The seminal Matthew Shipp String Trio reconvened in late 2024 in order to commune with tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman in studio. Armageddon Flower is the epic result.

"A profound offering, created by four master improvisers, that challenges and elevates the very notion of what jazz, and art itself, can be .. This is, without a doubt, a masterwork. It is a towering summit of musical dialogue, shaped by four artists whose individual careers already read like seismic events in contemporary music."
-Thierry De Clemensat, Paris-Move

Their Concert Debut took place June 5 at Vision Festival, and it was Godhead.

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Great Reads Alert! Plural yes, because it is akin to such as the Tao Te Ching, in that regularly reading pages thereof provides enduring edification. This Centering Music book arrives with AUM Fidelity's highest recommendation.

This is the most extensive collection of William Parker's writing to date – his first form of illuminated expression. Elementally essential.

2nd print of 100 arrived late April, and copies are running down.

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Great read alert! Brand new collection of essays and prose poems by acclaimed pianist and visionary Matthew Shipp, who has written pieces for a number of fanzines, blogs and magazines over the years. This work touches on many subjects, including jazz, sports, the psychology and spirituality of improvisation, and 1980s New York dance culture.

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The potent work of each of these powerfully perceptive & creative voices concerns itself with how one might navigate the ascending reign of long-institutionalized madness while keeping humanity and sanity intact. With Revision, TAO Forms proudly presents their synergistic mesh in Duo on record for the first time.

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AUM Fidelity is exceptionally stoked to present this powerful new work from composer & alto saxophonist Darius Jones. The 7th chapter (of 9 on completion) in his Man'ish Boy epic, which he began in collaboration with AUM in 2009. This is a fully committed new trio communion. This is a masterwork.

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A luminous, beautiful, personal, and into the universal new work from Chicago-based bass clarinetist-composer Jason Stein which TAO Forms is honored to present. A singular master of the instrument, Stein created this work together with Joshua Abrams (bass) and Gerald Cleaver (drums), along with guest artist Boon (guitar) for the centering title tracks.

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