Co-selectors Ellen Schloff & Ash Ingalls trade pairs , beginning with Don Cherry’s Summer House Session. The vibrant sounds of organic music lead us down a spiraling path of cosmic love songs, poetry recitations, and reflective conversations about how communal music practices can generate ephemeral micro-utopias.
painting by Moki Cherry – “Untitled” (1968)
Tracklist (Ellen’s selections in bold)
- Introduction – [“From the Soil We Become” (excerpt) by Ritual Ashing]
- “Old and New Dreams” (Poem by Camae Ayewa)
- Don Cherry – “Summer House Sessions (Side A)”
- Darius Jones – “Love In Outer Space (Sun Ra)
- Michael Murphey – “Cosmic Cowboy”
- MV + EE – “Love From Outer Space”
- Wet Tuna – “So Much Vibe in the World”
- Colin Walcott – “Cloud Dance”
- “Mountanscapes Poem”
- Barre Phillips – “Mountainscape 3” [RIP Barre Phillips]
- Milford Graves – “March 11, 1976 I”
- Gratien Midonet – “Roulo”
- Selene Sainte Aime – “White Birds, Silver Tree”
- The Pyramids – “Aomawa”
- Khan Jamal – “Breath of Life
- Jah Wobble & Holger Czukay – “It Was a Camel”
- Far East Family Band – “The Cave”
- Embryo – “Dage Djange”
