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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. Breaking The Tethers sends out tentacles to experimental, folk, rock, world, and odd stuff that doesn’t have a label. Presented to you as a Monday morning sound experience. Suggestions, requests, and comments are always welcome.

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Breaking The Tethers - Episode April 20, 2026

2026/04/20

We start with a long trip into space with McCoy Tyner, followed by a suite of new songs.Playlist: McCoy Tyner - SaharaJanel Leppin - The brink is homeAtlantis Jazz Ensemble - DamoclesAlbert Marquès & Rachel Therrien - SolarArvind Ramdas - Asiatic raesPaul Keller Orchestra - Thank you notes

Breaking The Tethers - Episode April 13, 2026

2026/04/13

An Art Blakey kinda episode, including an interview with Fraser Calhoun and Nat Lazzarotto, who talked about their concert series. Plus some brand-new music played.Playlist: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Hipsippy bluesArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Quick trickSteve Husted and Friends - When we were youngRémi Bolduc - The lickingNick Fraser - There are other waysAmalie Dahl’s Dafnie's EXTENDED - drifting_turningHendrik Meurkens - Herb's samba

Breaking The Tethers - Episode April 6, 2026

2026/04/06

2/3 new, 1/3 oldPlaylist: Jean-Luc Ponty - Music for electric violin and low budget orchestraTom Waits - AliceAtlantis Jazz Ensemble - Spirits unseenAlbert Marquès & Rachel Therrien - Abraham Lincoln BrigadeAlexander Claffy - Hard time killing floor bluesTempête Solaire - Kronos

Breaking The Tethers - Episode March 30, 2026

2026/03/30

3/4 new, 1/4 oldPlaylist: Lee Morgan - Search for the new landMark Tonelli - Praca jardim finottiArvind Ramdas - All for noneAmalie Dahl’s Dafnie's EXTENDED - LongingPat Bianchi - Wise one

Breaking The Tethers - Episode March 23, 2026

2026/03/23

For the first time in a while, all "new" music today!Playlist: Toshiyuki Tsuchitori and Ryuichi Sakamoto - 綾 (Aya)Dave Stryker - Van Gelder's placeCorcoran Holt - FreeTriple Blind - Chaotic eyesGéraldine Eguiluz, Michel F Côté - La montana y el aguaHugo Blouin - Un art du tempsCyger & Butterworth - Clunky

Breaking The Tethers - Episode March 16, 2026

2026/03/16

This week: Gongs! Shatner! Avant jazz big band! More gongs!Playlist: Amalie Dahl’s Dafnie's EXTENDED - IntroPat Bianchi - It was a very good yearWilliam Shatner - It was a very good yearAndrew MacKelvie's Many Worlds - Impact/AwakeAndrew MacKelvie's Many Worlds - Disentomb the brain functionWanees Zarour - LiftaWadada Leo Smith - The Little Rock Nine: A Force for Desegregation in Education, 1957Ishmael Ali - Pastiche