Circular Temple ESP-Disk Close collaboration between Simmons and

Close collaboration between Simmons and Scott prompted a creative shift with more emphasis on both groove and production value

It was important to me to go deeper and address not just tradition and culture

this time inspired by Victorian novelist Samuel Butler and his work of the same name

Swaggering Hard Bop from an exceptional quintet

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Circular Temple ESP-Disk Close collaboration between Simmons andIt has become clear that Matthew Shipp is the most interesting and important jazz pianist of his generation, the most continually evolving and pushing forward. Now that hes in his sixties and something of an elder statesman of the art form, hes overdue for a retrospective look at his catalog, and to help make that happen, ESP Disk will be reissuing some of his great early work thats gone out of print: The 1990 trio recording Circular Temple