SPACE CUBE JAZZ

2011 three CD release containing new Blues compositions and arrangements by Allen Lowe and featuring Jazz greats Roswell Rudd, Marc Ribot, Matthew Shipp, and Lewis Porter.

Classical Music

Matthew Shipp Trio + Nicole Mitchell - "All things Are" - Matthew Shipp (piano), Nicole Mitchell (flute, alto flute), Michael Bisio (double bass), Newman Taylor Baker (drums)

Symbol Systems occupies a special place in Matthew Shipp's discography. Originally issued in 1995 on the No More Records label, it was at the time his sixth release as a leader or co-leader, but significantly his first solo album, and as such provided us with the purest view to date of his multifaceted, indivisible improvisational/compositional concepts. Matthew Shipp was born in 1960 in Delaware. He began piano at 5 years old, and fell in love when jazz when he was 12. After moving to New York in 1984 he quickly became one of the leading lights in the New York Jazz Scene. Mr. Shipp has reached the holy grail of jazz in that he possesses a unique style on his instrument that is all his own- and he's one of the few in jazz that can say so.

Matthew Shipp / Evan Parker - "Leonine Aspects" - Evan Parker (tenor & soprano saxophones), Matthew Shipp (piano)

Avant-jazz pianist and composer Matthew Shipp has been referred to as the "elder statesman" of the art form by DownBeat magazine, but the reach and scope of his music extends much further than mere genre. The Cosmic Piano delivers on that promise - a solo recording that taps into the deeper exploratory potential of the instrument, with Shipp channeling a lifetime of knowledge and a daunting array of influences into nearly an hour of spontaneous, enlightened and joyfully rendered music.

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Matthew Shipp "The Reward" - Matthew Shipp (piano)

Reissue. Circular Temple is a 1992 album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp featuring his trio with bassist William Parker and drummer Whit Dickey, which was recorded in 1990 and released on the tiny label Quinton Records.