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Matthew Shipp: Cosmic Suite
by AAJ Italy Staff
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 ...
Continue ReadingMatthew Shipp: Multiplication Table, Abbey Road Duos, Un Piano & Cosmic Suite
by Kurt Gottschalk
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 ...
Continue ReadingMatthew Shipp & the Roy Campbell/Joe McPhee Quartet in Antwerp
by John Sharpe
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 ...
Continue ReadingMatthew Shipp: Cosmic Suite
by John Sharpe
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 ...
Continue ReadingRight Hemisphere: Right Hemisphere
by Lyn Horton
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 ...
Continue ReadingMatthew Shipp Trio at the Vortex in London
by John Sharpe
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 ...
Continue ReadingMatthew Shipp: Un Piano
by Lyn Horton
Vision does not come all at once. It builds over time and through experience. A component of vision is awareness, for if experience cannot be witnessed and objectified, then awareness might evade consciousness. How to break convention and move into directions that are untapped requires self-confidence and self-trust. Vision and creativity are inseparable, dynamic partners.
On his second solo album, Un Piano, pianist Matthew Shipp demonstrates his fearlessness in stepping outside of the standard that he has set for himself ...
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