Home » Search Center » Results: Matthew Shipp
Results for "Matthew Shipp"
International Jazz Day Album Guide
Steve Holtje, editor of MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide (Visible Ink), has written a 50-album guide covering the development from jazz, ranging from Louis Armstrong to Matthew Shipp, for CultureCatch.com. He writes: “Monday, April 30, is International Jazz Day, proclaimed by UNESCO goodwill ambassador Herbie Hancock. There will be streaming concerts and much more on ...
Take Five With James Brandon Lewis
by AAJ Staff
Meet James Brandon Lewis: Saxophonist/composer James Brandon Lewis was exposed to jazz, gospel, and R&B and at an early age began his journey into the realm of music. He attended Buffalo Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts located in Buffalo NY. Upon graduating, James would continue his musical pursuit At Howard University, where ...
Matthew Shipp Trio Record Release Celebration at Philadelphia Art Alliance on March 9
Friday, March 9, 8pm MATTHEW SHIPP TRIO Matthew Shipp, piano; Michael Bisio, bass; Whit Dickey, drums Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th Street, $15 Please join Ars Nova Workshop for the Philadelphia debut of the Matthew Shipp Trio. Following 2011's spectacular The Art Of The Improviser LP, tonight Shipp's Trio celebrates the ...
Ivo Perelman / Joe Morris / Gerald Cleaver: Family Ties
by Troy Collins
Family Ties is São Paulo-born saxophonist Ivo Perelman's sixteenth release for Leo Records and the sixth named after one of Brazilian novelist Clarice Lispector's intense psychological works of fiction. Each of the record's six pieces is similarly titled after a short story from the aforementioned collection, yet the album's designation offers a broader, more salient interpretation ...
Ivo Perelman / Joe Morris / Gerald Cleaver: Family Ties
by Mark Corroto
Her boyfriend might have left Janis Joplin with nothing, as she asserts in her classic version of Kris Kristofferson's “Me and Bobby McGee," but Ivo Perelman refutes Joplin's claim that “freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose" on Family Ties.The Brazilian saxophonist has returned to recording with a deluge of releases, this ...
Matthew Shipp Trio: Elastic Aspects
by John Sharpe
Even with a discography amassing over 40 releases under his own name, pianist Matthew Shipp continues to justify the plaudits. Sometimes it can be hard to find new things to say about artists who have been active over such a lengthy period, but Shipp keeps ringing the changes to provide talking points. Unlike the stellar live ...
Matthew Shipp Celebrates Elasticity at Jazz Standard
The Matthew Shipp Trio with Michael Bisio and Whit Dickey will be closing out February with two days of performance at Jazz Standard to celebrate the release of Elastic Aspects on Thirsty Ear Records. There will be two shows each night at 7:30 and 9:30 with a cover charge of $20.00 for each show. “Elastic Aspects ...
Matthew Shipp: Elastic Aspects
by William Carey
There is a moment fairly early on in pianist Matthew Shipp's Elastic Aspects, when the solo piano that has been hypnotizing for several minutes ends and is replaced by a rather angry and anxious sounding bass, bowed fervently by trio mate Michael Bisio. It is startling, and is soon replaced by the feathery light drumming of ...
Matthew Shipp Trio: Elastic Aspects
by Troy Collins
From the sublime introspection of Bill Evans' legendary trio to the unfettered expressionism of Cecil Taylor's various units, the acoustic piano trio has proven to be one of the jazz tradition's most versatile and enduring configurations. Underscored by percussion, the pairing of two chord-based instruments facilitates a wide range of melodic, harmonic and rhythmic freedom, enabling ...
Matthew Shipp Trio: Elastic Aspects
by Mark Corroto
When speaking of the development of the piano trio, talk inevitably turns to its different lineups, such a the evolution of Bill Evans' trio before and after the Scott LaFaro, or the differing approaches of drummers Paul Motian and Joe La Barbera. For Matthew Shipp, his latest company signals a sort of turning point--perhaps even a ...
