Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2007 Country: France Packaging: Cardstock foldover Declared Enemy recorded on Decemter 19th, 2004 by Leon Lee Dorsey at Leon Lee Dorsey Studio, NY, USA; Denis Lavant recorded June 7, 2005 by Michel Mathieu at Draveil, France.
Pianist Shipp in an excellent quartet setting playing Shipp compositions in a tribute to Jean Genet. "It was by chance, during his short stay in Paris in 2000, that Matthew Shipp came across Rajak Ohanian's photograph of Jean Genet. He instantly recognized the writer, saying "Our Lady of The Flowers is one of my favourite books." And that's how it all started. Four years later, he brought together Sabeer Mateen, William Parker and Gerald Cleaver to express what Genet meant to him. Then, Denis Lavant joined them to add Genet's words to the project."- RogueArt
Includes a booklet with the copies of an unpublished Jean Genet manuscript and of the excerpt of another Jean Genet manuscript, an unpublished text by Angela Davis, a Matthew Shipp interview by Steve Dalachinsky, an unpublished text by Alexandre Pierrepont, and photos of Jean Genet and the band.