Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp String Trio "Armageddon Flower"

[clifford_thornton]

Posting here, rather than the "Modern/Avant" thread. This CD is coming out in about a month, and while I did write the liner notes for it, I can also attest that it's fantastic.

https://matthewshipptaoforms.bandcamp.com/album/armageddon-flower

Mark Corroto has also reviewed it for AAJ, and I wish more people wrote reviews this richly:

https://www.allaboutjazz.com/armageddon-flower-ivo-perelman-and-matthew-shipp-string-trio-self-produced

[T.D.]

Thanks. That is an excellent and unusually expressive AAJ review. Although that site's coverage is wide, I don't usually pay much attention to their reviews : while well-written, they rarely express strong opinions and often come off as "polite" or cookie-cutter IMO.

Possible experiment: If this album is placed on the same shelf (or hard drive sector) as Andre 3000's 7 piano sketches opus, will some kind of bizarre chemical meltdown or spontaneous combustion occur?

[clifford_thornton]

2 hours ago, T.D. said:

 

Possible experiment: If this album is placed on the same shelf (or hard drive sector) as Andre 3000's 7 piano sketches opus, will some kind of bizarre chemical meltdown or spontaneous combustion occur?

😂

[colinmce]

Really looking forward to this one, big fan of those Shipp String Trio albums.

[Dub Modal]

I'll check it out. The Shipp/Perelman Magical Incantation album wasn't for me but the strings may add something. 

[clifford_thornton]

saw this music expanded upon live at the Vision Festival and it was truly mind-altering.