Results for "Matthew Shipp"

Frode Gjerstad with Matthew Shipp: We Speak

by John Sharpe
January 14, 2024

While the combination of reedman Frode Gjerstad--the godfather of Norwegian free jazz who dwells about as far from the so-called Nordic sound as you can get--and pianist Matthew Shipp -whose lineage can be traced back through what he terms The Black Mystery School, which takes in Thelonious Monk, Mal Waldron and Randy Weston among others--might seem ...

2023 Look Back

by David Brown
January 2, 2024

For this week's show, let's look back at 2023 and give a listen to projects that stuck with me in my listening. This is not a best of the year list. I think of it more of a revisiting of excellent works that I would highly recommend. Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, ...

The Intrinsic Nature Of Shipp

Label: Mahakala Music
Released: 2023
Track listing: The Intrinsic Nature Of Shipp; Crystal Structures; That Vibration; The; Jazz Emotions; The Bulldozer Poetics; The Essence; Jazz Frequency; Tune Into It; The Essence of Silence.

No Subject

Label: Brother Mister Productions
Released: 2023
Track listing: At The Very Least; I Like It Very Much; Somebody Just Go In, Please; Sometime Tomorrow; Decisions Have Already Been Made; Metal Sounds; Excuse My Absence; I Take That Back; To Be Honest; Word And Respect; See What You Think; No Subject.

Circular Temple

By Matthew Shipp

Label: ESP-Disk
Released: 2023
Track listing: Circular Temple #1; Circular Temple #2 (Monk's Nightmare); Circular Temple#3; Circular Temple #4.

Fire Within

Label: Pine Eagle Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Fire Within; Inferred; Angular Logic; Through Still Air; Following The Stream.

We Speak

Label: Relative Pitch Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: About Music; About Hearing; About Freedom Of Expression; About Conspiracies; About Minorities; About Equality; About Silence; About Peace.

Karl Ackermann's Best Creative Music Of 2023

by Karl Ackermann
December 26, 2023

2023 was an exceptional year for pushing envelopes. The music took leaps backward and forwards in time, espousing social consciousness while embracing fundamentals laid down by the likes of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. What distinguishes this year from the pre-pandemic era is the palpable feeling that artists vented in the form of fresh enthusiasm that ...

Rich Halley: Fire Within

by Mike Jurkovic
November 25, 2023

The name of free form saxophonist and raconteur Rich Halley may not roll off the tongue or be a secret G7 password, but he sure kicks up a lot of dust. Put him in the same room as piano slaying Matthew Shipp, bassist Michael Bisio, and drummer Newman Taylor Baker and rest assured all hell will ...

Mal Waldron, Aymée Nuviola, Immanuel Wilkins, Grover Washington, Jr.

by David Brown
November 1, 2023

This week, a soulful set with Washington, McCann and Spalding. Then some Monk by Monk and Lacy/Waldron followed by a short set of Immanuel Wilkins old and new. We will also check out recent releases by Mat Maneri Quartet and Miho Hazama, and more. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each week, we ...