Art of the improviser
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2CD |
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11 |
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1:31:09 |
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The Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy, NY; Le Poisson Rouge NYC, NY - June 12, 2010. |
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Art of the Improviser is a jazz album by Matthew Shipp . The recordings made on April 1, 2010 at the Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy, New York, (CD 1) and on June 12, 2010 at the Le Poisson Rouge jazz club, New York City, (CD 2) were released on February 22nd 2011 on Thirsty Ear .
background
On Art of the Improviser Shipp presents - as on his previous album 4D (Thirsty Ear, 2010) - on the one hand solo recordings of original compositions and the standard " Fly Me to the Moon " (CD 2); the first CD contains live recordings with his then new trio with bassist Michael Bisio and drummer Whit Dickey .
The first CD documents Shipps Trio, which was recorded live in Troy, NY, in April 2010. The five long tracks are a summary of his career so far and incorporate music from previous releases up to Critical Mass (2013, 1995) and The Multiplications Table (hatOLOGY, 1997), some of which he took from the newer album Harmony and Abyss (Thirsty Ear , 2004) revised.
Track list
- Matthew Shipp: Art of the Improviser (Thirsty Ear (The Blue Series) THI 57197)
- CD 1 - Matthew Shipp Trio Live
- The New Fact 12:27
- 3 in 1 9:15
- Circular Temple # 1 4:01 pm
- Take the “A” Train ( Billy Strayhorn ) 7:44
- Virgin Complex 6:49
- CD 2 - Matthew Shipp Solo Piano Live
- 4D 5:39
- Fly Me to the Moon ( Bart Howard ) 5:12
- Wholetone 8:03
- Module 7:52
- Gamma Ray 7:24
- Patmos 4:50
Unless otherwise indicated, all compositions are by Matthew Shipp.
reception
Thom Jurek awarded the album four stars in Allmusic and wrote that the solo recital on the second CD also contained a standard, "Fly Me to the Moon", which begins as an extension of Shipp's most recent composition, the wonderfully physical "4D". Indeed, it might as well be that he pulls the melody out of the changes, twisting them against each other, and adding his own set of interval questions to the ends of phrases to lead them through labyrinthine passages before returning here. “For the author, this example is proof of Shipp's achievements, but also a continuation of the discovery in his musical developmental language.
According to Mark Corroto, who reviewed the album in All About Jazz , Shipp, like his musical predecessors Cecil Taylor and Thelonious Monk, was "an uncompromising voice that forces listeners to line up either for him or against him." of the album, he essentially summarized his first fifty years on two CDs with determined and committed music.
Rob Grundel (London Jazz News) wrote that there were so many ideas throughout the length of the recording that the direction could change three or four times within a single song. The inspired game makes any perception of sublimity in the title of the album wrong. Shipp uses the entire range of the keyboard (sometimes all at once) and loves chords in the lower registers. Regardless of how you rate his technique, the author says, “it was forged from experience and is uncompromising.” Bisio's five-minute bass solo in the opening title “The New Fact” is excellent and at the same time the quietest phase on the record; "And the last unresolved moments of Patmos, including the last moments of the record, signal that Matthew Shipp's adventures in music will continue." This record is one of Shipp's best, summarizes Grundel. It required repeated listening, was full of nuances and a complete statement of where the pianist was artistically at the time.
Shipp's album The Art of the Improviser was nominated for the 2011 JJA Awards of the American Jazz Journalists Association in the album of the year category.
Individual evidence
- ^ Matthew Shipp: Art of the Improviser at Discogs
- ↑ Review of Thom Jurek's album at Allmusic (English). Retrieved August 1, 2020.
- ↑ Mark Corroto: Matthew Shipp: The Art Of The improviser. All About Jazz, February 20, 2011, accessed August 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Rob Grundel: CD Review: Matthew Shipp- The Art of the Improviser. London Jazz News, April 14, 2011, accessed August 17, 2020 .