Breaking The Tethers

By CJSW 90.9 FM

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. ... more

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How many episodes does Breaking The Tethers have?

The podcast currently has 284 episodes available.

Breaking The Tethers episodes:

September 04, 2023Breaking The Tethers - Episode September 4, 2023
Some striking and strange music this week.

Playlist:
Freddie Hubbard - Breaking point
Ali Berkok - Giant steps
Ghost Rhythms - La chose
Pete McCann - Trifecta
Scanner with the Post Modern Jazz Quartet - Cuts and shadows
Wadada Leo Smith - America, pts. 1, 2 & 3
Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio featuring Billy Bang - Big M
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August 28, 2023Breaking The Tethers - Episode August 28, 2023
Big tunes from John Coltrane and William Parker this week!

Playlist:
John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy - Africa
Henry Threadgill Ensemble - Mvt. I, section 3
William Parker - I'm so proud/Ya he yey ya
Jalen Baker - The light
Tyshawn Sorey - In what direction are you headed
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August 25, 2023Breaking The Tethers - Episode August 28, 2023
Playlist:
Sandy Bull - Blend
The Stooges - Loose
Witch Prophet - Dizzy
Genesis - Fly on a windshield
John Lennon, Yoko Ono - Two virgins
Paramorph Collective - as medicine
Joe Keithley - The warrior lives again
Bobby Hutcherson - Theme from Blow up
13go - Bloodlines
Hamid Drake's Turiya with Shabaka Hutchings - Untitled
Half Japanese - Zombie world
Grateful Dead - That's it for the other one IV. We leave the castle
Hugh Hopper & Alan Gowen - Fishtank I
Henry Threadgill Ensemble - Mvt I, section 3
Bernard Herrmann - The search; The shadow; Phone booth; The porch; The stairs; The knife
Henry Threadgill Ensemble - Mvt III, section 16
Richard Thompson - My enemy
Henry Threadgill Ensemble - Mvt. III, section 14
Pauline Oliveros, IONE, Christopher Willes, Public Recordings - Bonus flexi dic loop demo
Sam Dickinson - Bless this nightmare
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August 22, 2023Breaking The Tethers - Episode August 14, 2023
Playlist:
Noah Howard - This Place Called Earth
BADBADNOTGOOD - And That, Too
Andrew Downing/Jim Lewis/David Occhipinti - Once I Loved
Sam Dickinson - Reader Beware
Michael Constantino - Satin Doll
Sam Dickinson - T.C.'s Walk On
Michael Herring's Vertigo featuring David Binney - German Expressionist Cheerleader
Christine Jensen - Etude de Mars
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August 21, 2023Breaking The Tethers - Episode August 21, 2023
A big splash of free jazz this week!

Playlist:
Andrew Hill - Compulsion
Tim Ray Trio - Improv #1 (for Chick)
Chris Hazelton - Amsterdam after dark
Tony Allen & Adrian Younge - Ebun
Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau - Letter 2: Clarice in transition
Jon Menges - Turning point
Charles Gayle Trio - Compassion I
Michael Davis Hip-Bone Big Band - Cat walk
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August 07, 2023Breaking The Tethers - Episode August 7, 2023
Among other good things this week, there is Coltrane (and Dolphy!)

Playlist:
John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy - When lights are low
Marc Ciprut - Cissy strut
Danilo Perez - Cobilla
Soft Machine - Back in season
Vincente Archer - It takes two to know one (alternate take)
Tyshawn Sorey - Reincarnation blues
Virgil Moorefield - Noise is the price we pay for signal
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July 24, 2023Breaking The Tethers - Episode July 24, 2023
Plenty of tunes played, lots of new stuff, a few faves.

Playlist:
Larry Young - Trip merchant
Javon Jackson - The game
Soft Machine - Fell to earth
David Weiss - The turning gate
Sam Dickinson - Reader beware
Alan Shorter - Outeroids
Pilc Moutin Hoenig - Thin air
Tetsuya Nakatori, Shane Parish - Sight lines (excerpt)
Clark Gibson - Boptude
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July 17, 2023Breaking The Tethers - Episode July 17, 2023
Maybe more of "mellower" sound today, but not too straight-ahead. There's a big Miles Davis tune in the show, "new" Zappa, and great funkiness, right at the start!

Playlist:
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Move on up
Vincente Archer - Lighthouse
Kalia Vandever - Unfaltering
Miles Davis - Lonely fire
Frank Zappa - Halos and arrows
The Pacific Jazz Group - Utter chaos
David Virelles - The executioner
Clark Gibson - Boptude
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July 10, 2023Breaking The Tethers - Episode July 10, 2023
A fair amount of newly-released material this week, including a new Soft Machine track!

Playlist:
Return To Forever - Space circus
Ayako Shinozaki - Stanza II
Soft Machine - Backwards
Chris Clark Quintet - Indecisive
Planet Imaginerio - El teatro de los faranduleros
Nicole Zuraitis - Reverie
Javon Jackson - In the clouds
Sam Dickinson - Don't ask me
Hugh Hopper & Alan Gowen - Waltz for Nobby
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July 03, 2023Breaking The Tethers - Episode July 3, 2023
A jazz-rock (fusion?) feel to today's proceedings.

Playlist:
Uzva - Soft machine
Here & Here & Here - Potozo
Nels Cline & Gregg Bendian - Lonnie's lament
Jeff Beck Group - Situation
Bill King - Havana odyssey
Eucalyptus - Jelly roll
Pete La Roca - And so I
Sea Level - Tidal wave
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FAQs about Breaking The Tethers:

How many episodes does Breaking The Tethers have?

The podcast currently has 284 episodes available.