I've Been to Many Places
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| Studio album by Matthew Shipp | ||||
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| Label (s) | Thirsty Ear | |||
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CD |
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11 |
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1:00:07 |
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Peter Gordon |
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Park West Studios, Brooklyn |
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I've Been to Many Places is a jazz album by Matthew Shipp . Recorded at Park West Studios, Brooklyn on March 31, 2014, it was released on Thirsty Ear on September 9, 2014 .
background
Thom Jurek described the underlying concept I've Been to Many Places : Shipp studied solo works that he had previously recorded with ensembles - both original compositions and standards - and juxtaposed them with newer compositions. He first recorded " Summertime " in 1995 as a member of the David S. Ware Quartet for the album Earthquation . He also plays a cover version of the pop-soul track "Where Is the Love?" At a tempo that Phineas Newborn Jr. used in a medley on his album Solo Piano (Atlantic 1975). His own ballad "Light Years" takes up the theme of John Coltrane's "Naima" and differs considerably from the duo recording with Mat Maneri , which was released in 2003. In addition to the cover versions, Shipp played his own compositions; "Waltz" and "Reflex" were originally recorded in 2001 with his string trio ( William Parker and Mat Maneri). In “Brain Stem Grammer” he processed influences from Thelonious Monk , in “Blue Astral Bodies” set a new frontier for modern creative jazz , according to Jurek, while “Cosmic Wave” Ships explores timbres and explores dynamics in his improvisation illustrated.
Track list
- Matthew Shipp: I've Been to Many Places (Thirsty Ear TH57209.2)
- I've Been to Many Places (Matthew Shipp) 5:26
- Summertime ( George Gershwin ) 4:39
- Brain Stem Grammar (Matthew Shipp) 4:04
- Pre Formal (Matthew Shipp) 2:03
- Web Play (Matthew Shipp) 3:36
- Tenderly (Jack Lawrence, Walter Gross) 4:28
- Life Cycle (Matthew Shipp) 4:28
- Brain Shatter (Matthew Shipp) 3:53
- Symbolic Access (Matthew Shipp) 3:57
- Waltz (Matthew Shipp) 2:06
- Reflex (Matthew Shipp) 3:21
- Naima (John Coltrane) 4:24
- Where is the love? ( Ralph MacDonald , William Salter ) 1:31
- Light Years (Matthew Shipp) 3:19
- Where is the love? (Reprise) (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) 2:34
- Blue Astral Bodies (Matthew Shipp) 3:43
- Cosmic Wave (Matthew Shipp) 4:06
reception
Thom Jurek gave the album four stars in Allmusic, writing, I've Been to Many Places sounds like the record Shipp had to make for his own edification, one that intentionally records his expansive, fearless foray into the spirit of the unknown, one , which deepens and expands the already extensive range of his musical language.
According to Mark Corroro, who reviewed the album in All About Jazz , Shipp expounded the architecture of his music in a soloistic setting and the standards provided him with the guide. This is done so that the form of expression does not change when he finally conjures up his original pieces such as “Symbolic Access” and “Reflex”, but only the familiarity of the listener with the composition, says Corroto. So he played "Waltz" like Bill Evans "Waltz for Debby" in 1961 as comfort food for the ears, a familiar path that also leads into his personal forest. The careful mixture of recognizability and original could attract the new listener, like his soulful interpretation of Roberta Flack's hit "Where Is the Love". But it is the unique pieces that put everything in perspective, the author sums up. The pianist's form of expression is groundbreaking, unconventional, "and isn't that a working definition of jazz?"
Also in All About Jazz , John Sharpe wrote that Shipp remains “one of our most distinctive piano stylists. His restless imagination means that he rarely fits into persistent patterns and prefers to disrupt the flow with passages of turbulent chords, pearly runs, romantic flourishes and interludes that defy categorization but are pure shipp. ”On this album, add However, he adds a generous helping of melody to the usual mix and thus creates one of his most accessible recordings. As is so often the case with the standards repertoire, when Shipp indulges in the melodies, he does not use them as an open basis for later improvisations. The connection comes about primarily through the mood and the melodic variation.
Marc Masters praised in Pitchfork that the album has an immediacy that avoids sentimental reflections. The music pulsates and bubbles; she concentrates more on where Shipp's thoughts are now rather than in the past. On I've Been to Many Places , it sounds like sifting through his past has apparently revived his current self and provided him with strong starting points from which to tread pristine paths. Even when it covers worn classics like “Summertime” and “Where Is the Love?” - standards stretched so far that there is no elastic band left - Shipp somehow discovers buried treasure.
S. Victor Aaron wrote in Something Else! Sometimes you could say that an instrumentalist has a human element in his playing style when he can step out of the technical presentation and convey emotions. But that is not an element of Shipp; it is its essence, said Aaron. Shipp explained this as follows:
- "" I have my own mythology that feeds my playing: I see myself as a language system in my head or in my DNA that I can develop on the instrument. "It can be found in the enthusiasm that he" Where Is the Love "confers. That's not how the script was written when Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway got together to record the original, but Shipp conveys the impatience and frustration that is evident in all of the lyrics. "
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Review of the album at Allmusic (English). Retrieved August 1, 2020.
- ^ Matthew Shipp: I've Been to Many Places at Discogs
- ↑ Mark Corroto: Matthew Shipp: I've Been To Many Places. All About Jazz, September 14, 2014, accessed on August 14, 2020 .
- ^ John Sharpe: Matthew Shipp: I've Been To Many Places. All About Jazz, March 20, 2015, accessed August 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Mark Masters: Matthew Shipp: I've Been To Many Places. Pitchfork, September 17, 2014, accessed on August 14, 2020 .
- ^ Matthew Shipp - I've Been To Many Places (2014). Something Else, September 2, 2014, accessed August 14, 2020 .