El-P: High Water (Mark)

by Rex Butters
May 2, 2004

Thirsty Ear’s Blue Series continues to break new ground with its latest jazz/DJ fusion project, High Water (Mark). This record was released under the DJ/producer’s name, El-P, but the musicians manipulated are the Blue Series All Stars, including series curator Matthew Shipp on piano, William Parker on bass, Roy Campbell, Jr. on trumpet, Daniel Carter on reeds, and Guillermo E. Brown on drums, and Steve Swell on trombone.

The collection opens with a rehearsal tape of Shipp and Campbell playing ...