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Darius Jones / Matthew Shipp

The Darkseid Recital

By Darius Jones / Matthew Shipp

Label: AUM Fidelity
Released: 2014
Track listing: Celestial Fountain; 2,327,694,748; Granny Goodness; Gardens of Yivaroth; Lord of Woe; Life Equation; Sepulchre of Mandrakk; Divine Engine; Novu’s Final Gift.

Darius Jones, Matthew Shipp: The Darkseid Recital

by Libero Farnè
December 17, 2014

Delicati e sospesi impressionismi, movimentate evoluzioni in cui le asciutte sezioni del sax si sovrappongono al continuo e turbolento sottofondo tramato dal piano, rarefazioni caratterizzate da sonorità puntigliose del piano ed eccentriche del sax, scorribande free con i due strumenti legati inscindibilmente in un flusso turbinoso, frasi melodiche innestate su insistenze percussive... Queste ed altre situazioni ...

Darius Jones / Matthew Shipp: Cosmic Lieder

by John Sharpe
May 13, 2011

Duets with saxophonists loom large in pianist Matthew Shipp's discography. His first release featured one such with a young Rob Brown--Sonic Explorations (Cadence Jazz, 1988)--and there have been further outings over the years with other reed men, including Roscoe Mitchell, Ivo Perelman, Evan Parker and Sabir Mateen. To add to that impressive roster comes a worthy ...

Darius Jones / Matthew Shipp: Cosmic Lieder

by Troy Collins
April 8, 2011

Cosmic Lieder documents the first recorded collaboration between rising alto saxophone star Darius Jones and venerable pianist Matthew Shipp. Veering between dark lyricism and roiling catharsis, the date offers an illuminating window into the creative discourse between two different generations of the avant-garde. Released concurrently with the expansive live double album, The Art of ...

Darius Jones / Matthew Shipp: Cosmic Lieder

by Nic Jones
April 5, 2011

Cosmic Lieder contains the sound of a duo engaged in an exercise in totality, which takes in no small amount of the music's past even while there's never any doubt that both players are concerned with music of the future--though, happily, not over-earnestly so. But to call this program a “coming-of-age" would be misleading. Of the ...