Flotation Device bids farewell to Per Nørgård, the dean of Norwegian composers, and celebrates the centenaries of avant-gardists Aldo Clementi, Ivo Malec, Lucia Dlugoszewski and Gunther Schuller. A piano-centric segment features new solo releases by Matthew Shipp (on Cantaloupe Music), Timo Andres (updating the classical chaconne form) and Keith Jarrett (captured in an uncharacteristically somber mood during his final European tour), while Steve Lehman offers an epilogue to our recent Anthony Braxton at 80 podcast with a new quartet recording dedicated to his music. The disparate sound worlds of Alex Paxton, Ingrid Laubrock, Yikii and a perpetually young Marshall Allen, all captured in new portrait albums, round things out. Creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, originally broadcast June 15, 2025 on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma.
