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Corey Mwamba shares improvised music and free jazz with the human voice at its centre, plus a specially-recorded conversation on the relationship between vocal sounds and instrumental improvisation with poet and cultural critic Fred Moten, bassist Brandon López and drummer Gerald Cleaver. Having recently released their self-titled debut album as a trio, the three artists discuss the dynamics and decisions at play when they come together in the moment to improvise, locating their work in the continuum of spoken word jazz records.

Alongside these reflections, there’s the chance to hear a kaleidoscopic collage from the newly-formed supergroup Adjunct Ensemble, led by composer Jamie Thompson and featuring the words of Nigerian-Irish poet Felicia Olusanya; and we go back to 1971 for a wild live session featuring free jazz vocalist Jeanne Lee, which will be released for the first time in June.

Elsewhere in the show, anarchic cut-up noise and vocal loops from Leeds-based artist Territorial Gobbing’s latest album How To Do Things With Words; plus a poem from Cecil Taylor’s record Chinampas, and sonic experiments with the breath courtesy of Italian sound artist Lorenzo Abattoir.

Produced by Silvia Malnati
A Reduced Listening production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3