Jaimie Branch – Fly Or Die II: Bird Dogs Of Paradise (IA11 Edition) – LP

Jaimie Branch’s “FLY or DIE II: bird dogs of paradise”, originally released in the fall of 2019, was hugely anticipated in its time.

Roughly a year before its release, and following the success of her debut “Fly or Die” album, branch whisked her incredible quartet across Europe for a string of performances. Across that November 2018 tour, the group stretched a songbook in-process to its limit, improvising en modo deconstructivo, tugging at the music’s edges and relentlessly morphing the sound of a four-fold liberation machine that included branch (trumpet), Chad Taylor (drums), Jason Ajemian (bass), and newcomer Lester St. Louis (cello), who had recently replaced Tomeka Reid.

The IA11 Edition of “FLY or DIE II: bird dogs of paradise” comes on classic black 140-gram vinyl LP (pressed at Pallas in Germany, with lacquers cut by Daniel K at SST) inside a heavyweight reverse-board jacket, with a 16-page 11×11″ insert booklet featuring previously-unpublished photos, two sets of new liner notes – the first by jaimie’s mom, Soledad “Sally” Branch, as told to Kate Branch, and the second by Fly or Die bassist Jason Ajemian – plus IARC 2025 obi strip and printed poly-lined printed inner-sleeve.

International Anthem Recording Company

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