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“A model of independent scholarship, ... reading The Sam Rivers Sessionography is a highly immersive experience.
“A dizzying, stunning achievement of research and scholarship. ... A joyful, sometimes psychedelic experience.”
“A Rosetta Stone of insight, and a well-deserved and worthy tribute to an overlooked giant of the music.”
“An incredible piece of work. It’s really something else. Informative and entertaining. ... Anticipating hours of joy.” “Absolutely mind-blowing! So great!” —Mats Gustafsson “An essential resource, a trail map for a rare and beautiful landscape of sounds.” —Larry Blumenfeld “A tremendous document. ... This book is powerful.” —Jason Moran “Lopez’s Sam Rivers sessionography is state of the art.” —Lewis Porter
“Rick Lopez’s book is by no means a biography. It’s not a discography either, and it’s not a photo documentation. “Rick Lopez has done it again!” —James Brandon Lewis |
A Note from Your Mad Discographer, on The Deep Digging; The Incantations; The Inspirations; All These Words...of financial savvy; I am—like a clueless child—almost entirely dependent at the age of 69 on next week’s pay-check; and I am “unaffiliated” and on my own here. I also get constant feedback from people all over the world who’ve been telling me, lo these many decades, that the work I do is invaluable... And so I’m reaching out. There are expenses I constantly struggle to meet: website hosting, an Adobe account for the software that makes the website and book layouts possible, subscriptions to newspaper archives, and numerous other expenses. Then there are the absurd number of hours I feel compelled to spend gathering and organizing and formatting the information that I find. I receive a Social Security check that meets just about half of my living expenses, and I drive a tiny school bus part-time for a daycare center that barely covers the rest. So if you appreciate the work that I do and are willing and able to help a boy out with any amount, either one-time or monthly, I would be most grateful. —RL (And the scant book monies go toward the next publication, Ed Hazell’s Energy Center: A History of Studio RivBea 1972-1978.) |
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Sessionographies : : : Attempting a complete historical arc.[Official releases, unissued sessions, Broadcast and Private recordings, and other media + all known play-dates.] |
(Latest Update February 6, 2023) Being revived NOW |
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Marco Eneidi Sessionography in the works! (Latest Update March 17, 2023) |
Book release NOW |
(Latest Update February 21, 2023; Major Rebuild coming—2023/24) |
 A William Parker Sub-document. |
Memorial / Homage (Latest Update February 11, 2023) |
Memorial / Homage (Latest Update July 23, 2022) |
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"I want to point out the wonderful discographies that Rick Lopez has produced... —treasure troves of information, some of the finest scholarship available on the internet today." —Tom Hull / Village Voice "A sessionography is the most comprehensive listing of all, trying to document all known sessions, recorded or not, of the artist. Rick Lopez has the most exciting examples of sessionographies that I'm aware of currently on the Web." —Joe Moudry / Saturn Web The Marilyn Crispell Sessionography was excerpted and linked on Evan Parker's High Tide, a multimedia adaptation of BBC Radio 3's "Jazz on 3" released on CD-ROM by BBC London and included with Issue #200 of The WIRE Magazine. An essay concerning research involved in the Sam Rivers Sessionography was published in a book about one of the premier jazz venues in Europe, BimHUIS 25: Stories of Twenty-Five Years..., edited by Kevin Whitehead. The discographies and sessionographies have been referenced in the revised edition of the Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Links, notations, mentions, and references to these documents have appeared on recently released recordings and in print articles in The WIRE (UK), Coda (Canada), Signal to Noise, and many other publications. |
The Personal... |
The Rick Lopez Eventography [May 3, 1953-NearPresent] A relatively complete listing of my involvement in the arts. Music — Theatre — Prose Publishing — Performance — Productions ::: photo by michael graham ::: |
 A Vivid Memoir of the landmark concert by Sam Rivers, Dave Holland, and Barry Altschul at Columbia University's Miller Theatre on May 25th, 2007. A Resumé Six Credits for One five-page English Comp. paper at University-Mart. February '06 |
An over-the-edge accounting of my life spanning January 2000 through June of 2001. My Grandmother dying here with us. |
Hardly about baseball at all. Mostly a state-of-mind document, of which it has been said: "Superb." "...a deconstructionist wet dream." "Just the coolest goddamn thing I've seen in a long, long time." |
aaahhh... Sammy. He lives on in all the corners of my head. |
A tragedy in an indeterminate number of acts. A true story. You may as well read it. |
+ The Game of Twenty-and-Then-Some-Questions |
"...Snaps the game to life in a grand, visceral, sense-evoking way..." A horsehide and lumber symphony of prose dedicated to the beauty of the game." "...Beautiful..." "...Readers [will] recall its poetry, punch, and photos long after they put it down..." |
A snappy little illustrated essay written for an Erie Art Museum exhibit in the Summer of '94. |
HARD BOIL [1985] "...as real as a blood-drained face and a drop of blood trickling down the ear..." "...short zappy bits of prose that leave lingering nightmares..." The megaviolence part of the show... Not for the faint of heart. |
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