Flotation Device checks in with one of the OGs of creative music, Roscoe Mitchell, and his new album of duets with drummer Michele Rabbia. His legacy touches multiple generations, as can be deduced by new recordings of improvised music by Craig Taborn, Quinsin Nachoff, Shelley Hirsch, Matt Mitchell, Tomeka Reid and Ches Smith. Meanwhile, Moon Ha and Christophe Bailleau O'Farrell explore different electronifcations of wind and string instruments, Toshi Ichiyanagi gets a premiere recording, and Wukir Suryadi and the late Richard Felciano mix Western and Indonesian musical inventions. A 90th birthday nod to Richard Rodney Bennett and some St. Louis-style avant-rock from Yowie round out the playlist. Creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell from 91.3 KBCS-FM.
