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John Medeski / Matthew Shipp

Scotty Hard's Radical Reconstructive Surgery

By John Medeski / Matthew Shipp

Label: Thirsty Ear Recordings
Released: 2007
Track listing: Primary Humor; Chance Operation; St. Clare

John Medeski / Matthew Shipp: Scotty Hard's Radical Reconstructive Surgery

by Jeff Stockton
April 11, 2007

Jazz relies on instrumental virtuosity and the reputation of the people making it to distinguish itself, but the Thirsty Ear Blue Series seems to take the opposite approach. Extending the tradition of the Antipop Consortium, the Blue Series Continuum and the Free Zen Society, Scotty Hard's Radical Reconstructive Surgery is another semi-anonymous project that puts producer ...

John Medeski / Matthew Shipp: Scotty Hard's Radical Reconstructive Surgery

by Troy Collins
October 4, 2006

Celebrated hip-hop producer Scotty Hard realizes a longstanding ambition on Radical Reconstructive Surgery: the pairing of keyboardists John Medeski and Matthew Shipp. This album documents the first-ever recorded encounter of the two players, both former students of the New England Conservatory of Music. Half the pieces consist of written collaborations between Medeski, Shipp and Hard; the ...