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Allen Lowe: Blues and the Empirical Truth
by Troy Collins
Operating on the fringes of the jazz establishment since the early 1990s, under-sung saxophonist Allen Lowe has earned meritorious praise for his distinctive efforts. It is his academic writings documenting the history of American folk music that have garnered him the most widespread critical acclaim however. Lowe's first foray into roots music, his 1994 album Dark ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Matthew Shipp
All About Jazz is celebrating Matthew Shipp's birthday today! Matthew Shipp was born December 7, 1960 in Wilmington, Delaware. He started piano at 5 years old with the regular piano lessons most kids have experienced. He fell in love with jazz at 12 years old. After moving to New York in 1984 he quickly became one ...
Darius Jones: Big Gurl (Smell My Dream)
by John Sharpe
In Man'ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing) (AUM Fidelity, 2009), alto saxophonist Darius Jones scored a stunning debut that placed the newcomer firmly on the avant jazz map. Since then, the reedman has put himself about town, tasting artistic success with drummers William Hooker, and Mike Pride's ensembles, collective Little Women and in duet with ...
Seeking Funds for His Next Project Via Kickstarter, Eric Person Joins Growing Crowd of Creative Types
Saxophonist Eric Person is down to the last week of his Kickstarter campaign to fund his proposed next album Thoughts on God-Project of Hope. The 48-year-old St. Louis native, who has performed with jazz luminaries including McCoy Tyner, Dave Holland, Chico Hamilton, and the World Saxophone Quartet, so far has attracted 110 backers who have pledged ...
Matthew Shipp Enters His Second Decade with the Exhilarating Trio Release “Elastic Aspects” Feb 2012
"Subversive," “cantankerous," “pugilistic" are words that have been used to describe Matthew Shipp but in reality he is proudly paradoxical, confounding the listener with exhilarating leaps from traditional to parts unknown. Striking a singular path at once ultra modern yet embedded in deep historic musical roots, Shipp's presentation is both organic and science fiction. He wears ...
"The Composer" with Matthew Shipp Launches its Kickstarter Campaign
A planned film collaboration between Matthew Shipp and Barbara Januszkiewicz has entered its initial search for funding via Kickstarter. The American Jazz Museum has graciously agreed to extend its support to this collaboration so that supporters will be eligible for a charitable deduction. The Project: An independent film highlighting the relationship between a musician, jazz great ...
Steve Dalachinsky: Weaving Poetry with Jazz
by Florence Wetzel
Poet Steve Dalachinsky occupies a unique place in the jazz firmament. Actually, he occupies several places: he writes poetry inspired by jazz, he performs and records with jazz musicians and he has supplied liner notes for numerous artists including multi-intrumentalist Anthony Braxton, drummer Rashied Ali and pianist Matthew Shipp. Dalachinsky is an avid supporter of the ...
Matthew Shipp and Joe Morris - Broken Partials (Nottwo, 2011) ****
By Paul Acquaro The music starts getting tense midway through 'Two' on Matthew Shipp and Joe Morris' vibrant new duo recording 'Broken Partials.' Shipp extracts all the sound he possibly can from the piano while Morris, intense and focused on upright bass, contributes a swarm of sound below the piano. Soon, like Shipp, he is digging ...
Matthew Shipp Trio Comes To The Historic Bohemian Caverns, Washington DC on November 6th
Pianist Matthew Shipp is one of the hottest items in the New York City jazz scene. He offers a vibe that is distinguished with intriguing and challenging displays. The Matthew Shipp Trio will perform sets at 7:00 and 8:30 PM to be followed by an informal kick-off and toast to the new project, The Composer: An ...
Matthew Shipp and Joe Morris - Broken Partials (Not Two, 2011)
Pianist Matthew Shipp and bassist and guitarist Joe Morris have been long time compatriots on the improvised music scene, but I believe that may be the first time they have recorded in the duet configuration ( at least with Morris sticking strictly to bass.) It works very well, with Morris adhering to acoustic bass and Shipp's ...
