Following the sound and fury of his fifty-piece big band Centipede's '71 recording, Septober Energy (reissued in '00), British pianist Keith Tippett scaled things down for Blueprint, released in '72 ...

Navigating a multi-venued festival with concurrent concerts can make for some difficult choices: Keith Tippett and Stan Tracey? Or Ken Vandermark and Barry Guy? This was just one of the conundrums ...