On the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: Five rhythms — fume-fume, djabara, kenkeni, and more — collide and align in Evan Williams’ Cycles. Inspired by African and Afro-Cuban bell patterns, the piece uses a fast-paced additive technique that loops, shifts, and locks into place. It’s both hypnotic and full of drive.

Then: “I want to be the force which is truly for good.” Those words from John Coltrane drive The Force for Good, Michael Fiday’s pulsing tribute to Coltrane’s legacy. Inspired by Giant Steps and shaped by the events of 2020, it’s rhythmically intense and spiritually charged. 



Featuring music by Jessica Meyer, SiHyun Uhm, Anthony M. Kelley, Evan Williams, Andy Akiho, Linda Buckley, Alex Paxton, Jane Rigler, Ferdinando DeSena, Michael Fiday, Emily Koh, and Alyssa Weinberg. Including performances by cellist Claire Bryant, pianist Eun-Hee Park, the Ciompi Quartet, Duo AYA, the Omaha Symphony, Musici Ireland, Slide Action, flutist Roberta Michel, the Belfiato Quintet, Hypercube, RAHA Duo, and cellist Nicholas Finch with the NouLou Chamber Players.