Results for "Matthew Shipp"

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Matthew Shipp Talks Jazz

Featuring the music of Matthew Shipp
Duration: 12:40
October 8, 2006

From his early piano wizardry in the David S. Ware Quartet to his 26 recorded works, Matthew Shipp has helped define the modern era of jazz. Often cited as one the leaders of improvisational music, his metaphysical approach to life carries over to his expressive playing and composing. Listen to him wax poetically and candidly about his craft and the emotional nature of jazz.

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Matthew Shipp: One

by David A. Cobb
January 18, 2006

While Matthew Shipp's more recent releases focus on a mixture of avant garde electronica and trip-hop, he returns to his roots and a back-to-basics approach with the songs on One. The album, the latest release in Thirsty Ear's Blue Series (for which Shipp does A&R work), consists of nothing but a man and his piano, and ...

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Matthew Shipp: One

by Nic Jones
January 17, 2006

It might be argued that the solo piano recital is a fraught thing on record, and certainly there have been examples in the past where self-indulgence has taken over from the rigours of self-editing. Similarly, unless a pianist has at least a reasonably firm musical identity, it might be the case that the listener's attention starts ...

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One

By Matthew Shipp

Label: Thirsty Ear Recordings
Released: 2005
Track listing: Arc; Patmos; Gamma Ray; Milky Way; Blue In Orion; Electro Magnetism; The Encounter; The Rose Is A Rose; Ieou; Abyss Code; Zero; Module.

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Harmony & Abyss

By Matthew Shipp

Label: Thirsty Ear Recordings
Released: 2005
Track listing: Ion; New ID; 3 in 1; Virgin Complex; Galaxy 501; String Theory; Blood 2 the Brain; Invisible Light; Amino Acid; Abyss

Article: Album Review

Matthew Shipp: Harmony & Abyss

by Sergio Masferrer
January 25, 2005

Matthew Shipp is a musician who can't be easily pigeon-holed. In fact, the only pigeon hole in which he could be placed is as one of the musicians who hold to the greenest and youngest branches of the jazz tree looking for fresh air. In addition to his work with David S. Ware, he has presented ...

Album

Harmony And Abyss

By Matthew Shipp

Label: Thirsty Ear Recordings
Released: 2004
Track listing: Ion; New ID; 3 in 1; Virgin Complex; Galaxy 501; String Theory; Blood 2 the Brain; Invisible Light; Amino Acid; Abyss

Article: Album Review

Matthew Shipp: Harmony And Abyss

by Mark Sabbatini
November 4, 2004

It's a fairly established music principle: Give Wayne Shorter a cheap student sax and he still sounds like a master. Give Ashlee Simpson a “booster" vocal and she still sounds awful. Gadgets and technology are great, in other words, but don't forget humility pills if the talent isn't there. Pianist Matthew Shipp digs deeper ...

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Matthew Shipp: Harmony and Abyss

by John Kelman
September 25, 2004

Following up pianist Matthew Shipp's Equilibrium, a breakthrough record in a career of musical high points, was clearly a difficult challenge. And, to be sure, as revolutionary as Shipp's career has been and as much a shift in direction as Equilibrium was, his new disk, Harmony and Abyss is more of an evolutionary record, taking the ...

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Matthew Shipp Trio: ICA Boston 12/15/01

by AAJ Staff
March 8, 2004

A simple gesture can convey profound symbolic meaning. Matthew Shipp, at the crest of a soaring run on the piano, reaches up into the wood beyond the keys for notes that aren't there. William Parker, deep in eyes-closed meditation, lifts his left leg and shifts his weight into the bass. Whit Dickey swivels his head round ...