This show features a combination of new, familiar and historical voices inspired by the 50th birthday of our broadcast host, KBCS. We revisit the March 1973 zeitgeist that gave us student sit-ins in Bellevue, as well as landmark albums by Stockhausen (with his own take on radio nostalgia), Frank Zappa (with an incipient R&B superstar lurking in the background) and Keith Jarrett (with one last nod to the avant-garde as he launched his solo career), and we observe their influence in four new albums by Canadian and European musicians.
Lao Dan abrings his bamboo flute to a gig with one of the OGs of Japanese free improv, Sabu Toyozumi, while the Jim Black Quartet explores John Zorn's contributions to the bagatelle form. Scott Robinson practices circular breathing beneath Matt Shipp’s strident chords in the new East Axis album, while Korean pansori and European lieder combine in EunHo Chang’s Sensational Bliss project, putting an exclamation point on this unique and far-reaching lineup.
