Circular Temple Verve Records and their debut album

and their debut album

Lovano and Motian had been intimate colleagues for many years with their most notable collaboration being the groundbreaking trio featuring Bill Frisell – the lineup released three albums on ECM

each is introduced by a scene-setting interlude

confident tone

Isaiah Collier (drums)

Circular Temple Verve Records and their debut albumIt 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