Jaimie Branch – Fly Or Die Live 2LP

Jaimie Branch – Fly Or Die Live

There is a moment near the top of jaimie branch’s FLY or DIE LIVE, the new album recorded by the trumpeter’s quartet at in Zurich, Switzerland on January 23rd, 2020, which feels like it bears the weight of both that specific pocket of time, and a prophecy for all that was soon to come. branch and her Fly or Die crew — cellist Lester St. Louis, bassist Jason Ajemian, and drummer Chad Taylor — had just kicked off the concert at Moods, with the opening tracks off their then-new studio album FLY or DIE II: Bird Dogs of Paradise, the second of which, “Prayer for Amerikkka” is among the best political songs written during the Tr*mp Era, and when the moment in question pops off.

Tracklist:
A1. Birds of Paradise
A2. Prayer For Amerikkka Pt. 1 & 2
A3. Lesterlude
B1. Twenty-Three N Me, Jupiter Redux
B2. Reflections On a Broken Sea
B3. Whales
B4. Theme 001
B5. ...Meanwhile
B6. Theme 002
B7. Sun Tines
B8. Leaves of Glass
C1. The Storm
C2. Waltzer
C3. Slip Tider
C4. Simple Silver Surfer
C5. Bird Dogs of Paradise
D1. Nuevo Roquero Estireo
D2. Love Song
D3. Theme Nothing

Label: International Anthem Recording Company
Released: 2021