Jazz Articles about Matthew Shipp

About Matthew Shipp

Book Review

The Musings of Matthew Shipp: Black Mystery School Pianists And Other Writings

by Mark Corroto
April 6, 2025

Black Mystery School Pianists And Other Writings Matthew Shipp93 Pages ISBN: # 978-1-57027-435-0Automedia2025 Whether you own one Matthew Shipp album or 250, his music inevitably raises the question: Where does his artistic vision originate? Understanding any artist is complex, but with someone as innovative as Shipp, deciphering his musical DNA is an especially intriguing pursuit. Anyone who has followed Shipp on social media knows he is an outspoken critic--not just of ...

Album Review

Ivo Perelman Quartet: Water Music

Read "Water Music" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
November 1, 2024

Un free piuttosto spinto apre questo CD inciso ormai due anni or sono (novembre 2022) da un quartetto coi controfiocchi, in grado di cacciarsi a capofitto nella tenaglia dell'improvvisazione senza rete con la quasi certezza di venirne fuori brillantemente. E' quanto gli otto brani su cui la sfida si sdipana ci confermano a chiare lettere, con l'iperpresenzialismo tante volte dimostrato da Ivo Perelman (nel singolo album ma anche con l'elefantiaca, scriteriata produzione di qualche anno fa) che sa farsi invece ...

Album Review

Steve Swell, Matthew Shipp: Space Cube Jazz

Read "Space Cube Jazz" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
October 22, 2024

Una bella verve e doti di reciproco ascolto e comprensione-interazione danno fiato a questo lavoro in duo da parte di una coppia di musicisti, del resto, sempre molto attenti a non rimanere intrappolati nelle sabbie mobili dell'ovvio e del “tanto per..." La loro musica sa essere infatti sempre lucida, concentrata sul dettaglio quanto sugli equilibri complessivi dei “messaggi nella bottiglia" che intendono lasciare dietro di loro, anche--anzi ancor più--in un album in duo, più carico di responsabilità nel momento in ...

Album Review

Ivo Perelman Quartet: Water Music

Read "Water Music" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
August 15, 2024

New and old converge on Water Music. Tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman showcases a quartet with longstanding partner Matthew Shipp on piano together with the fresh rhythm axis of bassist Mark Helias and drummer Tom Rainey. Although they have not played with Perelman before, they are not exactly Johnny-come-latelys. Both have achieved veteran status, not only individually, but also as a team, exemplified by Rainey having fuelled Helias' mighty Open Loose trio since its inception back in the late 1990s.

Album Review

Matthew Shipp: The Data

Read "The Data" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
July 8, 2024

Music is communication, and jazz, especially jazz improvisation is the purest form of expression of one's intercourse. Think of this in terms of the contrast between Buddy Bolden, who is believed to be the very first jazz musician and Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones. Bolden began playing Gospel, blues, and marching band music, but his performance was not limited (critics have debated whether he could read music) to the notes on the page. Nonetheless, Bolden improvised, changed tempos, and ...

Album Review

Ivo Perelman Quartet: Water Music

Read "Water Music" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
June 12, 2024

Come on a rafting expedition with the Ivo Perelman Quartet. A river excursion is a perfect metaphor for the saxophonist's Water Music. Those familiar with the anomalous and idiosyncratic sounds that emanate from Perelman's saxophone also know he is attuned and reactive to the set and setting of a performance. Just as a trip on a raft is conditioned by the river's flow, gradients, constrictions and any obstacles in its way, the same can be said of Perelman's music.

Album Review

Ivo Perelman / Matthew Shipp: Magical Incantation

Read "Magical Incantation" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
June 3, 2024

If the purest form of communication is music then Magical Incantation--the latest free-form essay to flow from the spirits of free jazz titans sax master Ivo Perelman and piano master Matthew Shipp--could very well be the very definition. No strangers to each other (the two have released nineteen duet recordings, not to mention their prolificacy within smaller and larger ensembles) Perelman and Shipp continue their lifelong conversation with eight shared intimacies which get to the heart of human ...