Jazz Articles about Matthew Shipp

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Matthew Shipp Quartet: Pastoral Composure

by AAJ Staff
April 1, 2000

Matthew Shipp went into retirement earlier this year at age 38, after seven years of recording some of the most adventurous free jazz piano in history. Recently Thirsty Ear convinced him to come out of his self-imposed retirement and record a quartet album entitled Pastoral Composure. His new quartet features trumpeter Roy Campbell, bassist William Parker, and drummer Gerald Cleaver.

A more sympathetic group has rarely existed in free jazz. Campbell's trumpet lines range from outright clear melodicism to wild ...

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Matthew Shipp Duo with Mat Maneri: Gravitational Systems

by Glenn Astarita
April 1, 2000

Pianist Matthew Shipp continues his impressive recorded legacy, which includes frequent duets with like-minded modern jazz musicians. Here, Shipp teams with the distinguished improvising artist and proponent of microtonal-based structures, violinist Mat Maneri. Staunch advocates and admirers of these two prolific musicians should be more than satisfied with the engaging and often intense musings to be heard on Gravitational Systems.

With this release the two musicians shoot for the stars while exhibiting boundless enthusiasm along with an acute awareness of ...

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Matthew Shipp: dna

by Mark Corroto
April 1, 1999

Matthew Shipp continues to document his progression as the anti-Marsalis. Eschewing swing for feeling, he leads his fans or is it his cult, down a much different path. His latest installment, recorded January of this year, is his thirty-second in the last eight years. At this pace, he'll replace David Murray as the album of the month artist. Teamed with his idol, bassist William Parker, Shipp seems most comfortable. Five improvised tracks are sandwiched by two traditional pieces, When Johnny ...