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Matthew Shipp - 4D (2010)
By Mark Saleski Over the years I have spent many pen scrawls, pencil swipes, and keystrokes trying to describe what it is about 'out' music that moves me so much. Sometimes it's pretty easy, especially if you take the case of somebody like saxophone terrorist Peter Brotzmann. The man plays with so much force that it's ...
Michael Bisio: Stepping Into the Limelight
by Gregory Applegate Edwards
Bassist Michael Bisio has become an increasingly visual and aural presence on the jazz/improvisation scene in the time since he moved from the west coast to New York. Yet he has been a significant contributor in jazz circles for years, and success was no overnight thing. Among other ongoing associations, Bisio is currently the bassist in ...
Matthew Shipp - Art of the Improviser (Thirsty Ear, 2011)
Over his career on the jazz scene, Matthew Shipp has patiently developed a unique piano and improvisation style. Apprenticing with the likes of saxophonists David S. Ware and Roscoe Mitchell has allowed him to develop a style of performing that draws on the length and breadth of the piano and all of the opportunities enclosed within. ...
Shipp and Parker play together at BAsics Event in Harlem on April 11th
"On the Occasion of the Publication of BAsics: A Celebration of Revolution and the Vision of a New World" Monday, April 11, 7pm Harlem Stage Aaron Davis Hall, on the campus of the City College of New York 150 Convent Avenue @ 135th Street #1 trains to 137th Street and ...
Darius Jones / Matthew Shipp: Cosmic Lieder
by Troy Collins
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 ...
Matthew Shipp's "Art of the Improviser": A Strong Voice Takes Center Stage
After a number of years as a key member of David Ware's Quartet, Matthew Shipp has found his own pianistic voice and brings it to the forefront on the new 2-CD set Art of the Improviser (Thirsty Ear 57197). Matthew shows two facets of his playing on this set. The second disk is a live solo ...
Darius Jones / Matthew Shipp: Cosmic Lieder
by Nic Jones
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 ...
Schlippenbach Quartet: At Quartier Latin
by Mark Corroto
Released as part of the limited edition box FMP im Rückblick--in Retrospect (1969 - 2010), this recording by pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach's Quartet, At Quartier Latin, is an incomparable time capsule that documents a crucial period in European improvisation and the development of today's jazz luminaries. Available separately from the 12-CD box, this disc ...
Musicians, Artists, Authors participate in: "On the Occasion of the Publication of BAsics: A Celebration of Revolution and the Vision of a New World"
BAsics, from the Talks and Writings of Bob Avakian is a book that speaks powerfully to questions of revolution and human emancipation being released on April 5. This release will be an opportunity to bring people together from different arenas and perspectives in a celebration of revolution and the vision of a whole new world. Bob ...
Matthew Shipp - Art of the Improviser (Thirsty Ear, 2011) ****a1/2
By Paul Acquaro It begins all sustain and fury, a forceful melody and thick harmony raining down. The strident melody of 'The New Fact' is unleashed on the first beat and driven even harder when the drums and bass join in. Then the floor drops out and pianist Matthew Shipp lays into a spirited improvisation that ...


