Albert Ayler’s “Music is the healing force of the universe” was in the minds of the Mark Harvey Group as they began a performance in Boston in October 1971. Their concert was a musical celebration and meditation, honouring souls departed and souls surviving that turbulent time in American culture. No on expected that the music would end up in a basement, untouched and basically unheard until Harvey and fellow group member rediscovered the tapes in 2018. Thinking that the spirit of that concert could easily apply to the contemporary world and its problems, the decision to remaster and release “A Rite For All Souls. It’s featured in this episode as another brilliant trio recording by pianist Russ Lossing, Wadada Leo Smith hooking up with the rock band Deerhoof, guitarist Rez Abbasi’s Djano excursion, and Thumbscrew’s latest, addressing the compositions of Anthony Braxton. Much more great tunes too.
00:00 Christophe Monniot, Bruno Chevillon & Frank Vaillant * Freestyles – Le Triton * Freeman/Lonely Woman * France
11:58 Host speaks
13:29 Christophe Monniot, Bruno Chevillon & Frank Vaillant * Freestyles – Le Triton * Free Funky * France
19:23 Samuel Blaser * 1219 – Blaser Digital * Guggisberlied * Germany
24:40 Plevida * Plevides – Melopea * Candido * Argentina
31:19 Host speaks
33:29 Rez Abbasi * Django-Shift – Whirlwind * Swing 42 * USA
38:58 James Carney Sextet * Pure Heart – Sunnyside * Mayor of Marcellus * USA
43:52 Eric Binder Trio * Hard Bop – Ropeadope * Trane Ride * USA
48:17 Host speaks
49:28 Russ Lossing * Mood Suite – Steeplechase * Curieux * USA
59:15 Yo Miles! * Shinjuku – There Records * Willie Dixon * USA
1:06:06 Yo Miles! * Shinjuku – There Records * Miles Star * USA
1:15:35 Host speaks
1:13:46 Wadada Leo Smith & Deerhoof * To Be Surrounded By Beautiful Curious Breathing Laughing Flesh Is Enough – Joyful Noise * Last Fad * USA
1:24:40 JAF Trio * JAF Trio – We Jazz * Dark Sparkle * Finland
1:29:47 Urs Blochlinger Revisited * Harry Doesn’t Mind – Leo * Rudy The Pump * Austria
1:38:49 Thumbscrew * The Anthony Braxton Project – Cuneiform * Composition #68 * USA
1:46:27 Host speaks
1:49:46 Mark Harvey Group * A Rite For All Souls – America’s Musicworks * The Rite Continued * USA
1:59:20 Mark Harvey Group * A Rite For All Souls – America’s Musicworks * The Rite Concluded * USA
2:10:19 Host speaks
2:10:49 Ben Zucker * Fifth Season – Amalgam * Fifth Season Part 2 * USA
2:19:22 Reza Askari * Magic Realism – QFTF * Firefly * Germany
2:25:41 Russ Lossing * Mood Suite – Steeplechase * Paranoico * USA
2:30:30 Host speaks
2:31:01 Sylvain Darrifourcq, Manuel Hermia & Valentine Ceccaldi * Kaijū Eats Cheeseburgers – Hector * Bye Bye Charbon * France
2:36:12 Hank Roberts, Mark Ducret & Jim Black * Green – Winter & Winter * Azul * USA
2:45:20 Black Motor * Yosta Aamun Kynnykselle – Lumpeela * Aamun Kynnkselle * Finland
2:52:10 Host speaks
2:53:04 Ambrose Akinmusire * From On The Tender Spot Of Every Calloused Moment – Blue Note * Yesss * USA