BBC Radio 3 Freeness: Spontaneous Soul … Anhören …
Soul-soaked jazz and free-falling dissonance with moreish momentum. Plus a wordless chorus from the Chicago Modern Orchestra Project that evokes spiritual hymnals.
A magic meeting creates soul soaked jazz and free falling dissonance with moreish momentum. Recorded at Cafe Oto in 2019, the longstanding British project Black Top founded by keyboardist Pat Thomas and multi-instrumentalist Orphy Robinson joined up with a dream team rhythm section of bassist William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake and special guest vocalist Elaine Mitchener for a blazing two-night residency. The resulting music draws on a wide range of influences from calypso and Caribbean musics to dub electronics and phonetic vocal experiments.
Elsewhere in the show, a wordless chorus from the Chicago Modern Orchestra Project, directed by Renee Baker, evokes spiritual hymnals.
Produced by Gabriel Francis
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3
1 Zoroxxe – Tahuando
2 Renee Baker’s Chicago Modern Orchestra Project – Three Worms
3 Binker Golding, John Edwards & Steve Noble – For S.K. (Stage H Edit)
4 Laura Cannell & Kate Ellis – Sun Drops Closer To Earth
5 Southeast of Rain – Day 33 Improvising at the Gym (Live)
6 Hamid Drake, William Parker, Orphy Robinson, Pat Thomas & Elaine Mitchener – Put the Brakes On
7 Tashi Wada & Silvia Tarozzi – Visions of Half Sleep
8 Helen Svoboda – Dust
9 Mr Freddy – Qual e o segredo