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Mat Maneri / Matthew Shipp: Conference Of The Mat/ts
ByThis latest recording feels more patient and relaxed than their previous duo effort. But then, with nearly twenty years of collaboration and performance, you'd expect this kind of elegance. Maneri and Shipp improvise these thirteen pieces with a certain refinement of manner that elevates the sound to "beyond category." Jazz music? Yes. Chamber music? Certainly. Both are, and are not at all. Pure improvisation can be that hardscrabble scuffle to forge beauty from the furnace and the hammer, an approach both musicians were schooled in. But here, weapons are discarded, and the music is created from an unshielded and vulnerable position. Charge is swapped for charm and pummel for peace. Maneri's viola and Shipp's piano eschew call-and-response for mutual assured construction. The music is inherently leaderless without becoming rudderless.
Track Listing
Conference #1; Conference #2; Conference #3; Conference #4; Conference #5; Conference #5; Conference #6; Conference #7; Conference #8; Conference #9; Conference #10; Conference #11; Conference #12; Conference #13.
Personnel
Mat Maneri: viola; Matthew Shipp: piano.
Album information
Title: Conference Of The Mat/ts | Year Released: 2018 | Record Label: Rogue Art
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