Breaking The Tethers

Breaking The Tethers

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Breaking The Tethers episodes

  • Breaking The Tethers - Episode January 29, 2024
    A fair amount of Canadian music this week plus a fair bit of piano.

    Playlist:
    • Ulysses Owens Jr and Generation Y - Sticks
    • Craig Brenan, Florian Ross - Kind folk
    • Writers' Guild - Boondoggle
    • Quentin Tolimieri - Pointslinesplanes
    • Josh Zubot Strings - Beach and car
    • Xavier Hellmeier - Midnight waltz
    • Charles Chen - Peter and the big bad wolf
    • Emmet Cohen featuring Houston Person - Blues everywhere
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  • Breaking The Tethers - Episode January 22, 2024
    Some shows just flow and fit together well. This was one of them. Part fairly straight-ahead jazz, part jazz from the outer rim.

    Playlist:
    • Lisa Hilton - Anxiety society
    • Pat Metheny Unity Group - Adagio
    • Hutchinson Andrew Trio - Jig
    • Steve Lehman et Orchestre National de Jazz - Le seuil
    • Patrick Battstone - Film noir
    • Positive Catastrophe - Deebruhoe three
    • Steve Lehman et Orchestre National de Jazz - Le seuil (part 2)
    • Russ Speigel - The underdown groove
    • Elton Dean, Paul Dunmall, Tony Levin, Paul Rogers, Roswell Rudd, Keith Tippet - Too suchmuchness
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  • Breaking The Tethers - Podcast January 8, 2024
    Not an "all-new" show this week but not far off. Maybe a tad more straight-ahead than usual?

    Playlist:
    • The Flying Horse Big Band - Mosaic
    • Scott Emmerman - Judgement day
    • New York Art Quartet - Pa tirsdag
    • Donald Vega - Tomorrows II
    • Yuji Ohno - Speak low
    • Matias Formica Cinco - Sie rie uno
    • Joey Alexander - Blue
    • John & David Sneider - Sneid remarks
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  • Breaking The Tethers - Episode January 1, 2024
    For the first time in a long time, this was an "all-new" show. Everything played in the program was newly-released or newly-re-released.

    Playlist:
    • Luther Thomas Human Arts Ensemble - Funky donkey
    • Jimi Prasad Orchestra - Simple dimple
    • Malleus Trio - Uncle Ubah
    • Casey MacGill - The camel's hump
    • I.P.A - Grimsta
    • Ruiqi Wang - A letter to L
    • Xavier Hellmeier - A night in Verona
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  • Breaking The Tethers - Episode December 18, 2023
    Solid, fun show, despite some butterfingers from the host!

    Playlist:
    • Gato Barbieri - Gato gato
    • Randy Bernsen - Chant 881
    • Bill King Trio - Ivory town
    • The Budos Band - Crescent blade
    • Freddie Hubbard, İlhan Mimaroğlu - The crowd
    • Ruiqi Wang - A descent of lilies
    • Rubim de Toledo - The long way (down)
    • The Flying Horse Big Band - Free for all
    • Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath - Wood fire
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  • Breaking The Tethers - Episode December 11, 2023
    This show featured an interview with Arpana from Solidaridad Tango, who have a new record out, Distancia. Played two tracks from Distancia, including a great cover of Rush's "YYZ"!

    Playlist:
    • Solidaridad - YYZ
    • Solidaridad - Charrua
    • Bobby Hutcherson - Nocturnal
    • Adam Shulman - We three kings
    • Bernie Senensky - Stand pat
    • Matthieu Bordenave - Le temps divise
    • The Muffins - Three days that won't soon fade
    • Nite Bjuti - Stolen voices
    • The Aaron Keele Contingent - What difference does it make
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  • Breaking The Tethers - Episode December 4, 2023
    A solid show, from straight to weird.

    Playlist:
    • John Handy - Afro wiggle
    • Scott Emmerman - Spheres
    • Mario Romano Trio - Autumn leaves
    • Matias Formica Cinco - Cromapi vision
    • Nicole Rampersaud - Then again...
    • Matt Haimovitz, Uccello - Open country joy
    • Donald Vega - Baila! Dance like no-one's watching
    • Ivo Perelman & Nate Wooley - Four
    • Laura Misch - Hide to seek
    • Dave Young Quartet - Jordu
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  • Breaking The Tethers - Episode November 27, 2023
    Definitely a lean to the weird this week, including a big trip with Don Cherry!

    Playlist:
    • Don Cherry - Humus - the life exploring force
    • Herb Silverstein - Synchrony
    • Pete La Roca - Malaguena
    • Nick Joliat - Rainbow
    • Josh Cole - Talking makes it worse
    • Rubim de Toledo - Out from under
    • Maddie Volger - Check engine light
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  • Breaking The Tethers - Podcast November 20, 2023
    Just a good show, packed with music!

    Playlist:
    • Jake Hertzog - Forms
    • Steve Lehman et Orchestre National de Jazz - Los Angeles imaginary
    • Joshua Redman Featuring Gabrielle Cavassa - Alabama
    • John & David Sneider - Pixel people
    • Michael Musillami Trio - Mountain pride
    • I.P.A - Ballet
    • Nicole Rampersaud - And then...
    • Nite Bjuti - Singing bones
    • Yuji Ohno, Nanako Sato - Kirameku inner space
    • Atley King - Unconditional
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About Breaking The Tethers

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Listen to Breaking The Tethers for music you could call jazz, broadly defined. Free, modal, experimental, avant, out there, and more are words you could use for the music that BTT feeds to your ears.…