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Yeakley, Matthew - Clean Numbers Matthew Yeakley - Guitar Matt Politano - Piano/Rhodes Cooper Appelt - Electric and Upright Bass Aaron MacLendon - Drums Zane Musa - Tenor Saxophone "... jazz that grooves ("A Place to Call Home"), bops ("I Wish I Could've Known You Better") and takes chances ("Periculum N"). Yeakley's polished guitar style is what we've come to expect from the town that gave us Larry and Lee. It's a lot of music to drop on an unsuspecting public at once, but you can't have too much of a good t Orenda 0011A $13.00
Miller, Allison - Rivers In Our Veins vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) One of the great, contemporary band leaders who keeps building up a hugely impressive body of work(s). And look at the band! Allison Miller - drums, percussion, vibraphone Jenny Scheinman - violin Jason Palmer - trumpet Ben Goldberg - clarinet, contra-alto clarinet Carmen Staaf - piano, rhodes, accordion Todd Sickafoose - upright bass "Drummer Allison Miller brings together a rustic Americana sound with her inventive modern jazz harmonies on her ambitious 2023 LP 28-RYPO2320.1 $31.00
Schweizer, Irene / Maggie Nichols / Joelle Leandre - Live at the Rhinefalls Irène Schweizer, Piano / Maggie Nicols, Voice / Joëlle Léadre, Bass "Music is designed to work long-term. In this case, the responsibility for the music is revealed in a carefully considered and convincing choice, made from the wealth of the... 34-Intakt 059 $19.00
Hampton Grease Band - Music to Eat 2 x vinyl lps (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) Bruce Hampton (vocals, trumpet) Glenn Phillips (guitar, saxophone) Harold Kelling (guitar, vocals) Mike Holbrook (bass) Jerry Fields (percussion, vocals) The Hampton Grease band are legends of weirdo American music and performed a wild, energetic and tight music featuring wild dual guitar work and a solid rhythm section plus a wild-card vocalist. Comparable in some ways to the Magic Band, the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers, but with a wild/freak-out streak, basically they 05-RGM 722LP $45.00
Blast - Sift (Mega Blowout Sale) "This is the second release (editor's note: no, it isn't, it's their sixth release; it's their second on ReR after three on Cuneiform and a first that was self-released) after a long wait, from this unique ensemble. Equally at home with the discipline of composition and the tightrope of improvisation Blast have evolved a fluid, pointillistic, unfathomable but transparent musical language that seamlessly integrates - over very short durations - highly complex writing and very free ranging improvisation... RER Blast 2 $2.00
Reuter / Motzer / Grohowski - Shapeshifters MARKUS REUTER - touch guitar, electronics TIM MOTZER - guitars, bass, electronics KENNY GROHOWSKI - drums Three great players get together and just let it all GO! Speaking in general terms, "shapeshifting" refers to an act of rapid physical transformation, from one form to another by supernatural means. Whether its origins can be traced to a genetically inherited superhuman ability, incidences of the spirit world manifesting into the physical, shamanism, black magic, or... MJR 103 $13.00
Limite Acque Sicure - Limite Acque Sicure CD Andrea Chendi – vocals Ambra Bianchi - flute, vocals and harp Antonello Giovannelli – keyboards Luca Trabanelli – guitars Paolo Bolognesi – drums Francesco Gigante - bass This is a very good first album by a Rock Progressivo Italiano band. The description of the vocalist as sounding a bit like Aldo Tagliapietra of Le Orme is right on. "It is a delight to see a constant flow of superb Italian progressive rock groups. This time, the spotlight is on a highly... 21-M2022-5 $16.00
Fourth World Quartet - 1975 Benjamin Miller – alto saxophone, electric guitar Laurence Miller – bass clarinet Roger C. Miller – piano, percussion, cornet Jack Waterstone – alto saxophone The brothers Miller grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan. They came of age during the Summer of Love. By 1969 they were engaged in freeform rock improvisations and started their first all-original rock band Sproton Layer. During this time, they would see the MC5 at a free concert in the... Rune 481 $15.00
Coltrane, John - Ascension I & II CD “You don't have to be a jazz fan at all to adore this (I'm not); if you're into Mission of Burma, The Stooges, or any other music that pins the intensity level to 10 and leaves it there, you have to give this a try. Your life may change, too.”-Eric Van When I was a kid, trying to teach myself about ‘avant garde music’, one of the things I did was check out the local library. The Wheaton Library had a number of ‘modern’ recordings (vinyl records – this was 1971-1972) that I checked out... 28-IMT5036127.2 $12.00
Obomsawin, Mali - Sweet Tooth CD Mali Obomsawin - bass, lead vocals, hand drum Savannah Harris - drums, vocals  Miriam Elhajli - acoustic and electric guitars, lead vocals Allison Burik - bass clarinet, alto saxophone, vocals Noah Campbell - tenor, soprano, alto saxophones Taylor Ho Bynum - cornet, flugelhorn “A suite for Indigenous resistance, the new album from Wabanaki bassist, composer, and songwriter Mali Obomsawin flies in the face of Western tropes that insist Indigenous cultures are monolithic OOYH 017 $10.00
Obomsawin, Mali - Sweet Tooth vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) Mali Obomsawin - bass, lead vocals, hand drum Savannah Harris - drums, vocals  Miriam Elhajli - acoustic and electric guitars, lead vocals Allison Burik - bass clarinet, alto saxophone, vocals Noah Campbell - tenor, soprano, alto saxophones Taylor Ho Bynum - cornet, flugelhorn “A suite for Indigenous resistance, the new album from Wabanaki bassist, composer, and songwriter Mali Obomsawin flies in the face of Western tropes that insist Indigenous cultures are monolithic OOYH 017 LP $20.00
Miller, Allison - Rivers In Our Veins CD One of the great, contemporary band leaders who keeps building up a hugely impressive body of work(s). And look at the band! Allison Miller - drums, percussion, vibraphone Jenny Scheinman - violin Jason Palmer - trumpet Ben Goldberg - clarinet, contra-alto clarinet Carmen Staaf - piano, rhodes, accordion Todd Sickafoose - upright bass "Drummer Allison Miller brings together a rustic Americana sound with her inventive modern jazz harmonies on her ambitious 2023 LP 28-RYPO2319.2 $19.00
Thinking Plague - In This Life CD (25th anniversary remaster) LAST COPIES! Has a small drill hole through the tray. "Perhaps the finest attempt so far by an American band to add to the pantheon of classic Rock In Opposition records...Mike Johnson's compositions are astonishing and - the clincher - beautiful, and Susanne Lewis' vocals are ...eerily enigmatic..." Rune 407 $30.00
Schweizer, Irene - Live at Taktlos CD Irène Schweizer: Piano / George Lewis: Trombone / Maggie Nicols: Voice / Joëlle Léandre: Bass / Günter Sommer: Drums / Paul Lovens: Drums "At the first Taktlos Festival in 1984, Irène Schweizer assembled several chosen musician to a three 28-Intakt 001 $19.00
Branca, Glenn - Songs '77 - '79 "The Release Of The Recordings Of Glenn's Late '70's No Wave Bands Is Finally A Reality... And More Comprehensive Than Expected. These Tracks Are The Earliest Emanations Of Rock Publicly Delivered By The Man Called Branca, Thoroughly Foreshadowing The Vast Domain Of Post-Modern Rock In More Ways Than You'd Expect. All The Proper Studio Recordings From Both Singles By The Static & Theoretical Girls Are Here, Plus Outrageous & Inspired Home Cassette Recordings. The Static Were A Stripped-Down... 21-ALP 43 $11.00
Schwalm, Jan Peter / Markus Reuter - Aufbruch CD “Aufbruch, the title of the debut collaboration between electro-acoustic composer J. Peter Schwalm and guitarist Markus Reuter, translates as "departure" or "emergence." Either definition offers an evocative interpretation of the powerfully immersive soundworld they've conjured together, but even more suggestive is the ambiguity between the two meanings. For the music of Aufbruch feels like both an awe-inspiring journey of discovery and a welling up from the murkiest depths of the subconscious.... 28-RRNS129.2 $17.00
Schweizer, Irene / Pierre Favre - Ulrichsberg Irène Schweizer: Piano / Pierre Favre: Drums " The concert of Irène Schweizer (piano) and Pierre Favre (drums) on the festival stage in Ulrichsberg 2003 was a magical event: «In Ulrichsberg, there was a rare energy,» Favre said after the... 34-Intakt 084 $19.00
Various Artists - Electric Holyland CD “A compilation of some of the rarest, most obscure and guitar–driven Jesus Rock ever recorded, all from the 1960’s and 70’s. There’s 12 different tracks from 12 different groups, including cuts from the mega–rare Earthen Vessel, Shekina Glory and The Ark albums. There’s also fuzz–drenched offerings from such unknowns as: Renacimiento, Children Of The Lamb and The Wild Olive Branch Band. This is a great combination of the obscure and heavy, yet it’s all Jesus Rock. This comes in an... 18-Lion 697 $12.00
Amon Düül - Disaster (Luud Noma) CD “In September 1968, Amon Düül played the "International Essener Songtage," Germany's first rock festival of five days duration, which was initiated by the later OHR label boss Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser. The Berlin hit producer Peter Meisel heard and saw the band there and spontaneously signed them, along with Tangerine Dream and Birth Control. Amon Düül was close to the Berlin "Kommune 1" and came together at a time when everyone was an artist who wanted to be one. Anyone who wanted to could also be... 05-OMM 290762CD $17.00
Refree - La Otra Mitad CD (Mega Blowout Sale) “Raül Refree is one of the most acclaimed Spanish producers of the last decade. Working with artists such as Silvia Pérez Cruz and Rosalía, he has been at the forefront of the so-called "new flamenco" movement. He also collaborates with rock experimentalists like Lee Ranaldo from Sonic Youth, but Raül's musical life doesn't stop there. He has released six previous solo albums, film soundtracks among other genre-skewing projects. It is this merging of sound worlds that makes Raül's new solo release La... 23-GB 065CD $6.00
Husband, Gary - Hotwired A new album by the multi-talented Gary Husband (who plays drums and keyboards with equal fluency and also composes) is always something to look forward to! This is a excellent modern jazz record, featuring Gary Husband (Drums), Richard Turner (Trumpet)... ABSTRACTLOGIX015 $15.00
Dual Identity - Dual Identity Rudresh Mahanthappa, alto saxophone / Steve Lehman, alto saxophone / Liberty Ellman, guitar / Matt Brewer, double bass / Damion Reid, drums. "Universally hailed as the most innovative young saxophonists to emerge in recent years, Rudresh... CF 172 $12.00
Nucleus - Snakehips Etcetera vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) By the time of this 1975 Vertigo release, all the famous guys were gone and it was a completely different band than earlier. And that cover! BUT: Nucleus never made a bad album. This is a very good album hiding in a stupid cover. “First released on Vertigo in 1975, the distinctive rolling grooves, growling basslines, and blasting horns of Snakehips Etcetera combined to present Nucleus's most energetic record. Genius trumpeter and visionary composer Ian Carr was one of the most respected... 05-BEWITH 128LP $37.00
De Santi, Luigi - Deja Vu (From The Garret...) “This little jewel of the Italian Prog is finally available again. Luigi De Santi, a young composer from Trieste (born in 1985), is one of those solitary figures who occasionally appear in the history of progressive. Like a Patrick Forgas, like a Jean Pascal Boffo, like our Nicola Randone, De Santi overcomes the limitations of compositional and executive solitude to try his hand at a prog-inspired project, an anomalous perspective considered the purely collective extraction of the genre... 33-8034097550492 $15.00
Shipp, Matthew - Signature Matthew Shipp – piano Michael Bisio – bass Newman Taylor Baker – drums “Matthew Shipp has established himself as the premier jazz pianist of his generation over the course of a three-decade career including many acclaimed albums under his own name plus his prominent tenure in the David S. Ware Quartet and a vast array of collaborations with the likes of Spring Heel Jack, Ivo Perelman, Sabir Mateen, Darius Jones, Joe Morris, Jemeel Moondoc, Mat Walerian, and many more. ESP-Disk' in its... 05-ESPDISK 5029CD $14.00
Cat In A Bag - Cat In A Bag Bruno Figueira saxofone and effects Duarte Fonseca drums João Clemente guitar and magnets João Lucas bass and effects “You already know three members of this Portuguese band – alto saxophonist Bruno Figueira, guitarist João Clemente and drummer Duarte Fonseca – from Slow is Possible. The other is bassist João Lucas, also born in Portugal but living and working in Holland. His deep and acid bass sound is the axis of everything happening in “Cat in a Bag”. Sometimes it reminds you. CF 531 $15.00
Wegmuller, Walter - Tarot 2 x vinyl lps (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) This is the first-ever vinyl reissue from the orginal analog master tapes! This is a Cosmic Courrier Kraut classic. Wegmuller was an artist who had designed a Tarot card set, & the music here is performed by what is basically the first version of the Cosmic Jokers: Manuel Gottsching, Hartmut Enke, Harald Grosskopf, Jurgen Dollase, Jerry Berkers & Walter Westrupp. Produced by that big Cosmiche Joker himself, Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser, & star-maiden Gille, there are many moments of wild, searing Krautrock!... 05-KK 2258003 LP $48.00
Fujiyama, Yuko - Night Wave Yuko Fujiyama-piano Jennifer Choi-violin Graham Haynes-cornet / flugelhorn Susie Ibarra-percussion "Born in Sapporo, Japan in 1954, Yuko Fujiyama started playing piano at the age of four. But it wasn’t until a summer morning in 1980 standing on a sidewalk in New York’s East Village that she found her calling; someone was playing a Cecil Taylor tape and she was transfixed by the piano sounds. That someone was Taylor’s drummer, Jerome Cooper, and that moment opened a door for her to... 34-INN 995 $15.00
Pärson Sound - Pärson Sound 3 x vinyl lps (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) This is an amazing archival release by the underground Swedish band who later became Trad, Gras Och Stenar and International Harvester. Influenced by Terry Riley's 1967 Swedish stay when they played with him in their High School band (!), this is very early (1967-68) trance/drone/ psych/minimalism/hippie rock of extremely high quality. None of their music was ever released in their lifetime, and this fine collection of live & studio recordings is of quite good to great sound quality, & immense... 39-LP-SUB-073X $60.00
Rocking Horse Music Club - Circus Of Wire Dolls 2 x vinyl lps (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) “The Rocking Horse Music Club’s genre-defying rock opera Circus of Wire Dolls features performances from Noel McCalla (Smallcreep’s Day), Tim Bowness, Chris Difford (Squeeze), Ms Amy Birks, Sing Gospel Choir of London, David Cross, Kenwood Dennard (Brand X), John Hackett, Greg Hawkes (The Cars), Rob Townsend, Kate St John (Dream Academy) and many more. The album tells the story of a man who creates a miniature circus out of wire, string, and cloth. In his imagination, the performers of his circus... 23-PLG 113 $46.00
Ratkje, Maja S.K. - Crepuscular Hour CD + DVD "Crepuscular Hour is an epic, hypnotic one-hour piece for three choirs, three pairs of noise musicians, and church organ, to be performed in a cathedral or similar location with musicians surrounding the audience. The room fills with sound in an intense, but almost meditative hour, as the voices blend with the distortion, the noise sometimes takes over, and the organ eventually takes the music to a new level. The visual design of this concert is a play on the crepuscular rays -- rays of sunlight that... 05-RCD 2181CD $21.00
Garrick, Michael - Live at Pizza on the Park DVD "This DVD features the new quartet of British jazz legend Michael Garrick in concert at London’s Pizza on the Park venue. The quartet are the talents of fellow British jazz legend Alan Jackson (drums), Martin Hathaway (alto-sax, reeds), Paul Moylan (doubl 15--Vocalion 9000 $16.00
Wasafiri - Klearlight Klearlight 2 x vinyl lps (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) Excellent instrumental jazz/rock band that channels Headhunters with classic helpings of Weather Report on top. Really enjoyable retro-fusion fun that seemingly came out of nowhere; when the clavinet kicks in with the bass clarinet on top, you’ll swear it’s 1974 again! "The jazz fusion group Wasafiri, and its resulting 2022 debut album Klearlight, began with the memory of a feeling. Eastwood Music Group co-founders Luke Sardello and Skin Wade wanted to release a project that evoked the feelings... 28-ESWD10.1 $29.00
Zorn, John - The Hermetic Organ Volume 10 : Bozar, Brussels CD + DVD John Zorn: Solo Organ Improvisation with Barbara Hannigan: vocals “Recorded at the powerful organ at Henry LeBoeuf Hall, Bozar in Brussels, this is one of Zorn’s most beautiful and personal solo performances—a dramatic musical reading of the epic Faust legend. Featuring a guest appearance by the sensational vocalist Barbara Hannigan, who is improvising with Zorn for the very first time—this exciting concert is presented here in a special limited edition 2-disc set that includes bot TZ 8394 $25.00
Mazurek, Rob / Exploding Star Orchestra - Galactic Parables: Volume 1 : 3 x vinyl lps + download card (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) This limited edition vinyl version comes in a beautiful, triple-gatefold, hi-gloss, laminated jacket and is pressed on color vinyl; it's a huge and elaborate package, with the incredible artwork of Damon Locks and Sheila Sachs well displayed Rune 409-V $43.00
Roedelius / Tim Story - 4 Hands CD “4 Hands, an intimate and surreal musical conversation on the piano from German sound pioneer Hans-Joachim Roedelius and American composer Tim Story, is an example of all the warm yet otherworldly beauty that can come from approaching a shared love for a singular instrument from overlapping directions. Recorded sequentially but on one and the same grand piano, Roedelius laid down a few impromptu piano études in May 2019 whilst visiting his transatlantic friend Story. Tim then learned all their... 39-CD-ERATP-146 $17.00
Various Artists - Klar!80: Ein Kassetten-Label aus Dusseldorf 1980-82 CD “Klar!80: a label with no program This compilation represents an initial -- and long overdue -- foray into the years 1980-82, when Klar!80 was a cassette label, paired with a shop of the same name in Düsseldorf. Founded by Rainer Rabowski, Klar!80 released 18 cassettes of varying length and a box set containing three 12" vinyl EPs which fetch handsome prices among collectors nowadays. The Klar!80 - Ein Kassettenlabel aus Düsseldorf 1980-1982 collection reaches even further back in time than the Sammlung... 05-BB 435CD $19.00
Hasselbring, Curtis - Number Stations "A number station is a type of shortwave radio station characterized by their unusual broadcasts, which consist of spoken words, but mostly numbers, often created by artificially generated voices reading streams of numbers, words, letters, tunes or Morse code. They are transmitted in a wide variety of languages and the voices are usually female, although sometimes men's or children's voices are used. It is widely assumed that the broadcasts are used to send covert messages to spies." – Wikipedia... Rune 356 $15.00
O’Farrill, Arturo - Legacies CD (Mega Blowout Sale) “Pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader Arturo O'Farrill hasn't cut a piano trio album since 2005's Live in Brooklyn. All told, he's released only two and the solo piano album The Noguchi Sessions in 2012. Writing, leading, and arranging for two big bands is not only time consuming, but for most, a musical mindset removed from the piano trio. O'Farrill will tell you he is a jazz pianist first, and everything else emerges from that. Legacies for Blue Note showcases his playing and interpretive skills... 23-BN 602455068408 $6.00
Dickey, Whit - Peace Planet / Box Of Light 2 x CDs "A tremendous pair of brand new studio albums created by drummer-leader Whit Dickey together w/ two distinct yet interrelated Quartets. All involved here have long been deep seekers of truth through sound, and between them is a luminous web of deeply affecting work, which now spans decades. This Yin & Yang pair presents their very latest work together. Peace Planet features Matthew Shipp-piano, Rob Brown-alto sax, William Parker-bass. Box of Light features Rob Brown-alto sax, Steve Swell-trombone... 28-AUMF108.2 $20.00
Bittova & Fajt - Iva Bittova & Pavel Fajt (expanded) This 1987 album, which as far as I know, was the first album released by Iva Bittova, was released in Czechoslovakia at a time when hearing and getting music from "BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN" was not easy but sometimes possible... 15-PM 0065.2 $22.00
Shipp, Matthew - To Duke Matthew Shipp - piano Michael Bisio - bass Whit Dickey - drums Shipp plays in his own inimitably personal style some of the most beloved of Duke’s compositions, “rewriting” the book and making this excursion uniquely his own. Many greats have tackled Ellington. The one who immediately comes to mind is Monk with his now legendary trio date for Riverside records Thelonious Monk plays the Music of Duke Ellington. The result is fascinating. But unlike Monk doing it his way, though.... 21-ROG-0060 $16.00
Various Artists - Yemen Tihama: Trance & Dance Music From The Red Sea Coast Of Arabia (Mega Blowout Sale) “The ferocious heat on Tihama, the Red sea coastal plain of Yemen, is matched in its intensity by the tibbal music, an Afro-Arabian amalgam that features lyres, reeds and, particularly, virtuoso drumming. Its practitioners are largely drawn from the akhdam, an outcast group with a reputation for sorcery, who bring passion, skill and stamina to performances which accompany acrobatic dancing and ceremonial trance. This exciting CD captures the traditional music of this region which has retained an edge of... 23-Topic 920.2 $9.00
England - The Concerts In Japan 2 x CDs "Exclusive 16 page booklet included! Includes extensive notes and background information about the concerts, the band, the instruments and illustrations by Robert Webb. Music remastered from the original recordings. This live album, recorded in a concert in Japan in 2006, shows the band unearthed from nothing and has great versions of the studio tracks. The band is very cohesive and the sound has a good weight. The music played is beautiful symphonic prog, combining orchestral and chamber music... GTR184-2 $23.00
Portico Quartet - Memory Streams "Portico Quartet stake claims to territory occupied by Radiohead, Cinematic Orchestra and Efterklang.”-The Guardian “Portico Quartet return with Memory Streams, their fifth studio album and one that continues the journey that first started with 2008's Mercury nominated debut Knee Deep in the North Sea. It's a creative path that has seen the band embrace new technology and explore ambient and electronic influences alongside minimalism, jazz and beyond. It is a process that has encouraged change... 39-GOND34.2 $15.00
Hifiklub / Mike Cooper - Aran Stories “British guitarist Mike Cooper collaborates with Hifiklub, a French instrumental ensemble from Toulon, for an impressive musical reading of Robert J. Flaherty's 1934 silent film Man of Aran. Since 2007, French quartet Hifiklub has been building a protean work that evolves through an impressive series of collaborations. The band's catalog is wide and far-reaching, and includes more than 130 collaborations with such renowned musicians as Lee Ranaldo, Alain Johannes, Jad Fair, Fatso Jetson, R. Stevie.... 05-RPTD 025CD $17.00
Mezzacappa, Lisa - What is Known Aaron Bennett, tenor saxophone / John Finkbeiner, guitar / Lisa Mezzacappa, double bass / Vijay Anderson, drums. A jazz record on Clean Feed with a cover of "Lick My Decals Off, Baby"? What more could you possibly need to know?... Clean Feed CF 192 $17.00
Frankfurt Radio Big Band - Kriegel Today! “For some time now there has been a strong initiative to keep the oeuvre of guitarist, author and illustrator Volker Kriegel (1943 - 2003) alive. Six albums with bonus material from the private archive of Volker Kriegel have been published/re-released so far. Even previously unknown material - carefully restored and remastered - was thus made available to interested listeners. In 2018 we were very pleased to find out that the Frankfurt Radio Big Band was going to celebrate Kriegel's work with two.... 21-M1313-2 $20.00
B'Shnorkestra - Go To Orange This great, unassuming-but-tremendous debut album did what so few do: It actually sold! People paid some attention! And rightly so - this is great. Back in stock and you should buy this. Period! PS 1301 $13.00
Shipp, Matthew - The Unidentifiable Matthew Shipp – piano Michael Bisio – bass Newman Taylor Baker - drums “Downbeat calls Matthew Shipp "an elder statesman on the free-jazz scene." Perhaps it is odd in a way to think of someone so energetic and prolific as "elder," or so outspoken as "statesman," yet Downbeat (Bill Milkowski) is right. Shipp turns 60 this December. When he speaks, people listen (the old E.F. Hutton commercials come to mind). With Andrew Hill, Mal Waldron, Cecil Taylor, Horace Tapscott, Randy Weston, and... 05-ESPDISK 5039CD $14.00