{"product_id":"bass-cathedral-9780811217200","title":"Bass Cathedral","description":"Los Angeles, October 1982: Molimo m'Atet, formerly known as the The Mystic Horn Society, is preparing to release its new album \u003cem\u003eOrphic Bend\u003c\/em\u003e. The members of the jazz ensemble--Aunt Nancy, Djamilaa, Drennette, Lambert, N., and Penguin--are witness to a strange occurrence: while listening to their test pressing, the moment Aunt Nancy's bass solo begins a balloon emerges from the vinyl, bearing a mysterious message: \u003cem\u003eI dreamt you were gone....\u003c\/em\u003e Through letters N. writes to a figure called Angel of Dust, the ever-mutating story unfolds, leaving no musician or listener untouched.\u003cem\u003eBass Cathedral\u003c\/em\u003e is Mackey's fourth volume in his ongoing novel with no beginning or end, \u003cem\u003eFrom a Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate\u003c\/em\u003e. Thought balloons morph into mute-stereoptic emanations; N. encounters a master mouthpiece-maker; Drennette leaves Penguin dateless; Lambert's kicking it around with Melanie--much is abuzz but something else is happening to the ensemble. The music seems to be living them. N. suffers cowrie shell attacks and they are all stranded on an Orphic Shore. Socio-political forces are at play or has this always been the essence and accident of the music's resilience? And Hotel Didjeridoo must be resurrected, but how? Myth spins music spins thought spins sex--Mackey's post-bop boxless box set is, as the Utne Reader wrote, \"Avant-garde literature you can love: an evolving multivolume novel of the jazz world that plays with language and ideas the way Thelonious Monk plays with flatted fifths.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811217200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.28w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/26\/2007 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/24\/2008 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/02\/2008 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/07\/2008 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nathaniel Mackey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51445522399413,"sku":"9780811217200","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_304465af-3293-49dc-9139-b38cf666d7f4.jpg?v=1753798814","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bass-cathedral-9780811217200","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}