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Thanks! Good on ya.

So Reece and Gilmore played together some years before his "From In To Out" Futura session? Very interesting.

Wonderful! Hope you dig it.

This Week’s Newsletter Begins with a Great Book about Matt Shipp and the Creative Downtown Scene he has long been an integral part of: SINGULARITY CODEX - Matthew Shipp on RogueArt - By Clifford Allen (Rogue Art; France) This is an excellent, informative and well-researched book. Initially I thought that making a book just about Matt Shipp’s recordings for the Rogue Art label, wouldn’t hold enough interest but there is quite a bit more than that going on here. Clifford Allen is one the better jazz journalists that I’ve really admired over time, due to his sharp, informed reviews and writing about Creative Music. Instead of focusing completely on Matt Shipp, Mr. Allen tells the larger story of the way the Creative Music Scene of the East Village has evolved since the late sixties. I, myself, have been into this scene since discovering and studying jazz at college in 1972. I’ve attended hundreds of concerts since 1968 and went to dozens of loft jazz gigs in the seventies. Mr. Allen does a job of describing the musicians who moved to the Village Scene, the other musicians or bands that they played with and their influence on serious listeners from around the world. Allen centers on Muntu, an early loft jazz ensemble with Jemeel Moondoc, William Parker, Arthur Williams, Mark Hennen & Rashied Bakr and their importance. Allen interviews musicians William Parker, Rob Brown, Whit Dickey, Joe Morris & Matt Shipp, poetess Yuko Otomo (longtime friend & collaborator of Matt’s, widow of the late great poet Steve Dalachinsky), as well as Rogue Art founder Michel Dorbon and studio engineer/producer Jim Clouse. I’ve only read a third of this book so far but I most intrigued. Clifford Allen does a good job articulating what he and Matt’s collaborators find to be unique in Matt’s playing and thinking. Can’t wait to finish. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG Book $24 [205 pages] https://www.downtownmusicgallery.com/newsletter_detail.php?newsID=4001 The Wire will be running a review in August. I think Bill Meyer was challenged by the book, which is not a bad thing.

Excellent album.

MVD is the general US distro. It's listed as forthcoming via Squidco and Dusty Groove, so it should be stateside fairly soon. 50 Miles of Elbow Room (based in Brooklyn) will have a few in their online shop in the next week or so. Thanks for the interest, folks! Downtown Music Gallery also has copies and they do ship in the States.

Thank you and thank you! Really stoked by Manning's review. I keep rereading it and pinching myself.

Yup, and includes a wonderful book as well.

oh yes, I have that UA -- great one.

I still need the Ronnie's set. After that I think I'm good. Have all the early Atlantics, Savoy, Bethlehem, Period, some Debut, 59 Columbia, Candid, most of the 60s/early 70s boots, Americas, JWS, and a few Mercury/Impulse/RCA outliers on LP. Uptown, Strata concert, Japanese Columbia (with the New Herd) on CD.

Yes, excellent though I must say it's been years since I've had it on deck. Has the Birdland material with Toshiko, Pepper Adams, et al. been legitimately issued? I have the BAT Italian bootleg LPs from the 1980s. Strong sessions.

I have a ton of indie rock t shirts kicking around. Ben Hall made some neat Coltrane & Ornette t's recently, the latter a mashup of Ornette & the Misfits' Fiend Club design. I used to have a pretty nice ESP-Disk' shirt but it became more hole than fabric over the years.

Black Saint is a wonderful album. I haven't spent much time with the latter -- I've heard it, but didn't connect with it at the time I listened.

The first review is in! https://burningambulance.com/2023/06/27/matthew-shipp-2/

I started with the Changes set in the 90s and went backwards. Never had the box but was able to pick up vinyl issues of the earlier Atlantics pretty easily at the time. Pre-Bird is probably my easiest go-to (for some reason) but Blues & Roots and Pithecanthropus Erectus aren't far behind.

Yes, I meant the 70s issued Atlantics. Antibes was issued in the 1970s, first as a Japanese BYG and then by Atlantic.

Changes One and Two are pretty great and indispensable in my opinion. I haven't delved too deeply into the other Atlantic albums (save for Antibes 1960). Pullen is a wonderful player, really encompasses the gamut of what the piano can do.

a little Adams goes a long way, yes.

Thank you!!!

A note for those in the EU, the book is now available for direct order & shipping from the RogueArt website. https://roguart.com/product/singularity-codex-matthew-shipp-on-rogueart/222 For those of you in NYC it can be purchased at Mast Books, Karma Bookshop, Village Works, Academy Records (E 12th), Downtown Music Gallery, and Jazz Record Center... more to follow once distributors stock it (which shouldn't be too long). Thanks!

I like what Jim said, "courage personified." To a t.

Incredible artist and human on so many levels. Brötzmann was the first musician I ever interviewed and he was extremely kind and patient as well as being incredibly deep. Unforgettable experience just to be around him not only in a performance setting but a few social situations as well. Thank you, PB.

Sorta, yeah, although not label-specific.

Yes, from what I have been able to ascertain. There are two subsequent volumes.

I don't have it and it's incredibly rare, but this one also comes to mind: https://books.google.com/books/about/Jazz_record_book_Free_jazz.html?id=KAcnHQAACAAJ Includes thumbnail images of all titles mentioned in the book.