.
Creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell. Annotated playlist and photo credits in comments.
