Magnetism (s)

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Magnetism (s)
Live album by Matthew Shipp , Rob Brown and William Parker

Publication
(s)

2017

Label (s) RogueArt

Format (s)

2 CD

Genre (s)

jazz

Title (number)

23

running time

58: 25 / 50:14

occupation Michel Dorbon

Studio (s)

Carl Seltzer Sound, New York City, The Stone, New York

chronology
Invisible Touch at Taktlos Zurich
(2017) 		Magnetism (s) Not Bound
(2017)
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Magnetism (s) is a jazz album by Matthew Shipp , Rob Brown and William Parker . The recordings made on January 26, 1999 at Carl Seltzer Sound Studio, New York City (CD 1), and the recordings made on July 13, 2016 at The Stone , New York City (CD 2) were released on July 7, 2017 on RogueArt . The studio recordings made in 1999 by the trio were originally released in 1999 on the Bleu Regard label under the title Magnetism and are now re- mastered .

background

On the album Magnetism (s) , half studio, half live album, Matthew Shipp got together with two musicians with whom he had performed many times and they play 20 short sketches in various combinations; so everyone - bassist William Parker, alto saxophonist / flautist Rob Brown and Shipp - takes part in solo, duo and trio sections of pure improvisation.

Track list

  • Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Rob Brown: Magnetism (s) (Rogueart ROG-0076)
CD 1
  1. Magnetism I 1:01
  2. Magnetism II 3:24
  3. Magnetism III 3:54
  4. Magnetism IV 2:33
  5. Magnetism V 3:36
  6. Magnetism VI 1:14
  7. Magnetism VII 3:12
  8. Magnetism VIII 4:16
  9. Magnetism IX 0:34
  10. Magnetism X 3:29
  11. Magnetism XI 3:43
  12. Magnetism XII 0:49
  13. Magnetism XIII 4:11
  14. Magnetism XIV 2:25
  15. Magnetism XV 4:59
  16. Magnetism XVI 0:59
  17. Magnetism XVII 3:09
  18. Magnetism XVIII 3:47
  19. Magnetism XIX 1:45
  20. Magnetism XX 5:38
  • All compositions are by Matthew Shipp.
CD 2
  1. Vibration and Magnetism (Shipp, Brown, Parker) 30:46
  2. Resonance Magnetism (Shipp, Brown, Parker) 13:16
  3. Impact and Magnetism (Shipp, Brown, Parker) 6:12

reception

Steve Loewy gave the album 4½ (out of five) stars in Allmusic and wrote that the set had a haze of classical music because much of the recording was muffled. Nevertheless, there is also a healthy mix of blues and bop. Shipp continues to impress with great technique, an ear for subtlety and rhythmic variety.

According to John Sharpe, who reviewed the album in All About Jazz , the first CD (from 1999), like many of Shipp's albums of that time, consists of a series of short pieces with different line-ups (solo, duo, trio). The live performance from The Stone in the same line-up, which was recorded 17 years later, shows that a lot has changed, but much has remained the same. So Shipp remains a unique figure who moves between stubborn motifs , "bombs" of the left hand and suddenly sparkling inserts, while Parker's hooting Coll'arco is still his strength. Rob Brown concentrates exclusively on the alto saxophone here, and while the contours of his anxious lines jump and tumble as before, he plays much more sparing split tones. The most important difference, however, is the switch to long-form improvisations with three recordings between half an hour and six minutes.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Review of Steve Loewy's album at Allmusic (English). Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  2. ↑ Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Rob Brown: Magnetism (s) at Discogs
  3. ↑ Information about the album at RogueArt
  4. ^ John Sharpe: Matthew Shipp: Magnetism (s). All About Jazz, December 21, 2017, accessed August 7, 2020 .