Contact Wave: Luke Stewart
07.05.20
Co-hosted by Chris Kissel and Chuck Soo-Hoo, the twice-monthly dublab program Contact Wave enthusiastically celebrates the best experimental, avant-garde, psychedelic, and off-the-grid music crafted in L.A. and beyond.
This week’s episode featured a deep interview with Luke Stewart, the DC/NYC-based musician and event organizer. In DC, Stewart’s regular ensembles include experimental jazz trio Heart of the Ghost, Low Ways Quartet featuring guitarist Anthony Pirog, and experimental rock duo Blacks’ Myths. As a solo artist, he has been compiling a series of improvisational sound structures for Upright Bass and Amplifier, utilizing the resonant qualities of the instrument to explore real-time harmonic and melodic possibilities. Stewart is also a presence in the greater community of Creative Musicians, with regular multi-city ensembles including Irreversible Entanglements featuring Moor Mother, James Brandon Lewis Trio, Heroes are Gang Leaders, Ancestral Duo, and has performed in a myriad of other notable collaborations.
Tracklist:
Waak Waak Djungi — White Cockatoo — from “Waak Waak ga Min Min” (1997/2019) (Efficient Space)
Carlos Niño and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson — Chicago Waves (Part VI — Into Eternity) — from “Chicago Waves” (International Anthem) (2020)
rootless — peculiar travel suggestions — from “docile cobras” (Flower Room) (2020)
Geodetic Trio — My Mother’s Mother — from “Cartography” (1998/2017)
Don Cherry and Krzysztof Penderecki — Actions for Free Jazz Orchestra (1971/1998) (Transparency)
Blacks’ Myths — Birth of a Nation (2020)
**Luke Stewart Interview**
Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra — Coltrane Medley — from “Flight 17” (Nimbus West) (1978/2017)
Art Ensemble of Chicago — Old Time Religion — from “Message To Our Folks” (BYG Actuel) (1969)
Eric Dolphy Septet — Springtime — from “Paris ’64” (Hi Hat) (2018)
