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Matthew Shipp: Nu Bop

by AAJ Staff
February 1, 2002

Three decades ago, Herbie Hancock revolutionized the role of the piano by melding it with a textured funk groove. The popular result, Headhunters, opened a whole generation's worth of ears to the accessible new sound. And it exemplified a rule that jazz players everywhere have taken to heart: context is everything. Matthew Shipp takes Hancock's lead ...