Jazz Articles about Matthew Shipp

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Matthew Shipp Trio: Harmonic Disorder

by Troy Collins
January 21, 2009

One of today's most iconic artists, pianist Matthew Shipp has fearlessly ventured into numerous genres in search of new means of expression. From stark chamber-like acoustic settings to electronic collaborations with DJs, programmers, and hip-hop artists, Shipp has defied simple categorization. His previous recording for Thirsty Ear, Piano Vortex (2007) found him returning to the acoustic piano trio format with bassist Joe Morris and drummer Whit Dickey. Harmonic Disorder is the empathetic trio's sophomore effort, taking up where the previous ...

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Matthew Shipp: Cosmic Suite

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 22, 2008

Si apre con un clima di meditativa sospensione questa nuova Cosmic Suite di Matthew Shipp, alla guida di un quartetto completato da Daniel Carter a tromba e ance, Joe Morris al contrabbasso e Whit Dickey alla batteria. Mentre pianoforte e sezione ritmica si annusano, si studiano e intrecciano le prime “alleanze" espressive, la tromba di Carter, con un lirismo acidulo, pennella le prime, meravigliose note. Il clima diventa presto ribollente, e all'ipercinetico lavoro di Shipp corrisponde un cambio di strumento ...

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Matthew Shipp: Multiplication Table, Abbey Road Duos, Un Piano & Cosmic Suite

by Kurt Gottschalk
November 16, 2008

Matthew Shipp Multiplication Table hatOLOGY 2008 Evan Parker / Matthew Shipp Abbey Road Duos Treader 2007 Matthew Shipp Un Piano RogueArt 2008 Matthew Shipp Quartet Cosmic Suite Not Two 2008

Pianist Matthew Shipp's relationship with ...

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Matthew Shipp & the Roy Campbell/Joe McPhee Quartet in Antwerp

by John Sharpe
September 22, 2008

Matthew Shipp and the Roy Campbell/Joe McPhee QuartetTribute to Albert Ayler deSingel International Arts Center Antwerp, Belgium September 6, 2008

Themed around the iconoclastic '60s saxophonist Albert Ayler, the evening's fare at the modern deSingel International Arts Center on the edge of Antwerp city center was an intriguing mix of the new, the old and, in terms of the heritage underpinning what we heard, even the older. Proceedings commenced with a late ...

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Matthew Shipp: Cosmic Suite

by John Sharpe
September 11, 2008

A tangled web links the cast of Matthew Shipp’s latest recording on the adventurous NotTwo imprint. Saxophonist Daniel Carter features in Shipp’s Nubop Quartet and on his feted Strata (1997, HatHut) release, while Shipp has guested extensively with Other Dimensions In Music, one of Carter’s prime outlets. As a rhythm section, bassist Joe Morris and drummer Whit Dickey underpin Shipp’s current piano trio, but have a decade old back story on each others discs, and Carter joined both as part ...

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Right Hemisphere: Right Hemisphere

by Lyn Horton
June 26, 2008

Brotherhood implies common ground whether or not it is within a context of family, ethnic heritage, belief system or creative activity. An automatic unity, not requiring invention, binds the network. An agreement exists, not requiring a contract, to make it mutual. The language is the same though the perspectives might be different from group to group, person to person. Nevertheless, communication can come easily.

Born in the 1980s, Right Hemisphere is this quartet's self-titled 2008 debut. As is clarified in ...

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Matthew Shipp Trio at the Vortex in London

by John Sharpe
June 14, 2008

Matthew Ship Trio Vortext London, England April 21, 2008

London's Vortex was packed to bursting for the first date in pianist Matthew Shipp's European tour with long-time associates Joe Morris (better known as a guitarist but here on bass) and Whit Dickey on drums. Those years of experience in assorted gatherings have enabled an almost telepathic level of communication among the threesome, as was reflected in the instantaneous twists and turns in the ...