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.

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  • 1. Birds of Paradise
  • 2. Prayer For Amerikkka Pt. 1 & 2
  • 3. Lesterlude
  • 4. Twenty-Three N Me, Jupiter Redux
  • 5. Reflections On a Broken Sea
  • 6. Whales
  • 7. Theme 001
  • 8. ...Meanwhile
  • 9. Theme 002
  • 10. Sun Tines
  • 11. Leaves of Glass Pt. 1

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  • 1. Leaves of Glass Pt. 2
  • 2. The Storm
  • 3. Waltzer
  • 4. Slip Tider
  • 5. Simple Silver Surfer
  • 6. Bird Dogs of Paradise
  • 7. Nuevo Roquero Estireo
  • 8. Love Song
  • 9. Theme Nothing