Jazz Articles about Thomas Helton

The Core Trio with Matthew Shipp: The Core Trio With Matthew Shipp

by Dan Bilawsky
July 28, 2014

One trio. One guest. A single, forty-two minute, freely improvised piece. That's what you basically have here, but such a bare description doesn't do it justice. The Core Trio--a group that has yet to actually record as a stand-alone trio--has an interesting history that seems to always revolve around personnel twists. The group came to exist as a three-piece when the members of an avant-garde quartet called Rosta decided to disband, but that was just the first ...