Named after Jean Genet's infamous novel, New York pianist Matthew Shipp's quartet Declared Enemy with Sabir Mateen on tenor sax & clarinet, William Parker on double bass, and Gerald Cleaver on drums, return for a second outstanding album of dynamic and masterful jazz.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2015 Country: France Packaging: Digipack Recorded by Jim Clouse on June 13th, 2013 at Park West Studio, Brooklyn, NY.
"2006: RogueArt released Salute To 1000001 Stars with a Genet text read by French actor Denis Levant & music written & played by Matthew Shipp & this same quartet he assembled for that occasion which he called Declared Enemy - continuing with that homage Shipp has chosen to name this cd after Genet's in/famous novel Our Lady of The Flowers > here are duos, trios & solos selected/composed by Shipp, the totality of which, represents his further feelings & involvement with Genet's work as well as his own ideas of individual & group voicing & expression."-Steve Dalachinsky, excerpt from the liner notes