Richard Bliwas with Daniel Carter

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Richard Bliwas with Daniel Carter: Insomnia

by Mike Jurkovic
June 10, 2026

There is something very, very Bitches Brew (Columbia Records, 1970) about Insomnia, an ear-catching mind-bending excursion through the virtuosity, imagination, and humanness of pianist/drummer/synthesist Richard Bliwas and elder empath, saxophonist and free jazz mentor, Daniel Carter. Maybe the alluring title opener, or “Ottawa WaWa," and the most lucid “You Went Into A Mesmerizing Trance," are really a newly discovered suite of lost sessions from those August 1969 gatherings at Columbia Records' Studio B at 49 East 52nd Street in ...