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 264 episodes available.

Breaking The Tethers episodes:

September 01, 2025Breaking The Tethers - Episode September 1, 2025
Leaning kinda out there musically plus the return of regular Breaking The Tethers host, Andrew Waller.

Playlist:
The Christian Overton Quintet - Chasing ghosts
Lingyuan Yang - Ritual fire
Charles Kynard - Little ghetto boy
The Fox Big Band Benny Benack III - Benny's from Heaven
Ben Clifton - No access to Hollywood
Sonny Sharrock - Many mansions
Charles Chen - Colossus of Rhodes
Darius Jones, Matthew Shipp - Nix uotan
Mary Halvorson - Endmost
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July 21, 2025Breaking The Tethers - Episode July 21, 2025
Only five tracks this week but a great five tracks! Includes a couple of "guitar hero" appearances!

Playlist:
Pharoah Sanders - The creator has a master plan
Cory Weeds, Jerry Weldon - One flight down
New Tony Williams Lifetime - Fred
Spike Wilner Trio Contrafactus - Moment to moment (for Harry Whitaker)
Pat Metheny with Dave Holland & Roy Haynes - Three flights up
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July 14, 2025Breaking The Tethers - Episode July 14, 2025
This was an "all new" show. 9 first time releases, 1 re-release.

Playlist:
Skullcap - Pine trees of Tennessee
gallus gallus - 1 (cancri e)
Heavyweights Brass Band - North Philly’s finest
Charles Kynard - Slop jar
DIVA Jazz Orchestra - Ko-ko
Dan Weiss - Unclassified actions
Tim Jago - Time shift
NolasiA - All blues
Chris Smith - Elderly woman behind the counter in a small town
Albare - Hypothetical retrospection
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July 07, 2025Breaking The Tethers - Episode July 7, 2025
Some new, some old, nothing too far out.

Playlist:
Spike Wilner Trio Contrafactus - The child and the warlock
Ron Korb - La la formosa postlude
Andy Milne & Unison - The call
Marion Brown - Sweet earth flying part 3
Haas Company - Aphelion
Joe Henderson - Loose change
Kristen R. Bromley - Wahoo!
Bitter Funeral Beer Band - Funeral dance (excerpt)
The Empress - Caravan
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June 30, 2025Breaking The Tethers - Episode June 30, 2025
A bit of a rock element today and longer tracks

Playlist:
Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green - The journey
Passport - Homonculus
The Mothers of Invention - King Kong (part one)
Paul Motian Trio - Yallah
Jack Bruce, BBC Big Band - White room
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June 23, 2025Breaking The Tethers - Episode June 23, 2025
Kinda all over the map...

Playlist:
Kamasi Washington - The magnificent 7
Femi Kuti - Last mugu
Dave Sharp Worlds Quartet - Rue de royal
Mary Halvorson - Carved from
Geoffrey Dean Quartet - What may come
Wayne Shorter - Montezuma
Mike Field - One time in Tibet
Brad Turner - Mr. Charles
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June 16, 2025Breaking The Tethers - Episode June 16, 2025
Brotherhood show, week two!

Playlist:
Brotherhood of Breath - Track 2
George Crotty Trio - Task at hand
CODE Quartet - Persephone
Whispering Worlds - Reflection nebula
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June 09, 2025Breaking The Tethers - Episode June 9, 2025
A break between brotherhood episodes.

Playlist:
Miles Davis, Bill Laswell - In a silent way/Shhh peaceful/It's about that time
Reginald Cyntje - Fragility of existence
Sonny Sharrock Band - Venus/Upper Egypt
James Danderfer Group - Memory loss
Triology, Scott Hamilton - Moose the mooche
Dr. Lonnie Smith - Monk could swing
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June 02, 2025Breaking The Tethers - Episode June 2, 2025
Brotherhood starts the show, week one!

Playlist:
Brotherhood Consort - Selflessness
Joshua Banks - Agila
The AACM Great Black Music Ensemble - Omoi
Ronan Guilfoyle - Diversionary tactics
Ed Palermo Big Band - The fish
Iconoclast - Hope you don't mind
Geoffrey Dean Quartet - Prism
Bennie Maupin - Mappo
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May 26, 2025Breaking The Tethers - Episode May 26, 2025
Almost an "all-new" show this week!

Playlist:
Bobby Hutcherson - Hello to the wind
Miles From India - Great expectations
Steve Lehman - L.A. genes
Cecil Taylor - T (beautiful young 'un)
Cosmic Cliffs - Serpentine suspension
Zhengtao Pan Jazz Orchestra - On the bus
Farnaz Ohadi - Lama bada
Sheldon Agwu - Unsing heroes
Gerald Clayton - Rush
Benjie Porecki - Wise decisions
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FAQs about Breaking The Tethers:

How many episodes does Breaking The Tethers have?

The podcast currently has 264 episodes available.