Matthew Shipp
Matthew Shipp (born December 7, 1960 in Wilmington , Delaware ) is an American pianist of creative jazz .
Live and act
Shipp took piano lessons from the age of five and became interested in jazz from the age of twelve. He first studied at the University of Delaware , then moved to the New England Conservatory of Music , where he was a student of Ran Blake . Shipp was a member of the David S. Ware Quartet. He formed his own quartet with saxophonist Rob Brown , bassist William Parker , with whom he also performed in a duo, and drummer Whit Dickey . His numerous publications appeared on various labels, the first own records Shipps were moved to Henry Rollins ' 2.13.61 label. He has served as curator and director at times for Thirsty Ear .
Shipp has made a name for himself in the New York hip-hop scene by consistently adhering to the achievements of free jazz . In 2003 he recorded the LP Antipop vs Matthew Shipp together with the Anti-Pop Consortium . Together with the New York producer El-P , Thirsty Ear created the LP High Water in 2004 as part of the Blue Series curated by Shipp since 2001 ; he continued to record with musicians like Cecil Taylor , Ivo Perelman , Susie Ibarra , Hamid Drake , Daniel Carter , DJ Spooky , Roy Campbell , Mat Walerian , Whit Dickey ( Morph , 2020) and Roscoe Mitchell .
Discographic notes
- solo
- 1995: Symbol Systems
- 2001: songs
- 2013: Piano Sutras
- 2014: I've Been to Many Places
- 2017: Invisible Touch at Taktlos Zurich
- 2020: The Piano Equation (Tao Forms)
- As a leader or co-leader
- 1996: By the Law of Music
- 1998: Gravitational Systems (with Mat Maneri )
- 2002: Nu Bop (with Guillermo E. Brown )
- 2003: Good and Evil Sessions
- 2003: Antipop vs. Matthew Shipp (with Antipop Consortium)
- 2008: Cosmic Suite
- 2012: Elastic Aspects (with Michael Bisio and Whit Dickey )
- 2013: Greatest Hits (Thirsty Ear)
- 2015: The Uppercut: Live at Okuden ( ESP-Disk ), with Mat Walerian
- 2016: Jungle Live at Okuden (ESP-Disk), with Mat Walerian and Hamid Drake
- 2016: The Darkseid Recital , with Darius Jones
- 2016: Bobby Kapp & Matthew Shipp: Cactus (Northern Spy)
- 2018: Matthew Shipp & Roscoe Mitchell : Accelarated Projection ( RogueArt )
- 2018: Daniel Carter / William Parker / Matthew Shipp: Seraphic Light [Live at Tufts University] (AUM Fidelity)
- 2019: Matthew Shipp Trio: Signature , with Michael Bisio and Newman Taylor Baker
- 2019: Gordon Grdina , Matthew Shipp, Mark Helias : Skin and Bones ( NotTwo Records )
- 2020: Matthew Shipp String Trio: Symbolic Reality (Rogue Art)
Web links
- Website (English)
- Pierro Scaruffi about Shipp / reference to detailed discography (English)
- Interview in JazzWeekly (English)
- Interview (2011) at Destination Out
- Matthew Shipp at Allmusic (English)
- Matthew Shipp at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harry Lachner: ›I've Been to Many Places‹ - the new album by pianist Matthew Shipp ( memento of the original from December 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Review (AllAboutJazz)
- ↑ Meeting (Squidsear)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shipp, Matthew |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American creative jazz pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 7, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wilmington , Delaware |