
Jaimie Branch
Fly Or Die Fly Or Die Fly Or Die
In July of 2022, just one month before jaimie branch’s death sent shockwaves around the world, the trumpet player and composer was in Chicago at International Anthem studios putting finishing touches on an album. It was a suite of music she had composed and then recorded with her flagship ensemble, Fly or Die, over the course of a residency at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, Nebraska. In her wake, the album was near complete, with only mixing tweaks, final titles, and artwork to be fully realized. In the months following, her family (led by sister Kate Branch), her band (Jason Ajemian, Lester St. Louis, and Chad Taylor), and her collaborators at IARC banded together to gather memories, texts, emails, photographs, artwork and fragments belonging to jaimie to light the path forward. The goal was always to do what jaimie would have done. Packaged in stunning artwork by John Herndon, Damon Locks, and branch herself, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) is jaimie’s final album with her Fly or Die quartet.
- A1Aurora Rising1:58
- A2Borealis Dancing7:01
- A3Burning Grey9:10
- A4The Mountain4:56
- B1Baba Louie9:07
- B2Bolinko Bass4:32
- B3And Kuma Walks1:59
- B4Take Over The World4:58
- B5World War ((Reprise))3:06
Fly Or Die Fly Or Die Fly Or Die—
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