Financial Paperwork From A Box, Pt. 2
Artists House was an independent record label started by producer John Snyder in 1977. Charlie had worked with John for his A&M/Horizon albums Closeness (1976, duets with Ornette Coleman, Alice Coltrane, Keith Jarrett, and Paul Motian) and The Golden Number (1977, duets with Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, Hampton Hawes, and Archie Shepp).
The label released fourteen albums between 1977 and 1981, including two with Charlie. As Long As There’s Music features songs originally recorded in 1976 with Hampton Hawes for The Golden Number. The LP was issued in 1978, shortly after Hawes’ unexpected death. 1977’s Soapsuds, Soapsuds features duets with Ornette Coleman, based on an idea by Charlie, reined in and almost sabotaged, as you’ll read below, by Ornette.
John Snyder is still going strong and has a huge archive of his work available online. Check out his endlessly fascinating website here.
These documents were found in a box of paperwork from the firm that provided Charlie with legal services for decades. Part One’s here. Please consider supporting the preservation of Charlie’s estate, as well as the writing of my book, by subscribing to this substack. Solid, Jackson. Thanks for reading.
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