Two Lower East Side jazz legends revisit their first collaboration

Longtime Lower East Side neighbors Matthew Shipp and William Parker — pianist and bassist, respectively — are revisiting the first album they recorded together. 

Zo, the duo's 1993 debut, is being reissued in November by longtime indie label ESP-Disk'. It also marks the album's first-ever vinyl release. (The reissue will also be available on CD, as well as for download and streaming.)

Ahead of the release, ESP-Disk' recently shared the duo's interpretation of George Gershwin's "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess, available on Bandcamp. 

Meanwhile, Shipp also appears on "Let's Make a Memory," a track on Goin' Local, the first solo album by another Lower East Side music fixture, Lenny Kaye. The album was released on July 17. (Read this NPR interview with Kaye.)

Listen to "Summertime" here.