Breaking The Tethers

Breaking The Tethers

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Breaking The Tethers episodes

  • Breaking The Tethers - Episode November 3, 2025
    An all "new" edition of BTT, a little on the intense side overall perhaps...

    Playlist:
    • Yusuf Mumin - Diaspora impressionism
    • Anthony D'Alessandro - Harlem strut
    • Christopher McBride - Seven (the human cost)
    • Rafiq Bhatia - Clearing crickets
    • David Occhipinti - Southwark
    • Baltimore Jazz Collective - Red lined outro
    • Joey Waronker & Pete Min - Big dipper
    • Noam Lemish - San Francisco is my Copenhagen
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  • Breaking The Tethers - Episode October 27, 2025
    The post-2025 CJSW Funding Drive BTT show. Thanks to all who donated this year!

    Playlist:
    • Al Muirhead - Corcovado
    • Rich Brown - Turiyasangitananada - the transcendental lord’s highest song of bliss (meditation for Alice Coltrane)
    • Alice Coltrane - Battle at Armageddon
    • Quator de saxophones Nelligan - Essences
    • Jamile - Jogral
    • Richard Carr - Essaouira
    • Mike LeDonne's Groover Quartet - Mary Lou's blues
    • James Brandon Lewis - Don't forget Jayne
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  • Breaking The Tethers - Episode October 13, 2025
    New and varied was the theme of this episode of BTT. It's also the last "regular" program before the 2025 CJSW Funding Drive begins (the BTT FD show will be next week, Monday, October 20!)

    Playlist:
    • Etienne Charles - Bilali intro
    • Etienne Charles - Bilali
    • Brigette Fontaine - Il se passe des choses (instrumental)
    • The Dwarfs of East Agouza - Saber tooth millipede
    • Danny Thompson - Minor escapade
    • Rich Brown - Nyaeba (the griot)
    • James Danderfer - Tumbletown
    • Dave Liebman - The call
    • Eli Yamin - Squeeze in tight
    • Joey Waronker & Pete Min - Little dipper
    • David Bode - Dear Prudence/Don't let me down
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  • Breaking The Tethers - Episode October 6, 2025
    I saw the freak-out and reached for it (mostly)...

    Playlist:
    • Mike LeDonne's Groover Quartet - Delilah
    • Rafiq Bhatia - Occlusion
    • Francois Rabbath - Kobolds
    • John Coltrane - Living space
    • Francois Rabbath - Breiz
    • Alain Bedard Auguste Quartet - Profumo chaneleone
    • Evan Parker - Monoceros 2
    • Bobby Hutcherson - Spiral
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  • Breaking The Tethers - Episode September 22, 2025
    Lots of songs played (for a jazz show - 11), some weird, some not.

    Playlist:
    • Graham Collier - Part 1 (introduction)
    • Fieldwork - The night before
    • Bill King Trio - Hymn #1
    • Graham Collier - Part 7 (coda)
    • Aaron Dolman - Stars in a midnight lake (intro)
    • Joe Bowden - The next step
    • Soft Works - Madam vintage
    • Passport - Hexensabbat
    • Tara Davidson - Train to Tarrytown
    • Lou Durra - No surprises
    • Ellery Eskelin - Untitled one
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  • Breaking The Tethers - Episode September 15, 2025
    Special guests today! Talked with Aimee-Jo Benoit and Lisa Buck from BuckingJam Palace (buckingjampalace.com) about the upcoming Chocolate Box #1 music event.

    Playlist:
    • Lingyuan Yang - Bloodstain
    • Redline Trio - Douglas firs
    • Mary Halvorson - Absinthian
    • Jack DeJohnette - Free above the sea
    • Dan Weiss - Plusgood
    • Greg Murphy - Proximity
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  • Breaking The Tethers - Episode September 8, 2025
    Plenty of newly-released music played today. Lots in fusion and funky veins. Note: The album Electricity by Albare should read Eclectricity.

    Playlist:
    • Chris Smith - Go lonely woman
    • The Budos Band - Overlander
    • Turtleboy - Vampyrotheuthus infernalis
    • Greg Murphy - Humpty dumpty
    • Haas Company - Intravenous
    • Spike Wilner Trio Contrafactus - Benediction
    • The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble - Freddie
    • Albare - Round trip
    • Vijay Iyer Trio - Cardio
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  • Breaking 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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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.…