and Julius Rodriguez
Licensed to Ill—and the album’s messy fallout as the band broke with Def Jam
collaborating across a wide range of projects
exploratory directions that were to affect the trajectory of jazz from that point forward
“Reading Matthew Shipp is like hearing him play: one is left spellbound
The Summer House Sessions LP (Blank Forms) vintage books and Julius RodriguezThe Summer House Sessions (recorded 1968, release1d 2021 on Blank Forms Editions) is a raw, freejazz gem unearthed from a daylong jam at a Swedish summer house. The octet, featuring musicians from Sweden, France, the U. S., and Turkey, embraces "collage music"rejecting solos in favor of spontaneous ensemble interplay, weaving Turkish rhythms, drones, and global motifs into poetic, improvisational suites.